By Kelsey Brownlee On Thurs., Nov. 3, the interior design students gladly welcomed Olivia Alison. [Show picture list] Alison is a native of Selma, Alabama, who has earned art history degrees from Hollins College and the University of Delaware, as well as a certificate from the Sorbonne in Paris. She began her career as a ...
By Amy Cagle | Mississippi State University Eight prominent graduates now living as close as Madison County and as distant as Southern California are Mississippi State University’s 2016 Alumni Fellows. For more than a quarter-century, the fellows program has brought former students of distinction back to campus to meet with those currently enrolled and share ...
[Show picture list] (Photos by Aaron McElfish) A reception was held for the current exhibit on display on the second-floor exhibition at the university’s Welcome Center on Thurs., Oct. 27. Peri Schwartz’s paintings, drawings and print creations will remain on display through Nov. 5. Read more about the exhibit.
The reception for the School of Architecture’s “International Viewfinds” exhibit was held by Tau Sigma Delta and took place at 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 24. [Show picture list] (Images by Kelsey Brownlee)
Interior Design is offering a dual enrollment course for Jackson Preparatory students, ID 3603 Digital Design, for the second time this year. Taught by MSU interior design alumna (2012) Rachel Lantz, NCIDQ, ASID, the semester-long course focuses on Adobe’s “big three” software programs – Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. “We have planned this class as a generic way ...
David Dowell, AIA, principal at El Dorado Inc., presented the Harrison Lecture on Fri., Oct. 21 at 4 p.m. in the Robert and Freda Harrison Auditorium in Giles Hall. Dowell has been with the firm since 1998. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis in 1989 followed by a ...
Ben Jenkins, MSU graphic design alumnus, will be present a lecture, “Designer as Entrepreneur,” on Fri., Oct. 28 at 10 a.m. in Fowlkes Auditorium in the Union. Jenkins’s creative approach to living and working will be woven into his talk, where he will discuss how to turn a passion into a career. “Not only does he run a ...
By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University Paintings, drawings and print creations by a New York artist are on display through Nov. 5 at Mississippi State’s Cullis Wade Depot Art Gallery. Free to all, the second-floor exhibition at the university’s Welcome Center features Peri Schwartz’s works focused on composition and the interplay of color, light ...
Via GBCI press release Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI) recently announced its 2016 class of LEED Fellows, an annual recognition of outstanding LEED professionals. This year’s 24 LEED Fellows exemplify a diverse array of achievements and contributions to the green building community. “LEED would not have grown from an idea to a movement that spans more ...
Photo by Megan Bean | Mississippi State University MSU architecture students work on an interactive community design model they built for the residents of Eastmoor Estates, a neighborhood near Moorehead. Students are bringing the model to the community and using it to foster dialogue and ideas on what residents want their neighborhood to become. Pictured, ...