Alumni Conversations
Tuesday, July 21, 1:00 pm EDT
Virtual Event
For our next Alumni Conversation, we welcome Nisha Baliga, AICP ‘05 MSUP and Betsy Maclean '05 MIA/'06 MSUP, Co-Executive Directors at Hester Street—an urban planning, design and development nonprofit that works to ensure neighborhoods are shaped by the people who live in them. Savannah Wu '20 MSUP will facilitate the conversation.
Over the past 4 months, Hester Street has drawn from their deep experience engaging with communities to develop tools and tactics that they hope will sharpen the focus on the means by which society can achieve more just ends. Nisha and Betsy will share some of this recent work as fodder for a conversation and discussion.
Register through Engage (listed under Workshops).
A Zoom link will be sent to all registrants.
NOTE: Registration closes 2 hours prior to the event.
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Thank you to this week’s
Alumni Conversationalists for
sharing their work and insights.
Dr. Dan Luo ‘14 M.Arch recommended publishing where and what you can, as well as seeking professional conferences to present student projects. Making your work public generates opportunities to further your research while building your resume.
Sara Grant, AIA, LEED AP '04 M.Arch encouraged young architects to become active in committee work at AIA New York. Explore the list of committees to choose the right one for you. While membership is not required to volunteer, many local chapters also offer complimentary memberships to students and new graduates.
Stephen Mueller ’06 MSAAD spoke about the unseen work of community and partnership building, the importance of finding alliances step-by-step, and knowing the right way to support the institution that wants to help you further the work.
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Tuesday, July 21
Time varies
Tuesday Talks continues to connect the Class of 2020 to alumni professionals for informal 1:1 conversations. Registration will open at noon EDT on Monday, July 20.
Preview a list of alumni mentors for next week.
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Junior Designer
Payette Associates, Inc.
Payette, based in downtown Boston, is a leading architectural design firm specializing in the programming, planning, and design of complex buildings for medical and scientific research, academic teaching, healthcare, and corporate research. Currently seeking a junior level Architectural Designer to join our team in the planning and design of complex technical buildings such as research, healthcare and laboratory facilities from design through construction.
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Architectural Historian
TerraXplorations, Inc. (TerraX)
TerraXplorations, Inc. (TerraX) is a full-service cultural resource management firm specializing in archaeology, architectural history, and geophysics. TerraX is seeking an Architectural Historian whose main role will be to evaluate federally funded projects in compliance with Section 106 of the NHPA, with occasional other tasks relating to architectural history and archival research.
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Assistant Architect
New York City Housing Authority
The New York City Housing Authority’s (NYCHA) mission is to increase opportunities for low- and moderate-income New Yorkers by providing safe, affordable housing and facilitating access to social and community services. NYCHA is currently seeking a number of positions including Assistant Architect.
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Design Manager
Bolster
Bolster’s is a data-driven design-build firm on a mission to create a “smart” renovation experience. Bolster is looking for a detail-oriented, multi-tasking, and highly motivated professional to help bring projects to life. The Design Manager will be an integral person for successfully creating, reviewing, and updating conceptual layouts, construction drawing sets, and pricing documents throughout Bolster’s design/build projects.
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Grants for Individuals
Graham Foundation
Deadline: September 15
The Graham Foundation priorities for funding individuals are to:
Provide opportunities to create, develop, and communicate a project about architecture and the designed environment at crucial or potentially transformative stages in their careers.
Support their efforts to take positions, develop new forms of expression, and engage debate.
Help them communicate their work in the public realm and reach new and wider audiences.
Support new voices by giving priority to first-time applicants.
WEDG Scholarship
Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines
Deadline: August 14
Apply for a scholarship to participate in an online course for the newly released, national WEDG standard, which earned the 2019 American Planning Association Gold National Achievement Award for Best Practice. Participants who successfully complete the training and earn a 70% or higher on a mini-exam will receive WEDG Associate credentials, which are valid until credentialing requirements are updated. The course is also expected to attain the following CEUs: 5.0 PDH for ASLA, 5.5 CM for APA, and 4.0 CEUs for ASCE.
WEDG® (Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines) is an award-winning credit system and set of guidelines for excellence in resilient, accessible, and ecologically-sound urban waterfront design and decision-making: think LEED® for the waterfront.
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Open Call
Downtown Brooklyn Public Art + Placemaking Fund
Deadline: August 17
The DUMBO Improvement District (DUMBO) and Downtown Brooklyn Partnership (DBP) are seeking proposals for the Downtown Brooklyn Public Art + Placemaking Fund. The $600,000 fund, made possible as part of New York State’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI), will award grants of up to $50,000 for public art and performance projects, and improvements to cultural spaces that serve to connect neighborhoods, revitalize public spaces, and increase access to cultural programming.
Seed Grant
Tamer Fund for Social Ventures
Deadline: August 15
The Tamer Fund for Social Ventures provides seed grants of up to $25,000 to nonprofit, for-profit, and hybrid early-stage Columbia University affiliated social and environmental ventures.
Social or environmental ventures are defined as those working to solve a social or environmental problem. In general, social and environmental for-profit ventures produce products and/or services that either focus on addressing the needs of low-income communities or customers with an explicit purpose of increasing the welfare of these groups, alleviate a market failure and create significant public goods or benefits that are not wholly captured in the price charged by the business, or have attracted funding for the business by investors or grant makers who are seeking measurable social or environmental impacts.
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Navigating a Job Search in a Difficult Market
Wednesday, July 22
7–8 p.m. EDT
Register Here
How do you keep up your job search virtually and navigate a difficult job market? Career experts Caroline Ceniza-Levine ’93BC, Julia Harris-Wexler ’83TC, ’14BUS, Eric Horwitz ’90CC, and Joshua Spodek ’93CC, ‘96, ’99GSAS, ’06BUS, of the Columbia Career Coaches Network (CCCN), will share their top tips on preparing for the job search now and how to best market yourself. A Q&A session will follow the panel discussion.
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