The University of Nebraska-Lincoln announced a new head of its College of Architecture on Monday.
Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg, currently assistant dean for research in the College of Design at the University of Oregon School of Architecture and Environment, will become dean of the college on Jan. 5, UNL said in a statement. Press release.
He will replace Katherine Ankerson, who moved from the College of Architecture to the Chancellor’s Office earlier this year after being named Executive Vice-Chancellor.
Ankerson called Van Den Wymelenberg “an accomplished educator and leader” with an entrepreneurial spirit and a commitment to innovation.
“He brings the experience and expertise to lead the college into the future while building on its culture and traditions,” Ankerson said.
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“Not only is Kevin an accomplished educator and leader, but he brings an understanding of how the hands-on learning that takes place in the studio can inform relevant research which, in turn, further informs transformative teaching in the classroom. class,” Ankerson added.
Van Den Wymelenberg is used to running research laboratories, centers and institutes that integrate professors, administrators, researchers and students from different university departments.
He founded the Institute for Health in the Built Environment and directs the Biology and the Built Environment Center and the Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory at the University of Oregon.
His research on indoor environmental quality has secured over $40 million in funding from multiple agencies, including the National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency, US Department of Energy, and US Department of Agriculture since 2004.
Prior to his stay in Eugene, Oregon, Van Den Wymelenberg was a professor at the University of Idaho in Boise.
“I am incredibly impressed by the culture and community of this diverse and talented group of scholars, thinkers, planners and decision makers,” said Van Den Wymelenberg.
Van Den Wymelenberg will receive a base salary of $230,000.
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Photos: Historical buildings of the UNL
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Buildings; Architecture room
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s architectural hall, seen here in July 1987 after a $4.38 million renovation, is the university’s oldest building. It originally housed the UNL Library and Art Gallery and served as the headquarters of the Nebraska State Historical Society.
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UNL CBA building
Louise Pound Hall previously housed the College of Business Administration. It opened in 1919 and was renovated in 2018.
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UNL temple building
The Temple Building at 12th and R streets is home to the Johnny Carson School of Theater and Film. It was completed in 1908 and renovated in the 1970s.
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UNL Morrill Hall
Morrill Hall houses the State Museum of Natural History on UNL’s city campus.
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Cather Room, Book Room
The Pound (left) and Cather dorms were known as the Twin Towers when they opened in 1963. Closed in recent years, the dorms imploded in 2017.
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teachers college
When the new Teachers’ College building was constructed at the far eastern end of the University of Nebraska, it also contained the old Temple High School, which was later renamed Teachers’ High School. Today the building exists and is connected to the administration building to the south across the street west of the student union.
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Brace Laboratory
The existing physics building on the University of Nebraska campus opened in 1906 and was dedicated to Professor DeWitt Brace although he died the year before it opened.
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room of accolades
Brace Hall’s original ‘Physics Laboratory’ cast iron sign was discovered by construction crews and incorporated into the design of the renovation by architects Leo A Daly.
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University of Nebraska Astronomical Observatory
The old University of Nebraska Astronomical Observatory is shown circa 1910 when it was located just west of the current Physics Building on the UNL campus; it was authorized $500 for construction by the Board of Regents. A few years later, a new observatory was built south of Brace Laboratory, first proposed to cost $12,500 and later estimated at double that, still far from a huge amount.
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UNL Architecture Room
Construction of Architecture Hall, originally built as a library for $110,000, began in 1892. It was remodeled for $4.3 million in the mid-1980s.
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln Buildings; Architecture room
Construction in progress in January 1986 to renovate and connect the former UNL law building (left) and the architecture hall.
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Cather Room, Book Room
UNL demolishes Cather and Pound residence halls in 2017.
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln Buildings; Architecture room
In this November 1987 photo, banners parade through the atrium gathering place that unites UNL’s Architecture Hall and West Architecture Hall, the former law school building.
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