Recruiting via an interdisciplinary workshop

Abstract

The Discover Architecture Workshop for high school students is a summer program that allows career exploration of professions within the building arts. In the week long program, students complete projects that fuse Architecture and Landscape Architecture, and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management. In addition, the program is a model of industry and academia working in partnership, as it is sponsored financially by professional architecture, engineering, and construction management firms in the state. Since inception, nearly 300 students have participated in the program from the five state area of our region in the central USA; many of these students have subsequently enrolled at this university and completed or are currently working towards a degree in these fields. The program serves as not only a recruiting tool for the university, but also as a public service vehicle illustrating the many ways that design, engineering, and construction professionals add value to the quality of human life.