The School of Architecture + Design at Virginia Tech is offering continuing education seminars for the intern and practicing architects; Structural Technology for Intern and Practicing Architects. The continuing education seminars will be offered this May and September in Blacksburg and Alexandria, Virginia. Earn 26 LU/HSW hours. Every participant will receive a copy of the 2007 Architectural Precast Concrete DVD, a CD of the ARE sample tests and a course binder in addition to the certificate of completion.

MIT announced an online initiative in 2001 called Open-CourseWare (ocw.mit.edu),to "advance knowledge and educate students . . . to best serve the world."

Seven years and 1,800 courses later, anyone with an Internet connection can download syllabi, quizzes, and video lectures for courses ranging from aerospace engineering to world literature.

The idea of getting educated without paying tuition proved popular, prompting other universities to follow suit. There's now an OpenCourseWare Consortium (ocwconsortium.org) of schools from around the world, from Australia to Vietnam. American participants include Notre Dame, Tufts and Johns Hopkins, among others. To read more please visit the full article from inRich.com

The UNC Charlotte Office of Continuing Education is offering a new examination preparation course focusing on LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) for new construction. For more information, please view the full article from The Charlotte Observer.

The Cascadia Region Green Building Council is partnering with a continuing education training network called the National Sustainable Building Advisor Program (NaSBAP) to offer more resources and professional learning opportunities as part of the newly formed Cascadia Sustainability Academy. The current Sustainable Building Advisor (SBA) program is a 9-month certification course and exam available to working professionals interested in applying sustainable concepts to building, design, development, and construction. This new partnership brings Cascadia’s wide-ranging green experience into the classroom and will expand the program with additional technical resources and energy. For more information, please visit Business Wire.

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP continues with their Summer Internship Program from May – August. Students from Architecture, Urban Design, and Interior Design are encouraged to apply. See attached pdf.

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AIESEC US, an international not for profit organization, works with universities and organizations to create and facilitate customized international internship programs within the industry. These challenging internship experiences will provide students with a unique opportunity to develop the skills needed to compete in a truly global setting. For more information please go to AIESEC or e-mail Ashlee M. Moore.

ACSA, unique in its representative role for schools of architecture, provides a forum for ideas on the leading edge of architectural thought. Issues that will affect the architectural profession in the future are being examined today in ACSA members schools. For more information about upcoming events click here.

A Collaborate Effort Between a Firm and University

The design of healthcare environments has become increasingly important during the past few decades. The demand for high-quality healthcare environments has grown as well. Healthcare environments provide a unique set of design opportunities and constraints that distinguish them from other kinds of spaces. They are unusually complex and must serve the needs of many different users, including patients, visitors, medical staff, and administrative personnel. Perhaps that is why they are rarely assigned in academic architectural design studios - but they should be.

Students need to be exposed to the possibilities of healthcare design while in school, as it offers a window into a world of architectural practice where their work will always be in demand. In addition, research is needed to identify and analyze approaches to healthcare design issues, and especially to assist designers in creating places and spaces that meet the complex needs of users.

Cannon Design of St. Louis, MO, is consistently ranked among the top healthcare design firms in the world. Staff from Cannon Design will deliver a series of presentations to students about health care design to provide an overview of the field and to orient them to upcoming design projects. They will participate in the development of project assignments and in interim and final design reviews.

For more information contact: Kathryn Anthony

From the University of California, Santa Barbara's Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management. As part of a group thesis project, we are administering a survey regarding consumer and developer demand of a novel green building product. Right now, we are focusing on people in the building industry (architects, developers, contractors, etc.) in the United States. We are also conducting a separate survey for homeowners in the same region.

If you have questions or would like to participate, please contact:

Kara Shuster
Master's Candidate (2006)
Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Mngmnt
University of California, Santa Barbara
e-mail: kshuster@bren.ucsb.edu
Group Project Web Site: www.bren.ucsb.edu/~straw

Related Architecture & Design book titles from Wiley Press at:

http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-2449.html
Current books and articles dealing with continuing education for design professionals:

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Architectural Design Portable Handbook by Andy Pressman, NCARB, AIA.
As published by McGraw-Hill (2002)
Five Star rating at Amazon.com, plus available as a digital download.

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Designing for Diversity, Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in the Architectural Profession
by Kathryn H. Anthony

Providing hard data for trends that many perceive only vaguely and some deny altogether, Designing for Diversity reveals a profession rife with gender and racial discrimination and examines the aspects of architectural practice that hinder or support the full participation of women and persons of color.

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Continuing Ed: Defining Professional Development
by Thom Lowther, Director, AIA/CES and William F. Dexter, Construction Risk Management, W.F. Dexter Co., San Luis Obispo, California.
As published in Consulting-Specifying Engineer Magazine (July, 2002)

Intern Development Program: Introduction

Your education as an architect typically begins in a school of architecture. But it does not end there. Training in architectural firms, continuing education and professional practice furthers the educational process. Schools and firms offer many opportunities for acquiring knowledge and skills; however, you must take responsibility for developing your competencies to the fullest.