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[00:00:00.870]Welcome to New Student Enrollment.
[00:00:02.970]My name is Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg,
[00:00:05.580]and I'm the dean here at the College of Architecture
[00:00:08.100]at the University of Nebraska.
[00:00:10.440]You made a wonderful choice
[00:00:12.150]coming to University of Nebraska
[00:00:14.070]and studying in the College of Architecture.
[00:00:16.620]The world is grappling with many wicked problems,
[00:00:20.160]from housing to climate change,
[00:00:22.620]coming out of the pandemic,
[00:00:24.480]and looking at more challenging futures.
[00:00:28.980]You have an opportunity through your work
[00:00:31.560]in the College of Architecture,
[00:00:32.790]and eventually in your career in the built environment
[00:00:35.940]to design a better future.
[00:00:37.920]If we do our job together over the next several years,
[00:00:41.670]you'll move into the profession
[00:00:43.890]and you'll help to create healthier places for people,
[00:00:47.880]healthier buildings, and ultimately, a healthier planet,
[00:00:52.050]so let's get started.
[00:00:54.449](hopeful music)
[00:00:57.660]Our mission drives the thinking within our college.
[00:01:02.700]We create a resilient, healthy, and beautiful world
[00:01:06.510]within a diverse and inclusive culture
[00:01:09.540]of rigorous inquiry and innovation
[00:01:12.690]united by the transformative power of planning and design.
[00:01:17.130]I think fundamentally we have to believe
[00:01:19.080]that the work we're doing here together
[00:01:21.510]makes a difference in the world,
[00:01:23.070]and we believe this mission encapsulates that idea.
[00:01:27.960]This work matters, it's important,
[00:01:30.060]and it's worth taking it seriously.
[00:01:32.460]With our mission, we're supported by a culture
[00:01:34.920]where our intellectual environment thrives
[00:01:38.070]because of our diverse perspectives,
[00:01:40.590]we have a dynamic close-knit community,
[00:01:43.560]and we pursue meaningful impact together.
[00:01:47.400]I think it's important to recognize
[00:01:49.080]that we have something to learn from everyone
[00:01:51.060]who's sitting around you,
[00:01:52.950]the instructors, the professionals,
[00:01:55.950]of course as well as other students.
[00:01:58.260]And those may be students within your discipline
[00:02:01.920]or studying another discipline.
[00:02:04.680]And you'll hear a lot more about the d.ONE sequence
[00:02:07.500]which is a chance to get to know everybody.
[00:02:10.410]And then throughout your career,
[00:02:11.940]you'll have the opportunity to continue to seek input
[00:02:15.300]from instructors, as well as students in other divisions.
[00:02:19.200]And then finally, our values.
[00:02:20.940]We have five core values that we believe guide
[00:02:23.850]our mission and our culture.
[00:02:26.670]One is demand excellence,
[00:02:28.260]and that is of ourselves and of one another.
[00:02:31.320]We need to hold ourselves as well as our fellow students
[00:02:34.290]and even our instructors to high standards.
[00:02:37.290]We have important work to do and it's worth doing it well.
[00:02:40.590]Number two, be courageous.
[00:02:42.720]We know the difference that our work can make
[00:02:45.450]in other people's lives.
[00:02:47.040]We need to be courageous and strive
[00:02:49.560]to make this world a better place.
[00:02:51.630]There is a time and a place to do what we know works well,
[00:02:54.660]and there's also a time and a place to try something new
[00:02:57.570]because what we've been doing for so many years or decades
[00:03:00.810]has taken us down the wrong path.
[00:03:03.480]Of course, discernment is needed to know the difference.
[00:03:07.290]Number three, practice empathy.
[00:03:09.660]One of the greatest parts about engaging in the design
[00:03:12.510]and planning disciplines is that we're designing for others.
[00:03:17.100]In order to do that well, we need to understand their lives,
[00:03:20.520]their work, their needs, their desires,
[00:03:24.660]and through that process,
[00:03:26.250]can we plan and design effectively?
[00:03:30.540]Understanding each other
[00:03:33.330]through each other's lenses,
[00:03:35.820]through each other's eyes,
[00:03:37.710]is critically important to successful design and planning.
[00:03:42.150]Next, look beyond.
[00:03:43.740]We have to look beyond the immediate and understand
[00:03:45.900]the long term and more holistic impacts of our work.
[00:03:50.160]And again, we'll unpack this
[00:03:51.600]through various courses throughout your time here.
[00:03:54.690]And then finally, we need to inspire impact.
[00:03:57.900]Really, we all should aspire to create
[00:04:00.690]and think and dream in a way that will be contagious
[00:04:05.190]and compel others to practice these same values.
[00:04:11.220]All right, so the d.ONE sequence
[00:04:14.520]is the place where all of this gets started.
[00:04:17.910]It's the core of your first year coursework.
[00:04:20.760]It is designed to open your eyes
[00:04:22.650]to the diversity of design
[00:04:24.390]and comprises aspects of design and planning
[00:04:27.720]from the disciplines of landscape architecture,
[00:04:30.420]architecture, and interior design.
[00:04:33.480]We have found that this introduction sequence
[00:04:35.550]provides the necessary foundation
[00:04:37.590]for a strong career in any of these disciplines,
[00:04:41.070]while simultaneously reinforcing that good design
[00:04:44.100]comes through the integration
[00:04:46.410]between these disciplinary expertise.
[00:04:49.500]We know our students gain a greater appreciation
[00:04:52.740]of the experience of others
[00:04:55.080]while also learning how to work
[00:04:56.580]most successfully with others
[00:04:59.040]through this integrated design curriculum.
[00:05:02.550]We have even seen students come into the d.ONE sequence
[00:05:05.220]with one idea about their educational direction
[00:05:07.860]and emerge with an unexpected,
[00:05:10.170]but even more passionate interest
[00:05:12.390]in another area of our college.
[00:05:15.210]As you can see in the diagram,
[00:05:17.280]there are several aspects to this d.ONE program,
[00:05:19.950]D.Think, where we get into creative problem solving,
[00:05:24.000]Design Drawing, where we learn technical skills
[00:05:27.660]that help our ideas become reality,
[00:05:30.390]the History of Design so that we know what's worked
[00:05:33.960]and maybe some of the mistakes of our past
[00:05:36.210]so we don't relive them,
[00:05:37.980]D.Make to take those tactical skills further
[00:05:41.820]and help our ideas come to reality in the world,
[00:05:45.300]Computer Applications,
[00:05:47.310]the digital to the previous drawing and making analogs,
[00:05:51.420]and then the Introduction to Design
[00:05:53.280]where all of this really starts to come together.
[00:05:59.040]So the first up is Design Thinking,
[00:06:01.380]and it's really about understanding problems
[00:06:03.780]and understanding challenges so that we can bring
[00:06:09.030]our capabilities to help solve them.
[00:06:11.370]We need to understand the whole problem
[00:06:13.740]and then we build and create a framework
[00:06:15.810]through this design thinking process
[00:06:18.420]to solve the problem.
[00:06:19.800]We can really sum this up as creative problem solving,
[00:06:23.430]and I would say it's the key to unlocking
[00:06:25.500]some of those most wicked and protracted problems
[00:06:28.200]that face society that we mentioned at the beginning.
[00:06:31.620]In this series, on the slide,
[00:06:33.990]we're looking at examples of student work
[00:06:36.870]where they were unpacking the waste from making,
[00:06:41.250]whether that was product design
[00:06:42.720]or building design or entire landscapes of design,
[00:06:47.190]the work we do does make waste.
[00:06:49.830]And the challenge that we pose these students
[00:06:51.810]was how to think about how that waste was food
[00:06:55.230]or how that waste could become a resource
[00:06:57.450]for the next step in the cycle.
[00:07:02.700]On this slide, you'll see
[00:07:03.930]how we thought about the entire system
[00:07:07.440]of the problem, the whole process.
[00:07:10.050]So not just designing a single product or an interior
[00:07:13.260]or even a single building or even a whole landscape,
[00:07:17.910]instead, as the end all,
[00:07:20.070]instead we're thinking of the design process
[00:07:22.980]more holistically.
[00:07:24.330]So designing a system that accomplishes
[00:07:26.580]those individual needs,
[00:07:28.080]the product or this interior space
[00:07:30.210]or the building or the landscape,
[00:07:32.520]but doing so in a way that doesn't create new problems
[00:07:35.280]that were not considered and not solved.
[00:07:37.800]Moreover, we're trying to solve the system
[00:07:41.100]and designing systems within that
[00:07:43.260]intentionally spark cycles of flourishing.
[00:07:46.770]This is the mindset that we try to instill
[00:07:48.660]during Design Thinking.
[00:07:52.410]Next up is Design Make or D.Making or Design Making.
[00:07:57.130]And in this process, in this course,
[00:07:58.770]we try to help students learn
[00:08:00.720]how to take these ideas from Design Thinking
[00:08:03.600]and transform the ideas and systems
[00:08:06.810]into representations that we
[00:08:09.240]can more easily communicate with others.
[00:08:12.090]So if we have a brilliant idea about a product
[00:08:15.450]or an interior or architecture or an entire system,
[00:08:18.930]but we cannot successfully communicate that idea
[00:08:21.480]with others, the idea dies.
[00:08:24.690]In this course, you'll be exposed to drawings,
[00:08:27.060]orthographic drawings, axonometric drawings,
[00:08:30.420]handmade models, digital models,
[00:08:32.370]3D printed models, laser cut models,
[00:08:34.710]and you'll know when and why to use each tool
[00:08:38.400]so that it supports the idea.
[00:08:41.340]This is a series of skill building exercises,
[00:08:45.540]but through that process,
[00:08:46.590]you'll also learn that the process of making
[00:08:51.120]starts to inform your thinking,
[00:08:53.040]and really that gets to the heart of design.
[00:08:55.410]That iteration between thinking and making is design.
[00:09:02.087]Design Drawing is what it sounds like,
[00:09:04.290]it's really about observation.
[00:09:07.800]When you take pencil and ink or charcoal and paper
[00:09:12.210]and you look at a space
[00:09:13.560]or you look at a form or a landscape
[00:09:17.280]and you have to represent that on paper,
[00:09:20.040]you have to look at it in a whole different way.
[00:09:21.990]I would argue that simply taking a photograph
[00:09:25.200]allows your mind to gloss over the reality
[00:09:27.780]of that space or that place.
[00:09:30.000]Whereas when you take up pen and paper or charcoal,
[00:09:33.810]you have to look more carefully and look more critically
[00:09:36.600]and understand through that process
[00:09:38.940]in a different way than you can
[00:09:40.410]if you just quickly capture it and move on.
[00:09:44.400]We truly see what we draw.
[00:09:47.730]I would argue we often miss what's most important
[00:09:50.700]when we quickly snap photos.
[00:09:55.110]So really, these are the analog methods,
[00:09:58.140]pen ink, gouache, charcoal, et cetera.
[00:10:02.970]And then next up is the Digital Applications
[00:10:05.670]where we'll learn some digital techniques
[00:10:08.790]for representation through similar drawing tools,
[00:10:12.240]but just not pen and ink,
[00:10:14.370]rather digital drawing tools.
[00:10:16.710]But we'll also learn about 3D modeling,
[00:10:18.990]whether that's through Rhino
[00:10:20.460]or any of the other 3D modeling softwares,
[00:10:23.520]and how to take these ideas and organize them
[00:10:26.100]and kind of create narrative on larger paper,
[00:10:30.740]larger digital paper, if you will,
[00:10:32.850]through the Adobe Creative Suite.
[00:10:35.790]And what you learn in this first year,
[00:10:37.290]you'll iterate on and and build upon
[00:10:39.180]through every year thereafter.
[00:10:40.560]And I would just encourage you
[00:10:41.760]to take a studio-based model here
[00:10:44.520]and learn from each other,
[00:10:46.140]learn from your fellow students.
[00:10:48.060]Each of you bring different skills
[00:10:50.670]from your previous life experiences,
[00:10:53.460]and you each have different lenses
[00:10:55.050]to use to look through
[00:10:56.280]as you create these digital or analog representations.
[00:11:00.180]Lean on one another, ask one another,
[00:11:02.280]how does this look?
[00:11:03.810]And what do they think of
[00:11:05.100]and what emerges as they look at it?
[00:11:07.200]And then share your narrative
[00:11:08.430]and see if it resonates with the ideas
[00:11:10.230]that are represented in digital or paper space.
[00:11:15.930]You know, the College of Architecture
[00:11:17.220]is really a series of experiential learning exercises.
[00:11:22.500]The rest of the world, and the rest of the university,
[00:11:26.040]and other universities seem to be waking up
[00:11:28.680]to the magic of these experiential learning processes.
[00:11:33.450]And it's really been core
[00:11:34.830]to what the College of Architecture is from its inception.
[00:11:38.280]We do creative problem solving
[00:11:40.830]with community-based education
[00:11:43.230]and create experiential learning that is transformative
[00:11:48.236]and we just encourage you to lean in,
[00:11:50.520]All undergrads within the College of Architecture
[00:11:52.860]have an opportunity to take a whole range
[00:11:55.410]of experiential learning courses,
[00:11:57.120]many of our courses are designated as experiential learning,
[00:12:01.590]and we just really believe that this hands-on process
[00:12:05.070]helps the ideas
[00:12:07.140]to really become solidified
[00:12:10.470]and eventually make their way into the world
[00:12:13.890]with community-based problem solving and engagement.
[00:12:20.760]All right, some housekeeping.
[00:12:23.040]ACE stands for Achievement-Centered Education,
[00:12:26.610]and you'll be working with your advisors
[00:12:28.740]throughout your time here at UNL
[00:12:31.350]to ensure that you're covering all these core requirements.
[00:12:34.770]You'll have 30 hours of general ed,
[00:12:37.140]typically 10 courses of three credits each.
[00:12:40.410]You'll notice that some of the core courses
[00:12:42.570]within our curriculum in the college
[00:12:44.700]are ACE-approved courses.
[00:12:48.090]So again, you'll be working with your advisor
[00:12:50.610]to ensure that you're getting
[00:12:52.920]all of these core courses covered
[00:12:55.410]both inside and outside the college.
[00:12:57.420]And I would say being smart about how you
[00:13:01.170]address these core curriculum courses
[00:13:04.230]may help you achieve another minor outside the college,
[00:13:07.350]and I always think that's kind of a differentiating factor.
[00:13:12.000]So maybe you want to pursue a minor in textiles,
[00:13:16.080]or you want to pursue a minor
[00:13:17.700]in one of the fine arts areas,
[00:13:19.350]or in business.
[00:13:22.530]Each of those are differentiators for your career
[00:13:25.440]and might open your pathways for a different type
[00:13:28.560]of career path.
[00:13:31.890]As you get through your d.ONE sequence
[00:13:34.200]and we get into the spring semester,
[00:13:36.060]you'll be working with your advisors and your professors
[00:13:38.460]on putting your portfolio together
[00:13:40.590]for admission into the second year program
[00:13:43.470]of whatever discipline you're most interested in.
[00:13:46.380]Your professors and your advisors will help guide you
[00:13:48.570]and make sure you get it in on time
[00:13:50.250]and you use the right format,
[00:13:51.840]but here you can see some of the outlines.
[00:13:53.490]So really important to do good work
[00:13:55.350]through each of these d.ONE courses,
[00:13:58.170]drawing, thinking, making, and computer skills,
[00:14:01.230]because that will be critical to your continued success
[00:14:04.710]within the college.
[00:14:05.910]You'll notice that in the College of Architecture,
[00:14:08.550]we have what's called differential tuition,
[00:14:11.010]and I think it's important to understand what this is.
[00:14:14.550]Really what this affords is the low student
[00:14:16.800]to faculty ratios that we have in a lot of our
[00:14:20.880]making as well as studio courses.
[00:14:24.360]You'll note that often we have 12 or 15
[00:14:27.180]or maybe 18 students, but even at 18 students
[00:14:31.200]per faculty, that's a really low ratio
[00:14:34.950]that is not often experienced by others
[00:14:38.640]within other programs.
[00:14:40.230]The other thing you'll notice is that we have
[00:14:41.790]a five credit hour studio base
[00:14:44.100]as a lot of our pedagogy within the college here,
[00:14:47.580]but we'll have 12 hours of instruction.
[00:14:50.460]Most other courses where you have a five credit load,
[00:14:54.030]it'll be five hours of instruction.
[00:14:55.650]But in our college, it's 12 hours
[00:14:57.180]because that hands-on, low student-faculty ratio
[00:15:00.420]and really one-on-one learning in many, many cases
[00:15:03.480]is so critical to learning, to education, and to success.
[00:15:09.540]The other thing that the differential tuition supports
[00:15:13.110]is a broader access to a suite of making tools,
[00:15:17.430]whether that's camera checkout or wood shop
[00:15:19.890]or the CNC machines, the laser cutters, 3D printers,
[00:15:23.790]access to the computer lab or the architecture library,
[00:15:27.330]we are a resource intensive college,
[00:15:29.490]and the differential tuition helps support
[00:15:32.550]to make sure that those resources are available
[00:15:35.070]broadly and hopefully with long hours of access.
[00:15:40.470]So finally, I just want to draw your attention
[00:15:42.360]to a wide range of opportunities.
[00:15:44.460]College will go fast and you need to keep your eyes open
[00:15:47.910]so that you can make sure you avail yourselves
[00:15:50.100]of the resources and opportunities that are around you.
[00:15:53.340]I really would encourage you to just engage,
[00:15:55.830]ask the faculty questions.
[00:15:58.170]Don't be shy, faculty want to hear from you.
[00:16:01.440]I know the professors or even the dean
[00:16:04.170]might feel like an intimidating persona,
[00:16:07.560]but we're really here to support you and serve you.
[00:16:10.560]So ask for help, ask students for help,
[00:16:13.890]ask your instructor, and the dean's door is always open,
[00:16:18.059]ask for help, engage and ask questions.
[00:16:22.350]Show up and pay attention and you'll succeed.
[00:16:26.430]There are a range of opportunities.
[00:16:27.990]There's undergraduate research symposiums,
[00:16:31.740]your faculty are actively engaged
[00:16:33.810]and they would love to work with inquisitive students,
[00:16:36.450]so ask questions, help your faculty know
[00:16:39.720]that you're interested in what they're working on.
[00:16:41.970]Some of those are paid
[00:16:42.990]and some of them are available for credit.
[00:16:46.320]There are a whole range of student organizations,
[00:16:48.810]and I really think that the best experience
[00:16:51.270]will come from getting engaged in one or more
[00:16:53.940]of these organizations.
[00:16:55.680]Each of the professional disciplines
[00:16:57.570]have a student chapter,
[00:16:59.220]so the American Institute of Architecture Students,
[00:17:02.610]American Society of Interior Designers
[00:17:05.280]Design Student Chapter,
[00:17:07.050]The International Interior Design Association,
[00:17:10.110]American Society of Landscape Architecture,
[00:17:13.170]US Green Building Council,
[00:17:14.880]The National Organization of Minority Architects,
[00:17:18.150]the Alpha Rho Chi Group, Queer Nebraska Design,
[00:17:21.480]Tau Sigma Delta, Student Advisory Boards.
[00:17:24.630]So get engaged, find what resonates with you,
[00:17:27.420]and if none of these are right, then build your own.
[00:17:30.150]There are a range of study abroad programs,
[00:17:32.520]and I would really encourage students
[00:17:33.990]if at all possible to take advantage of them.
[00:17:35.970]We're working really hard to try to make them affordable,
[00:17:39.060]try to provide additional scholarship opportunities,
[00:17:42.060]and we're even getting creative and looking for ways
[00:17:44.400]that students can earn money while studying abroad.
[00:17:50.580]Every spring, there's a career fair, an internship fair,
[00:17:54.690]and this has been pretty tremendous.
[00:17:57.000]And of course, if you've been following us on social media,
[00:18:00.630]what's happening is the students engage in this career fair
[00:18:03.900]and then they get hired, they get job opportunities,
[00:18:06.840]and we're starting to track those job opportunities
[00:18:09.930]through our social media networks.
[00:18:11.460]So just take a scroll through the past
[00:18:14.280]in our social media networks and you'll hear our,
[00:18:16.470]you'll see our Just Hired campaign,
[00:18:18.360]and you'll get to learn where our graduates are landing
[00:18:21.360]and reach out to those students,
[00:18:23.250]look 'em up on LinkedIn and connect with them and say,
[00:18:25.680]Hey, I'm a brand new grad and I'm really inspired
[00:18:28.260]by what you're doing, and I wanna stay connected.
[00:18:31.200]We are a big family and we like to think
[00:18:33.150]about Huskers, helping Huskers.
[00:18:36.210]So connect and engage.
[00:18:39.750]We've had tremendous success with our job placements,
[00:18:42.540]so this is one that of course parents like to hear,
[00:18:44.670]but any students who are also looking to land a job
[00:18:48.390]when they graduate, really if you show up, you do the work,
[00:18:52.650]you pay attention and you engage with your faculty members,
[00:18:56.460]you're gonna find success as you move forward.
[00:18:58.800]You can see upwards of 90% job placement
[00:19:02.010]in all of our degree disciplines.
[00:19:06.570]I mentioned previously our social media platforms,
[00:19:09.690]pretty much whatever platform you're on, so are we.
[00:19:12.690]Our handle is UNLarchitecture.
[00:19:15.660]We also have a student group that's engaged in TikTok
[00:19:18.690]and probably some other campaigns
[00:19:21.240]that we can't keep track of,
[00:19:22.530]but get engaged and you'll find them.
[00:19:25.980]And it's a great way to share what you're doing
[00:19:28.860]with the world.
[00:19:31.080]All right, so that's a wrap, at least for me.
[00:19:33.840]You'll hear more from advising next,
[00:19:36.780]but I really just want to underscore the value
[00:19:40.320]of this education.
[00:19:41.490]With this creative problem solving,
[00:19:44.760]community-based experiential education,
[00:19:47.850]you can really paint your own future.
[00:19:50.820]You can design your own future,
[00:19:52.830]and you can make the world a better place.
[00:19:54.540]These are the tools, now it's up to you.
[00:19:57.120]We are united by an unwavering belief
[00:19:59.880]in the transformational power of design and planning,
[00:20:03.540]and our ability to affect positive change in this world.
[00:20:08.250]Go Huskers.
[00:20:13.440]Hi, my name is Leslie Gonzalez,
[00:20:15.030]and today we're gonna talk about advising
[00:20:17.400]in the College of Architecture.
[00:20:20.610]So within the College of Architecture,
[00:20:22.260]we have what's called the Student Success Office,
[00:20:24.630]and we have four staff within our office.
[00:20:28.350]Those staff include Stephanie Kuenning
[00:20:32.100]up here in the upper left corner.
[00:20:34.770]She is our Director of Advising and Student Success.
[00:20:38.610]She does primarily advising
[00:20:40.260]for Master of Architecture students.
[00:20:42.420]Then we have Jaime in the upper right corner.
[00:20:44.970]She is our primary Undergraduate Academic Advisor.
[00:20:48.570]My name again is Leslie Gonzalez,
[00:20:50.520]and I do the undergraduate admissions for the college
[00:20:53.130]as well as transfer advising.
[00:20:55.500]And then in the lower right corner, we have Sara Troupe.
[00:20:58.830]She is our Academic Navigator
[00:21:00.750]within the College of Architecture.
[00:21:02.640]We are all located in room 232 of Architecture Hall West.
[00:21:07.560]We have business hours from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
[00:21:11.850]Monday through Friday.
[00:21:14.100]One of the best ways to meet with your Academic Advisor
[00:21:17.310]or Academic Navigator are by scheduling
[00:21:21.180]through Student Success Hub.
[00:21:24.630]So on the screen here, you can see what's called my.unl.edu.
[00:21:28.950]One of my favorite pieces of advice for incoming students
[00:21:32.460]is to use this presentation to click on the screen here
[00:21:37.500]and open up your my.unl account and bookmark that page
[00:21:42.000]because everything you see on this screen
[00:21:44.460]is something that you're gonna use on an either daily
[00:21:47.160]or weekly basis.
[00:21:49.700]And for example, Canvas
[00:21:53.280]is the university's course management tool.
[00:21:55.200]So every day you'll log in to see what assignments are due,
[00:21:59.460]what deadlines you have,
[00:22:02.070]any discussion board participation that needs to be done
[00:22:04.800]can happen through Canvas.
[00:22:07.054]MyRED is what you're gonna use
[00:22:08.640]during academic advising appointments
[00:22:10.830]to put classes in your shopping cart
[00:22:13.860]and enroll in your courses each semester.
[00:22:17.220]When you meet with us for advising for the fall term,
[00:22:20.310]we will only register for fall classes,
[00:22:22.920]and then we will meet with you again in October
[00:22:24.990]to enroll in spring courses.
[00:22:27.960]But you can feel free to meet with your academic advisor
[00:22:30.600]any time throughout the school year
[00:22:33.060]just by scheduling online through the Student Success Hub.
[00:22:37.110]We don't just assist with degree planning,
[00:22:39.540]if you have questions on minors,
[00:22:42.810]if you are wondering about university policies
[00:22:46.200]or procedures or college policies,
[00:22:48.990]we're a great resource for you.
[00:22:51.330]We also try to keep you connected with health
[00:22:53.520]and wellness initiatives on campus,
[00:22:56.520]as well as study abroad timing and those opportunities.
[00:23:00.780]So those are all things that we'd be happy
[00:23:02.430]to assist you with.
[00:23:03.390]And please note, one thing we also say is,
[00:23:06.870]you know, when in doubt, come to our office.
[00:23:09.240]We might not be the expert on campus
[00:23:11.760]that can answer the question that you have,
[00:23:14.280]but we can likely connect you with somebody
[00:23:16.440]who can answer that question.
[00:23:18.360]So you'll see at the end about campus resources,
[00:23:21.060]some of the other places that we'll be directing you to
[00:23:24.180]as academic advisors.
[00:23:27.630]Another topic that I'd like to cover today
[00:23:29.580]is the importance of using your Husker email account.
[00:23:32.880]Once you are registered for classes,
[00:23:35.160]your Husker email account will be activated,
[00:23:38.130]and the Husker email account is the only email account
[00:23:41.370]that all university staff and employees
[00:23:43.440]are gonna use to communicate with you
[00:23:45.330]throughout the school year.
[00:23:47.130]And so it's really important that you download
[00:23:49.140]the Outlook app and you are continuously checking
[00:23:51.930]your Huskers email because if you don't check it,
[00:23:54.510]you're still responsible for knowing the content
[00:23:57.360]that was sent to your Husker email account.
[00:23:59.970]You'll also use that Husker email
[00:24:02.940]to access some of the free software
[00:24:05.400]that you'll use within the College of Architecture,
[00:24:07.860]such as Adobe Creative Suite, the Autodesk software,
[00:24:12.630]and we'll talk more about that here in just a second.
[00:24:16.740]So in the College of Architecture,
[00:24:19.230]all incoming students are required to have
[00:24:21.630]their own laptop computer.
[00:24:23.430]So what that means is
[00:24:26.400]you'll need to purchase a laptop
[00:24:27.840]that meets our requirements.
[00:24:29.700]We talk about this with you at in-person orientation
[00:24:33.030]and also your advising appointment.
[00:24:35.880]And so that laptop computer is going to need
[00:24:38.730]to be a Windows-based operating system
[00:24:41.340]that meets or exceeds the computer requirements
[00:24:44.550]that we provide to you.
[00:24:47.850]If you don't know where to get a computer,
[00:24:50.550]the university typically will have
[00:24:52.230]a couple of different Dell options over this summer,
[00:24:55.560]some bundle packages for you to choose from,
[00:24:58.440]but you can truly get your Windows-based operating system
[00:25:01.590]from anywhere that you would like.
[00:25:03.570]So some popular models tend to be,
[00:25:06.000]or brands tend to be Lenovo or MSI,
[00:25:09.180]but we have students who have Dell, HP, Microsoft,
[00:25:13.230]there's really no limit.
[00:25:15.270]One thing we don't recommend
[00:25:17.400]and don't encourage you to get is an Apple machine.
[00:25:21.360]Apple just does not support the Windows-based software
[00:25:25.320]that is required for our students to use in these programs.
[00:25:30.150]So if you have questions as you're purchasing your computer,
[00:25:34.020]please do reach out to me
[00:25:37.017]or your other academic advisor, Jaime.
[00:25:41.610]We oftentimes will recommend
[00:25:42.990]if you find one and you're not quite sure
[00:25:44.910]that it's gonna meet the requirements,
[00:25:47.010]just send us the specs before you hit purchase,
[00:25:50.250]and we will send that off to our computer technician
[00:25:52.620]within the college, Jeff Jackson,
[00:25:54.240]to verify that it will meet or exceed
[00:25:57.000]our requirements within the college.
[00:25:58.590]And that computer should get you through
[00:26:00.690]all four years of your time with us.
[00:26:04.620]On the screen here, you can see
[00:26:06.450]the curricular flow chart for our architecture program.
[00:26:10.050]As you've probably heard already,
[00:26:11.790]architecture is a four year bachelor of science degree,
[00:26:15.030]plus a two year master's degree,
[00:26:16.950]so this is all six years of education.
[00:26:20.370]Interior design is the four,
[00:26:22.590]this is the four year curricular flow chart,
[00:26:25.950]and this is the landscape architecture flow chart.
[00:26:29.010]As you heard earlier from the dean,
[00:26:30.840]all of our majors do share the same classes
[00:26:33.180]the first year as part of the d.ONE program.
[00:26:36.150]So when you meet with me and Jaime to enroll in classes,
[00:26:39.270]you will be enrolling
[00:26:40.290]in the Introduction to Design course,
[00:26:42.720]Design Thinking,
[00:26:44.640]and either Hand Drawing or Computer Applications.
[00:26:48.270]Only half of the students coming in
[00:26:50.340]will be enrolling in Drawing,
[00:26:52.230]and then the other half will take Computer Applications
[00:26:54.720]and then you will switch in the spring semester.
[00:26:57.930]You will also be enrolling in a Smart Start course.
[00:27:01.350]Smart Start is a zero-credit hour, four-week course
[00:27:04.620]taught by the Student Success staff here
[00:27:06.540]within the college.
[00:27:08.010]And we're really going to help students understand
[00:27:11.250]the importance of university resources,
[00:27:14.640]your course syllabi,
[00:27:15.810]and how to understand how to read that,
[00:27:19.290]understanding the attendance policies of your courses,
[00:27:23.040]and really we will hone in quite a bit on time management.
[00:27:26.700]Time management is the key for success
[00:27:29.400]here within the College of Architecture.
[00:27:31.740]We'll talk about goal-setting, building relationships,
[00:27:35.490]communicating professionally,
[00:27:36.930]not only with your instructors,
[00:27:39.120]but other partners across campus,
[00:27:41.760]and then of course, meeting with your academic advisor.
[00:27:46.560]During your advising meeting, we will,
[00:27:50.220]prior to enrolling you, help you set up a degree plan.
[00:27:54.390]So the Degree Planner is a digital tool
[00:27:58.410]in which we will take all of those boxes
[00:28:00.750]that we saw on the flow chart
[00:28:02.880]and we will input those into the Degree Planner
[00:28:06.570]so that each semester when you go to register for classes,
[00:28:09.450]we've already planned out what courses
[00:28:11.490]you'll be taking each semester,
[00:28:13.650]and you can click on, say, fall semester of 2023
[00:28:18.300]and it will bring in the classes
[00:28:20.460]that you had planned to take that semester.
[00:28:22.950]Plans can change so you can log back into Degree Planner
[00:28:26.910]after your advising appointment
[00:28:28.620]and add things like minors or move classes around.
[00:28:33.030]But in general,
[00:28:35.160]it is a plan to help you
[00:28:37.500]make that registration process easier each year.
[00:28:42.300]Once you've enrolled in classes,
[00:28:45.810]you can run what's called a Degree Audit.
[00:28:48.060]A Degree Audit is another tool
[00:28:50.640]to help you see what kind of progress you're making
[00:28:53.916]on your academic degree.
[00:28:56.490]And so for example, maybe some of you
[00:28:59.100]have taken dual enrollment or AP credits in high school
[00:29:03.330]and you wanna see how those are applying
[00:29:05.280]towards your degree.
[00:29:06.780]You can log into MyRED,
[00:29:08.817]on the homepage you should see the blue degree audit button,
[00:29:12.870]and you can see the classes that you're enrolled in,
[00:29:15.780]classes that you've already completed,
[00:29:17.880]and the classes that are still remaining
[00:29:19.470]to complete your degree.
[00:29:21.300]All of these digital tools are wonderful
[00:29:23.730]and help our students greatly to be successful,
[00:29:27.090]but they're not designed to replace
[00:29:29.820]meeting with your academic advisor each semester.
[00:29:32.520]So you'll wanna be sure that you either meet
[00:29:34.080]with Jaime or I each semester
[00:29:35.460]to make sure you're on track for graduation.
[00:29:39.360]Another tool that's important for you to be aware of
[00:29:42.030]is the undergraduate catalog.
[00:29:44.280]As a student coming to the university,
[00:29:46.140]you're automatically agreeing to abide by
[00:29:48.750]the university policies and procedures.
[00:29:51.360]So where do you find those?
[00:29:52.650]What are they?
[00:29:53.880]You can find those in the undergraduate catalog.
[00:29:57.180]You can see here,
[00:29:58.380]this is a screenshot of what that looks like.
[00:30:00.750]You can click on the academic policies tab
[00:30:03.630]and read through the university policies.
[00:30:05.460]And once you've done that,
[00:30:07.290]you can click on the College of Architecture,
[00:30:09.660]read about the college major requirements,
[00:30:12.960]as well as overall college policies.
[00:30:16.440]Some of those policies might include grade requirements,
[00:30:18.870]what grades do you have to get for those classes
[00:30:21.720]to actually count towards your degree?
[00:30:23.910]So core classes with your major
[00:30:25.740]will all require a grade of C or better.
[00:30:29.880]We also have, who would like to get on the dean's list.
[00:30:33.270]That's usually something that students are,
[00:30:38.272]are really happy to learn those requirements
[00:30:39.900]and strive to meet those requirements,
[00:30:42.300]so that is a 3.75 or higher GPA,
[00:30:45.840]and you can find all of the details of what it requires
[00:30:49.080]to get on the dean's list within the course catalog
[00:30:52.020]or undergraduate catalog.
[00:30:53.730]And then other things like academic probation,
[00:30:56.880]transfer policies, all of those things.
[00:31:01.860]We also, within the college,
[00:31:03.300]have a unique culture in that you are in
[00:31:05.850]your studio-based education courses,
[00:31:10.140]four hours, three days a week,
[00:31:11.730]once you get to second year and higher.
[00:31:13.320]And so that's a lot of time you're spending
[00:31:15.270]in one space with a lot of different people.
[00:31:18.210]And so the college has set forth some policies regarding,
[00:31:23.280]health of students in those studio spaces,
[00:31:27.840]safety, watching out for your things,
[00:31:30.390]for your neighbor's things, productivity,
[00:31:33.030]we want you to show up to class on time,
[00:31:35.850]be prepared and ready to go.
[00:31:39.780]But what we like to focus on a lot
[00:31:41.610]with incoming first year students
[00:31:43.830]is the importance of attendance
[00:31:45.600]in your studio classes and all of your classes.
[00:31:48.900]For example, as a freshman
[00:31:51.720]or first year student in our college,
[00:31:53.550]you will take Design Making in the spring semester.
[00:31:56.460]That course meets four hours, two days a week,
[00:31:59.670]so Tuesday and Thursday.
[00:32:01.980]And as you can imagine,
[00:32:04.050]if you miss a four hour class period,
[00:32:06.540]that is a lot of information that you have not received.
[00:32:11.250]And the instructors don't have the time in their day
[00:32:16.080]to reteach a four hour class to you,
[00:32:19.920]and you're not even gonna get
[00:32:21.300]the same kind of content because it's an interactive class
[00:32:24.570]where you're getting feedback from peers and faculty.
[00:32:28.320]And so we know there are gonna be times when you're sick,
[00:32:33.750]but we want you to save your absences
[00:32:36.090]for when you really need them.
[00:32:38.520]If you happen to be enrolled
[00:32:40.110]in the 8:00 AM Design Making class
[00:32:42.480]and you're not a morning person,
[00:32:44.490]take preventative measures to make sure
[00:32:46.860]that you're not sleeping in through your alarm.
[00:32:49.530]Have a roommate wake you up, have your parents call you,
[00:32:53.820]get an alarm, one student told me they got an alarm
[00:32:56.130]that shakes their bed.
[00:32:57.840]So whatever you need to do to be in class,
[00:33:02.160]you will be more successful
[00:33:04.650]the more classes you attend in the college.
[00:33:07.560]So one other thing that I hear a lot
[00:33:10.920]from incoming students, our first year students,
[00:33:13.020]is that sometimes they don't go to class
[00:33:15.480]because they're embarrassed or they're not prepared.
[00:33:18.870]And I can tell you that your faculty
[00:33:21.120]would rather have you come to class
[00:33:23.370]and not have your assignment completely finished
[00:33:26.220]than miss that four hour class period.
[00:33:28.080]So just know they're there to help.
[00:33:30.840]The more you communicate, if you are gonna be absent,
[00:33:34.230]please do reach out before you're sick
[00:33:36.840]or before you're absent if possible,
[00:33:39.930]because maybe they'll be able
[00:33:41.820]to do something differently to catch,
[00:33:44.760]maybe record a Zoom lecture or whatever else,
[00:33:49.590]what other tools the instructor might have in place
[00:33:51.900]to make sure that students who miss class are successful.
[00:33:56.310]Also, as a student coming to the university,
[00:33:58.680]you are now the owner of your academic record.
[00:34:01.470]So in high school and elementary school,
[00:34:03.810]your family had access to everything that you did.
[00:34:07.050]They knew when you were missing an assignment,
[00:34:09.810]when things were turned in late, when you did great,
[00:34:11.970]when you didn't do well, but in college,
[00:34:15.060]only you are gonna have access to that information.
[00:34:17.820]Through a federal law called Family Education Rights
[00:34:20.430]and Privacy Act, faculty and staff on campus
[00:34:24.660]aren't allowed to communicate
[00:34:26.250]with anyone other than you
[00:34:27.960]about your academic record.
[00:34:29.760]Now, as advisors in the college,
[00:34:32.130]we really want to encourage you to be open and honest
[00:34:36.300]and share what's happening in your life
[00:34:38.640]and in your education with your support system.
[00:34:41.670]You can grant access to certain portions
[00:34:44.550]of your MyRED account to a parent or guardian,
[00:34:49.470]but just know that if a parent reaches out to us directly
[00:34:52.830]without meeting with you and your advisor together,
[00:34:57.300]we're probably not gonna be able to tell them too much
[00:35:00.180]or answer too many questions.
[00:35:02.070]So we will need to have written permission
[00:35:05.010]from the student to speak with parents.
[00:35:08.190]So be open and honest with your support system,
[00:35:10.590]and if we need to meet, we can meet together
[00:35:13.590]at the same time so everyone is on the same page.
[00:35:18.360]As I mentioned earlier, some of the resources
[00:35:21.420]that advisors will refer you to
[00:35:23.220]on a regular basis include some of these on the screen
[00:35:26.490]and I'll get a little bit more in depth on them.
[00:35:29.220]The Center for Academic Success and Transition.
[00:35:32.190]As I mentioned, time management is the key to success
[00:35:35.460]within the College of Architecture.
[00:35:36.930]We will often refer students
[00:35:38.640]to the Center for Academic Success and Transition
[00:35:41.610]to one of their time management seminars,
[00:35:43.620]which will teach them how to schedule out their week,
[00:35:48.000]plan for when they're gonna go to class,
[00:35:49.650]when they're gonna study each day,
[00:35:52.320]all of those great things.
[00:35:56.370]They also have great seminars on note taking strategies
[00:36:01.950]and study skills.
[00:36:03.030]One of the number one things I hear from students
[00:36:06.030]coming from high school is that they didn't really have
[00:36:08.340]to study as hard as they might have to study in college,
[00:36:12.450]and so they don't know if they're prepared to study.
[00:36:16.050]Well, those are resources offered through
[00:36:18.360]the Center for Academic Success and Transition,
[00:36:20.670]who we often refer to as CAST.
[00:36:24.060]Another thing that I really wanna spend
[00:36:25.860]a lot of time encouraging you on right now
[00:36:28.020]is if you are a student who, in high school,
[00:36:30.750]has had an accommodation plan
[00:36:32.550]or needed help with a learning disability
[00:36:35.340]or anything in those,
[00:36:38.550]in that regard, then I highly recommend
[00:36:41.490]that you reach out to
[00:36:42.780]the Services for Students with Disabilities office
[00:36:45.660]and work with them over the summer
[00:36:48.300]to transfer any documentation that's needed
[00:36:51.090]to be able to get an accommodation plan here
[00:36:53.640]at the university.
[00:36:55.230]It is your responsibility to get those services
[00:37:00.300]set up as soon as possible
[00:37:02.310]so that you will have all of the resources
[00:37:04.980]available to you to be successful.
[00:37:09.390]So you can access their website,
[00:37:12.870]whether it's something like a mental health disability,
[00:37:16.440]a learning disability,
[00:37:19.110]a physical disability,
[00:37:21.270]there's a whole bunch of different types of scenarios
[00:37:24.660]in which you might qualify for accommodations,
[00:37:26.550]so please reach out to their website to see
[00:37:28.775]if you might be eligible for one of those.
[00:37:32.130]And then once you do,
[00:37:33.420]if you do receive an accommodation plan
[00:37:35.520]from the Services for Students with Disabilities Office,
[00:37:38.520]that is not the last step.
[00:37:40.590]Every semester that you take courses with new instructors,
[00:37:44.040]it will be your responsibility to turn over
[00:37:47.130]or hand over a copy of that accommodations plan
[00:37:52.279]to your faculty members so that they know
[00:37:54.600]how to help you be the most successful in their classes.
[00:37:58.680]If you have any questions about scholarships,
[00:38:01.680]financial aid, those types of things,
[00:38:04.320]Husker Hub is your one-stop resource on campus.
[00:38:07.080]They offer in-person meetings, virtual meetings,
[00:38:11.340]there's a lot of ways to get all the information
[00:38:13.200]that you need from that office.
[00:38:14.940]Career services, the Math Resource Room,
[00:38:17.820]unless you've taken calculus in high school
[00:38:19.680]for college credit,
[00:38:20.550]everybody's going to be taking math
[00:38:23.730]your first year with us,
[00:38:25.380]and we highly encourage students
[00:38:27.540]to take advantage of their free tutoring
[00:38:29.190]through the Math Resource Center.
[00:38:31.140]The first week of school,
[00:38:32.550]you'll be able to find out what the hours are gonna be
[00:38:34.800]of the Math Resource Room in your course syllabus.
[00:38:38.430]Likely, any architecture students
[00:38:41.550]who've already taken calculus,
[00:38:42.780]you might be taking physics your first year,
[00:38:45.060]they have a similar resource room as math.
[00:38:49.320]And then we have Counseling and Psychological Services,
[00:38:52.830]whether you need one-on-one counseling
[00:38:56.580]or you have
[00:39:00.090]an addiction, a reading disorder,
[00:39:01.980]or something that you need assistance with,
[00:39:04.410]there's great resources on campus
[00:39:06.180]through the Counseling and Psychological Services Office,
[00:39:09.000]which we refer to as CAPS.
[00:39:11.250]And so if you click on their link here on the picture,
[00:39:14.640]it will take you to the website
[00:39:16.050]and give you more in-depth details
[00:39:17.670]about the services that they offer.
[00:39:19.590]And then of course, there's a university Health Center.
[00:39:22.446]Oftentimes, instructors might state
[00:39:23.790]in their syllabus that
[00:39:26.220]they want to receive a doctor's note if you're sick,
[00:39:30.420]please do feel free to utilize those
[00:39:34.050]university health services in those instances.
[00:39:40.110]Finally, we're gonna talk about peer mentors
[00:39:42.630]within the college.
[00:39:43.500]We offer all first year students an opportunity
[00:39:46.950]to have an upper level mentor
[00:39:49.320]who's at least a third year or higher student in your major.
[00:39:52.590]They've all gone through
[00:39:54.210]what you're gonna be going through in this first year,
[00:39:56.310]and they're a great resource for you,
[00:39:58.470]whether you need additional help with understanding
[00:40:02.220]how to use a computer software,
[00:40:04.350]or where to get your art supplies,
[00:40:08.790]they're great resource,
[00:40:10.020]they will join you and us
[00:40:12.360]in the Smart Start course for the first four weeks,
[00:40:14.880]and then they'll have different fun things for you to do
[00:40:16.950]with them throughout the school year.
[00:40:19.950]You'll receive notification
[00:40:21.750]about your peer mentor probably in the month of August
[00:40:24.690]a couple weeks before school starts.
[00:40:29.100]Thank you for joining me
[00:40:30.270]for the College of Architecture Advising session.
[00:40:33.210]If you have questions throughout summer,
[00:40:35.160]please reach out to me.
[00:40:36.450]My contact information is on the screen,
[00:40:38.820]or your academic advisor, Jaime Mastera.
[00:40:41.550]we can't wait to see you this fall.

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