What's Happening: East Kentucky and Beyond
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3rd Annual Design Slam a Success! The AIA EKC/Fayette Alliance Design Slam was held at West 6th Brewing on Saturday, June 13 and many individuals from Lexington's A/E community came to cheer on the teams from EOP, RossTarrant, UK's CoD and Sherman Carter Barnhart. At the end of the evening, SCB's winning team took the coveted golden T-square and all proceeds of the event were donated to Lexington's Habitat for Humanity. Thanks to those who have supported this awesome event, the East Kentucky Chapter is proud to have donated $20,000 to Habitat in the past three years!
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University of Kentucky College of Design
University of Kentucky Provost Tim Tracy announced on June 19 that Mitzi Vernon will assume the position of dean of the UK College of Design. Vernon received a Master of Science in engineering in product design from Stanford University in 1995; a Master of Architecture from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1986; and a Bachelor of Science in interior design from the University of North Carolina (Greensboro) in 1984. Prior teaching experience includes the California College of the Arts, the University of Southern California and Arizona State University, and Vernon is currently professor of industrial design at Virginia Tech. Subject to approval by the UK Board of Trustees, she will join the university in September.
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2015 AIA Kentucky Honor Awards
Entries are now being accepted for the 2015 AIA Kentucky Honor Awards Program which, for more than 50 years, has sought to honor and bring to public attention distinctive works of architecture created by Kentucky architects. This year the program will incorporate a new online entry/submission process that is extremely straightforward, convenient, and can be accessed from anywhere. In addition, the project categories have been revised to better showcase for the Jury the diversity in project type and size of the entries. The Jury will be encouraged to recognize Honor, Merit and/or Citation Award status in any or all of these categories. Click here to learn more.
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East Kentucky's Third Thursday Lunches at Commerce Lexington
Enjoy a meal and a CE presentation once a month at Commerce Lexington. Refer to AIA Kentucky's web calendar for these upcoming CE opportunities. The next lunch will be held:
- Thursday, July 16, at 12 PM ET
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WELCOME to our newest member Chadwick G. Gallas, AIA, of OMNI Architects in Lexington! -
Nathan Hocker, Assoc. AIA and Robert Barnhart, Assoc. AIA have joined the Lexington office of Sherman Carter Barnhart Architects.
If you have other news to share with the members of EKC, please let us know!
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07/16/15 - Third Thursday Luncheon at Commerce Lexington
07/30/15 - Historical Overview and Tour of Kentucky's Capital (Details TBA)
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EKC Says "Thank You!" to the Allied Benefactors & Sponsors of AIA Kentucky
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