Interior Design student Kaitlin Salisbury was recently appointed to serve as the 2021-2022 Student Representative to the Board for the Texas/Oklahoma Chapter of the International Interior Design Association.
In this role, Kaitlin will serve as a representative and liaison for Student Level Membership, and advise as a member of the TX/OK Student Conference Committee. She will also support the Shift Student Conference, attend meetings, and help plan events for students.
Please join us in congratulating Kaitlin for taking on this amazing leadership opportunity!
Gibbs College of Architecture is proud to recognize Petya Stefanoff, who is pursuing her doctorate in the Planning, Design & Construction (PDC) program, has been appointed the new role of Director of Community Development for the City of Shawnee, Oklahoma. She joined the city in 2024.
Gibbs College of Architecture is pleased to announce that Amber N. Wiley, Ph.D., associate professor in the Division of Planning, Landscape Architecture and Design and director of the Institute for Quality Communities, has received national recognition for her book Model Schools in the Model City. The book has been named a finalist for the 2026 the PROSE Awards.
Gibbs College of Architecture Regional + City Planning Professor of Practice Vanessa Morrison and Associate Professor of Architecture Deborah Richards’ Open Design Collective received top honors at the inaugural BlackSpace Urbanist Collective Studio KIN Pitch Night Competition, held last month in Brooklyn, New York City.
