Archinect - News 2024-11-21T14:16:18-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/132411153/fiu-professor-marilys-r-nepomechie-starts-term-as-acsa-president FIU Professor Marilys R. Nepomechie starts term as ACSA President Alexander Walter 2015-07-21T13:45:00-04:00 >2015-07-25T16:38:04-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/mr/mrfulzpljxf4dnk3.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) is pleased to announce that Marilys Nepomechie, Professor of Architecture in the College of Architecture + The Arts at Florida International University (FIU), has begun her term as ACSA President for 2015-2016 academic year. [...] Bruce Lindsey, teacher and administrator at Washington University in St. Louis, is also starting his term as Vice President this month.</p></em><br /><br /><p>The ACSA announcement goes on to say: <em>"As president of ACSA, Nepomechie has vowed to address the challenges facing ACSA schools, including diminishing institutional funding to support faculty and student work; a need to increase student and faculty diversity; the imperative to facilitate broad accessibility and affordability to our programs; the challenges of reframing the possibilities offered by online education; and in response to the breadth and rapid pace of change in the academy and the profession, the need to reassess, and perhaps recalibrate, our curricular structures."</em></p><p>Related Archinect news:</p><ul><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/110407197/where-are-the-women-measuring-progress-on-gender-in-architecture" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Where are the women? Measuring progress on gender in architecture</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/127638530/asca-launches-imadethat-campaign-for-architectural-students-and-schools" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ASCA Launches "#IMadeThat" Campaign For Architectural Students and Schools</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/93717939/ncsu-faculty-member-vincent-petrarca-receives-acsa-faculty-design-award" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NCSU Faculty Member Vincent Petrarca Receives ACSA Faculty Design Award</a></li></ul>