college culture

  1. Former students touch base with the College of Architecture
    CLASS ACTS

    Former students report activities

    posted August 31, 2012
    Former students are invited to submit items to the Class Acts section of the archone newsletter. Class Acts highlights the professional and personal achievements of former students and friends of the college. It's a great way to keep in touch with your old classmates. See the "Submit News" link in the newsletter's "featured" section or email news to prollfing@arch.tamu.edu.
  2. Aggie-founded architecture program thriving in Bangladesh
    ACADEMICS CLASS ACTS FEATURE

    Aggie-founded arch program flourishing in Bangladesh

    posted April 30, 2012
    More than 50 year's ago two adventurous members of the architecture faculty at Texas A&M University traveled with their families and an associate to South Asia to establish the first architectural education program in East Pakistan, now Bangladesh.
  3. Students thank scholarship benefactors, college patrons
    HONORS

    Students pen thank you notes to donors

    posted April 30, 2012
    Earlier this month, the Maroon Coats, student ambassadors of the Texas A&M Foundation, organized an impromptu “thank you” note-writing session for students to share their gratitude with scholarship benefactors and gift givers who support College of Architecture programs.
  4. Viz undergrads showcase work in May 2 art, animation exhibition
    EVENTS STUDIO PROJECTS

    Undergrad Vizzer exhibition slated for 5 p.m. Wednesday

    posted April 30, 2012
    Art and animations created by undergraduate visualization students will be showcased May 2 in a semester-culminating exhibition at the Langford Architecture Center.
  5. Noted designer guides student's in shape, materials exploration
    FEATURE RESEARCH STUDIO PROJECTS

    Art and technology merge in students' design exploration

    posted April 27, 2012
    Working under the tutelage of an algorithmic design expert and an aerospace engineer, students in an experimental design studio at Texas A&M recently created prototypes for two unconventional home exteriors fabricated from innovative composite building materials.
  6. Viz students unleash creativity at Viz-a-GoGo in downtown Bryan
    ACADEMICS EVENTS VIDEO

    Viz-a-GoGo 19 slated May 3-5 in Bryan

    posted April 20, 2012
    Was it Professor Plum in the conservatory with a wrench? You'll get a “Clue” as a board game-styled murder mystery unfolds during the interstitial segments of Viz-a-GoGo 19, the annual showcase of digital wizardry created by students in the Master of Science in Visualization program at Texas A&M.
  7. CoSci students get up-close look at contractor procedures on tour
    ACADEMICS EVENTS

    CoSci students tour construction sites

    posted April 20, 2012
    Two leading contractors and a company that’s been manufacturing bricks for more than a century gave 160 upper-level construction science students at Texas A&M a close look at their operations during daylong construction site tours in Houston and Austin March 30.
  8. ‘Volatile Formation’ talk featured founding partner of Kokkugia
    EVENTS

    Aussie architect’s lecture focuses on ‘Volatile Formation’

    posted April 17, 2012
    Roland Snooks, founding partner of Kokkugia, a progressive architecture and urban design practice, presented “Volatile Formation,” the final lecture in the Department of Architecture’s Spring 2012 Lecture Series, April 23 at Preston Geren Auitorium.
  9. Cancer claims beloved Santa Chiara Study Center director
    ACADEMICS FEATURE

    Beloved Italian prof succumbs to cancer

    posted April 10, 2012
    The world just got a little less interesting, concluded a Monday, April 9 email from Rome announcing the passing of Paolo Barucchieri, longtime director of Texas A&M’s study abroad program in Italy and beloved figure to the hundreds of Aggies who studied there over the last three decades.
  10. ‘Amazing Race’-styled contest tests urban planning knowledge
    EVENTS

    Planning students to stage ‘amazing race’

    posted April 2, 2012
    On Saturday, April 28, Texas A&M urban planning students are staging the “Urban Plan-It Challenge,” a fun-filled, campuswide fund-raising competition based on the popular “The Amazing Race” television series. Contestants will vie for prizes in a series mental and physical tasks related to challenges confronting the planet.
  11. College, architecture dept. to host Aggie reception at AIA conference
    CLASS ACTS EVENTS FEATURE

    Aggie Reception set for AIA conference in Washington, D.C.

    posted March 24, 2012
    Former students and friends are invited to join their former classmates and professors May 18 at the annual Aggie AIA Reception at the American Institute of Architects' 2012 national convention in Washington, D.C.
  12. MSLD student’s book details how to meet rising college expenses
    ACADEMICS

    Student's book offers college funding tips

    posted March 23, 2012
    Expense-cutting strategies and financing advice to help students and parents better afford a college education are outlined in a new book written by first-generation college graduate Ethan Brisby, who is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Land Development degree at Texas A&M.
  13. Costa Rican adventure tales recounted in student journal
    ACADEMICS

    Costa Rican stories told in grad student minimester journal

    posted February 15, 2012
    Graduate architecture student Luis Martinez shares sketches, photos and his journal chronicling the adventures of students in January at Texas A&M's Soltis Center, located deep in the Costa Rican rainforest.
  14. Readiness, attention to detail help Gottschalk earn president’s award
    EVENTS HONORS

    Trisha Gottschalk earns merit award

    posted February 14, 2012
    For cordially providing superlative service to students and faculty in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Trisha Gottschalk, assistant to the department head, will receive a President’s Meritorious Service Award in a special honors ceremony at 9:30 a.m. Feb. 21 in Rudder Theatre.
  15. Acclaimed architect Ted Flato keynotes 2012 Rowlett Lecture
    EVENTS

    Noted architect Flato heads Rowlett lecture

    posted February 14, 2012
    Ted Flato, founding principal of Lake|Flato, a widely acclaimed, award-winning architecture firm based in San Antonio, will discussed the firm’s culture, tactics and philosophy at the 2012 John Miles Rowlett Lecture Series April 13 at Rudder Theatre on the Texas A&M campus.