Projects by student participants in the spring and summer 2010 Study Abroad programs of Kansas State University and the College of Architecture, Planning, and Design will be on display from September 13-October 8 in the Chang Gallery and the first floor hallway of the east wing of Seaton Hall. The exhibition is open to the public without charge. Hours of the Chang Gallery are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. weekdays.

The exhibit will also be open to the public for K-State’s Family Day on September 25.

Students in the college’s degree-granting programs are given the option of participating in study abroad during and following their fourth year. During the spring and summer of 2010, 62 students in the college chose to study abroad. Of the student participants, 60 are now fifth-year students (43 percent of the fifth-year class). Six students in their third or fourth year of study participated in summer programs.

According to Lynn Ewanow, associate dean and director of international programs for the College of Architecture, Planning and Design, participation in study abroad programs benefits students in all majors, but students of architecture, interior architecture and product design, landscape architecture, and regional and community planning are particularly well served. The experience of studying in unfamiliar environments heightens cultural and historical awareness; improves self-reliance; encourages better understanding of global economics, politics, and societies; and broadens professional horizons. She says, “The College of Architecture, Planning, and Design is committed to enhancing the study abroad experience for its students and supporting the emphasis on international education which is part of the K-State strategic plan.”

Professors Carol Martin Watts and Don Watts taught in the program at Orvieto, and Professor Tony Chelz taught in the program at Santa Chiara.

Students, their majors and home towns, and the study abroad program in which they participated are listed below. A * by the name indicates that these students were coordinators of various components of the exhibit.

Spring 2010

Czech Tech, Prague, Czech Republic

Alexander Bartelsmeyer, architecture, Saint Albans, MO
*Laura Cochran, architecture, Manhattan, KS
Jesse Husmann, architecture, Plainville, KS
Nicholas Kreitler, architecture, Barnhart, MO
Nicholas Massmann, architecture, Ballwin, MO
*Alyssa Parsons, architecture, Manhattan, KS
Branden Schwab, architecture, Ozark, MO
Samantha Smith, architecture, Oak Grove, MO
Keegan Thompson, architecture, Monroe City, MO
*Whitney Thomure, interior architecture and product design, Lee’s Summit, MO
John Wolf, architecture, Milwaukee, WI 

Dessau International Architecture Graduate School at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Dessau, Germany

*Jill Maurer, architecture, Topeka, KS
*Timothy Meyers, architecture, Blue Springs, MO
Dylan Powell, architecture, Ashland, MO
Jason Ragan, architecture, Wichita, KS
Jason Rivera, architecture, Andover, KS
Kyle Rogler, architecture, Olathe, KS
Victoria Suprin, architecture, Plattsburg, MO

Fachhochschule Coburg, Coburg, Germany

*Christa Bowman, interior architecture and product design, Plymouth, MN
Kristen Ellis, interior architecture and product design, Kearney, MO
Paul Jarvis, interior architecture and product design, Manchester, MO

Centro Studi Cittá di Orvieto, Orvieto, Italy

Derek Bestor, architecture, Colorado Springs, CO
Christopher Billo, architecture, Wildwood, MO
Alyssa DeBrie, architecture, Scottsbluff, NE
Whitley Fields, architecture, Plano, TX
*Maxie Henkle, architecture, Spring Hill, KS
Nicole Hoffarth, architecture, Fenton, MO
Rebecca Ingram, landscape architecture, Omaha, NE
Dustin Jennings, architecture, Topeka, KS
*Charles McDowell, landscape architecture, Platte Woods, MO
Conner McGowan, architecture, Crete, NE
*Paul Megli, architecture, Augusta, KS
Paul Michaels, architecture, Pella, IA
Alexandra Miller, interior architecture and product design, Overland Park, KS
Lydia Palma, interior architecture and product design, Topeka, KS
Adriana Perrone, architecture, St. Charles, MO
Sarah Pink, architecture, Colorado Springs, CO
*Brooke Swercinski, architecture, Overland Park, KS
Renae Vos, interior architecture and product design, Overland Park, KS
*Margaret Waltz, interior architecture and product design, Omaha, NE
Carrie Wilbert, architecture, Olathe, KS
Laura Wilson, architecture, Lawrence, KS

Italart Centro Studi Santa Chiara, Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy

Andrew Alden, architecture, Raytown, MO
Roger Bost, architecture, Poplar Bluff, MO
Emily Buchmann, architecture, Washington, MO
Christopher Curtis, architecture, Great Bend, KS
*Joshua Doss, architecture, Grandview, MO
Amy Finnerty, architecture, Olathe, KS
*Allison Gerth, landscape architecture, Manhattan, KS
*Heidi Hyland, architecture, Saginaw, MI
*Amanda Phelps, interior architecture and product design, Sandy, UT
Ian Pitts, architecture, Jefferson City, MO
*Timothy Sandweg, architecture, St. Louis, MO
Laura Weatherholt, landscape architecture, Tulsa, OK
*Joshua Williams, architecture, Olathe, KS

Summer 2010

Academic Programs International, Lorenzo dé Medici, Florence, Italy

Samantha Anderson, architecture, Liberty, MO
Jennafer Dauwalter, architecture, Foristell, MO
Sara Norman, interior architecture and product design, Lenexa, KS
*Natalie Shoemaker, interior architecture and product design, St. George, KS

Denmark International Study Program, Copenhagen, Denmark

Andrew Crouch, interior architecture and product design, Manhattan, KS
*Ryan Goetsch, interior architecture and product design, Overland Park, KS

K-State at Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Brandan Smith, architecture, Topeka, KS

Faculty on the college’s international studies committee include Ray Streeter, architecture; Neal Hubbell, interior architecture and product design; Tony Chelz, landscape architecture/regional and community planning; and Lynn Ewanow, associate dean.

For more information, contact:
Lynn Ewanow, 785.532.5047
CAPD@ksu.edu, 785.532.1090