Student Union

It was Dean Colangelo's birthday on Thursday! In addition to that exciting news, I had my first meeting with him on Oct 8 and had another brief meeting with him Oct 30.

What does Dean Colangelo do?

He is the Executive Officer of the Sam Fox School and the deans of architecture and museum report to him. He also represents the Sam Fox School to University Council. Is also concerned with the financial stability of the school.

In his day-to-day schedule, he meets with other deans, has cabinet meetings with includes the directors of graduate programs, and is working on how to structure the new curriculum (mentioned in next section).

What administrative news is there?

In 2011, the Sam Fox School is going to begin a "shared first year program". In this new program, Art and Architecture students will have more exchange between them and symmetry between their programs. For instance, a student can take Sculpture and Architecture their first year. A drastic change is that students can work with faculty to design interdisciplinary programs. Majors start in the sophmore year. The Art and Architecture staff will become more intertwined -- for instance an Architecture teacher can teach a Drawing class. It will also be easier to switch between Art and Architecture schools because of transferrable credits. There will be more concrete information about this program after the faculty retreat today.

In the future, the Sam Fox School is looking to implement a Bachelor of Design program. And in the Fall of 2010, a Master of Landscape Architecture program will be implemented in the Graduate School. The MFA program will also include Design. And  an art program will be joining the archictecture program in Buenos Aires.

Where does the Sam Fox School stand in relation to the rest of Wash U?

The deans in Sam Fox work constantly with the deans in the other schools. Dean Colangelo is examining how more collaboration can occur between the Olin School of Business and the Sam Fox School, that is collaboration between design and entrepeneurship.

It was really great meeting with Dean Colangelo. If you have any questions or ideas about what we discussed, feel free to ask! And if you want me to bring up anything to Dean Colangelo in our next Liaison Meeting, let me know.

Happy Halloween!

Kelsey

kelseye@samfox.wustl.edu

Why is there a HOLE in the South 40?!  Recap
 
Sorry to see that the rain kept so many people away from what was an awesome forum on the architectural future of the South 40 Monday night!  We had one of the principal architects, officials from Bon Appetit including Nadeem Siddiqui, regional manager, and Chef Gary Saurez, Dean Justin Carroll to represent ResLife, and Vice Chancellor Steve Hoffner.  I want to run through some of the highlights for you in bullet-point form. 
 
ALSO: Watch for an update because the architects have promised to post the 3-D video of the future of the 40 on their website soon!
 
My favorite observations, in no particular order (it's worth reading through them -- I promise!):

- 4/5 of the Dining area on the S40 is still to come.  There will be a tacqueria, salad bar, Mongolian Grill, and many other stations for everyone.  Also, there will be LOADS of extra seating!

- The new fitness center will return to its rightful place above the main servery and will be much larger.

- There will be one closed off area for dining in the S40 House that can be booked for student group meetings.

- Info screens and televisions with news programs will be featured in the new building.

- An expanded Bear’s Mart concept will be put in place, intended to serve as a Whole Foods type concept.  Get Excited.

- The second floor dining will be converted to a Kosher Kitchen as all dining moves to the bottom floor.

- All dishware and silverware will be sustainable – paper items only for take out!

- Chef Gary talked about the new Chef’s Kitchen which will be a small kitchen that you can book for special events including: cooking classes, birthdays, and private dinners where the chef will cook right in front of you.  They will feature cooking classes about how to cook in your dorms (including the microwave), and they will use it to test new menu ideas.  They may include cameras to broadcast cooking classes to those who can’t make it, and they will also start testing out specialized allergy-friendly meals.

- College Hall will be built on the 40 which will serve as a Hogwarts-Style grand hall complete with (hopefully) banners to represent the various ResColleges and seating for a ton of people.

- Ruby will remain standing instead of coming down this summer.  This is the only dramatic change to the timeline due to the economic recession.

- The Swamp will be brought back to its full capacity – removing the asphalt driveway currently cutting it in half.

- Student art will hopefully be displayed both inside and out of the new buildings.

- They are hoping against all hopes to have a large water fountain in the middle of the 40 which…. It has been suggested… could be used to throw people into on hot days.

- And, lastly, they will hold student competitions later this year to name the kiosks and dining halls on the South Forty.  (I’m personally pulling for Bear’s Den… let’s not mess with tradition here!)
 
The event was fantastic!  I wish you had been there and encourage you to come to any similar events.  As I said, watch for a link to the ResLife website once they have uploaded the schematics and 3-D video tour of the new South 40.  We are all in for a treat – and I, for one, cannot wait to see it completed!