Need a Job? Come to 2008 DesignExpo

Kansas State University students seeking careers in the design disciplines will get the chance to meet with prospective employers at DesignExpo, the career fair of the College of Architecture, Planning and Design.

DesignExpo is being held from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Monday, February 25, and again during those hours on Friday, February 29. Both events will take place in the Ballroom of the K-State Student Union.

Event sponsors are the K-State College of Architecture, Planning, and Design and K-State’s Career and Employment Services.

Employers attending DesignExpo are offering full-time employment as well as student academic internship opportunities. They will also be available to visit with students who wish to learn more about the disciplines of architecture, interior architecture and product design, landscape architecture, and regional and community planning, as well as related design fields.

This is the eighth annual DesignExpo. With 139 booths, this year’s event is larger than last year’s record high of 135.

Employers scheduled to attend DesignExpo on February 25 are: 360 Architecture, Inc., Kansas City, MO; Alamo Architects, San Antonio, TX; Arcturis, St. Louis, MO; Ascension Group Architects, Arlington, TX; BCDM, Omaha, NE; Berger Devine Yaeger, Inc., Kansas City, MO; Black and Veatch, Overland Park, KS; Brian Clark + Associates, Kansas City, MO; BRR Architecture, Merriam, KS; Butler, Rosenbury and Partners, Springfield, MO; Clark Condon Associates, Houston, TX; Darden Architects, Inc., Fresno, CA; Davidson-Brown, Lenexa, KS; Dekker/Perich/Sabatini, Albuquerque, NM; DLR Group, Overland Park, KS; EDSA, Fort Lauderdale, FL; FKP Architects, Inc., Dallas, TX; Flad and Associates, Madison, WI; Fox Architects, St. Louis, MO; George Butler Associates Inc., Lenexa, KS; Gossen Livingston Associates Inc, Wichita, KS; Gould Evans Affiliates, Kansas City, MO; HDR, Omaha, NE; Health Facilities Group, LLC, Wichita, KS; HLKB Architecture, Des Moines, IA; HMN Architects Inc., Overland Park, KS; HNTB Companies, Kansas City, MO; HOK, St. Louis, MO; HOK Sport Venue Event, Kansas City, MO; Howard and Helmer Architecture, Wichita, KS; HTK Architects, PA, Overland Park, KS; IBI Group, Salt Lake City, UT; IMA+Design, Irvine, CA; International Architects Atelier, Kansas City, MO; Jacobs, St. Louis, MO; Jacobs Carter Burgess, Fort Worth, TX; Krehbiel Architecture, Wichita, KS; Landplan Engineering, PA, Lawrence, KS; Law/Kingdon Inc., Wichita, KS; Lohmeyer-Russell, PC, Springfield, MO; Lutjen, Inc., Kansas City, MO; Matrix Architects, Engineers and Planners, Tulsa, OK; McCluggage Van Sickle and Perry, Wichita, KS; Merriman Associates/Architects, Inc., Dallas, TX; MESA, Dallas, TX; MKEC, Overland Park, KS; Nearing Staats Prelogar and Jones AIA Chartered, Prairie Village, KS; Norris Design, Denver, CO; Ochsner Hare and Hare, LLC, Kansas City, MO; Oculus Inc., St. Louis, MO; Olsson Associates, Lincoln, NE; PBA Architects, Wichita, KS; PBK, Houston, TX; Perkins+Will, Dallas, TX; Perkowitz+Ruth Architects, Rogers, AR; PGAV Architects, Westwood, KS; Rees Associates Inc, Dallas, TX; RNL, Denver, CO; RTKL Associates Inc., Dallas, TX; Schaefer Johnson Cox Frey Architecture, Wichita, KS; SFS Architecture, Kansas City, MO; Shelden Architecture, Wichita, KS; TBG Partners, Inc., Houston, TX; TK Architects International, Kansas City, MO; Treanor Architects, Lawrence, KS; Ware Malcomb, Irvine, CA; WATG, Irvine, CA; WDM Architects, PA, Wichita, KS; and Wilson & Company, Inc., Engineers and Architects, Salina, KS.

Employers scheduled to attend DesignExpo on February 29 are: 505 Design, Boulder, CO; ACI/Boland, Kansas City, MO; Amenta/Emma Architects, Hartford, CT; Archetype Design Group, Inc., Leawood, KS; Architect One, PA, Topeka, KS; Architectural Innovations, LLC, Wichita, KS; Beeler Guest Owens Architects, Dallas, TX; BNIM Architects, Kansas City, MO; BOKA Powell, Dallas, TX; Bowman Bowman Novick Inc., Manhattan, KS; Brennan Beer Gorman Architects, New York, NY; BSW International, Tulsa, OK; Burns and McDonnell, Kansas City, MO; Callison, Seattle, WA; Cannon Design, St. Louis, MO; Carlile Coatsworth Architects, Irvine, CA; Christner Inc., St. Louis, MO; Corgan Associates, Dallas, TX; Creation Architecture, PLLC, Carrollton, TX; CTA Inc., Billings, MT; EDAW Inc., San Francisco, CA; egRetail, Grapevine, TX, FGM Architects, O’Fallon, IL; Finkle|Williams Architecture, Overland Park, KS; Fritzlen Pierce Architects, Vail, CO; Gensler, Dallas, TX, and San Francisco, CA; Good Fulton & Farrell, Dallas, TX; H+L Architecture, Denver, CO; Hart Freeland Roberts, Kansas City, MO; Hastings and Chivetta, St. Louis, MO; Helix Architecture + Design, Kansas City, MO; HKS, Inc., Dallas, TX; HNTB Companies, Kansas City, MO; Hoefer Wysocki Architects, Kansas City, MO; Hollis + Miller Architects, Overland Park, KS; Hord Coplan Macht, Inc., Baltimore, MD; Huckabee and Associates, Fort Worth, TX; IA Interior Architects, Denver, CO; Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., West Palm Beach, FL; Klai Juba Architects, Las Vegas, NV; Klover Architects, Inc., Overland Park, KS; KTGY Group, Irvine, CA; Kudela & Weinheimer, Houston, TX; Laguarda.Low Architects, LLC, Dallas, TX; Land Design Partners, Austin, TX; Lawrence Group, St. Louis, MO; M+H Architects, St. Louis, MO; Mackey Mitchell Architects, St. Louis, MO; O’Brien and Associates, Dallas, TX; Parsons Brinckerhoff, Chicago, IL; Pellham-Phillips Architects and Engineers, Inc., Springfield, MO; RDG Planning and Design, Des Moines, IA; RTA Architects, Colorado Springs, CO; Schwerdt Design Group, Inc., Topeka, KS; Scott and Goble Architects, Tulsa, OK; SHW Group LLP, Plano, TX; Spangenberg Phillips Architecture, Wichita, KS; SWA Group, Houston and Dallas, TX; Thalden Boyd Emery Architects, St. Louis, MO; Trivers Associates, St. Louis, MO; Tsoi/Kobus & Associates, Inc., Cambridge, MA; URS Corporation, Tampa, FL; US Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City, MO; VAg, Inc., Architects and Planners, Vail, CO; W Design Associates, Inc., McCook, NE; Wakefield Beasley & Associates, Norcross, GA; Williams Spurgeon Kuhl & Freshnock Architects, Inc., North Kansas City, MO; and Woolpert, Inc., Dayton, OH.

The event planning committee includes the following students: George Andrew Hess and Jennifer Scruggs, fifth-year architecture; Brit Karber and Colleen Wittman, fifth-year interior architecture and product design; Gemma Gough and Ethan Primm, fifth-year landscape architecture; Karina Perez-Fajardo, Joshua Perez and Lindsay Whitehead, third-year architecture; Sally Ebright, Samantha Lang and Erica Lester, third-year interior architecture and product design; Christie Murman and Elise Young, third-year landscape architecture; Derek Clark and David Vogel, post-baccalaureate master of landscape architecture; and Steven Munroe, post-baccalaureate master of regional and community planning.

Faculty and staff on the planning committee include: Wendy Ornelas, associate professor, architecture, and associate dean of the College of Architecture, Planning and Design; Vicky Borchers, associate professor, and Donna Fullmer, assistant professor, interior architecture and product design; Tony Barnes, professor, and Melanie Klein, assistant professor, landscape architecture/regional and community planning; Tom Hollinberger, assistant director, K-State Career and Employment Services; Bruce Broce, Director of Development, College of Architecture, Planning and Design, KSU Foundation; and Diane Potts, Assistant to the Dean, College of Architecture, Planning and Design.

More information is available online at www.capd.ksu.edu/designexpo or by contacting Diane Potts at 785.532.1090.