| Throughout
the initial decade of its existence the School of Architecture
at Louisiana Tech University has sought to remain relevant
with the times, and respectful of the traditions within the practices
of architecture and interior design. But you already know this
because you are a graduate or friend of one of the School's programs
who has benefited from our continual commitment to educating and
training reflective practitioners of architecture and interior
design.
As
the School of Architecture approaches its second decade it is
poised to continue this commitment, and to strengthen and extend
it through the opportunities that will present themselves in
the coming years. They will opportunities created by:
-
selective admissions
- relocation to the reconstructed Hale Hall
- practice-informed studios utilizing digital information and
rapid prototyping technologies
- traditional, cooperative and concurrent learning scenarios
- course- and resource-sharing with other architecture and interior
design programs located around the globe through distance education
and remote-learning technologies, and
most
importantly the maximum terms of accreditation for both the
architecture and interior design programs.
However,
the opportunities of the School's exciting future present a
challenge. The challenge is how to ensure the funds necessary
to take advantage of them will be available. One answer to the
challenge is to rely entirely on State funding. History shows
that this is an unreliable answer at best. So the answer lies
in a partnership between you and the State. It is your time
to step forward and to give back what the School of Architecture
and Louisiana Tech University have been giving all these years
- the necessary foundation for a promising future.
The
School of Architecture would like to recognize those alumni
and friends who between July 2002 and June 2003 stepped forward
and made a gift in support of the School's exciting future:
Mr.
James C. Bridges
Mrs. Jacqueline Butler
Mr. Barry A. Gardebled
Mr. Perry N. Harrell
Mr. Emmette K. Holtslander
Ms. Denise C. Klibert
Mr. Robert M. Mann
Merrill Lynch & Company
Mr. Phillip R. Morse
Mr. Michael L. Walpole
Mrs. Tina G. Williams
The
future of the School of Architecture and its two programs, like
its past, can be shaped by you. So please consider making a
gift to the School of Architecture during 2003 - 2004.
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