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Kenneth Decker (BFA 2006) & fellow LSU alumnus Jonathan Simoneaux cofounded Composite Effects, a special effects company whose recent projects include 2 Guns, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, and The Final Destination. The company is known as a pioneer in the special effects industry with its patent-pending technology known as DuraFlex, which allows for the masks they create to endure constant removal without sacrificing flexibility or texture. Read more.

On September 6, 2014, the College of Art & Design hosted its second annual Tailgate with the Dean. Students, alumni, friends, and staff of the college attended, and a great time was had by all. The tailgate is held annually before the first home football game at LSU. View photos from the tailgate here.

Gretchen Wilson (BLA 1999), one of the founding partners, is the newest principal at Dig Studio in Denver. Gretchen is a landscape architect who has applied her leadership skills at Dig Studio, designing imaginative places and cultivating strong relationships with clients and the community. Visit digstudioinc.com for more information.

The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore hosted Type Nite, featuring MFA graphic design faculty members Ellen Lupton, Abbott Miller, and type designer Tal Leming, who received his BFA in graphic design at LSU in 1997. The event showcased new typefaces under development and explored type at work on the page, on screen, and in the built environment. Leming worked and designed fonts for House Industries for years and currently runs his own type and lettering company, Type Supply, in Baltimore Maryland. He was gracious enough to donate several typefaces to the Graphic Design Student Office. Thank you Tal! Visit typesupply.com for more information about Tal's company.

Corrine Rojas was recently named an associate at PDR Corp in Houston, Texas. She has personally worked on a number of high-profile projects since joining PDR, including the Imperial Oil office complex, and the ExxonMobil Houston Campus. She is currently the lead designer for the Cheniere Energy's Houston headquarters. She is designing Cheniere's Singapore office, as well, and frequently travels to Singapore to coordinate with local architects. Read more about Corrine's accomplishments at pdrcorp.com.

The American Society of Landscape Architects celebrated National Hispanic Heritage Month by spotlighting the enduring contributions of Hispanic and Latino American landscape architects to communities in the United States. Two of the landscape architects featured in these spotlights were Lewis Aqüi (BLA 1988), founder of Lewis Aqüi Landscape + Architectural Design in Miami, and Alex Ramirez (BLA 2011), associate at Design Workshop in Austin, Texas. Read the entire press release here.

A monthly doodle by RRSLA Interim Director & Professor Emeritus Van Cox