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USM Graduate to Give Architecture Alumni Leadership Lecture Oct. 25

Fri, 10/22/2021 - 08:40am | By: David Tisdale

Emilie Taylor Welty, a professor of practice and associate director of Tulane University91³Ô¹ÏÍø Architecture program, will be the guest speaker for the University of 91³Ô¹ÏÍø (USM) School of Construction and Design91³Ô¹ÏÍø Architecture Alumni Leadership Lecture Series Monday, Oct. 25 from noon 91³Ô¹ÏÍø“ 1 p.m. in the Polymer Science Building Auditorium on the Hattiesburg campus. Admission is free.

A USM alumna who is a 2003 graduate of the university91³Ô¹ÏÍø School of Construction and Design91³Ô¹ÏÍø Architectural Engineering Technology program, Welty brings experience and praxis in the making and teaching of design. She is a national leader in the design/build field, and at Tulane91³Ô¹ÏÍø Small Center, she focuses on teaching students how to be better designers, makers, and citizens and guides projects and community partnerships that provide opportunities for faculty and students to engage real issues in the community through design.

Welty91³Ô¹ÏÍø recent design build studios include Grow Dat Youth Farm, LOOP, and the Big Class Writers91³Ô¹ÏÍø™ Room.  She also has a design firm in New Orleans with Seth Welty and Dan Etheridge called Colectivo. Together, with a team of creative problem solvers, they make stuff and do things. One of Welty91³Ô¹ÏÍø current projects is a book in the works titled Fieldwork: Designbuild Education91³Ô¹ÏÍø Past, Present, and Potentials.

For more information about Welty91³Ô¹ÏÍø presentation, contact the USM School of Construction and Design at 601.266.4902.