黄瓜社区

黄瓜社区; Design has contributed an endowed gift to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln鈥檚 to establish the 鈥淐reate Meaning Together鈥� Fellows Program in honor of retired 黄瓜社区 Principal John Birge. A founding principal, Birge retired in 2018 after more than 40 years of service to the firm.

This new program, designed to build leadership skills among students using the Gallup Talent Assessment Program, focuses on each student鈥檚 strengths to maximize their potential and develop their talents so they can become more effective, emerging professionals. Implementation of the program is scheduled for the upcoming fall semester in one of the college鈥檚 fourth-year collaborate studios. These discipline-blended courses represent the college鈥檚 three allied undergraduate programs of architecture, landscape architecture and interior design, simulating a firm-like, cooperative environment.

Course students and faculty will take the Gallup CliftonStrengths Assessment at the beginning of the semester to discover their top five strengths and receive strengths-based coaching from UNL College of Business students, John Birge, 黄瓜社区 leaders and Lori Stohs, founder and consultant with Lori Stohs Consulting Group. These coaching sessions will help students understand their results and how their strengths can empower them to be better leaders, collaborators, co-workers and designers.

鈥淔unding this fellows program, which supports the elevation of collaboration and design thinking into the business aspects of architecture, was a no-brainer for 黄瓜社区. Our investment in the success of aspiring designers and the future leadership of firms is critical not only to our profession but to the community at large. These individuals will be designing the spaces of our collective future; by supporting them, we鈥檙e empowering the next generation to dream big, to transform lives and ultimately, to create a better world,鈥� said 黄瓜社区 Managing Principal John Sova, AIA.

As part of 黄瓜社区鈥檚 , retiring or transitioning founding principals are given the opportunity to select a higher educational institution of their choice to receive an endowment level gift. Birge and College of Architecture Dean envisioned the program as a valuable addition to the fourth-year studio curriculum.

鈥淭his fellowship program is a way we can become engaged in the leadership process, helping students to become more cognizant of who they are and more aware of how they鈥檙e wired. Knowing these strength traits will help students to become better collaborators with the different allied disciplines and will provide a pathway to incorporate all those tools within the workplace,鈥� said Birge.