Local architecture program has first graduating cohort

Tony Vasquez, left, films as Indiana University architecture student Jacquelyn Brice demonstrates how to use motion sensors to activate a series of light bars on the side of the J. Irwin Miller School of Architecture building that faces Second Street in Columbus, Ind., Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. People can stand on with side of the installation and essentially play a game where they move the lights back and forth by tripping the sensors. Mike Wolanin | The Republic

For the J. Irwin Miller Architecture Program, 2021 is a milestone that marks the first graduating cohort since its inception in 2018.

T. Kelly Wilson, the graduate program’s director, said that there are 18 graduates in the 2021 class.

The architecture program is offered through the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture and Design. Wilson said that the program’s graduates will participate in the IU Bloomington’s Graduate Ceremony at 10 a.m. May 7 in Memorial Stadium. As with IUPUC, the event will follow IU’s commencement protocols. Guests will not be allowed and should instead tune in virtually.

“Based on commencement safety protocols, the graduates will receive staggered arrival times, be placed in physically distanced seating and be required to wear masks throughout the duration,” Wilson said.

He added that the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture and Design will hold its own “exercise for graduating students” by Zoom only, beginning at 5 p.m.

Wilson said that the architecture program’s 2021 class represents “a significant step in the relationship between the community of Columbus and IU.”

“This graduating class is the consequence of work that began with the creation of the IU Center for Art and Design, itself a collaboration between IU and Columbus, achieving the master of architecture program in 2018,” he said.

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The J. Irwin Miller Architecture Program

When: 10 a.m. May 7

Where: Memorial Stadium at Indiana University Bloomington.

Additional notes: Graduates’ arrival times will be staggered. Commencement is limited to graduates only; guests can watch the event virtually.

The Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture and Design will hold its own “exercise for graduating students” by Zoom only, beginning at 5 p.m. More information about the virtual recognition ceremony is available at soaad.indiana.edu/events/special-events/.

Where to learn more: Visit commencement.indiana.edu/index.html.

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