Andrea Gossard, a GCA construction science alumna, was recently named among Engineering News Record‘s (ENR) Top Young Professionals in Texas and Louisiana.
During her career, Gossard has worked on many high-profile cases in Oklahoma, such as the rehabilitation of the Oklahoma State Capitol building, as well as many projects for OU. She now serves as a Senior Advisor at Cooper Project Advisors, and works as a volunteer at Rebuild Together OKC, a nonprofit that helps improve the homes and lives of low-income homeowners in OKC. In addition to this accolade, Gossard has also been named Associated General Contractors Project Manager of the Year, and was selected as one of OKC Biz’s Forty Under 40 and Oklahoma Magazine’s 40 Under 40.
ENR is an editorial magazine that provides news on topics such as “engineering and construction news, analysis, commentary and data that construction industry professionals need to do their jobs more effectively.” They report a wide array of projects and topics in the fields of both architecture and engineering, in order to inform readers on what is happening in the industry.
Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture congratulates Thinh "Henry" Duong, a master's student in the Division of Interior Design, for earning first place in the 2026 Robert Bruce Thompson Annual Student Light Fixture Design Competition.
Gibbs College of Architecture Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) Director and Division of Planning, Landscape Architecture, and Design (PLAD) faculty member Amber N. Wiley, Ph.D., recently published a new book, Collective Yearning: Black Women Artists from the Zimmerli Art Museum.
In May, students from the Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture's Architecture, Environmental Design, and Interior Design programs participated in an intensive five-day Studio in Residence at Taliesin West, the iconic winter home and desert laboratory of Frank Lloyd Wright.