Professor Jay Chandler, J.D., an adjunct member of the Graduate Faculty of the University of Oklahoma‐Tulsa since 1990, is now celebrating retirement after teaching his last class on December 9, 2019, with students from the OU Urban Design Studio.
Professor Chandler has practiced law for more than 40 years and has taught Legal Framework for Design as adjunct faculty at OU-Tulsa for the Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture for more than 30 years. Jay plans to travel in retirement beginning later this month in Vienna. We wish him well!
Featured photo from left to right: Clay Harris, Jamie Pierson, Professor Jay Chandler, Urban Design Studio Director Shawn Schaefer, Alex O’Connell, Chris Paulsen, Tristan Fox, Samiul Haque and Virginia Paiva.
The OU Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) 2024 collaboration with the Historic Threatt Filling Station has been recognized in the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's newly released Byways Report: The Scenic Route to Rural Prosperity – a story-driven publication exploring how road trip culture and place-based tourism can fuel economic growth in rural communities.
The Gibbs College of Architecture is pleased to announce that Camille Germany, Chief of Staff, has been named the 2026 recipient of the university-wide Jennifer L. Wise Good Stewardship Award.
Gibbs College faculty Ken Marold and Bryan Bloom were recognized at the 2026 ACSA Architectural Education Awards during the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) 114th Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, held March 26–28, 2026.
