ARC alumnus and renowned cruise ship designer Joe Farcus receives UF distinguished alumnus award. >> Full Story

Alumni magazine moves online
Welcome to Perspective Online – your source for news about the UF College of Design, Construction and Planning, our alumni and our friends.

Unlike the past printed version of Perspective which was published annually, this new e-newsletter will be delivered to your inbox monthly, so you can get DCP information as it happens. Moving from a printed magazine to online also fits in with the college's efforts toward sustainability.

In addition to Perspective staples like "Is this You?" and "Alumni News," the e-newsletter will include new features such as "DCP in Your Town" and "DCP Top 3."

So scroll down, click through the features, and enjoy. Submit your news to share with fellow alums. And please let us know how we can make Perspective Online better. Because after all, it's for you!

DCP Top 3 News Stories

UF adds new bachelor's in sustainability
Continuing its leadership in sustainability, the University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning added a new undergraduate degree this year, the Bachelor of Science in Sustainability and the Built Environment. >> Full Story

UF interior design, landscape architecture programs rank nationally
Interior Design ranked 10th and Landscape Architecture ranked 14th in DesignIntelligence's 10th annual America's Best Architecture & Design Schools 2009 survey.
>> Full Story

UF students design solutions for enhancing Architecture Building
DCP held a 10-hour "Pride in Place Charrette" to engage students in finding innovative and cost-effective ways to improve and enhance the Architecture Building.
>> Full Story

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Alumni News

Check out what your fellow alumni are doing. The updates below were submitted between May 2008 and January 2009. They have been edited for space. We want to hear from you! Share your news with us for a future issue of Perspective Online.

Mitch Albaugh, BCN 1974, has been certified by The Florida Bar as an expert in construction law. He is a partner at Clark & Albaugh, LLP, in Winter Park.

Samuel Ferreri, MArch 1980, is a principal with SchenkelShultz Architecture in West Palm Beach. He also is completing 20 years as the mayor of the City of Greenacres. He was the past president of the Florida League of Cities and is on the board of the National League of Cities and the Southeast Alzheimer's Association.

Bruce Anchell, ARC 1988, is a project architect with JMWA Architects in Boca Raton. He is married with two girls, 9 and 12, and lives in Plantation.

Allen Troshinsky, BCN 1990, is director of operations for M. A. Mortenson Company's Sports Group, providing oversight to all of Mortenson's sports and other large venue projects, including the new $400 million Minnesota Twins Ballpark and $270 million Louisville Cardinal Arena. Allen, his wife, Stacey (UF 1992), and their three children currently reside in Minneapolis.

Molly Bourne, LAE 1992, was promoted to associate at Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects in New York City.

David Connor, BCN 1993, is the president of DC Construction Associates, a full-service general contracting and construction management firm in South Florida.

Alyce (Humes) Greider-Decker, MAURP 1994, has joined The MELLGREN Planning Group of Ft. Lauderdale and St. Augustine. She remarried Gary Decker in 2001 and is living in Ponte Vedra.

Paul Beckmann, MArch 1995, has been made a partner of the Virginia-based firm Bartzen & Ball and recently received a Maryland AIA design award for his design for the Harmon Center for the Arts in Washington D.C.

Bill Stevens, BCN 1995, started working as a field engineer with Robins & Morton in 1995. He has since worked his way up to senior superintendent and partner, managing nearly $500 million worth of hospitals from Virginia to New Mexico and northern Ohio to southern Texas. He is currently completing a $180 million hospital (Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center) in Waco, Texas.

Kyoko Iwasaka, MArch 1998, left a 10-year career with Thompson, Ventulett, Stainbsck & Associates in Atlanta and joined the Seattle office of Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo Seattle office.

Kathleen McCarthy, IND 1998, is currently employed by RIM Design Anchorage in Alaska, working on high-end retail environments, corporate projects, government high rises and tenant improvements.

Maria (Savoia) Fischer, MAURP 2000, is currently staying at home to raise her son. Her previous job was with FDOT District 4.

Clinton Robinson, ARC 2000, is an online entrepreneur, with LocalAdCo.com as his next startup. After living in Idaho for three years, Robinson has moved to Rome, Georgia, where his wife, Mika, was named the head volleyball coach of Berry College. They are the parents of Bryce, 6, and Clay, 3.

James Blythe, MArch 2004, is now a licensed architect in Florida and Georgia. In August 2008, he was one of 50 LEED AP's to be invited to a conference in Dallas to help create and improve the questions for the upcoming LEED 2009 exam.

Kelli Pearson, IND 2007, graduated the master of industrial design program at Scuola Politecnica di Design in Italy. She is now working as a junior designer in Milan.

Toccarra (Thomas) Nicole, MAURP 2008, was recently hired by the Riviera Beach Community Redevelopment Agency as the urban redevelopment planner.

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Christopher Silver, Dean
Margaret Carr, Associate Dean
Paul D. Zwick, Associate Dean
William Tilson, Assistant Dean
Lynne Capece, Director of Development and Alumni Relations

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Assistant Editor: Kaitlin O'Farrill

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