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Compton College Addresses Student Homelessness and Basic Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Immediately, Dayshawn and I went into planning, says Jackson, Eight years later, Compton College is breaking ground on a 250+ bed housing facility, becoming the first community college in Los Angeles County to offer campus housing to its students. I give them the credit for it because they got me to think about it differently and what we could do.

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Tsai Lu Liu Appointed Dean of the College of Architecture, Arts, and Design at Virginia Tech

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Tsai Lu Liu has been appointed dean of the College of Architecture, Arts, and Design (AAD) at Virginia Tech, effective Jul. Tsai Lu Liu Liu is the head of the Department of Graphic Design and Industrial Design at North Carolina State University.

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Top 5 European Cities for Architecture Internships

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An architecture internship is one of the best ways future job candidates can distinguish themselves when applying to positions in the field. Interning abroad offers students and recent graduates the chance to develop their skills while immersing themselves in cities renowned for their architectural heritage. Florence, Italy 1.

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Engineering a Path for the Forgotten: Meet the Professor Transforming Transportation Access - Dr. Kyung "Kate" Hyun

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She not only works with faculty in engineering, but also across disciplines with colleagues in social work, nursing and health, education, and architecture or public planning. But when she came to California to pursue her Ph.D., I didnt have a car of course. I took a bus to the DMV office, and it was a 90-minute journey, says Hyun.

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Pursuing Life’s Passion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, College of Engineering and Architecture, Howard University Tenured: No Age: 39 Education: B.A., architecture and visual studies, University of Pennsylvania; and M.A., When it comes to the study of architecture, often the subject is presented through a Eurocentric lens.

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PUC Alumni Moves Architecture Firm to Napa 

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From the 1996 PUC class, Jarrod Denton is an architect, partner, and founder at Signum Architecture, LLP. They opened their architecture firm originally in St. The ability to elevate everyday life with the transformative power of architecture and instill a reaction in people is powerful and rewarding. What do you specialize in?

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NJIT Achieves HSI Status and Works to Increase Its Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Whether it’s engineering, computing, business management or architecture, there are ways in which to build a DEI agenda in each of those particular disciplines.” The goal was to achieve these numbers by 2025, but NJIT hit its target by the spring of 2024. Lim, hosted a campus celebration of the school’s HSI designation.

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