MAGR ;GOVS fMN4428 I E- v.3 no.1 MERGING \ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DOCUMENTS DEC 1 7 2008 MAGRATH LIBRARY ff- ..I. ''What if ... " The University of Minnesota's College of Design (CDes) trains design leaders. Our students, researchers, and faculty design with a social conscience and work to advance the quality and value of natural and designed environments while contributing to the betterment of the economic, social, and environmental realms of society. The What if... tagline attracts ai;id reflects the curious minds that the College of Design recruits and enrolls. Through socially conscious design, What if... questions become reality. The theme also complements the University's Driven to Discover campaign. What if... questions, specific to the College of Design, as well as to each program and research center, will be developed on an ongoing basis to convey the distinctive areas of excellence and core values of CDes. What If... questions reflect the design process while simultaneously conveying the individual messages and missions of each discipline. Spunk Design Machine, who developed the new College of Design identity in collaboration with college fgc;utty ond staff, projected Images from the Identity on the exterior wall of Rapson Holl on What if photography could provide a new way to view a re h itectu re? What if prosthetics could be constructed cheaply? What if we could foretell the future of retailing? What if we could end homelessness? What if shopping could positively affect the Earth? What if awnings could save energy? What if mining pits and piles could be transformed into lakes and landscapes? What if every landscape design used native plants and captured storm water on-site? What if denim were sustainable? What if our very survival depended upon design? October 10, the evening of the Rendezvous at the U lecture, "A Conversation with Balthazor Korab, Photographer ond Architect.• See poge 5 for more Rendezvous photos. _v_ " \/ \\ \ _V \\ AN ENDLESS NUMBER OF TRANSFORMATIVE QUESTIONS You see before you the work of the design firm Spunk Design Machine. which has created a new graphic identity for the college with input from many of our faculty, staff, students, and alumni over the last nine months. As always happens with good design, we learned a lot about ourselves in the process-about who we are and what we value. In interviewing a wide range of people both inside and outside the college. Spunk's staff heard us repeatedly talk about our common goal of transforming the world, making it a better place in which to live. That goal has found visual expression in our identity by transforming the University of Minnesota's block M into a set of parallelograms that form the background grid for the Proxima typeface that comprises the body of our print pages. Spunk has also chosen photography that reflects the hands- on activities that occur in the college. Most of us either make things or study things made. and so the identity's photographic backgrounds feature close-ups of hands at work and materials undergoing transformation. capturing both the dynamic energy and the practical problem solving that happens here every day. The identity's color palette echoes that energy. A few colors balance the University's maroon and gold to enliven each page. Spunk's designers recognized that many in our college imagine the future as well as document the past and analyze the present. That led them to the tagline What if .... a more speculative version of the University's Driven to Discover campaign. What if we evolved new and more inventive solutions to real-world situations? What if we envisioned practical and profitable alternatives to our existing realities? The number of what-if questions we can ask-and need to ask-is almost endless. Such questions, however, do not focus only on the future. As this issue of Emerging shows, much of the work we do in the college involves preserving the past and reconsidering its meaning in light of our present predicaments. From the conservation of historic clothing, furniture. and graphic design in our Goldstein Museum of Design to the preservation of world heritage in our Center for World Heritage Studies to the education of graduate students in our M.S. degree In heritage conservation and preservation. this issue covers some of the range of our teaching, research. and outreach related to history. Indeed. in the troubled times we live in, some of the most important what-If questions we might ask Involve looking back as much as peering ahead. What if we could have seen our current global problems coming? What if we had anticipated the full consequences of actions that have gone so wrong? We may never finally answer such questions, but we might get better at avoiding the bad planning, poor design, and myopic thinking that has plagued our recent past by getting better at asking ourselves. "What if ... ?" Thomas Fisher, Professor and Dean College of Design V_J V!\\ EMERGING FALL/WINTER 2008 VOL. 3, NO. 1 EDITOR AND COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR Laura Weber ART DIRECTOR Jeanne Schacht WEB EDITOR Michael Fraase STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS Warren Bruland, Dave Bowers COPY EDITOR Sharon Grimes CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Adam Arvidson, Tim Brady, Chris Dodge, Suzy Frisch, Camille LeFevre COLLEGE LEADERSHIP Thomas Fisher, dean; Marilyn Delong. associate dean for research and outreach; Katherine Solomonson, associate dean for academic affairs; Kate Maple, assistant dean for student services DEPARTMENT HEADS Renee Cheng. School of Architecture; Lance Neckar. Department of Landscape Architecture; Becky Yust, Department of Design, Housing. and Apparel COLLEGE OF DESIGN ADVISORY BOARD Dan Avchen. Bill Chliton. Susan Hagstrum. Ted Johnson, Judy Kirk. Ed Kodet, Tim Larsen, XlaoWei Ma, Tom Meyer. Linda Mona. David Mortenson, Richard Murphy, Paul Reyelts. Margot Siegel. Greg Van Bellinger, Rich Varda, Bob Worrell Emerging Is put:illshed tall and spring semesters by the University of Minnesota's College ot Design fo, alumni, faculty. staff. and friends of the college. Send address changes to Laura Walton. 32 McNeal Hall. 1985 Buford Avenue. St Paul, MN 55108, or lwalton<>umn.edu design.umn.edu This publication Is available In alterrnitlve formats upon request Please call 612-626-9068 0< fax 612-625-1922. The University or Minnesota Is an equal opportunity edueato, and employer. Printed on lOO percent postconsumer fiber, processed chlonne free. FSC recycled certlfled and manufactured using bk)gas energy. ~ ® .,_iq~s {tc" ~;;_~ COLLEGE OF DESIGN UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Driven to Discover"' I'\ {.-.) I I NEW STUDENTS ORIENTED TO DESIGN The University of Minnesota this year reintroduced Welcome Week, held August 27-September 1. August 28 was College Day, where each college held activities for incoming freshmen. The College of Design took students on a walking tour of the Stone Arch Bridge area of Minneapolis, with stops narrated by college faculty. Above: Dean Tom Fisher spoke about the area's unusual applications of each of the college's disciplines In the Mill City Museum courtyard. Right from top: (a) CDes kicked things off with a welcome from Fisher and a screening of Ray and Charles Eames's Powers of Ten (powersof10.com). (b) At the Guthrie Theater. Pat Hemmis (DHA), discussed the role of design in shaping Interaction. (c) Pat Nunnally (Landscape Arch) on the Stone Arch Bridge asked students to Identify anY1hing in the Immediate area that was not designed. (d) Kate Solomonson (associate dean) used the bridge as a metaphor in talking about connection and transformation The last stop (e) was Main Street. where James Boyd-Brent (Graphic Design) used the urban setting to demonstrate the collaborative nature of design and its related disciplines and how the individual design disciplines all relate to each other. Boyd-Brent encouraged the students to look for opportuniti~s to interact and collaborate with each other as they proceed through their respective degree programs. C ci e V : ____ ½\ \---~--- Goldstein Museum of Design FROM SPORTSWEAR TO STREETWEAR Patricia Campbell Warner, author of When the Girls Come Out to Ploy: The Birth of American Sportswear, spoke on "Dress and Sport for Women," October 10, 2008, In conjunction with the Goldstein Museum of Design's exhibition "From Sportswear to Streetwear." which ran from August 16 through November 2. Warner also led a one-credit weekend class attended by 33 students and professionals from the community and local museums. "It was a great Integration of a Goldstein exhibition with our academic programs." said Marilyn Delong, exhibition curator and professor of apparel design. L to R: Patricio Compbe/1 Worner, Erin Jedlicka, Marilyn Delong, Joyce Heckman, Monica Skla,; and Kelly Gage. Jedlicka, Heckman, Skla,; a nd Gage are apparel design graduate students and cocurators of "From Sportswear to Streetwear.• _V ___ .I V\\ __ VI VI\\ ALUMNI VOSBECK AND PEDERSEN RECEIVE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS This fall two notable architecture alumni were honored with Outstanding Achievement Awards, the University's highest alumni honor. Renowned architect and former American Institute of Architects (AIA) president R. Randall Vosbeck, FAIA (B.Arch. '54), was recognized at the McNamara Alumni Center on September 22, 2008, for 40 years of service to the architecture profession, including early leadership as a proponent of design for energy conservation. Although Vosbeck retired from active practice in 1994, he served on the architectural selection committee in 1996 that chose Antoine Predock to design the McNamara Alumni Center and recently completed a book titled A Legacy of Leadership-The Presidents of the American Institute of Architects 1857-2007, a comprehensive history of the institute's 83 presidents. Internationally acclaimed architect William Pedersen, FAIA FAAR (B.Arch. '61), Is founder and principal design partner for Kohn, Pedersen, Fox Associates (KPF). one of the largest design firms in the United States. Pedersen was recognized at the McNamara Alumni Center on November 19, 2008. Recipient of the AIA New York Chapter Gold Medal of Honor, the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture, and six AIA National Honor Awards, Pedersen has been a major infiuence on the evolution of tall office buildings, including his design of the 2008 World Financial Center in Shanghai, which soars to a height of 1,614 feet, making it the tallest mixed-use urban development project in the world. Dedicated to supporting his undergraduate alma mater and the education of future architects, Pedersen and his wife have established the Bill and El izabeth Pedersen Graduate Fellowship in Architecture. He also serves as a ~- y I\\ Former national A/A president University President Robert R. Randall Vosbeck and his Bruininks presented William wife, Phoebe. Vosbeck received Pedersen, a former University the Outstanding Achievement hockey player, with a hockey Award at the McNamara shirt signed by the 2008-09 Alumni Center, whose Gopher hockey team. architect he helped select. member of the University of Minnesota Foundation Board of Trustees and is the partner-in-charge of design for the University's Science Classroom and Student Services building slated to be built on the Minneapolis campus in 2010 (cppm.umn.edu/projects/stss/stss.html). ROGER MARTIN (Landscape Arch) attended the dedication of the 9/11 Pentagon Memorial in Washington, D.C., on September 11, 2008. Martin was a juror who, in 2003, selected the winning design from a field of 1,100 proposals. The winning design was developed by two young Columbia University architects-Keith Kaseman and Julie Beckman-and after $28 million In private funds was raised, the memorial was completed earlier this year. "The design is constructed on an acre-plus of land immediately in front of the facade of the Pentagon where American Airlines flight 93 crashed into the KORAB CONVERSATION KICKS OFF SAARINEN SYMPOSIUM WEEKEND building," said Martin. "The design pays respect to each of the 184 lost with cantilevered stainless steel benches under a grove of maple trees." ,.... . - .. ~ ' - . • ~ ... ... ~ ~ " ~ - •• ,,~ ·. r • ...... ... ' • , ~ ~ The annual Rendezvous with the U on Oct. 13 focused on the photography of Balthazar Korab (right). Above, L to R: John Comazzi (Arch); Korab; his wife, Monica; and son, Christian reflected on Korab's work with Eero Saarinen before a packed Bell Museum audience. CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION 6 EMERGING FALL 2008 THE NEW COLLEGE OF DESIGN FOUND ITSELF WELL-POSITIONED TO CREATE TWO UNIQUE ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH INITIATIVES, BRINGING TOGETHER EXPERTISE IN INTERNATIONAL AND AMERICAN CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION PRACTICES By Camille LeFevre Throughout the United States, historic preservation is the accepted term for the professional study and practice of saving individual buildings with architectural and cultural significance. Historic preservation has also evolved to include multiple-block districts, landscapes, sites, and parks. Throughout the rest of the world, heritage conservation is the preferred term for a professional practice that encompasses not just buildings, districts, and landscapes, but also the temporal and intangible aspects of a culture, such as food, c lothing, arts and crafts, societal customs and traditions, construction techniques and technologies, and economic relationships. The new interdisciplinary College of Design (CDes) found itself well-positioned to establish two unique academic and research initiatives In heritage conservation. In 2005, the Center for World Heritage Studies (CWHS) was founded, In conjunction with UNESCO's World Heritage Centre In Paris. Concurrently, the School of Architecture established an M.S. degree program with a concentration In heritage conservation and preservation (MS-HCP). The program brings international heritage-conservation policy and practices together with American preservation policy New development crowds the historic core of Baku, Azerbaijan. • ~ IV~ ~ VI\\ The Philippine government-with technical assistance from the Center for World Heritage Studies-nominated the Batanes Archipelago to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites as a cultural landscape . and practice, making it possible for students to develop practical skills in historic preservation and to address critical questions about the implications of that practice, explained Kate Solomonson, associate dean for academic affairs and associate professor of architectural history. In preserving a historic building, for instance, students may have to incorporate energy efficiency strategies while at the same time incorporating into contemporary construction the historic building practices and materials. Besides collaborating with existing CDes programs, such as the Center for Sustainable Building Research (CSBR), CWHS and the M.S. program are "well-positioned within the context of a major research university to forge alliances with a variety of other fields and departments, from tourism studies and anthropology to art history, geography, and cultural studies, as we continue to build a distinctive program," Solomonson added. The college's heritage-conservation initiatives present enticing opportunities for visiting scholars and research fellows, learning-abroad options for students, and resource- rich collaborations with international heritage-conservation organizations in addition to UNESCO. CENTER FOR WORLD HERITAGE STUDIES "The best way to be known internationally as a leader in a new discipline is through international work," said Arthur Chen, CWHS director and associate professor of architecture, As an adviser to the World Heritage Centre of UNESCO, Chen has already guided students in major international collaborations. Before initiating such projects, Chen and his colleagues assess the skills, knowledge, and technology they can bring to a country and its heritage project In 2006 and 2007, in partnership with the Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction, CWHS faculty and students conducted a UNESCO inventory of lcheri Sheher-the walled inner city of Baku, an endangered World Heritage Site. The team surveyed more than 500 landmark and vernacular structures built between the 7th century (when Baku was prominent on the Silk Road trade routes and a Caspian Sea port) and the present. The fieldwork was compiled into a catalog and database yJ YI\\ that has strengthened lcheri Sheher's value as a World Heritage Site and contributed toward Its protection. In 2007, Chen and Lance Neckar, head of the Department of Landscape Architecture, advised China's State Administration of Cultural Heritage and the Xi'an Municipal Government on a plan to open the Tang Dynasty Darning Palace to archaeological investigation while making the site the centerpiece of a new urban park. CWHS faculty and students will help Chinese authorities review proposals for the site and the adjacent landscape so urban development and cultural research both proceed in mutually beneficial, environmentally responsible ways. This fall, Chen and Benjamin Ibarra-Sevilla, assistant professor of architecture and CWHS research fellow, completed the UNESCO nomination for the 11 islands of Batanes Archipelago-the smallest and northernmost province of the Philippines-as a singular cultural landscape. CWHS focused the nomination on the cultural and ecological value of traditional land-use patterns and practices in Batanes and how those customs shaped the islands' cultural and natural landscapes. "When we exercise heritage conservation effectively, we're not only preserving tangible things like buildings, but we're also preserving the intangibles, such as crafts, traditions, and customs people learned from their ancestors," said Ibarra-Sevilla. CWHS also addresses key issues of heritage conservation in the United States, including a new field evolving around the preservation of midcentury modernist architecture, design, and master plans. In 2007, Nancy Miller, CWHS associate director and adjunct assistant professor, and research fellow Carole Zellie completed the application for Cranbrook Educational Community, to be included in the tentative list of World Heritage Sites in the United States. Finnish-American architect Eliel Saarinen led the design team for Cranbrook, which is in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Continued on next page I M "I'd like to see CWHS continue to become a center for research in midcentury modernism." Miller said. A critical area of her research, MIiier explained, focuses on authenticity: Because midcentury architects were creating new systems and aesthetics with novel materials, conservationists need to balance authentic materials with structural and aesthetic considerations, while considering greater operational efficiency using 21st-century sustainable technologies. M.S. IN ARCHITECTURE-HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION lhe M.S. degree program, directed by Miller, began this fall with five students. While students ·receive training in methods and practices of historic preservation." Miller explained, the program also maximizes interdisciplinary learning opportunities in heritage conservation by encouraging students to "individually shape their course of study in the direction of their interest.· The F&M bank building In downtown Minneapolis was recently renovated by elness swenson graham arhitects, Inc. as a hotel. Modern architecture Is of Interest to preservationists, and a cornerstone in the College of Design's heritage programs. To complement their coursework in the School of Architecture, the program allows students to take courses in such departments as anthropology and geography and the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, and to pursue research and study opportunities throughout CDes. Students in the college's M.Arch. program interested in heritage conservation also have the opportunity to pursue a dual degree (M.S.-HCP and M.Arch.). The M.S. degree program means that, for the first time, Minnesotans interested in pursuing a graduate degree in preservation do not have to move out of state. The closest programs were in Illinois or Indiana, or students could participate in an online program, explained Bonnie McDonald, executive director of the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota, the statewide historic preservation organization. McDonald and the alliance view the new degree program as a vital step forward for preservation in the state. "Prior to the creation of this program, our future leaders would relocate to programs far afield and remain in that area to begin their careers," McDonald said. "Minnesota was losing the innovators we need to ensure a strong future for preservation, particularly coordinating our work within the sustainability framework." ·we clearly see preservation as a sustainable practice." Miller said. "In the past year, the National Trust for Historic Preservation has started promoting the idea that preserving buildings is often more efficient than tearing them down and replacing them with green or even LEED-certified buildings." CDes is developing a conference examining sustainability and heritage conservation for fall 2010. HERITAGE CONSERVATION AS A SUSTAINABLE PRACTICE The Center for Sustainable Building Research Is a resource for the state, the design professions, the building industry, and the general public. Its newest initiative, said Virajita Singh, senior research fellow and adjunct assistant professor, is sustainable predesign assistance for communities, nonprofits, and local government organizations. One project is helping the Northwest Regional Sustainable Development Partnership and the Depot Preservation Alliance, a citizen-based advocacy group, in the adaptive reuse of the historic Baudette Depot, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. ·we address core sustainability issues In any project we take on," Singh explained. "With the depot, key issues are energy use, heat loss, and stabilization of an existing building. But more important are the funding and design options we're providing to them, given the building's social and cultural context, and the financial issues the community faces in reusing the building." Thus far, ideas Include an artists' exhibition space and marketplace, a transportation-history exhibit, and rental space for incubator businesses. "Throughout the College of Design, we're looking at heritage conservation and preservation in terms of technology, cultural sustainability, and sustainable development." said Kate Solomonson. "Every dimension of heritage conservation connects with preservation as a sustainable practice. This can range from retaining and responding effectively to our existing cultural landscapes and buildings to an understanding not just In terms of building technology and issues like embodied energy but also the way people live and what they value." Embodied energy refers to the types of energy needed to design and construct a building, from the creativity to the manufacturing and transportation of materials to the site to the energy used to build the building. ·we can't solve problems like climate change without looking at what we value and how we live, which connects to our existing cultural systems, buildings, landscapes, and decisions we make for the future," Solomonson continued. "Right now, the college Is uniquely positioned to develop research and opportunities for students unlike anything else in the country." Camille LeFevre (comillelefevre.com) is a Journalist with a focus on architecture and the performing arts. ~ IV\\ What if ... preservationists paid as much attention to what goes on inside buildings as to what happens on the exterior? New heritage preseNation faculty member Gregory Donofrio's what-If question reflects his long-standing concern, both as a working preseNatlonlst and as an academic, with preseNation practices that preseNe the function as well as the form of historic buildings. Donofrio has extensively studied the country's most innovative preseNation policies, said Bonnie McDonald, executive director of the PreseNation Alliance of Minnesota and a Donofrio classmate at Cornell University, where both earned graduate degrees in heritage preseNatlon planning. His recent research looks at the role some of those preseNation techniques-advocacy, economics, and regulation-play in preseNing the function of ~ VI\\ New historic preservation faculty member Gregory Donofrio outside historic Pillsbury Hall, built in 1887 historic food markets, such as Seattle's Pike Place Market. Selling and processing fresh, unprepared food is carefully managed as a character-defining use of the market structures and is understood to be as worthy of maintaining as their architectural features. PreseNation practice must go beyond the shell to what goes on Inside. "Not every historic building can be a Gap, or should shelter enterprises that are signifiers of homogenization In this country," Donofrio said. Local businesses, like the many small, independent hardware stores found all over the Twin Cities, are also an important part of a place's heritage. he said. In addition to his academic career, which Includes M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in historic preseNatlon planning from Cornell, Donofrio worked from 2001 to 2003 as the historic sites coordinator for New York City In the New York State Historic PreseNation Office (NY SHPO). There he reviewed for compliance with state and federal laws building restoration and rehabilitation projects, ranging from exterior restoration of Gordon Bunshaft's Lever House to adaptive reuse of Bronx tenements for ADA-accessible low Income housing. ·1 want to ground students ,n the economics of preseNation, how to fund preseNation In a free market system," Donofrio said. "For instance, why are Targets built yJ V I\\ in the suburbs? The answer lies In part in the property tax structures that are so important to a developer's bottom line. PreseNationists need to understand the basics of municipal finance.· Donofrio also studied and executed architectural conseNation projects in laboratories at NY SPHO, Cornell, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the firm Jablonski Berkowitz ConseNation In New York City. He has supeNised graduate students in hands- on restoration proJects, including the Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, a National Historic Landmark currently under review for designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This practical training and experience was intended to feed Donofrio's ultimate goal to be part of the academy, where he can "engage in the thought process of critique," while tra ining the preseNationists of the future. "As a faculty member, I can engage with how research can be used as an advocac;y tool," he said. An example could be to develop research that helps the PreseNation Alliance In its ongoing quest to pass a historic rehabilitation tax credit In Minnesota, one of a minority of states that do not now offer the credit. "Greg brings a wealth of experience to this position that will not only provide a comprehensive education for his students, but [also] give them the skills to be highly marketable as Job candidates," the PreseNation Alliance's McDonald said. The Buffalo, New York, native won't need much orientation to Minnesota winters. Similarly, Donofrio is in tune with the University's mission. At Cornell ,, another land-grant institution, he was involved in cooperative extension education. "I'm thrilled to be at a land-grant school," he said. "I take the seNice mission of a land-grant school very seriously." -Laura Weber I___,___ __ ~-----_____;,_------- I I~ f1 A LEGACY OF SCHOLARSHIP, LEADERSHIP, AND SERVICE A YEAR AGO EMERGING PROFILED A PIONEERING SOCIETY FOR WOMEN IN ARCHITECTURE, DELTA PHI. THE UNIVERSITY CHAPTER WAS THE LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY FOR MANY YEARS. THE U OF M ALSO GAVE BIRTH TO ANOTHER PIONEERING DESIGN HONOR SOCIETY, PHI UPSILON OMICRON, WHICH CELEBRATES ITS CENTENNIAL THIS YEAR. By Suzy Frisch The field of human ecology has changed ~stly during the past century. But one thing has remained constant for its students and professionals: Phi Upsilon Omicron. From its origins on the University of Minnesota campus in 1910, the National Honor Society in Family and Consumer Sciences has grown to include 34 alumni and 61 collegiate chapters with 88,000 members across the country. Known as Phi U, the honor society welcomes members from a broad swath of disciplines including those in the College of Design's Department of Design, Housing, and Apparel (DHA). The honor society serves multiple purposes, from providing student scholarships to developing members' leadership skills and coordinating community service projects. Each year, the University's Phi U chapter, the alpha chapter, gives away more than $40,000 in scholarships to upper level undergraduate and graduate student members. These days Phi U has a lot to celebrate, including its centennial. Members from across the country gathered 10 EMERGING FALL 2008 In the Twin Cities in late September for Phi U's biennial conclave. Speakers included College of Design dean Tom Fisher, who talked about homelessness and the future of design, and apparel design professors Karen LaBat and Elizabeth Bye, who spoke about new technology for designing wearable products. "It's a very meaningful organization." said Virginia Juffer, president of the University of Minnesota alumni chapter. "It keeps me connected with the values and goals I This bookmark, designed by Ruth Sego/son (BS Home Ee '25), was distributed for more than 50 years to new Phi U members when they were initiated. think are important in life, which is working with other people who are engaged in education, doing research, and community outreach. It's also been professiona lly supportive." The local chapter of Phi U faced a challenge in 2006 when the University reorganized, spreading its members across three colleges. But Phi U has continued strong, initiating its largest class of new members last year. It helps that a faculty adviser from each of the colleges coordinates the organization's activities. noted Marilyn Delong, professor of apparel design and associate dean for research and outreach in the College of Design. "Enthusiasm [for Phi U] hasn't dwindled a bit," she said. Sarah Marten, a senior in retail merchandising who serves as Phi U secretary, said, "It's great to get to know people in your field who have been in your shoes, who have gone through these classes and internships and can talk about their own experiences. It's cool that they are willing to help the students year after year." Myrna Shaw, conclave cochair, said, "We stress working together on service projects that benefit the community." For example, Phi U conclave attendees teamed with the WE STRESS WORKING TOGETHER ON SERVICE PROJECTS THAT :FIT THE COMMUNITY."' nonprofit Kids Against Hunger to assemble about 8 ,000 packets of food that will be shipped around the world to prevent malnutrition and starvation. For Barbara Heinemann, a College of Design adviser. Phi U has been an Important organization since her days as an apparel graduate student. She was attracted by the scholarships when she joined in 2000, but over the years Phi U helped her build a professional, academic, and personal community of like-minded people. "Through Phi U I've met women of all ages doing all kinds of different things, who are interested in current scholarship and participating in the community," said Heinemann. "Phi U has become a really important part of my community." Freelance writer Suzy Frisch is a frequent contributor to Emerging. RS OF PHI U By Tim Brady On February 9, 1909. 22 women from the University of Minnesota's home economics department gathered in a room at the University farm campus library to inaugurate a new organization. Known simply as the Home Economics Club when it was founded, Phi Upsilon Omicron was given its current name two years later and woul_d grow and prosper through the next 100 years. Phi U. which recently celebrated its 100th anniversary with a conclave in the Twin Cities, was the first national organization drawn from family and consumer science students. That group of 22 at the University of Minnesota comprised its alpha chapter. All of these pioneers hailed from a class taught by Mrs. Fannie Kimber Boutelle, one of the first faculty members in the relatively new home economics division of the University's College of Agriculture. Each member ponied up 50 cents and pledged to Improve the curriculum in the department, to promote the social lives of college coeds. and to more diligently study home economics. These relatively modest ambitions belied the depth and breadth of their Intentions. Classes in home economics were a bit more than 10 years old in the College of Agriculture when Phi U was founded and had existed as a division within the college for less than that (1900). The discipline itself had become of national interest and Importance beginning in the late 19th century when a group of savvy women recognized that managing a home in the modern world required science, art, and economic study. The fact that the Division of Home Economics was housed in the College of Agriculture on the St Paul campus meant that its students not only had to walk up a steep hill from the Como Avenue streetcar line "In the middle of a road which was muddy In spring and fall, dusty in summer and deep In snow in the winter." according to one history of the society, it also meant home economics students were pigeonholed by much of the rest of the University as cow belles, who were thought. inaccurately, to be primarily farm women. In fact. a majority of 1909 home economics students came from the Twin Cities. Phi Upsilon Omicron was organized in part to counter these stereotypes. At a meeting just a month after its founding, the group made a list of subjects worthy of study, including "psychological questions dealing with the modern attitude of women. environment. heredity, statistics. effect of women becoming wage earners. comparison of women today and a quarter of a century ago, evolution of women." They also organized a variety of service-related activities In their first few years of existence. These included taking charge of "Better Baby Week" plans in a Minneapolis department store as part of a citywide program to focus attention on the proper care of infants, teaching home economics classes at area settlement houses. creating an annual home economics scholarship program. and preparing a series of talks for the brand new medium of radio. Phi U officially established itself as an honor society, requiring proven scholarship for its members, and took its Greek name in 1911. A house on campus had been rented the year before and it quickly became the center of Phi U activities. A publication called The Condie was founded to supply members and alumni with the latest society and professional news. And In a matter of three or four years. the society began expanding as alpha chapter members made contact with a number of universities across the country. North Dakota State University became the beta chapter of Phi U in 1914 after half a dozen members of the Minnesota chapter traveled to Fargo to install the newest Ph! u·s. It was said that the Minnesota group crowded into the lower berth of a Pullman car. practicing the club rituals for the length of the trip. I ~., ·.3~~· I -J ; '14,o/Jld - Social get-togethers In 1910: a spring picnic, a sol/Ing party. and a sleigh ride The ceremony soon became more common as the universities of Ohio State, Wyoming, Montana. and Idaho established chapters in the 1910s. Phi U kept growing and spread across the country through the 1920s, '30s, and '40s. Since the early 1920s. Phi U has offered a variety of scholarships under a host of different names to students across the country. Alumni as well as college chapters were formed. The University of Minnesota's alpha alumni group was founded in 1913 Throughout the years, Phi U and its members have mirrored the rapid changes in society that came with the Great Depression, World War II. and the postwar era. As families became more urbanized and consumer-oriented, so too did professional home economists. During the 1960s and 70s, Phi U likewise reflected the world around it, acknowledging changing gender roles, for instance, by opening Phi U membership to men In 1972 Over the past 100 years, the organization has remained dedicated to its original propositions of scholarship, professionalism. and lifelong promotion of family and consumer sciences. Long gone are.the cow belles struggling up the windswept hill toward the Colfege of Agriculture Potential members are now drawn from three separate University colleges: the College of Design through its Department of Design. Housing. and Apparel; the College of Food, Agricultural. and Natural Resource Sciences through its Department of Food Science and Nutrition. and the College of Education and Human Development nm Brody is the author of Gopher Gold: Legendary Figures, Brilliant Blunders, and Amazing Feats at the University of Minnesota. HE COLL ~ I By Suzy Frisch The Goldstein Museum of Design has more than 26,000 items in its collection-including apparel, textiles, decorative arts, and graphic design pieces- and it's always adding more. Properly storing and preserving all of these artifacts are among the museum's most important responsibilities. "Although we regularly add new donations to the collection and we have limited space to store them, they all are stored in secure, climate-controlled conditions," noted assistant curator Jean McElvain. "Textiles and clothing make up 80 percent of the collection, at least, and they are very prone to deterioration over time." To stay on top of this daunting task, the museum frequently applies for grants and other outside assistance. One recent grant to the Goldstein funded a general preservation assessment by Eli'se Redman of the Midwest Art Conservation Center in Minneapolis to evaluate the storage and preservation of the collection. From this assessment, the museum learned what it Is doing well and what it needs to Improve In its preservation and overall operations. This type of assessment ls often the first step before a museum applies for additional grants for preservation, storage equipment, or other needs. ·we know that we need to upgrade our collection storage in some areas," said Goldstein Museum director Lin Nelson-Mayson. "That was noted In the report, so we can go back to funde.rs such as the Institute for Museum and Library Services and say, 'As a result of this independent professional review we are applying for this grant to support these projects.'" l ] j ] CTION To that end, the museum recently applied for a grant for monitoring devices that will track the light, temperature, and humidity in the museum. In the grant application, the museum cited the general assessment, which recommended these monitoring devices for the gallery, storage areas, and research center. The Goldstein is participating in another assessment program in spring 2009, funded jointly by the American Association of Museums and the Institute for Museum and Library Services. The Museum Assessment Program (MAP) Is designed to connect peer reviewers to museums to assess their operations. The evaluator, a museum director from North Carolina, will perform a general institutional assessment, examining how the museum functions and whether Its mission is aligned with its activities, Its customer service, and internal and external perceptions of the institution. Left: Wedding kimono. Designer unknown, c. 1970. embroidery on silk. Gift of Robert and Geraldine Poor Photography by Kathleen Campbell Right top: Hovedvondsoeg (Don,sh box used for scents). Designer unknown, c. 19th century, sliver. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Rowland Haverstick Groff. Photography by Lars Hansen Right center: Korean basket with lid. Kae Jung Kwak, artist. c. 20th century. natural fibers. Gift of Paul and Pat O'Connor. Photography by Lars Hansen Right bottom: Dress/Scarf. Oscar de la Renta. designer, c. 2000, silk chiffon. Gift of Elizabeth Weymouth. Photography by Lars Hansen Far right: Japanese shlbori. Designer unknown, c. 20th century, silk. Museum Collection. Photography by Lars Hansen "In a general way, they are looking at whether you do what you say you are doing," explained Nelson-Mayson. "The goal is to help a museum improve its professional operations.· The' Goldstein participated in this assessment 15 years ago and, with the development of the College of Design, decided it was time to do a re-MAP. "I hope the report contains some material that allows us to pat ourselves on the back and say we're doing a good job as well as some things we can use for strategic planning and fund-raising to support improvement," said Nelson-Mayson. In addition to preserving the collection, a second priority for funding is digitizing objects to make research easier. This fall, the Goldstein submitted a grant proposal for a new collections management software system that will allow designers, scholars, and students to easily access the collection. Currently, someone doing research must be Interviewed by a staff member who then looks up the necessary Items. Eventually, the museum hopes to put images and data for Its entire collection online. "Digitizing the collection makes It more accessible," said Nelson-Mayson. ·11 also gives the individual student or researcher the power to research the collection. It's a high priority project for us." Preserving the items collected by the Goldstein Museum of Design and making sure students, scholars, and designers have access to these objects are twin goals of the museum for sustaining its legacy. NEWS AWARDS Amanda Olson (MArch). Malea second-ranked master of APPOINTMENTS with a project entitled "The Art The staff of the Center for Kudos to the 2008 College Jochim (MArch). and Laura architecture professional of Deception." Van Duzer has Sustainable Building Research Kamin-Lyndgaad (MLA) won degree student: Allison Fritz Nikos Bakirtzl;; and Laura also joined the board of directors have received several grants of Design award recipients. the 2008 American Society Salzman Lee have Joined the School of of Mill City Commons, a new Including: Outstanding teaching award: of Landscape Architects Architecture as Cass Gilbert nonprofit organization studying Brad Hokanson (Graphic ► Richard Morrill Memorial Visiting professors for the ► a major grant from the Design); Outstanding research (ASLA) student awards in the Master of Architecture year. Bakirtzis, who recently aging-in-place in the Minneapolis Minnesota Office of Energy collaboration category for Riverfront District award: Marc Swackhamer Thesis Awards for Design graduated with his Ph.D. in art Security for a project titled (Arch); Outstanding outreach their project "Remediation Excellence: Whitney Ann history and archaeology from Dean Tom Fisher was elected "Sustainable Buildings 2030" award: Barbara Martinson as Catalyst: Transforming an Parks. Daniel L. Yudchltz, Princeton, has experience at Association of Collegiate Industrial Landscape." ► a contract with Yonsei (Graphic Design), David and Aaron C. Squadroni various archaeological surveys Schools of Architecture (ACSA) University of Korea for "An Pitt (Landscape Arch). HouMinn Practice, the ► Student Choice Master of in Greece and Cyprus. Lee, of president for 2009-10. Agreement of Academic and Marilyn Bruin (Housing architectural office of Marc Architecture Thesis Award: Carnegie Mellon's School of Educational Collaboration" j Studies). Adrienne Hannert Swackhamer (Arch) and his Jessie Bauldry Architecture. is the recipient of GRANTS ► a grant from the A lliance to I (graduate student), and Sherri Houston-based partner, Blair ► Alpha Rho Chi Award for Carnegie Mellon's Ryan Award, Funding from the Agricultural Save Energy for "Research Gahring (Clothing Design); Satterfield, won the Architect Leadership: Shengyin Xu its highest teaching honor, Experiment Station Tool Dissemination to Increase Outstanding P&A award: magazine research and as well as the AIAS National Julie VanSteenbergen (DHA); ► Architectural Research Educator Award, a fellowship In Energy Efficient Fenestration" development award for the Centers Consortium (ARCC) ► Marilyn Bruin (Housing Outstanding student award: "Drape Wall/Cloak Wall" project. the AIA (FAIA), and the Henry Studies). "The Housing Needs ► a project with Hennepin Jodi WIison; Outstanding Jonathan King Student van de Velde Institute Award for County on Sustainable Design and Preferences of Older CS/BU award: Kathy Guiney The following graduating Medal: Catherine R. Architecture Education. Research students were recognized with Sandlund Persons." (DHA). ► a contract with St Paul for awards during the graduating ► University of Minnesota Renee Cheng (Arch) and Leslie ► Jeff Crump (Housing Studies), "Greening City of St. Paul Daniel Jasper's (Graphic Design) student exhibition In May 2008: College of Design graduate Van Duzer (Arch) have been "Preserving Homeownership: Development Policies" poster for the "Products of Our student exhibition 2008 promoted to full professor. Developing Policies to Time· exhibition was selected ► Dean's Choice Award-best People's Choice Award: Van Duzer has been awarded Address Foreclosure." Louise Goldberg (Research and as one of the best direct mall of show (gold): Chris Wingate Whitney Parks a faculty fellowship with the ► Denise Guerin, Carin Martin Outreach) received a grant from pieces for the AIGA Minnesota and Wesley Stabs Institute for Advanced Study (both Interior Design) and the Minnesota Department of Design Show 2008 competition. ► Friends of the Goldstein and will continue her research John Carmody (CSBR), "The Commerce for a project titled The Design lnstltute's Digifab Award (sliver): Wesley Martin Development and Testing of "Quantification of Changes In map, a guide to the digital ► Alumni Society Award ~ ; ~oDJ a Post-Occupancy Evaluation ResldentiaVMultlfamlly Buildings." fabrication processes and - ' : (bronze): Sarah Huener (POE) Instrument to Investigate The Goldstein Museum of facilities at the University and ► Senior Show People's Choice Occupant Satisfaction and Design received a grant from around the Twin Cities, was Award: Amanda Zanski Performance In Sustainable the Surface Design Association selected as one of the best Buildings." toward the exhibition "Sum of brochures. ► Master of Landscape Architecture Capstone Award: ~ ► Kim Johnson (Retail the Parts." Merchandising), "Implications Adam Maleltzke (CDes/ Brian Douchette and Laura -~ Kathleen Harder (Research and of the Social Behavior of Humphrey Institute graduate) Baker I Outreach) received funding from received a Community- I Consumers for the Retail ► American Institute of -........... I Economy." the Center for Transportation University Outstanding Partners Architects (AIA) Henry Adams Studies for a project titled "Low-In Engagement Award at Medal-first-ranked master I ► Ann Ziebarth (Housing Cost Innovative Approaches to the Community-University of architecture professional Studies). "Housing as a Improve Safety at Unsignaled Partnerships open house April ,. Strategy for Recruiting and degree student David Intersections on Four-Lane 22, 2008. Jonathan Wilson AIA Henry Retaining Rural Health Care DiVided Highways." Workers." Adams certificate; Laura Baker, MLA Capstone Award winner Karen LaBat (Apparel Design) Becky Yust and Marilyn Bruin Town Consumers' Satisfaction John Comazzl (Arch) directed design shouldn't Just be for is the principal investigator, (Housing Studies) received with Local Retailers" In the a two-day workshop at the the richest 10 percent. along with Marilyn Delong, an award from the McKnight tnternolionot Journot of Reta/I Walker Art Center in late July Karen Ryan, Scot Crow, Carol Foundation for a project titled and Distribution; and "Dress and 2008 with Scott Christensen Monica Fogg (DHA) painted a Peterson. and Brad Hokanson, "Innovation in Design." Human Behavior: A Review and (formerly of the Design Institute) landscape of Stillwater's historic on a University Symposium Critique of Published Research" as part of Cooper-Hewitt's Fairy Falls for Minnesota's Grant for "Developing a Three- Ann Ziebarth (Housing in the Clothing and Textiles Summer Design Institute. Earlier sesquicentennial. working Dimensional Body Satisfaction Studies) received a travel grant Research Journot. in July Comazzl presented in cocoa butter and food Intervention." from the University's Office a paper, "Making Material coloring instead of oil paints. of International Programs Bruce Wright (Design minor Matter: Design in Education," The chocolate painting was The Metropolitan Design in support of the "Livable DESIGN AND ET fellow) published a review of the at the Creative Engagements offered in a silent auction Center has received a contract Communities/Aging-In-Place" Simon & Schuster Little Golden conference in Oxford, England. on May 10, 2008, during the from the Local Initiatives Support project Tools for Survival Books series in the June issue of Washington County Historical In June Comazzl and Wendy Corporation (LISq for the 1THOMA::I F"tSHER1 Print magazine. Friedmeyer (Design Institute) Society's Minnesota Statehood "Corridor Housing Initiative." Stephanie Zollinger (Interior Celebration. Design) received a grant from coordinated a design camp for Kristine MIiier (Landscape the Craft Research Fund for Dean Tom Fisher's latest book, EXHIBITIONS teachers with the Highlands Arch) was awarded a Grant-in- a project titled ·weaving an Architectural Design and Ethics: AND Elementary School In Edina. Aid of ~esearch. Artistry, and Empire: Jack Lenor Larsen. Inc." Tools for SuNival. was published PRESENTATIONS Instructors at the camp included Scholarship from the Graduate by Architectural Press, an imprint Bruce Wright (Design minor A public art proposal designed School for her work "Almost PUBLICATIONS of Elsevier. In August Fisher fellow), Daniel Jasper (Graphic was featured in Mpls.St. Poul by Jonee Kulman Brigham Design). and Cheryl Wllgren Home: Gertrude Jekyll. Gardens, Blaine Brownell (Arch) was magazine as one of the region's (CSBR) received a grant from Clyne (Art). and Graves." profiled in a July 13, 2008, New forward thinkers. the St Louis Park Arts & Culture Ozayr Saloojee (Arch) was York Times article, "In Search of Grant Program. The installation. On April 3, 2008, Tom Fisher. awarded a McKnight grant by Better (and Greener) Building Kim Johnson (Retail titled "Children's Nest Egg," dean. moderated "The Arts the University's McKnight Arts Blocks" by Amy Cortese. Merchandising) published explores humans· evolving and the Built Environment: and Humanities Endowment to the following articles: relationship with the earth Changes in Suburban Life." a develop an exhibition on Eliel Kathleen Harder (Center "Business Strategies of using poetry and changing panel discussion in honor of for Human Factors Systems Independent Retailers: Effects perceptions of scale in a room- Minnesota's 150th birthday. Monica Fogg's chocolate Saarinen·s last built work. Christ painting Church Lutheran. in Minneapolis. Research and Design) was of Environmental Hostility" in sized nest made of salvaged Presenters included Kate profiled In a March 2008 the Journal of Small Business branches. Solomonson. associate Mary Vogel (Center for Minnesota Medicine Quality and Entrepreneurship; "An dean. and Becky Yust, head. Newsweek senior editor and Changing Landscapes) Rounds column by Jeanne Investigation of Consumer On Earth Day 2008. April 22. Department of Design. Washington Post heir Lally received a grant from the Meitner ("Human Interest"). Traits and Their Relationship to the College of Design hosted Housing, and Apparel. Fisher Weymouth gave the Goldstein Legislative-Citizen Commission Merchandise Borrowing with Eco Expo, a green fair featuring also presented a lecture. Museum of Design 36 garments on Minnesota Resources for Diane Hellekson, (MLA '00) Undergraduates" and "Self- Twin Cities vendors who sell "Architectural Design and Ethics: and four pairs of shoes from ·county Trail Systems for published "Deep North" in Objectification and Appearance- eco-friendly products and Tools for Survival," at St. Olaf designers Including Oscar de la Recreational and Environmental the September 2008 issue based Teasing During services. In September the College In April. Renta. Yves Saint Laurent. and Awareness, a contract for a of Landscape Architecture. Adolescence" in the Journot of college cosponsored a north Halston. The collection debuted project with Duluth Township. reporting on a plan by John Fomlly and Consumer Science Minneapolis event where young Dean Tom Fisher and Marc at the annual Goldstein garden and a grant from Comunidades Koepke and Chris Carlson Education; "Advertisements: people from the Kwanzaa Swackhamer (Arch) presented party In May. Latinas Unidas En Servicio (Landscape Arch) for a new. Interpreting Images Used Community Church and others "Solutions for the Other 90% • sustainable mine outside to Sell Young Adults" in the painted sidewalks with art at the Walker Art Center Brad Hokanson (Graphic (CLUES) for "The Circulator that focused on HIV/AIDS on July 31. 2008, an event Design) presented his research Biwabik. Minnesota. Journot of Foshion Marketing Design Project." prevention. focusing on humanitarian entitled "Too Early: Circadian and Management. "Predicting In-Shopping Using Small- design-the belief that good Influences on Measured ~ i I i Creativity" at the Journal of Creativity and Innovation Management International conference in Buffalo, New York. Jon Michael Fox (BED '78). undergraduate director of Buffalo State's Center for Studies in Creativity, helped organize the conference. Hokanson also presented a session titled "Both/And: Creativity and Critical Thinking" at the sixth annual Critical Thinking Conference at Northwestern Michigan UniVersity, and a workshop on the use of wikis in education at the UniVersity of Wisconsin Distance Education Conference in Madison. Funded by the Institute for Advanced Studies, an ongoing project investigating contemplatiVe space on campus. placed a new installation at the base of the staircase in the Rapson Hall addition lower level, near the Metropolitan Design Center (above, right). Project collaborators were Rebecca Krinke (Landscape Arch), Diane Willow (Art), and Henry Emmons (Center for Spirituality and Healing). In April Krinke participated in a panel discussion. "The Present Moment." on creating a contemplative environment for stress reduction on campus as part of the Institute for Advanced Studies time symposium. Krinke also had a sculpture in Franconia Sculpture Park's new show, which opened on September 20, 2008. Steven McCarthy (Graphic Design) presented "Documenting the Graphic Design Learning-Abroad Experience: From Journals and Photos to YouTube and Biogs" on April 4, 2008, at the "Massaging Media 2: Graphic Design Education in the Age of Dynamic Media" conference in Boston. In May he chaired a panel discussion on "Gettin' R-E- S-P-E-C-T in the Academy: What Constitutes Graphic Design Research?" at the University and College Design Association conference In DeKalb. Illinois. installation in Rapson Hall Left: Collaborators Rebecca Krinke (LA) and Diane WIiiow Daniel Jasper (Graphic Design) was one of the panelists. In July McCarthy presented "From Graphics to Products: Critical Design as Design Authorship" at "New Views 2: Conversations and Dialogs in Graphic Design· at the London College of Communication In England. Paintings by Joonja Lee Mornes (Arch/Landscape Arch Library) were shown as part of the "Wind, Water. and Light" exhibition at the Northfield Arts Guild, September 10-October 11,2008. Laura Musacchio (Landscape Arch) was an invited speaker at LaBash 2008, a student- run international landscape architecture conference at the UniVersity of Guelph in Canada. Musacchio's workshop focused on regreening cities. Lance Neckar (Landscape Arch) participated In a panel discussion titled "Next Exit The Shifting Landscape of Suburbia" on April 24, 2008. Addressing "the challenges and successes of new suburban design." the event was part of the Walker Art Center's "Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes" exhibition. Barbara Porwit (Goldstein Museum) exhibited artwork in the April 2008 St. Paul Art Crawl. Porwit also exhibited at the Northeast Minneapolis Art-A-Whirl open-studio event in May and at the Lake Harriet Spiritual Community June14- July 4, 2008. Quadrant, a joint initiative of the University of Minnesota Press and the Institute for Advanced Study, presented a lecture in September 2008 by Arijit Sen, a visiting Quadrant fellow, titled "In Small Things Discounted: Architecture and World Making: Karen Ryan (Human Dimensioning Laboratory) presented "PolyWorks as an Academic Research Tool in the Human Dimensioning Laboratory• at the 2008 International PolyWofkS User Meeting in May. Leslie Van Duzer's (Arch) exhibition, "Adolf Loos: Works In the Czech Lands." opened at the City of Prague Museum in late September 2008. STUDENTS A set of get-out-the-vote screen- printed posters by James Boyd- Brent's (Graphic Design) spring 2008 DHA 3312 students was displayed in the Wilson Library in October. Graphic Design senior Michael Diener (right) created the official 2008 Welcome Week design, which was used in various forms for publications and shirts for students, volunteers, and Welcome Week leaders. Architecture undergraduate students Laura Schlifer and Daniel Carlson won the first 2008 Berkeley Prize Archit~ural Design Fellowship In celebration of the Berkeley Prize's 10th anniversary. Schilfer and Carlson won for their project "Baby Scorners: A New Take on the Old." Apparel design seniors Stacey Wenzel (second place for her Kid's Hunting Coveralls design) and Laura Musekamp (third place for her Cold Weather Sailing Outfit design) were award winners In the 2008 Industrial Fabrics Association International Student Design Challenge. The designs were shown at the Industrial Fabrics Association International Conference and Exposition, Charlotte, North Carolina, October 21-24. In January 2008, 24 UniVersity students, many of them from the College of Design, traveled to India for the course Sacred India: Michael Diener with his ' Welcome Week design on a T-shirt Above: kid's hunting coveralls by Stacey Wenzel. Below: cold weather sol/Ing outfit by Laura Musekamp Architecture, Environment, Spirit, led by Virajita Singh (CSBR). The students did substantial hands- on work with two nonprofit organizations in the town of Vrindavan. ALUMNI Tim Alt (BArch '87) received a 2008 Residential Architects Vision and Excellence (RAVE) Award from the American Institute of Architects Minnesota for his Spiral Stair in the detail category. Beth Bogle (MA DHA '07) has launched eece bb and Small Sage clothing in Minn~apolis. Interweaving fine art and design with children's Imaginative Ideas, Bogie's business features ready-to- wear clothing for kids. Thao Bui (BS Retail Merchandising '05) has opened Pare Boutique, a new clothing store, In the old St. Anthony neighborhood of Minneapolis. Francis Bulbulian (BArch '67), Robert Currie (BArch '62), and Mark Swenson (BED '71; MArch '73) were named new fellows of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). John Cary (BA '99) and Raymond Dehn (BA '73) were honored with the AIA's national associates award. Anchalee Chambundabongse (DHA '01) had design work featured in I.D. magazine's 54th annual design review (July/August 2008). The Caribbean Hotel in Miami Beach, restored by alumnus Kobi Karp. Chambundabongse is employed by New York-based Design Works. John Dwyer (BArch '96; MArch '02) and Matt Krelllch (BArch '95; MArch '98) won the Minnesota society of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Young Architect Award, given to members of AIA MN who have been licensed for less than 10 years and have shown exceptional leadership In service to the profession, the community, design, planning, and education. Amy Michlelle Freeman (BS Reta!I Merchandising '98) completed a wardrobe styling project for the Barack Obama 2008 music video "In My Life" by J. P. DeLaire. Paul M. Hannan (BArch '79) has joined the SALA Partner Group. He joined SALA Architects, Inc., in 1995 and has since been published in This Old House magazine, Better Homes and Gardens, and Minnesota Home and Design, as well as such books as The Not So Big House and Celebrating the American Home. All Heshmatl (BArch '92) was awarded an AIA small project award for TEMPO, a 10-meter- tall laboratory structure that changes dramatically with changing light conditions. Jane King Hession (MArch '95) and Debra Pickrel, coauthors of Fronk Lloyd Wright In New York (Gibbs Smith, Publisher), were awarded the gold medal In the architecture category in the 2008 Independent Publisher Book Awards. Judith P. Hoskens (BED, BArch) was elected president of the Council of Educational Facility Planners International (CEFPI), to assume leadership at the council's annual conference In fall 2008. Stephen James (MArch '98) was awarded the Minnesota Architectural Foundation's 2008 Ralph Rapson Traveling Study Fellowship for his design of a mountain sports/activity center in the Afton State Park and Afton Alps ski area on the St. Croix river. Kobi Karp (BArch, BED '87) has completely restored Miami Beach's Caribbean Hotel. Karp's previous work includes Miami Beach's Cadillac Marriott Hotel, Circa 39 Hotel, Hotel Astor, and the Strand. Jean McMahon (BS Costume Design '86; MS Scientific & Tech Writing '96), a 2008-09 Buckman Fellow in the College of Design, Is now employed by Thomson Reuters as a technology project manager in the firm's data center. Patrick Redmond (MA DHA '90), owner of Patrick Redmond Design, Is working on a book about sculptor Alonzo Hauser and assisted with the launch of the artist's Web site. Redmond's brand identity work Is Included in the book American Corporate Identity 2008 (New York: Harper Design, 2007). Mike Roehr (MArch '96) received a 2008 Residential Architects Vision and Excellence (RAVE) Award from the American institute of Architects Minnesota. Roehr's Juliet House won in the category for remodel/addition over 800 square feet. Fouzia Saeed (BS General Home Ee '82; MS Home Ee '84; PhD Home Ee Ed/ Family Life '87) was one of five international alumni awarded the University's 2008 Distinguished Leadership Award for Internationals. Kate Speckmann (BS Arch '04) recently accepted .a position with Inland Office for Tomorrow's Architecture (IOTA), leading the business management and sustainable design side of the firm. Katie Thering (Landscape Arch) was featured on the "Landscape Smart" television program airing in the Twin Cities in August 2008 on the HGTV channel. More alumni notes can be found in CDes MEMO, http:// blog.llb.umn.edu/cdescomm/ cdes_memo/. DEATHS Bruce Abrahamson (BArch '49) died Nov. 11, 2008. Abrahamson was a partner at Hammel, Green, and Abrahamson. Over the course of his career, Abrahamson won more than 60 awards, including the Minnesota Society of Architects Gold Medal and three national American Institute of Architects Honor Awards for Architecture. Kathleen Virginia Dietrick (BS Home Economics '48) died of natural causes in Falls Church, Virginia. Dietrick was a student of Harriet and Vetta Goldstein, namesakes of the Goldstein Museum of Design. Trenton Frick (BArch '97, MArch '00) died of a malignant brain tumor on August 8, 2008. Frick was serving as an Intern architect level 3 and had completed his Intern development program with RNL Design In Denver, Colorado, an International architecture, engineering, and planning firm. Long-time friend of the Goldstein Marlon Wlnzen died of cancer In late September 2008. In addition to her participation on the Friends of Goldstein board of directors, Winzen donated several pieces of designer clothing to the museum. I • I ' l ALUMNI ALUMNI SOCIETY OF THE YEAR The College of Design Alumni program, employer and site tours, Society, with more than 1,600 sponsorship of an annual career fair members. was recognized by the with CDes Student Services. and University of Minnesota Alumni other activities that connect design Association (UMAA) as the Alumni alumni and professionals with current Society of the Year on October 29. and prospective students. Alumni 2008. The society's alumni board society membership helps fund enjoys a unique relationship with the these opportunities for students. For collegiate student board. Together, more information, go to design.umn. student and alumni members design edu/alumnUriends/join/ or use the opportunities that enhance the membership information featuring student experience by supporting design alumni society president the transition from college to career. Janice Linster (BS '83 interior design) Programs include the college mentor at right. = . . / _, ~ - ■· , ,, ,. ~A -- UMAA president Bruce Mooty (far left) and U of M vice president for alumni relations Margaret Carlson (far right) present the Alumni Society of the Year Award to 2007 and 2008 Design Alumni Society presidents Nick Sperides (BArch '83) and Janice Linster (BS Interior Design '83), and College of Design dean Tom Fisher (second from right) at the McNamara Alumni Center. ra , ...... ···········································-....... . r•••••• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •••••••• When you're a member of the University of Minnesota Alumni Association, you're an ambassador for the groundbreaking research done by the University and College of Design to solve important societal needs-economic, social, 1 environmental-through design of new systems, new policies, new ways of living and working. Become a member today Visit www.alumnl.umn.edu or call 612-624-2323. \ l \ \\ CONNECT WITH DESIGN ALUMNI THROUGH LINKEDIN The College of Design now has a group on Linkedln-a business-oriented networking site used primarily for professional connections among college alumni, faculty, students, and friends. If you're already a Linkedln member, join our global network of alumni and friends at www. linkedin.com/e/gis/908907. If you are not a Linkedln member yet, go to www.linkedin.com to get started. Questions? Contact Lori Mollberg, lmollber@ umn.edu. ARCHITECTURE, INTERIOR DESIGN, AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE CAREER AND NETWORKING FAIR March 5, 2009, 6-9 p.m., on campus at Coffman Memorial Union, Great Hall (ground floor) Last year more 225 students, 30 recent grads, and 41 employers from across the country attended this annual career and networking fair. To learn more about the career fair or to participate as an employer or job seeker, go to design.umn.edu/careerfair. The fair Is sponsored by Student Services, the Design Student and Alumni Board, Alumni Relations, and the St. Paul Campus Career Center. ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE ALUMNI SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS Thank you to the 411 architecture and 202 landscape architecture alumni who completed our online survey between July and October 2008. More than 80 respondents also provided career news and updates, which we have posted on the college blog, Memo. Read their postings at http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cdescomm/cdes_ memo/. You can also view survey summary reports online at design.umn.edu/alumni_friends/connect/. \/ \/1\\ __,_,____1_ - - ___ y I \ \ DESIGN STUDENT AND ALUMNI BOARD MEMBERS 2008-09. Back row: Alumni president-elect Justin Bieganek (BS Design and Studio Arts '97), Kaitlin Scopoline (housing studies student), Matt Wilkens (BED Environmental Design '98), Tatum (Rezin) Marinkovich (BS Retail '99, MBA '05), Meg Parsons (MArch '06), Cindy Lehner-Smith (Interior Design student, BS Applied Design '85), James Thompson, (architecture graduate student), Erin Stromgren (architecture student), Emily Shively (landscape architecture and urban planning graduate student). Front row: Alumni president Janice Linster (BS Interior Design '83), Anne Okerman Gardner (MLA '02), student vice president Carol Berger (clothing design student), Lucy Rei/e (coordinator, College-to-Career programs), Alyssa Wilcox (BS Graphic Design '03), Nicole Shupien (pre-graphic design student}, Lori Mollberg (director, Alumni Relations}, Paul Boerum (BS Housing Studies '05), Kate Maple (assistant dean, Student Services), student president Lloyd Clausen (retail student). Not pictured: Nick Sperldes (BArch '83), Lois Cutler (BS '93, MS '96, PhD Housing Studies '97), Ann Van Bellinger (BS Clothing Design '90), Amanda Lange (graphic design student) Alicia Paulsen (BS Reta/I Merchandising '01), Danielle Shadd (retail student), A. J. Paron-W/ldes (BS Interior Design '95), Nancy Binger (interior design student), UMAA national board representative John Cuningham (BArch '62). SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS ARCHITECTURE Grad year range of survey respondents 1945-2008 Are or have been employed In their field of study 93.3% Are or have been self-employed/business owner 39.8% Top specialty area 59.6% commercial Gross annual compensation $50,000+ 71.2% Professional llcensure 58.7% licensed architect (passed ARE), 28.2% In process LEED certified 28.3% passed, 45.4% In process Other certifications or licensures 20% certified Interior designer {CID) Satisfied or very satisfied with employment 81.4% Professional membership 84.8% members of AIA Employed before graduation 43.4% LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE 1970-2008 944% 43.9% 60.8% public 75.4% 65.2% licensed landscape architect (passed LARE), 18.2% in process 17.9% passed, 43.3% in process 7.5% licensed planners {AICP) 80.3% 83.5% members of ASLA 38.4% HONORING MARGOT SIEGEL, FRIENDS OF THE GOLDSTEIN FOUNDER L to R: UMAA national board president Bruce Mooty. College of Design dean Tom Fisher. and University of Minnesota Board of Regents chair Patricia Simmons, accept alumni service award on behalf of Margot Siegel. Margot Siegel (BS Journalism '44), former freelance writer and co-owner of the public relations firm Siegel-Hogan Enterprises (SHE). was recognized with the University of Minnesota Alumni Service Award on October 29, 2008, for her visionary leadership in support of the Goldstein Museum of Design. Siegel founded the Friends of the Goldstein In 1978 to enhance the museum's visibility, foster community and financial support, encourage voiunteerism. and contribute to the museum's service and outreach mission. A lifetime board member and passionate advocate, Siegel has played an active role with the friends organization for more than 30 years. She helped build the museum's apparel collection with an exceptional group of more than 700 designer garments, facilitated many beneficial connections, and has served as a driving force for the advancement of the Goldstein, which has grown from a departmental to collegiate museum with a collection of more than 28,000 objects and a national reputation as the Upper Midwest's only design museum. Siegel currently serves on the College of Design Advisory Board and Is the inspiration for the upcoming July 2009 Goldstein exhibition, "Intersections: Where Art and Fashion Meel" y § COLLEGE OF DESIGN MENTOR PROGRAM This fall. 210 students were matched with mentors in their field for a six-month mentoring experience. The program began with an orientation workshop on October 28, 2008, at the McNamara Alumni Center where many participants met their mentoring partners for the first time. Thanks to the mentor and student participants and our mentor program matching committee volunteers for their help in making this program a success. Visit our program Web site for a list of 2008-09 mentors and volunteers at design.umn.edu/mentor. Top: John VanBe/1/nger. senior fashion art director, Target Corp., studied design communication at CDes from 1989 to 1995. Top: Environmental design student Ashley Rolffs with mentor Paul Schroeder. senior project monoger for Westwood. Bottom: Interior design mentor matching committee member Lisa Monson is a senior Interior designer for Walsh Bishop. Bottom: LA/BED students Dono Mortenson ond Zachary Carlton. Architecture undergraduates win Berkeley Prize By Michael Fraase Architecture undergraduate students Laura Schlifer and Daniel Carlson won the first 2008 Berkeley Prize Architectural Design Fellowship in celebration of the prize's 10th anniversary. Schlifer and Carlson's project was entitled "Baby Boomers: A New Take on the Old." They each received $1,250 plus $3,500 to host a School of Architecture competition based on their entries. They were also finalists for the essay competition. Carlson's sentiment and added, "Daniel and I thought we had a topic that isn't really discussed with people our age, and I think, I hope, that it will be a competition that produces fascinating results." "I wholeheartedly embrace the Berkeley Prize agenda of empowering architecture students to wield their design skills to bring about positive social change," said faculty mentor and studio instructor Leslie Van Duzer (Architecture). Through essay writ ing and a travel fellowship, the Berkeley Prize teaches undergraduate architecture students that "the smallest act of building has global implications: that design can and does play a major role in the social, cultural, and psychological life of both the individual and society at large." Schlifer and Carlson's entry makes the competition part of the School of Architecture's curriculum, EMPOWERING ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS TO WIELD THEIR DESIGN SKILLS TO BRING ABOUT POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE a strong factor in their winning the prize. The pair's proposal calls for re-envisioning traditional senior centers to better meet the baby boom generation's needs, focusing on the boomers' desire to remain self- sufficient and continue to be contributing members of society. The competition-which will take place during a semester-long studio course in spring 2009-centers on reintegrating the generational divide of the Uptown neighborhood in Minneapolis. The site, according to the Schlifer and Carlson proposal, "should be no larger than a quarter of a city block and should be within three blocks of Hennepin Avenue." Schlifer and Carlson were shocked to learn they had won the fellowship. "We thought we might try it and learn from the experience since neither of us had entered a competition before." said Carlson. Schlifer echoed Van Duzer is on the Berkeley Prize committee, a reader for the essay competition (although she was not involved in j udging Sch lifer and Carlson's essay), and was an international juror for the 2007 travel fellowship. The following prizes will be awarded to the studio course competition winners: $1,000 first place; $500 second place; and $250 third place. In addition, $1,000 will be used for honoraria for local expert visits to the studio course and $750 will be used for Jury fees. The competition will be judged at the end of the spring 2009 semester. Jurors will include Julia Robinson (Architecture), Lance Neckar (Landscape Architecture), Becky Yust (DHA), and Maude Lovelle, Uptown Association director. The Berkeley Prize endowment was established in 1996 by Ray Lifchez in the Department of Architecture, College of Environmental Design, at the University of California, Berkeley, as the result of a gift from Lifchez's late wife, Judith Lee Stronach. Lifchez plans to visit the design studio during the spring 2009 semester. Each year, the prize committee selects a topic and poses a question based on that topic. Undergraduate architecture students are invited to submit a 500-word essay proposal responding to the question. The prize committee selects about 25 proposals as semifinalists and the authors are asked to submit a 2,500-word essay expanding on their proposals. Ali of the semifinalists are automatically eligible to apply for the Berkeley Prize Travel Fellowship. Five to eight of the best essays are selected as final ists. In recent years the Berkeley Prize has been dedicated to various branches of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The Center for World Heritage Studies, a research and outreach unit of the College of Design, provides technical assistance to a branch of UNESCO to preserve endangered World Heritage Sites In developing countries. The Berkeley Prize Essay Competition 2008 question: Make a proposal for a Social Art of Architecture Design Competition for undergraduate students in your school and potentially, other undergraduate academic disciplines. As a general goal, this design competition will ask students to address the most important social issue in your country that should be addressed by architects. Tell us'what you believe this social Issue Is and why. Then, tell us how exactly your design competition will help address this Issue. Students should check the Berkeley Prize Web site for information about the 2009 essay competition. The topic question is related to sustainability. Questions should be directed to Lesl ie Van Duzer at vanduzer@umn.edu. Retiring Hewitt leaves indelible mark on Twin Cities campus By Adam Regn Arvidson and Lance Neckar Campus planner, professor, public servant, and counselor, Clinton Hewitt embodies the respect that underpins the dignity of the University of Minnesota. He has guided planning for the Twin Cities campus with a knowing hand, elevating the campus to a place of beauty, reflection, and recreation. But perhaps, more than his planning position, it is Hewitt himself who has left an indelible mark on our great campus. ·cIint Hewitt has been an integral part of the University of Minnesota for more than 30 years." said university services vice president Kathleen O'Brien. She has known Hewitt since the 1970s and has worked with him almost continuously since then. "He really has a passion." O'Brien said, "for understanding how campuses work as places-how they can be designed to increase the success of a university. His legacy is educating a generation of University faculty and staff on the importance of the campus master plan, of making sure we understand the Cass GIibert and Morell and Nichols design for Northrop Mall or the St. Paul campus's historic knoll [designed by H. W. S. Cleveland]. We have a beautiful campus because he has helped us understand and appreciate the value of those public spaces." Hewitt, currently an associate professor of landscape architecture, served for three decades as an associate vice president for physical planning and campus master planning. Prior to coming to the University in 1972, he worked at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan; and Michigan State University. He is considered one of the nation's premier campus planners. As a member, past president, and recipient of the highest honor of the Society of - 22 EMERGING FALL ~008 t ... . _, ... ,·" ·.' ' .,, . ' -.. . - ~----.,, . ·,,.l-.l ..... rt Clint Hewitt plans to retire at the end of this academic year. A celebration of his many accomplishments and contributions to the University and community is planned for June 5, 2009. Please contact Sara Grothe at 612-625- 1450 or sgrothe cvumn. edu if you would like an invitation to the event. College and University Planning, he has lectured on campus planning across the continent. He teaches other campus planners and managers through the Association of Physical Plant Administrators, a national organization with members in more than 1,500 colleges. Hewitt's favorite campus spot is the historic knoll in St. Paul. "I once read about [landscape architect] H. W. S. Cleveland's participation in that design." recalled Hewitt. ·In a hand-written note, he talked about the importance of the experience of the student on campus, how that will have a bearing on how they treat the environment when they leave." Because Hewitt believes that a campus is about place and people, he has dedicated his career to making life better for the hundreds of thousands who have walked the University's grounds. He has also dedicated his life to service and education in general. He is involved with the University YMCA, the Minneapolis/University Rotary Club, and the Hope Community, a self-described "model of affordable residential place making" in south Minneapolis whose residents are 70 percent people of color. Hewitt, an African-American, has helped other minority designers achieve success. In 1976, he chaired the American Society of Landscape Architects task force on recruiting minorities to the profession. (At the time, there were only nine African-American landscape architects nationwide.) He also helped establish a landscape architecture program at historically black North Carolina A&T University. Hewitt, however, doesn't brag about being the first African-American to accomplish what he has. He measures his own success by the successes, quality of life, and connection to place of others, no matter their background. ·1 want people to see me as a black man." he said, "then ask themselves what difference that really makes to design." Hewitt guided the 1996 master plan, which embodied the principles for making a livable Twin Cities campus. Recently he served on the Natural Features and Open Space Committee to revise that master plan. His fundamental concern for campus livability helped those associated with the effort to see the campus as a total environment, as a place of many opportunities to recreate the spirit and the mind as well as the body. "I hope that people would remember the love I have for the University of Minnesota campus." he said, "not just the place, but the people." Hewitt's passion and charm are treasured by those he counseled, cajoled, and befriended. His design skill, fairness, and embrace of campus planning and open space will be forever recognized by all who walk the University's facilities- even if they have never met him. Adam Regn Arvidson. ASLA. is a landscape architect and freelance writer focusing on sustainable design (www.treeline.biz). Lonee Neckor, ASLA, is head of the Deportment of Landscape Architecture. Since joining the college in July 2006 I have had the opportunity to meet many alumni and friends. Recent visits around the state to Northfield, Rochester, and Ortonville reinforced the importance of preserving and honoring the connections that each of you has with the College of Design. During my visits I heard wonderful stories about faculty who made a difference, enduring friendships that were begun during years at the University of Minnesota, and experiences that opened young eyes to new ideas and possibilities. These relationships and experiences serve to deepen our appreciation for the people and places that are Jan Sickbert important to us. Whether your connection to the college is through one of our academic disciplines, one of our many research and outreach centers, including the Goldstein Museum, or simply through your passion for design, I invite you to honor and preserve that relationship with a gift to the college. Contact me at 612-624-3283 or sickb001@umn.edu. -Jan Sickbert, director of development RECENT NOTEWORTHY GIFTS Thomas Horty, FAIA, FACHA, created a gift to support master of architecture students to conduct research related to health care design and design-build. A lead gift from Wells Fargo Bank Community Development and Specialized Lending, along with gifts from Lois Cutler and Evelyn Franklin, created the first privately funded fellowship in the housing studies program This endowment fund, which currently stands at $25,000. can be added to by others and qualifies for University matching funds. An undergraduate scholarship established in environmental design/landscape architecture recognizes John Koepke's 13 years as department head. The fund has received 35 commitments totaling $17,000 toward a goal of $25,000. Once fully endowed. the fund will qualify for University matching funds. A bequest of $500,000 from the estate of May Ohrbeck Painter, BArch '38. was added to her existing fellowship fund, which benefits graduate students enrolled in the School of Architecture This fund Is matched by University funds. A bequest of $215,000 from the estate of Goldstein Museum of Design friend, LIia Bath, is being used to establish an internship experience for clothing design students interested in studying at University of the Incarnate Word In San Antonio, Texas. GIFTING IRA ASSETS TO CHARITABLE GROUPS The Pension Protection Act of 2006 was recently extended by Congress. This act permits IRA owners 70.5 years of age and older to make outright charitable gifts from their IRAs of up to $100,000 per tax year to a charitable organization such as the University of Minnesota Foundation. Distributions under this law satisfy the donor's minimum required distribution. The new law allows for the exclusion from gross income of up to $100,000 per year for otherwise taxable dis~ributions. No income tax deduction is involved; only the exclusion from gross income. The new provision expires December 31, 2009. To learn more. contact the University of Minnesota Foundation at 612-624-3333, 800-775-2187, or plgiving@umn.edu. DONORS AND SCHOLARS EVENT The college held its first donors and scholars luncheon October 2, 2008, at the McNamara Alumni Center (below). Donors whose gifts have established scholarships and fellowships were invited to meet the students who benefited from their generosity. Approximately 40 donors and 50 students mingled with college faculty and staff. We look forward to having even more donors and students at next year's event. Top left: members of the BArch Class of '67 (Scott Berry, Dole Mu/finger, and Colby Andrus seated) and Dean Tom Fisher. Bottom left: Londa and Gary Tushie with Tushie Fellowship recipient Emily Shively (center). Right: some 100 students, faculty. and staff mingled In the dramatic McNamera Center Atrium. I\IIII III\IH 1111 11111■ I■ U0111n 1111111111111101111 3 1951 D02 477 672 T What if historic preservation reflected the diversity of the American people? By Gall Dubrow Landmark registers recognize and protect many places of Interest to design professionals, including great examples of architectural and landscape design, exquisite craft, and distinctive style. Many more landmarks have been preserved because of their connection to important individuals, events, groups, or aspects of daily life in our nation's history. Because most Americans and visitors learn about our history through visits to historic sites and buildings, rather than textbooks or scholarly journals, public awareness of the role that diverse groups played in our nation's past depends on what we think is important to save and whose stories we choose to tell at historic places. The College of Design is doing important work to answer this what-if question in the context of world heritage, creating a niche that provides students with the exposure and experience to build cultural competencies required for world citizenship and global design practice. But critical cultural competencies cai'l' also be acquired by working on preservation projects within the United States, where social relations of race, class, and gender have resulted in an under appreciation of the rich tapestry of historic sites and buildings that can raise public awareness of diversity's Imprint on our cultural landscape. African-American history has been Illuminated by excavations of the slave quarters linked to great mansions, as well as in historically black communities-both urban and rural. On the West Coast, the heritage of Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino Americans has become a focus for preservation, from the immigration station at Angel Island to the places where they settled, worked, and built communities. Women's history goes beyond spinning wheels and candle-dipping at historic houses, as our register of National Historic Landmarks has expanded to honor women's contributions to paid labor, community building, scientific invention, and more. 24 EMERGING FALL 2008 In my previous faculty appointment at the University of Washington, I had the privilege of working on a wide array of projects with the National Park Service that engaged architecture, landscape architecture, planning, and preservation students to document Seattle's historic Japantown; the World War ii internment camp in Minidoka, Idaho; and places significant in the history of Cesar Chavez and the Farmworker's movement. Together we contributed to a more inclusive view of the nation's past and attracted a more diverse student body to preservation education and practice. Grappling with the long history of American social inequalities that have left gaps and distortions In our established register of landmarks can attract underrepresented groups to the important work of ~ I I .. ' ... ~ . --~ ·. ·-i""~ -..., • I . - ' • • ,, "'::- ~----' ... ' 't ., • I ~ I ;- > I ... • l' -~ · ;··· ' , , I I • I L f I 'It ;1 ••' -. • . I • ' I C"~ I I.. ~ I ••~-= '• i': I I . I,. ■ ! I I I ' ""' M>.~1'1/ll'il.l>~ l'l."1 r,- -.l - 1. - tl ,-.-i!.71 bol-/f- /V) A 1 1\/ ~ - - ... ,-,~}-_·;~ The oldest and most Intact example of a sento or Japanese American public bathhouse, located in the basement of Seattle's Panama Hotel, shown above. It was located in the heart of Japantown at Sixth and South Main Street. d, :::E U'l 0 ~ 41 • U'l zu l~ ~om~ Cl .CE -i= ~ 0 0 fsvi <(:§E z:::iQ.:i~ z ,'.5 (!) ~ (./) 7. w 7. 0 ~ u.. 0 w (!) w _J _J 0 u ' ;- V' ~ / a, :J CX) C 0 a, ~ > I.fl '° - ro ro 1: ~ ::E ro ro 0 ::E ::E °' V M 0 \0 historic preservation and position all preservationists to master the cultural competencies needed to approach any preservation project from an inclusive perspective, whether here or abroad. Goll Dubrow hos taught and conducted research for more than 20 years on preseNlng places significant in the history of women and underrepresented groups, Including a wide array of projects with the National Pork SeNice. For her book, Senta at Sixth and Main {with Donna Groves) she documented 10 places significant in the history of Japanese Americans. She also coedited Restoring Women's History through Historic Preservation, which won o top prize from the Society of Architectural Historians. Dubrow is vice provost and dean of the Graduate School and a faculty member in the School of Architecture, Department of Landscape Architecture, public affairs and planning, and history.