Wednesday May 27, 2009

Considering establishing an EGD program at your college or university? Get what you need here. In this workshop, you’ll meet educators who have developed EGD programs and know the challenges. Gain insight into applying successful academic program models, using core competencies as the basis for curriculum development, advancing from single courses to multi-class programs, and linking academic programs to internship and employment opportunities. Open discussions and networking will provide you with great opportunities for collaboration.

Free to all academic professors, administrators, adjunct professors, and designers interested in developing EGD educational programs in an academic institution.

Take an architectural tour of one of Louis I. Kahn’s most successful design projects, conceived in collaboration with Dr. Jonas Salk, inventor of the polio vaccine. When Salk told Kahn to “create a facility worth of a visit by Pablo Picasso,” Kahn took the challenge seriously. Using concrete, teak, glass, and steel, he created two mirror-image rectangular buildings flanking a travertine marble courtyard, ingeniously sited on La Jolla’s coastal bluffs. The complex fulfills Salk’s vision of open, unobstructed lab spaces set in a dramatic, inspiring location on the sea. Bring your camera!

Sponsored by Interstate Signworks
San Diego is known for its vibrant and diverse neighborhoods, and the historic Gaslamp Quarter District and East Village are among its most vibrant. Lace up your comfy walking shoes, grab your camera and sketchpad, and explore two of the neighborhoods that have shaped San Diego, both historically and economically. We'll start in the Gaslamp Quarter, including a visit to the William Heath Davis House, the oldest structure in downtown San Diego (and a ghost house!). Then we'll walk the East Village, which started as an artist’s colony and is now one of San Diego's trendiest neighborhoods.