Any Mission Plan for CAUS must be built upon the teaching foundation established with over 50 years of recognized success. Presidents T. Marshall Hahn, Paul Turgersen, and Charles Steger, together with Dean Charles Burchard, and exemplary Faculty Professors such as Olivio Ferrari enabled successes that were later confirmed with high national rankings for the School of Architecture. Excellent Faculty leadership continues today within the College of Architecture. Unity of purpose within the current Faculty leadership must provide continuity to build upon past successes into the future. With experienced professionalism, and interdisciplinary collaboration and coordination, new successes and renewed High National Rankings can be achieved.
S
Stephen Lynn
5 years ago
Virginia Tech Class of 2017. Industrial Design
M
Matt Corbin
5 years ago
ID 2019
E
Emily Schilb
5 years ago
M.Arch 2011
M
Mitch Harris
5 years ago
VTID 2015
A
Alex Worden
5 years ago
It is highly disappointing to see the failure of leadership at the school of architecture. As alumni, we work hard to ensure that we reflect positively on our alma mater and would hope that the school would reciprocate.
D
Diane Pfeiffer
5 years ago
MS Arch ID 2009
J
Julia Baugh
5 years ago
Industrial Design, 2011
B
Brandon Ramsuer
5 years ago
Industrial Design Class of 2008
L
Leila McGowan
5 years ago
BArch 1988
M
Macy Anne Carman-Goeke
5 years ago
M.Arch III, VT + WAAC, 2019.
J
Jake Fettig
5 years ago
MLA - WAAC, 2019
B
Brian Morgen
5 years ago
I have spent well over a dozen years of my life as a student in higher education. By far the richest & most rewarding of all those years were the ones I spent as a M.Arch3 in the CAUS. It was an enriching journey that I most certainly could not have undertaken at another school. I find the actions of the new dean rather troubling. It is always important to look to the future, but never at the expense of the past. With my signature, I add my voice & implore President Sands to listen to the growing number of CAUS alumni & other concerned students. Do not lose sight of the people & program that has made this one of the greatest graduate programs in the country. Thank you.
D
Dawn Booth
5 years ago
BA 1992
J
John P Whelan
5 years ago
I fully support the "Crisis at CAUS" concerns and efforts to "right the wrongs". This is disappointing to hear and I look forward to big changes.
A
Alyson Dunn
5 years ago
BArch 1987
I value my education from Virginia Tech and am proud of my association with a school that is held in high regard in the profession. Students benefitted from the collaboration and discourse amongst the professors as they sought to engage students in lectures and during presentations. This experience is noteworthy in a career as an architect, one that requires the collaboration of a great many people. With respect, I support the concerns expressed in the petition and hope that a healthy environment for the administration, the professors and, importantly, the students may be a part of the future of CAUS.
D
Dave Chance
5 years ago
Class of 1995
A
Abby Camacho
5 years ago
B.ARCH. 1995
WAAC 1996-1998
A
Alexandria Roe
5 years ago
I am dismayed by the Dean's actions to redirect the architecture program and request investigation into the actions of the Dean to upend the educational philosophies of a well established and highly ranked architecture program.
BARCH 2004
Any Mission Plan for CAUS must be built upon the teaching foundation established with over 50 years of recognized success. Presidents T. Marshall Hahn, Paul Turgersen, and Charles Steger, together with Dean Charles Burchard, and exemplary Faculty Professors such as Olivio Ferrari enabled successes that were later confirmed with high national rankings for the School of Architecture. Excellent Faculty leadership continues today within the College of Architecture. Unity of purpose within the current Faculty leadership must provide continuity to build upon past successes into the future. With experienced professionalism, and interdisciplinary collaboration and coordination, new successes and renewed High National Rankings can be achieved.
Virginia Tech Class of 2017. Industrial Design
ID 2019
M.Arch 2011
VTID 2015
It is highly disappointing to see the failure of leadership at the school of architecture. As alumni, we work hard to ensure that we reflect positively on our alma mater and would hope that the school would reciprocate.
MS Arch ID 2009
Industrial Design, 2011
Industrial Design Class of 2008
BArch 1988
M.Arch III, VT + WAAC, 2019.
MLA - WAAC, 2019
I have spent well over a dozen years of my life as a student in higher education. By far the richest & most rewarding of all those years were the ones I spent as a M.Arch3 in the CAUS. It was an enriching journey that I most certainly could not have undertaken at another school. I find the actions of the new dean rather troubling. It is always important to look to the future, but never at the expense of the past. With my signature, I add my voice & implore President Sands to listen to the growing number of CAUS alumni & other concerned students. Do not lose sight of the people & program that has made this one of the greatest graduate programs in the country. Thank you.
BA 1992
I fully support the "Crisis at CAUS" concerns and efforts to "right the wrongs". This is disappointing to hear and I look forward to big changes.
BArch 1987 I value my education from Virginia Tech and am proud of my association with a school that is held in high regard in the profession. Students benefitted from the collaboration and discourse amongst the professors as they sought to engage students in lectures and during presentations. This experience is noteworthy in a career as an architect, one that requires the collaboration of a great many people. With respect, I support the concerns expressed in the petition and hope that a healthy environment for the administration, the professors and, importantly, the students may be a part of the future of CAUS.
Class of 1995
B.ARCH. 1995 WAAC 1996-1998
I am dismayed by the Dean's actions to redirect the architecture program and request investigation into the actions of the Dean to upend the educational philosophies of a well established and highly ranked architecture program.