Students designed, built shelters now open at MSU Golf Course
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Second-year architecture and building construction
science students at Mississippi State University celebrate the opening of the
two on-course shelters on MSU Golf Course. They designed and built the
facilities over the fall semester.Photo by: Megan Bean
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The new structures at the fourth and 10th holes, complete
with men's and women's accommodations and cart parking spaces on each side,
were designed by second-year architecture majors and built by second-year
building construction science students.
Both the School of Architecture and the building
construction science academic program are part of MSU's College of
Architecture, Art and Design.
The work was completed during the fall semester
collaborative studio, coordinated by associate professor Hans Herrmann and
assistant professor Emily McGlohn of the architecture school, along with
assistant professor Tom Leathem and lecturer Lee Carson of building
construction science.
"Thank you for your active involvement, for the collective leadership from all our faculty and for everyone involved in this," said MSU President Mark E. Keenum at the ribbon-cutting ceremony. "This is an opportunity to really showcase what Mississippi State talent is about. What a great new addition this is, not only to this golf course, but to our professional golf management program."
The PGM program, housed in the College of Business, is
the second oldest sanctioned by the Professional Golfers' Association of
America. Students completing the four-and-a-half-year curriculum receive a
bachelor's degree in marketing and 16 months of practical work experience.
Michael Berk, architecture school director, said MSU is
the only institution of higher learning in the country to require all
second-year architecture and building construction science students to complete
a full year of collaborative studio.
"There's no other school in the nation to require two full semesters of working together," agreed Jim West, dean of the College of Architecture, Art and Design. "Our students have the opportunity to do truly collaborative work, and we're always interested in having these types of projects for the community and our students and faculty."
Though building construction science and architecture
students have completed their portion of the project, MSU Department of
Landscape Architecture students will continue by improving the landscaping
around the buildings, said Craig Capano, director of the building construction
science program.
"This is only the first of many projects that I hope we can all do together," he said. "We've already started discussions about next fall, and the faculty have some great ideas. And that's what Mississippi State is all about--it's about learning; it's about changing; it's about improving."
Sharon Oswald, College of Business dean, emphasized the
on-course shelters also benefit PGM students.
"I want to thank the faculty, and particularly the students, on behalf of the PGM program and the MSU Golf Course," Oswald said. "We love collaborative projects, and anything we can ever do to help, we will."
The 6,390-yard, par-72 course, located three miles east
of campus at 1520 Old Highway 82, opened to the public in 1986. Along with the
two on-course shelters, cart path and driving range, the course features a
5,000-square-foot clubhouse with men's and women's locker rooms, a snack bar,
and a fully stocked golf shop and classroom.
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