K-State achievements--2005 Architecture, Planning and Design

Kansas State University achievements

2005 Architecture, Planning and Design

* Six students from the College of Architecture, Planning and Design had a special role in an episode of ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" program. The six designed an outbuilding -- a chicken house with a chicken run -- for the Rose Hill family receiving the home makeover on the show. Around 200 of the college's students and faculty also served as volunteers for the makeover project, helping with construction of the new home. The episode is scheduled to air Jan. 8, 2006, on ABC. December 2005

* Stephanie Rolley and Lorn Clement are the inaugural Jarvis Chairs of Landscape Architecture. The honor includes an annual $10,000 stipend. The award recognizes faculty who, in the previous academic year, made significant contributions in their teaching, scholarship and/or service. Rolley's appointment is for 2005-2007, while Clement's is for 2005-2006. The Jarvis Chair of Landscape Architecture is financed through a bequeathed endowment established by Mary K. Jarvis, a 1942 K-State graduate thought to be the first woman to receive a landscape architecture degree from the university. Interest from the endowment is matched by the state of Kansas Faculty of Distinction program. November 2005

* Corey Schneider, a fourth-year student in architecture, Salina, received the Merit Award for Student Architecture from the Kansas chapter of the American Institute of Architects for his "American Museum of the Piano." Schneider worked on the project in the spring for a studio class taught by Larry Bowne, K-State assistant professor of architecture. The award was presented at the American Institute of Architects Kansas/American Institute of Architects Central States Regional Conference in September in Overland Park. October 2005

* Jennifer West, fifth-year senior in interior architecture and product design, Topeka, was selected to share a $5,000 scholarship from the Kansas City chapter of the International Facilities Management Association with four other recipients. At K-State, West has been recognized for delineation, home design, graphic design and speech. October 2005 <p>

* Stephanie Rolley, Jarvis Chair and professor of landscape architecture/regional and community planning, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects. The fellowship is one of the highest honors given by the society. Fellows can be chosen for various reasons, and Rolley was chosen for her service to the landscape architecture profession. October 2005

* Eric Castle, Cedar Hills, Utah, a graduate student in landscape architecture, was one of three winners in the first Dangermond Fellowship, which recognizes the innovative use of geographic information systems in landscape assessment and intervention. Castle's project studies using GIS and hydrologic technologies to design and plan better watersheds. The fellowship includes $10,000 and a computer. October 2005

* K-State's bachelor of architecture program has received the maximum reaccredidation of six years by the National Architecture Accrediting Board. The reaccreditations was recommended by a five-member team which examined the program's curriculum, inspected its facilities and interviewed students, faculty and administrators. September 2005

* Wendy Ornelas, associate professor of architecture, has been named a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. She is the first woman and the first Latina in the state of Kansas to be named a Fellow of the institute. The last person nominated by the Kansas chapter of the American Institute of Architects to earn the fellowship was in 1989. May 2005

* A design-build project completed by architecture students in K-State's College of Architecture, Planning and Design provided the college with new studios, a reception area, a new Pierce Commons and more gallery space. The project, on the ground level of Seaton Hall's east wing, was designed and started by students in fifth-year architecture studios led by architecture faculty members Vladimir Krstic and Chris Spaw during the 2003-2004 school year. Krstic and Spaw had students in their 2004 fall semester fifth-year studios complete the project. January 2005

* A K-State interior design student received first place in the National Kitchen and Bath Association's 2004/2005 Student Design Competition. Senior Audrey Koehn, Hillsboro, was chosen out of 127 applicants from across the country for her design of a kitchen remodel. Her design consisted of a contemporary space emphasizing the major bayside view. Koehn's entry, which took more than two months to design, was a final project for her kitchen and bath design course in spring 2004. Students were given the option to submit their designs to the competition. January 2005

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