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Source: Diane Potts, 785-532-1090, potts@k-state.edu

Monday, Oct. 27, 2008

K-STATE'S DESIGNEXPO TO FEATURE DOZENS OF DESIGN, ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS

MANHATTAN -- Kansas State University students seeking careers in the design disciplines will get the chance to meet with prospective employers at DesignExpo, the career fair put together by the College of Architecture, Planning and Design.

DesignExpo will be 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29, in the ballroom at the K-State's Alumni Center. Event sponsors are K-State's College of Architecture, Planning and Design and career and employment services.

Employers attending DesignExpo are offering full-time employment as well as student academic internship opportunities. They also will be available to visit with students who wish to learn more about the disciplines of architecture, interior architecture and product design, landscape architecture, and regional and community planning, as well as related design fields.

This is the ninth year DesignExpo has been offered. For the first time, both fall and spring sessions of the event will be held, with the spring session to be Feb. 23, 2009.

Employers planning to attend DesignExpo include:

Davidson-Brown and Hermes Landscaping, both of Lenexa; Black and Veatch, DLR Group, Finkle-Williams Architecture, HMN Architects Inc., Hollis and Miller Architects and HTK Architects, all of Overland Park; Schwerdt Design Group Inc., Topeka; Gossen Livingston Associates Inc., Krehbiel Architecture, McCluggage Van Sickle and Perry, and Schaefer Johnson Cox Frey Architecture, all of Wichita.

From out of state: WATG, Irvine, Calif.; Fritzlen Pierce Architects, Vail, Colo.; EDSA Inc., Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Berger Devine Yaeger Inc., BNIM Architects, BRR Architecture, Hoefer Wysocki Architects, Merriam Burns and McDonnell, Patti Banks Associates and SFS Architecture, all of Kansas City, Mo.; Cannon Design, Lawrence Group and PGAV Destination Consulting, all of St. Louis, Mo.; Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, Wilkes Barre, Pa.; Corgan Associates, M2 Studio Inc. and MESA, all of Dallas, Texas; PBK Architects and SWA Group, both of Houston, Texas; and Overland Partners Architects, San Antonio, Texas.

More information on DesignExpo is available at http://www.capd.ksu.edu/designexpo