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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.

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.

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.

Professional landscape architects shared their knowledge with students Feb. 10-11 at the Langford Architecture Center in a series of presentations, discussion panels and charrettes at the 2012 Aggie Workshop, which this year took a holistic approach to design.

Texas A&M’s celebration of Black History Month began Feb. 1 with an exhibit of the acclaimed “Torchbearers” series of portraits by Robert Schiffhauer, associate professor of architecture, at the Langford Architecture Center’s Wright Gallery.

For playing a vital, hands-on role, teaching woodcraft to Texas A&M College of Architecture students and motivating them to realize their creative potential, college woodshop supervisor Jim Titus received the 2012 Linda Todd Outstanding Support Staff Achievement Award.

At a Feb. 15 town hall-style meeting a distinguished panel will focus on how shifting perceptions of black culture, politics and ethnicity has affected the ways blacks are perceived and discussed in today’s culture.

Newly minted Aggie constructors received their personalized Texas A&M hard hats at the Department of Construction Science's Nov. 30 honors ceremony. The highly coveted, customized headwear is presented to all department graduates at the end of each semester.

Nominations for the 2012 College of Architecture Outstanding Alumni Awards, which annually recognize former students of exceptional accomplishment, are being accepted through Feb. 10. Since its inception in 1997, less than one percent of the college’s former students have received the award, the college’s highest honor.

The Bryan-College Station Eagle spotlighted "The Design Process," one of the most popular classes taught at the college, in its Dec. 25, 2011 issue. Led by Jorge Vanegas, dean of the college and Rodney Hill, professor of architecture, the class, wrote the Eagle’s Caroline Ward, is the essence of unorthodox.

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.

“Arlecchino,” the colorful, floral-patterned architectural installation adorning the wall and floor of the College of Architecture’s Azimuth Cafe, has helped earn its designer, Los Angeles artist Elena Manferdini, a $50,000 United States Artists Fellowship.

A group of environmental design students are contributing to a weeklong flurry of construction for the TV show “Extreme Makeover Home Edition,” building a brand new home for a Bastrop County family.

Bachelor and master’s degree programs in landscape architecture and the Master of Architecture program at Texas A&M were recently ranked among the nation’s best by the Design Futures Council.

No textbooks, no tests, no scantrons — Prof. Rodney Hill’s creativity class doesn’t have a trace of the elements found in a traditional college course, instead relying on discovery and innovation; it’s not every class that requires students to sign a non-disclosure agreement before attending lectures.