Construction Management.
That will be the discussion at a multidisciplinary symposium at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, on the ground floor of Carpenter Hall, sponsored by the School of Architecture and Construction Management.
With the economy down, university budgets shrinking, jobs disappearing and education costs skyrocketing, many people feel they’re in a hole they can’t get out of.
“Everyone is being asked to scale back, be sustainable and do more with less,’’ said Ayad Rahmani, associate professor and co-organizer of the symposium. “But how can we continue to inform the world with shrinking budgets and few resources?’’
Faculty from a variety of disciplines – including architecture, construction management, English, philosophy, fine arts and communications – will give brief presentations with opportunities for discussion.
The organizers hope to foment creative and multidisciplinary solutions, particularly, to some of the WSU’s budget challenges. These might include ideas for new curricula, collaborative research or new programs, Rahmani said.
“The symposium should be seen as a forum through which the public, the students and the academic community alike can come together and exchange ideas, construct new perspectives and find creative solutions to a problem that not only has held the country hostage for some time now but also promises to transform our ways once the economy recovers’’ he said.
