Fall 2008 DesignExpo

Kansas State University students seeking careers in the design disciplines will get the chance to meet with prospective employers at DesignExpo, the career fair of the College of Architecture, Planning and Design.

DesignExpo is being held from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 29, in the Ballroom of the K-State Alumni Center.

Event sponsors are the K-State College of Architecture, Planning, and Design and K-State’s Career and Employment Services.

Employers attending DesignExpo are offering full-time employment as well as student academic internship opportunities. They will also be available to visit with students who wish to learn more about the disciplines of architecture, interior architecture and product design, landscape architecture, and regional and community planning, as well as related design fields.

This is the ninth year of this highly successful event and the first during which both fall and spring sessions will be held. The spring session will be Monday, February 23, 2009.

Employers scheduled to attend DesignExpo on October 29 are:  Berger Devine Yaeger, Inc., Kansas City, MO; Black & Veatch, Overland Park, KS; BNIM Architects, Kansas City, MO; Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, Wilkes Barre, PA; BRR Architecture, Merriam, KS; Burns & McDonnell, Kansas City, MO; Cannon Design, St. Louis, MO; Corgan Associates, Dallas, TX; Davidson-Brown, Lenexa, KS; DLR Group, Overland Park, KS; EDSA, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, FL; Finkle|Williams Architecture, Overland Park, KS; Fritzlen Pierce Architects, Vail, CO; Gossen Livingston Associates, Inc., Wichita, KS; Hermes Landscaping, Lenexa, KS; HMN Architects, Inc., Overland Park, KS; Hoefer Wysocki Architects, LLC, Kansas City, MO; Hollis + Miller Architects, Overland Park, KS; HTK Architects, PA, Overland Park, KS, Krehbiel Architecture, Wichita, KS; Lawrence Group, St. Louis, MO; M2 Studio, Inc., Dallas, TX; McCluggage Van Sickle & Perry, Wichita, KS; MESA, Dallas, TX; Overland Partners Architects, San Antonio, TX; Patti Banks Associates, Kansas City, MO; PBK Architects, Houston, TX; PGAV Destination Consulting, St. Louis, MO; Schaefer Johnson Cox Frey Architecture, Wichita, KS; Schwerdt Design Group, Inc., Topeka, KS; SFS Architecture, Kansas City, MO; SWA Group, Houston, TX; and WATG, Irvine, CA.

The event planning committee includes the following students:  Daniel Gensch and Adam Wagoner, fifth-year architecture; Elizabeth Cordes and Tim Sherman, fifth-year interior architecture and product design; Anthony Fox and Amy Shaffer, fifth-year landscape architecture; Karina Perez-Fajardo, Joshua Perez and Lindsay Whitehead, fourth-year architecture; Sally Ebright, Samantha Lang and Erica Lester, fourth-year interior architecture and product design; Elise Hubbard and Christie Murman, fourth-year landscape architecture; David Vogel, post-baccalaureate master of landscape architecture; and Steven Munroe, post-baccalaureate master of regional and community planning.

Faculty and staff on the planning committee include:  Wendy Ornelas, associate professor, architecture, and associate dean of the College of Architecture, Planning and Design; Vicky Borchers, associate professor, and Donna Fullmer, assistant professor, interior architecture and product design; Dan Donelin, professor and head, and Melanie Klein, assistant professor, landscape architecture/regional and community planning; Karl Kandt, assistant director, and Mary Ewing, area assistant, K-State Career and Employment Services; Bruce Broce, Director of Development, College of Architecture, Planning and Design, KSU Foundation; and Diane Potts, Assistant to the Dean, College of Architecture, Planning and Design.

More information is available online at www.capd.ksu.edu/designexpo or by contacting CAPD@ksu.edu at 785.532.1090.