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Internship Lunch & Learn Series  

11am-12pm | Chalmers 350 

Join our chapter of the Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA) as they kick off the internship lunch & learn series in the senior studio! the series will feature senior ID students as they share a little bit about their recent internship journeys, what they worked on, and what they learned. 💡 
 
The first speaker is Adam Keehler, who interned at White River Marine Group where he worked on products throughout the marine and outdoor sphere including kayaks, seating, bass boats, yachts, and dog products. 
 
🍕 Pizza Provided!  

Building Your Flock: A Healthy Relationships Skills Workshop 

5pm | Kansas Union 452 

Building Your Flock is a workshop for students who want to build healthier relationships with friends, family, significant others, and themselves. We’ll examine what a “healthy” relationship is, become aware of “red flags” for concerning relationship patterns as well as “green flags” for healthy relationship patterns, and build interpersonal skills for starting/maintaining relationships. Each week you’ll gain knowledge and skills to apply to your relationships and build your flock. 

Find out more and sign up here 

NOMAS KU General Body Meeting 

6:15pm | Galloway Room, Marvin Hall 

Join NOMAS KU for their first general body meeting of the semester. This meeting will include an executive board presentation and a Hispanic Heritage Month celebration.  

Follow NOMAS on Instagram for updates and more events  

Picnic at Potter

6:00pm | Potter Lake 

ASID and IIDA are hosting Picnic at Potters: a casual evening with yard games, card games, arts and crafts, sandwiches, drinks, and more.

See Instagram for event updates.  

Pause 4 Pups 

7:00pm | Crawford Community Center 

Come by and take a break with our furry friends from Loving Paws Animal Therapy! Through stress management outreach programs, we aim to provide KU students with tools for coping, healthy new habits, and a strong academic semester. We encourage selfies with your favorite pup! Use #Pause4Pups when sharing on social media and tag @kuhero_ on Instagram. 

KU Design Professional Lecture Series: Aggie Toppins 

6:00pm | Wescoe Hall, 3140 

Aggie Toppins  is a graphic designer, collagist and scholar who thinks about where graphics come from, what they do, and how they change over time. She combines a studio background with humanities methods to explore meaning making in visual and material culture. Her book Thinking Through Graphic Design History: Challenging the Canon (Bloomsbury, 2025) surveys the terrain where historical research and visual communication meet. The project challenges traditional understandings of graphic design history, offering ways for designers to shape socially engaged, critical practices.  

Mid-Autumn Festival 

5:00pm – 8:00pm | Kansas Union 

Join the KU Center for East Asian Studies to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Chuseok, when the moon is more luminous than any other day. Say hello to new and old friends and enjoy activities  and  performances.  

The festival includes performances by KU Taiko, House of Dragons, and KU Lion Dance Club as well as lanterning making, games, calligraphy and more! Don't forget to wear traditional attire from East Asian countries if you have any.    

KU CEAS welcomes children, families, and everyone from the Lawrence community to attend this event. 

🌾 As Grass Grows – Ten Years at Prairieside Outpost | Leedy-Voulkos Art Center

September 5 – November 21

As Grass Grows: Ten Years at Prairieside Outpost is a group exhibition commemorating the first ten years of the Artist-in-Residence program at Prairieside Outpost in Matfield Green, Kansas. The exhibition features 28 visual artists and writers from across North America, including Photography professor Lilly McElroy. Each artist featured has worked on their creative endeavors in the remote and head-clearing expanse that is the Kansas Flint Hills.

🌊 Soundings: Making Culture at Sea | Spencer Museum 

August 12 - December 14

Soundings: Making Culture at Sea explores how visual representations of oceans from different times and places across history have helped humans articulate questions and concerns that are political, cultural, and environmental.

➿ My Mother's Tongue Ties Me Together | Spencer Museum 

August 26 - January 4

The Spencer Museum of Art is honored to host the Charlotte Street Visual Artist Awards exhibition for the first time featuring the selected artists for 2025: Noelle Choy, Hùng Lê, and Merry Sun. All three artists explore themes of cultural mythmaking, memory, and migration through a range of media.

🌞 Following the Sun | Spencer Museum 

virtual exhibition

This virtual exhibition organized by Spencer interns explores depictions of the sun and sunflowers in the collection.

✈️ Winter Break Study Abroad: Architecture in Greece and Italy

Athens, Rome, Naples, Florence, Turin, and Milan.

Program Dates: December 27, 2025 to January 18, 2026

Read more about the program and apply.

Application Deadline (extended): Thursday, September 21st

📸 Rural Kansas Photography Contest 

Deadline: September 30 

We are excited to partner with Kansas Country Living magazine for the sixth year in a row. Kansas Country Living is designed to educate Kansas electric cooperative consumer-members on topics that impact rural electrification. With a circulation of more than 133,000, it is an integral communications channel that builds member support for electric cooperatives in Kansas while keeping them informed of the latest news, energy efficiency tips, emerging technology (electric vehicles, smart devices that help save energy) and electrical safety. 

The Kansas Country Living editorial team will choose from all of the entries a $100 grand-prize winning photograph that will be featured on the January 2026 cover of the magazine. 

See here for more information & to enter! 

ArcD Student Organizations: Get involved! 

Get involved with student organizations to improve your educational experience! Learn more about ArcD Student Organizations here & keep in touch with them via social media! 

Jayhawk Finances: a new resource for KU students 

Gain the knowledge and skills needed to achieve financial stability and success. Online tools, in-person coaching, and weekly virtual sessions are available to all KU students. Educators are available for student group events and sessions can focus on specific topics.  

Learn more: Jayhawk Finances

AIAS Midwest Quad Conference

Registration Deadline: Oct. 1

This event is a great opportunity to connect with peers, expand your network, and engage with architecture beyond the classroom. KU AIAS encourages all students to participate and represent the school.

Register & See instagram for details

Student Web Design Assistant

The Department of Classics seeks to hire a student Design and Marketing Assistant for the 2025-2026 academic year. Only students who are eligible for Federal Work-Study will be considered. This is a wonderful opportunity to develop your design and marketing skills in a professional environment and to build your portfolio with real-world promotional materials. This position is a low time-commitment job that has a flexible schedule.

more information

KU Student Ambassador (Office of Admissions) 

KU Student Ambassadors represent KU by giving one-hour walking tours of campus, participating in panels, answering questions, and chatting with future Jayhawks. Other duties include preparing materials to assist Admissions staff in facilitating daily visits to prospective students and families. 

more information

ArcD Family Weekend 

Friday, September 26 | 1-3 pm | Marvin & Chalmers Halls

Be sure to save the date and make plans with your friends and family to attend the KU School of Architecture & Design Open House! We are excited to welcome visitors to campus to see our studios, labs, and maker spaces in action. Please let your visitors know that RSVP's are requested so we can estimate attendance properly. 

See full event details & FAQs 

M.Arch Fifth-Year Options Meeting  

Friday, October 10 |12:30pm - 1:30pm | John C. Gaunt Forum  

Get the full details about options for your final year as an M.Arch student. 

🌳 Landscape Architecture Now! 

Architecture outside the box: Designing the great outdoors One of the hottest areas of contemporary design is landscape architecture. No matter what the architectural style of the moment, the green areas around houses, stadiums or corporate headquarters have taken on a considerable importance, all the more so with the emphasis on ecology and green design. This book calls on the work of the top designers of the moment, from Ken Smith, author of the Museum of Modern Art’s rooftop garden, to West 8 from Rotterdam, but also on architects ranging from Steven Holl to Tadao Ando, who have long been fascinated by the environments of their buildings.

The Hatch Reading Room, on the 4th floor of Marvin Hall, is here for you to de-stress, work on projects, take a break to read, and enjoy a quiet view of campus. Hours: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, Monday - Friday. 📚 

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