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ANNOUNCEMENTS
FROM YOUR ACADEMIC ADVISORS
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A+D Undergraduate Students: Making an appointment with your academic advisor is easy. We encourage you to schedule an appointment at any time during the semester if you need assistance.
+ Architecture and Industrial Design majors may schedule an appointment with academic advisor (Tamela Gallimore) online: meetme.so/ArchandIDSadvising
+ Interior Design and Landscape Architecture majors may schedule an appointment with academic advisor (Teresa Phipps) via e-mail tphipps@vt.edu
English Conversation Groups (ECG) - Fall 2015 sessions will run until Friday, December 11. The Cranwell International Center offers several informal conversation groups per week for anyone in the Virginia Tech community who wishes to improve their English and learn more about the local culture. Cranwell conversation groups are free of charge and require no registration. To learn more, contact international@vt.edu - website
Upcoming:
Friday, October 2nd - Last day for students to drop Fall 2015 classes without grade penalty. Last day to change grade option from A-F to P/F, 5:00 p.m. Visit University Registrar in 250 Student Services Building to process a grade change option. If you are enrolled in only one course, you cannot drop your final hours, but must officially resign from the university for the semester. Your refund will be calculated according to the university refund policy on resignations.
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Wintermester Japan Study Abroad deadline to apply is Friday, September 25th -- you can apply online here.
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In the lobby this week...
Monday - Chris Pritchett's First Year Studio's Work - Disasembly and Documentation of a Honda 125 tl motorcycle engine. A study of Part to Whole and Analog to Digital. An exercise of patience. image
Tuesday-Wednesday - a display featuring images regarding Steven and Cathi House’s upcoming presentation about CASA study abroad program more
Thursday - Sunday - Family Weekend Foundation Program Display - Projects from the 10 Foundation Design Labs will be on display for the upcoming VT Family Weekend from Thursday the 24th through Sunday the 27th of September. Work on display will be representative of the range of 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional explorations undertaken early in Foundation Design students' first semester in the School of Architecture + Design. more
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The School of Architecture + Design now has a Facebook Page! Like us here!
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Join Design for America's Tech or Treat project at Virginia Tech!
We are a national organization and student network dedicated to making local and social impact through interdisciplinary design. We are a passionate group of students from all backgrounds and majors dedicated to creating a positive impact by completing semester long projects.
Currently, we are looking for Architecture and Design majors to help build a Phytosaur exhibit at the Moss Arts Center, to be completed and shown on October 29, 2015. For more information, please contact Justin Lau at laujw@vt.edu.
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For AIAS Members -- AIAS is proud to announce our upcoming 2nd Annual Firm Crawl on Thursday, October 15 through Saturday, October 17. This year's Firm Crawl will take place in Washington D.C. and will include a trip to the WAAC in Alexandria. This trip is very limited in participants and only open to AIAS members. Upperclassmen and Graduate students are urged to participate, as this can lead to a potential future working relationship. more survey link
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Follow along on Director Henri de Hahn's travels with with Fall '15 Riva Group - he'll be posting pictures and updates on our facebook page. Album
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NEW
Breakwater Chicago is an entertainment island built on a passenger vessel on Lake Michigan. This is a unique design challenge in which you can win a $5,000 award. Deadline is October 25, 2015.
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NEW
The selected site for the future Vietnamese Cultural Garden, 711 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. in Cleveland, OH, is toward the North side of the Cultural Garden and backs up to Rockefeller Park Greenhouse. It is an area approximately 50 ft wide by 150 ft long, stretching from North to South. As one of the first steps in mobilizing support to make the VNCG a reality after many years of laying the ground work, we are excited to announce a Design Competition for our site. The challenge is to design a "garden" that celebrates the culture of Vietnam and its people. This is to be an outdoor installation with outdoor structures (monuments, statuaries, benches, walls, etc) and landscaping in mind. Our theme is "Dragon and Fairy Descendants" ("Con Rồng Cháu Tiên") as this is the folklore that talks about our origin as Vietnamese people. Deadline is November 30, 2015. flyer
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Previously posted competitions, still available:
Mountain Architecture Prototype flyer October 16, 2015
2015 Furniture Design Competition November 10, 2015
2016 Skyscraper Competition January 19, 2016
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SCHOLARSHIPS & OPPORTUNITIES
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UPDATED
CASA, the Center for Architecture Sustainability + Art is a program being offered in Mexico next summer with tentative dates of June 2 through July 8, 2016. Steve and Cathi House will be in Blacksburg to present about this program and give you more information on September 23rd at 10am and September 24th at 1pm, both in Cowgill 300. more video
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NEW
Organized by our own Shabnam Kavousi, Ph.D. Candidate, An Exhibition of Cultures is looking for the university community to showcase cultures and countries by celebrating the creative works and objects of art and craftmanship from various countries and regions: all media welcome - pottery, sculptures, paintings, calligraphy, fabric and so on. Registration has been extended to October 19, 2015. more
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NEW
The National Conference on the Beginning Design Student will be hosted by Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, California in February 2016 and we invite you to submit papers and abstracts for peer review. The theme of the upcoming conference is 1:1, which encompasses ideas about making, technology, community, history and pedagogy. Further information about each submission category can be viewed in the attached Call for Submissions document and on the website: www.ncbds2016.org. We encourage full paper submittals; however, abstracts will also be accepted. All paper and abstract submissions are due October 5, 2015. flyer
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Previously posted opportunities, still available:
Cities Week this week
AIA West Virginia October 15, 2015
AIA Northern Virginia Scholarship Fund October 30, 2015
Gensler 2016 Diversity Scholarship December 6, 2015
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Previously posted job postings, still available:
Project Architect with Madison Spencer Architects apply by Oct. 30th
Architect Intern with Spectrum Design more
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