The Week Ahead
April 7
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This Week
MONDAY
ASID Wellness Event
12:30pm | Chalmers Hall, 316
Take a break from the studio with snacks and wellness tips. Show up to be entered into a raffle for a wellness themed basket. They will share wellness tips, what ASID is at KU and why it’s important, and then release forms for 2025-26 ASID board elections.
IDSA Presents: Lunch & Learn with Marlena Ruthe
11:15am-12:20pm | Chalmers 350
Join KU Industrial Design Society to learn about using AI for cover letters, resumes, & portfolios. Event open to all years, See updates on Instagram
 
TUESDAY
Textile Tuesday: Women Artists
1-3:00pm | Spencer Museum of Art, Lee Study Center
Drop by the Lee Study Center for a relaxed, up-close experience with textiles from our collection. At this session, explore works made by women artists in conjunction with our exhibition Bold Women. Come back to see different selections each month.
KU AIAS Bake Sale
11:00am-3:00pm | Wescoe Beach
Come grab a treat at Wescoe Beach & support AIAS’ Creators Ball!
 
WEDNESDAY
Hello, Sunshine!
2-4:00pm | Kansas Union, Ascher Plaza
Get ready to paint vibrant suncatchers and elevate your design with beautiful pressed flowers at the flower station! Transform your creation into a one-of-a-kind masterpiece that will brighten any space. Come craft, create, and add a pop of color to your world!
BRR Architecture Firm Tour
3:00pm | BRR Architecture
AIAS Presents: Firm Tours 2025. This week is with BRR Architecture, learn more about the firm here.Join the GroupMe to stay up to date with any changes that may occur, as well as information on how to sign up!
Engaged Reading: A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety by Sarah Jaquette Ray
3-4:00pm | Ecumenical Campus Ministries (ECM)
Participate in a discussion of Sarah Jaquette Ray’s book “A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety,” led Ali Brox (Environmental Studies) and Melinda Lewis (Social Welfare). This talk is part of a series inspired by the KU Reads / Common Book program and curated with goals of generous and generative conversation.
Pause 4 Pups
7-8:00pm | Jayhawker Towers Apartments
Come by and take a break with furry friends from Loving Paws Animal Therapy! Through stress management outreach programs, they aim to provide KU students with tools for coping, healthy new habits, and a strong academic semester.
 
THURSDAY
Fresh Check Day
10:00am-4:00pm | Watson Library, Lawn
Fresh Check Day, the signature program of the Jordan Porco Foundation, is an uplifting mental health promotion and suicide prevention event for colleges that includes interactive expo booths, peer-to-peer messaging, support of multiple campus departments and groups, free food, entertainment, therapy dogs, and exciting prizes and giveaways. Fresh Check Day aims to create an approachable and hopeful atmosphere where students are encouraged to engage in dialogue about mental health and helps to build a bridge between students and the mental health resources available on campus, in the community, and nationally.” (FCD Website).
Senior Session: Eternal Spring Ceramics
10:15-11:00am | Spencer Museum of Art, Lee Study Center
Join Curator Kris Ercums to learn about Eternal Spring, an exhibition of unique East Asian ceramics from the Weare-West Family Trust. Senior Sessions are designed with accommodations for older adults and open to all.
Glass Painting Soiree
6-8:00pm | Kansas Union, Hawks Nest
What’s your drink of choice? Coffee? Tea? Water? Juice? Join SUA in the Hawks Nest to paint your own drinking glass and make it as unique as your favorite drink!
KU Design Professional Lecture Series: Dan Padavic
6:00pm | Wescoe Hall, 3140
Dan Padavic is a multimedia art director and founder of Vahalla Studios, a full service flat-stock screen printing and letterpress studio in North Kansas City, Missouri. Padavic’s work incorporates the hand of a printmaker combined with the sensibilities of a graphic designer to produce multifaceted strategic branding projects for clients large and small.
 
FRIDAY
KU Design Professional Lecture Series Workshop: Dan Padavic, Type as Image
10:00am - 1:30pm | Room 324, Letterpress Lab
Join this week's Design Lecturer for a workshop exploring typography as image; lunch will be provided. Dan is a KU alumni who graduated with a degree in Visual Communication Design in 2004. His work incorporates the knowledge and hand of a printmaker, combined with the sensibilities of a graphic designer.
Please contact Linda Samson Talleur: ltalleur@ku.edu to sign up for the workshop, Limited to 10 participants
Creators' Ball
8pm | The Oread, Kansas Room
Every year AIAS KU hosts Creators' Ball, a beaux arts ball to celebrate the work of architecture AND design students throughout the year. Part of this event includes a gallery walk of student work. Tickets are 18$ or 15$ if you submit to the gallery and have your work shown. The ball is open to any students or faculty of the architecture AND design department at KU!
Tickets will be sold in between studios from now until the day of the event along with tickets at the door. If you need to buy tickets but can't at that time (aka design build or 5th years) please reach out to AIAS Instagram or any of our board members!
 
Student Academic Services and Success Announcement
Spring and Summer 2025 Graduates Only
Do you have a job lined up after graduation? Please take the First Destination Survey now!
If you are still job hunting, you have until May 16 to submit your response to this required survey. If your plans change, you can retake the survey up to 6 months after graduation.
If you plan to graduate in the summer of 2025, and would like to participate in the Spring 2025 ArcD Graduation Ceremony, please submit an application to graduate by April 18.
 
Summer & Fall Architecture Courses
Prior to enrollment, check out these Architecture courses offered Summer and Fall 2025!
If you plan to study abroad or are returning and need to take Environmental Systems (I or II), Programming, Ethics and Leadership, or Visualizing Site and Natural Forces, these will all be offered online in summer. Electives will be offered at undergraduate and graduate levels – make sure to enroll in the correct course number for your needs. The posters are merely advertisements – please see the online course directory for complete listings and contact the course instructor for more information.
 
Academic Advising Announcements
Academic advising spring drop-in hours:
Drop-in advising is available between 12:30-4:00 every Monday and Thursday. Students are invited to meet with their advisor virtually via Zoom or in-person in Snow Hall 252 during those hours. More information on drop-ins can be found here: Drop-In Advising | Jayhawk Academic Advising
Schedule an appointment with your academic advisor:
You can schedule an in-person or virtual appointment with your academic advisor through JayhawkGPS (navigate). Here are step-by-step instructions: Scheduling Appointments | Jayhawk GPS
 
Upcoming Events
NEXT WEEK: KU Design Week | April 14-18
KU Design Week aims to promote interdisciplinary design thinking to KU students and beyond through lectures, activities, and events. Design Week is coordinated entirely by KU Design students and is held annually.
Follow KU Design Week on Instagram for updates!
KC Design Week ArcD Exhibition | Friday, April 25
Join us at MMTH Creative Studio in the Crossroads during Kansas City Design Week for a showcase of work by KU Architecture & Design students and learn about our new studio building and facilities renovation project designed by BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group and BNIM. Learn more about Kansas City Design Week events by checking out their website or social media.
Free event, advanced registration recommended.
 
Exhibitions
Here-ing
Ongoing | KU Field Station
here-ing is a walking labyrinth—created by Janine Antoni in partnership with the Spencer Museum, the Kansas Biological Survey and Center for Ecological Research, and the DesignBuild Studio in KU’s School of Architecture—in the shape of the anatomy of the human ear. At the heart of the project is an invitation for the public to return to their bodies through intimately relating to the land.
You can explore here-ing for free on any day between sunrise and sunset. It is located adjacent to the Roth Trailhead at the KU Field Station. Find here-ing on Google Maps.
Strange and Familiar Places | Nelson Atkins
Feb 1 - July 20
Photography professor Elise Kirk featured in exhibition at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City
Strange and Familiar Places presents 26 works by 10 contemporary photographers who tell compelling stories about people, communities, and the land they inhabit. Their intimate photographs focus on rural subjects in the Midwest, South, and Western United States, often challenging our preconceptions of these regions.
 
Opportunities
SUA Gallery | Fall 2025 Submissions
Apply to showcase your work in the Student Union Gallery this fall!
Submissions due May 4
Museum of Outdoor Arts | 2025 Design Build Competition
2025 Sacred Geometry: Platonic Solids. No entry fee, open to undergraduate and graduate students. 1st place prize: $10,000, 2nd place prize: $7,500, 3rd place prize: $5,000, HM: $1,500.
Submissions due April 19
More information and sign up here.
ArcD Student Organizations: Get involved!
Get involved with student organizations to improve your educational experience! Learn more about ArcD Student Organizations here & keep in touch with them via social media!
WEBTOON: 2025 Contest: Webcomic Legends.
This is the ultimate opportunity for webcomic creators to showcase their creativity, captivate audiences, and earn a chance to become an Originals creator! WEBTOON is looking for creators who push the boundaries of storytelling, presenting compelling plots and unforgettable characters that resonate with our global audience.
Submissions due May 15
 
Jobs & Internships
Architectural Designer Intern
CRB | Kansas City, MO
We are actively seeking an Architectural Designer Intern to join CRB. Join our firm for an internship journey where you’ll dive into real-world project work, learn from industry leaders and fully immerse yourself in the CRB employee experience. This program is more than just an internship—it's an opportunity to grow, innovate, and make a tangible impact on how we do business. You’ll have the chance to work hands-on with cutting-edge projects, collaborate with peers and industry leaders, and contribute your unique perspective to spark meaningful change.
More information and apply here.
Construction Technology Intern
PCL | Denver, CO
Utilize and perform 3D modeling to help our group better collaborate with districts and project teams. Conduct research and development tasks to support innovation initiatives. Explore, gain exposure, and help project teams with implementing cutting-edge construction technologies.
Learn about and spend time with other groups within PCL like scheduling, preconstruction and estimating, safety, to name a few, to understand more about how PCL operates as a function of many parts.
More information and apply here.
Interior Design Intern
Airstream, Inc | Jackson Center, OH
We are seeking an industrious, conscientious and driven Interior Design/Architecture Intern to join our Interiors team for 2025. As an Airstream Intern, you will have the opportunity to work closely with our design and fabrication team members in a dynamic and highly collaborative environment.
As an intern at Airstream, you will be exposed to projects at multiple scales across building types. In addition to being involved in exciting active and ongoing work, interns will collaborate with each other, and other team members on a unique summer-long project to design and build a project of their choosing.
More information here.
 
Scholarships
TCAA Architecture/Interior Design Scholarship
TCAA award a $5,000 scholarship to a qualifying student who at the time of application is working toward an undergraduate or graduate level professional degree in Architecture or Interior Design; and two $5,000 scholarship to qualifying family members of an employee of a TCAA contractor member company, in accordance with eligibility criteria and application instructions.
Application Deadline: April 7
The AIA St. Louis Scholarship
The AIA St. Louis Scholarship Fund is now accepting applications for the upcoming 2025-2026 academic year. This is a great opportunity for architecture students from the St. Louis region.
The AIA St. Louis Scholarship Fund offers opportunities for students that are born or raised in the St. Louis region and are studying architecture in their third, fourth and fifth year or graduate work at an NAAB accredited school of architecture (the University may be located anywhere).
Application Deadline: July 1