Entries from Clone of CDes News tagged with 'alumni'

Thomas Meyer Receives Minnesota Alumni Service Award

Thomas Meyer (B Arch, '74), FAIA, founder of the Minneapolis-based architecture firm MS&R Architects (Meyer, Scherer and Rockcastle, Ltd.), was honored late last week with the University of Minnesota Alumni Service Award at the annual Alumni Awards Celebration. The award recognizes Meyer's 30-plus years of service to the University, College of Design, and School of Architecture. At the ceremony, Meyer spoke eloquently on his affinity for the school through his experiences as a student, architect, teacher and adviser: It is said that "Architecture is a continuing dialogue between generations." For me, the School of Architecture has been the forum for that dialogue: first as a student, then architect, then teacher, now advisor. Across generations, its students, faculty colleagues and...

Now Available - The Fashion Reader: Second Edition

Linda Welters (PhD '81 Home Economics) recently published a book co-edited with Abby Lillethun titled The Fashion Reader: Second Edition, which includes the essays "Aging and Demographics: Implications for the Fashion Industry" by Claire Lacoste Kapstein (BS '01 Clothing Design, MA '04 DHA, PhD '06 DHA) and "Wearable Technology" by apparel design faculty member Lucy E. Dunne. For more on the book, visit Amazon.com here....

Become a College of Design Mentor

Here at the College of Design, we're preparing for the upcoming 2011-12 mentor program and are looking for mentors to match with our students! This annual college-wide program helps undergraduate and graduate students grow professionally by matching them with a professional in their field of study. For more information and link to an online application, visit www.design.umn.edu/mentor. Contact Lucy Reile, program coordinator, with questions at 612-624-1245 or cdesmentor@umn.edu....