Architecture Program Report Tulane University New Orleans ...

●Reinforce and develop position of Director of Alumni Affairs
●Reinforce Career Development Expo, especially as visiting firms are tied
to alumni outreach
●Expand Career Development Expo Participation by 20%, especially as
visiting firms are tied to alumni outreach
●Further reinforce Service Learning Opportunities
●Develop a Vision Plan for the Tulane City Center, whereby alumni, the
community and the profession become active participants
●Enhance opportunities for AIA Continuing Education credits for
professions in the community
●Develop the lecture series to appeal more broadly to alumni, and
members of the community and the profession, and to include topics in
response to the post-Katrina environment
.b. Broaden and deepen our current partnerships and create new partnerships with
put educational, business and community organizations to strengthen our connections in
the region in areas that contribute to our educational and research initiatives and
respond to local urban problems of national concern.
Reference: Priority 3b
Lead individual or group: Dean of the School of Architecture; Executive
Committee of the School of Architecture.
Long-term action steps (three to five years)
●Facilitate the Tulane Renewal Plan, in particular as it applies to the
redevelopment of the City of New Orleans and the region
●Create a New Orleans Urban Design Studio, to reside at the Tulane City
Center (Downtown Center) in downtown New Orleans
●Reinvigorate the Tulane Regional Urban Design Center (TRUDC) and
move location to City Center in downtown New Orleans.
Short-term action steps (one year)
●Seek correspondence between the Tulane Renewal Plan with the
initiation of a New Orleans Urban Design Studio, to reside at the Tulane
City Center (Downtown Center) in downtown New Orleans
●Develop an annual Design Conference to focus on issues of particular
concern and merit to architectural education and the architectural
profession
●Locate further opportunities for funding by alumni, the community and
the profession for the Lecture Series, including those that would
particularly apply to architecture and urban design within the post-Katrina
environment
c. Continue to strengthen our alumni outreach program to enhance alumni
participation and involvement with the university regionally, nationally and internationally.
Reference: Priority 3c
Lead individual or group: Dean of the School of Architecture; Executive
Committee of the School of Architecture.
Key participants or groups: Dean of the School of Architecture, Advisory
Board of the School of Architecture