In collaboration with OU Landscape Services, first-year Environmental Design student Justin Jones is designing new planting beds on the east side of Gould Hall. This project ties into Jones’s Field…
Tag: Environmental Design
OU Institute for Quality Communities Hosts Route 66 Placemaking Retreat
The OU Institute for Quality Communities recently hosted a Route 66 Placemaking Retreat in collaboration with the OU Arts and Humanities Forum. The retreat was funded by an Oklahoma Humanities…
Gibbs Faculty Awarded EPA Environmental Justice Grant
Open Design Collective, a non-profit organization founded by Gibbs College Professors Vanessa Morrison and Deborah Richards, was recently awarded an Environmental Justice Government-to-Government Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency. The…
Students Visit Taft, OK for Institute for Quality Communities Project
In collaboration with the Institute for Quality Communities, OU Interior Design and Environmental Design students are working on an adaptive reuse project in Taft, Oklahoma. Taft is a small town…
Interdisciplinary OU Team Awarded Oklahoma Humanities Grant
An interdisciplinary team from the University of Oklahoma recently received funding from Oklahoma Humanities, a non-profit organization in Oklahoma City. The funding will support a humanities-informed design experience in preparation…
Gibbs College Appoints Interim Director of the Institute for Quality Communities
Vanessa Morrison, an award-winning urban planner, has agreed to serve as the new interim director of the Institute for Quality Communities. The appointment was announced by Gibbs College Dean Hans…
OU Environmental Design Students Create Reuse Concepts for Historic Jewel Theater
During the spring 2023 semester, OU Environmental Design students created reuse design concepts for the historic Jewel Theater in northeast Oklahoma City. Led by Vanessa Morrison, assistant director of OU’s…
Gibbs College Celebrates 2023 Gibbs Design Activism Awards
On April 21, Gibbs College celebrated the inaugural Gibbs Design Activism Awards (GDAA). The GDAA is a grant-initiative that supports student-led design and research projects that engage topics of community,…
OU Environmental Design Student Publishes Op-Ed in OKC Free Press
Environmental Design student Anthony Rodriguez recently published an op-ed in the Oklahoma City Free Press. His article, “Changing Attitudes Over Urban Sprawl Have Taken Hold In OKC,” focuses on the…
The Gibbs Spotlight: Ron Frantz
GCA Communications intern Kali Curtis (K) spoke with Ron Frantz (F), the director of the Environmental Design program here at Gibbs! We sat down with Frantz to learn about how the…