by Kendall Curlee | Apr 24, 2019 | Fay Jones School of Architecture, Forum, Landscape Architecture, Museum, Uncategorized
In this latest report from our “Museum 12,” who got a behind-the-scenes look at running Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Max Frank describes a role-playing exercise designed to help students understand how museum boards operate. Channeling the...
by srkirby | Apr 15, 2019 | Fay Jones School of Architecture, Honors Courses, Landscape Architecture
In this post, “Museum” participant Max Frank dissects just what makes a satisfying customer experience at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. One thing he learned: it all starts at the entrance. Max Frank is a second-year honors landscape architecture...
by Kendall Curlee | Feb 20, 2019 | Advice/Tips, Architectural Studies, Art History, College of Engineering, Computer Science Engineering, Fay Jones School of Architecture, Honors thesis, J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
You’ve got your thesis topic, and you’ve found a faculty mentor. Now the real work begins – and the most critical component is not reading dusty tomes, running experiments in the lab or digging up the latest articles in Lexis Nexis. Your most important task is to...
by Kendall Curlee | Oct 15, 2018 | Fay Jones School of Architecture, Path Program
Anthony Sysoukrath, an Honors College Path student and architecture major from Van Buren, Arkansas, has just returned from his first-ever trip to New York City and he’s jazzed: “There’s so much life and energy there – it really resonates with me. There’s always...
by srkirby | Sep 14, 2018 | Architectural Studies, Fay Jones School of Architecture, Italy, Libby Finch Award, Study Abroad
January The lighting shifts from a natural white sunlight to an orange tint as I walk down the travertine stairs to the subway station on a brisk January morning. A small crowd is funneled through the turnstiles and down another stair deeper into the concrete tunnels....
by srkirby | Sep 11, 2018 | Architectural Studies, Fay Jones School of Architecture, Italy, Libby Finch Award, Study Abroad
January: Day 23/125 Ciao! The first week of the semester is always introduction week, so allow me to introduce myself. My name is Tamsan, I’m an architecture student who has decided to study in the city that architects and others have pilgrimed to for centuries: Rome....
