Category: Alumni


  • 50th Anniversary of the First Graduating Class

    The College of Architecture and Planning welcomed nearly half of its first graduating class to campus for a 50-year reunion celebration this spring. Fifteen members of the class of 1971 attended the three-day event that began on April 11. The event had been delayed a year because of the pandemic. The alums of ’71 gave […]

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  • Learning to Have the Hard Discussions

    Understanding the significance of candor-filled conversations changed everything I once (thought I) knew about leadership and professionalism. In an industry that is moving as quickly as construction, there is no room for vague conversation with open-ended intensions. Learning to have the hard conversations are essential for everyone’s time, accountability, and in all honesty—respect. As employer […]

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  • Exploring Modern Mobility in City Planning

    For the Fall 2021 semester I was invited by the Department Chair of Urban Planning at Ball State, Scott Truex, to develop and lead a class related to transportation planning. After about a thousand emails and several phone calls, we aligned on Plan 498/598, Exploring Modern Mobility. Students were engaged in a semester long journey […]

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  • From Landscape Architecture to Artist

    I loved that the education at CAP always blurred the lines between disciplines. Though I was officially studying landscape architecture, I was at the same time exposed to the worlds of art, music, film, and architecture, and the program flowed in and out of these other disciplines so effortlessly that I struggled with the idea […]

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  • Past CAP Alumni Award Recipients

    The College recognizes those alumni who demonstrate outstanding professional success or achievement in architecture, construction management, historic preservation, interior design, landscape architecture, urban design, and urban planning. The College’s alumni are found throughout the world in positions of prominence and leadership, addressing the resolution of societal needs through the design, construction, planning, and preservation of the […]

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  • Current EAB Members

    Engaged advisory boards play a crucial role in ensuring the college’s ongoing success and vitality. Board members from each disipline advise curriculum, develop professional connections, and support our focus on education, applied research, and service. We hope you consider serving the college as an advisory board member or connect through our many engagement opportunities for alumni […]

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