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Visting Professors Lisa Gray, Alan Organschi receive national recognitions from American Academy of Arts and Letters, AIA College of Fellows

August 17th, 2012 by glaramie

RWU Visiting Professors Lisa Gray and Alan Organschi of Gray Organschi Architecture, New Haven have achieved significant national recognitions in Spring 2012. Gray Organschi Architecture has served as Architecture Teaching Firm in Residence in Fall 2010 and 2011, and return to RWU in Fall 2012 to teach Arch 613 Graduate Thesis Design Studio.

Lisa Gray was recognized as a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) at the American Institute of Architects Annual Convention in May, in recognition of her “significant contribution to the profession” and “to architecture and society on a national level.”  She and other 2012 Fellows were honored at an investiture ceremony on May 17 at the 2012 AIA National Convention and Design Exposition in Washington, DC.

Posted by: glaramie August 17th, 2012
Tags: AIA College of Fellows  American Academy of Arts and Letters  Gray Organschi  Visiting Professors  

1st Emerging Artist Program with Mt. Hope HS, Bristol held July-August 2012

August 17th, 2012 by glaramie

The Town of Bristol, RI and Roger Williams University through the Bristol-RWU Cooperative Agreement have launched an Emerging Artist Program, where Mt. Hope High School students can enroll in Visual Arts Studies courses free of charge for college credit. The Program is launched for Summer and Fall 2012 in two courses, VARTS 101 Foundations of Drawing, taught by Rob Rustermier and VARTS 201 Drawing the Figure, taught by Tayo Heuser. The university appreciates the extensive collaboration with Mt. Hope High School faculty and staff, including coordinating faculty Kathleen Dwyer, faculty Lauren Enjeti, Christine Mullen, Kerri Sloat, and Principal Donald Rebello.

Posted by: glaramie August 17th, 2012
Tags: Emerging Artist Program  Mt. Hope High School  

SAAHP Launches Womens Leadership Network at 2012 Alumni Weekend

August 17th, 2012 by glaramie

Supported by a 2012 RWU Presidents Inclusive Excellence Fund Grant to Dean Stephen White, SAAHP launched its Womens Leadership Network (WLN) at Alumni Weekend on June 9, 2012, in a session attended by 20+ graduates who returned to RWU, along with SAAHP deans and university leaders. The session focused on issues and potentials achievable through establishing womens’ leadership connections from K-12 through undergraduate and graduate school, alumni in the early part of their careers as well as senior professionals.  Women students in SAAHP disciplines across the country are highly successful as students, yet are less represented in number and professional achievements than their early academic success would indicate. Mentoring and professional advancements for women in SAAHP  fields are key elements of the WLN initiative.  SAAHP is collaborating with national academic and professional groups to advance this initiative, whose success will be measured in greater presence, recognized achievement and leadership of women in years ahead. 

Posted by: glaramie August 17th, 2012
Tags: Womens Leadership Network  

2012 AIA Rhode Island Scholarship Winners Announced

August 17th, 2012 by glaramie

Kristen Weigel The AIA Rhode Island Architectural Forum, the charitable arm of AIA Rhode Island (AIAri) in 2012 continued its remarkable support for architectural education in the state, through the continued fundraising for and awarding of scholarships to deserving architecture students at Rhode Island architecture programs, and for Rhode Island architecture students attending architecture programs in other states. One of the most successful events of the year for AIAri is its Annual Golf Tournament, with all proceeds going to scholarship fund.  The AIAri Architectural Forum also stewards funds from the endowed Norton Salk Memorial Scholarship fund for these students, also awarded annually.  AIA Rhode Island Awards are presented at the annual Golf Tournament, held this year at the Ledgemont Country Club in Seekonk.

In 2012, Roger Williams Architecture students won 3 of 4 AIA Rhode Island scholarship awards totaling $9000. Winners include:

Posted by: glaramie August 17th, 2012
Tags: AIA Scholarship Winners  Roger Williams Architecture student winners  

Washington University Visiting Professor Carl Safe teaches Graduate Furniture Design Seminar

August 15th, 2012 by glaramie

Twelve Roger Williams and Rhode Island School of Design students participated this Summer 1 Session in an Architecture graduate seminar on Furniture Design, taught by Visiting Professor Carl Safe of the Sam Fox School of Design at Washington University, one of the US’s leading art, architecture and design schools. Safe described:

“The defining characteristic of this design course is that the final product is not a representation of a proposal, it is the proposal.  This is a course about making. Architects are in the business of designing beautiful environments, spaces, places and objects because we know something but more importantly, because we believe something.  This is an opportunity to design and make a beautiful object that is born of a set of intentions (what you believe) and has meaning beyond the fact that you made it.

Posted by: glaramie August 15th, 2012
Tags: Carl Safe  Furniture Design  Summer 2012  
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