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🎯 SUArcade 

6-8:00pm | Kansas Union, Ballroom 

Get ready to play, win, and stock up on essentials at SUArcade, hosted by SUA, where every game earns you tickets to trade in for real-life prizes! With various games all run by student organizations and real prizes such as groceries, school supplies, and hygiene products, this is your time to game your heart out and win some necessities while doing it!  

📕 Brown Bag Book Club 

12-1:30pm | Watson Library, 325 

Love reading, talking about books, or just hanging out with fellow book lovers? Come join our weekly book club! We’ll dive into KU’s Common Book The Anthropocene Reviewed and also make space for whatever else you’re reading. Expect relaxed conversations, fun book-related crafts and games, and a welcoming space for anyone who enjoys stories in any form. 

🥗 Blend Salad Sampling 

11:30am | Kansas Union, Jayhawk Walk, Level 4 

Don't miss this pop up on Jayhawk Walk on level 4 of the Kansas Union featuring the mediterranean salad, while supplies last. 

Learn more about our on campus options from our nutritionist. 

☕️ Tea @ Three

3-4:00pm | Kansas Union, Ascher Plaza 

Who can say no to free tea and cookies? Take a break from your busy week for Tea @ 3 every Thursday from 3 to 4 pm at the Kansas Union, on Ascher Plaza or in the Traditions Area, to enjoy a little treat as a reward for all of your hard work. 

Alice Lubin-Meyer's To Hold On or To Let Go exhibition reception 

4-6:00pm | Kansas Union Gallery 

The photographs in KU Photography student Alice Lubin-Meyer's exhibition, To Hold On or To Let Go, grapple with what is now and what was then, and explore the heart’s way of holding on, even when it might be best to let go.  

The exhibition is on view Monday, September 22, through Friday, October 3, at the Kansas Union Gallery on level 4 of the Kansas Union.

🛫 Study Abroad Information Meeting 

12:30-1:30 | Marvin Hall, Forum

Learn about upcoming study abroad opportunities as well as the application process and timeline.

💙 ArcD Family Weekend 

1-3:00pm | Marvin & Chalmers Halls

Event begins in Marvin Hall. Refreshments will be provided. We encourage students to show their families around the ArcD complex. 

Event Details

Ageless Living Collaborative Scholarships 

Two $5,000 Senior Living scholarships for Interior Design students.  

Application deadline: Sunday November 2 

Info & Apply 

 

SOM Foundation 2025 Robert L. Wesley Award 

The Robert L. Wesley Award supports BIPOC undergraduate students enrolled in architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, or engineering programs in the United States. This year, three students will receive a $10,000 award in addition to a yearlong mentorship program that connects the students with leading BIPOC practitioners and educators.  

Application Deadline: November 13 

Info & Apply  

 

SOM Foundation 2025 Research Prize 

Two $30,000 prizes will be awarded to faculty-led interdisciplinary teams based in the United States to conduct original research that contributes to this year’s topic, “Exploring the Potential of Mobility Corridors.” 

Application Deadline: November 10 

Info & Apply 

Architecture Design Internship Summer 2026 

GDP Group | Akron, OH 

Join GPD Group, where our purpose is to improve the well-being of our employees, clients, communities and business partners by transforming opportunities into success. This is not a “get coffee and file paperwork” type of co-op experience. You will be an active member of the team supporting on design and documentation and a variety of other tasks that give you exposure to the business of Architecture, while mentoring under an experienced designer. 

More information and apply here. 

 

Community Planning Student Intern 

Stewart | Raleigh, NC 

If you are interested in the field of Planning and are looking to gain valuable experience and growth opportunities that will help catapult your career after graduation, this position may be the perfect fit for you! As a Planning Student Intern, you will enhance your planning knowledge by helping communities throughout the state. You will work side by side with our professional planning staff, attend client meetings, and participate in public engagement activities. 

More information and apply here. 

 

Architectural Design Intern 

CRB | Kansas City, MO 

CRB's nearly 1,400 expert professionals drive innovative, life-changing and life-saving solutions for manufacturers in the life sciences and food and beverage industries. We are actively seeking an Architectural Designer Intern to join CRB. Join our firm for an internship journey where you’ll dive into real-world project work, learn from industry leaders and fully immerse yourself in the CRB employee experience. This program is more than just an internship—it's an opportunity to grow, innovate, and make a tangible impact on how we do business. You’ll have the chance to work hands-on with cutting-edge projects, collaborate with peers and industry leaders, and contribute your unique perspective to spark meaningful change. 

More information and apply here. 

📷 To Hold On or To Let Go | Kansas Union Gallery 

September 22 – October 3

To Hold On or To Let Go, an exhibition by KU Photography student Alice Lubin-Meyer, is a photographic exploration created using black-and-white 4x5 film and a large format view camera. The photographs grapple with what is now and what was then, and explore the heart’s way of holding on, even when it might be best to let go.

 

KU Common Art Work viewing | Spencer Museum

As part of the KU Common Book experience, a KU Common Work of Art is selected to expand on the book’s themes. You can view the Common Work of Art in the Empowerment exhibition, in the Michaelis Gallery, at Spencer Museum of Art. More Info

 

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

Through 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 

Through 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 

Through 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.

📸 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

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. 

💠 Atlas of Never Built Architecture 

The Atlas of Never Built Architecture features hundreds of the most spectacular unbuilt projects of the 20th and 21st centuries in a comprehensive, geographically arranged survey. At times impractical or fanciful but always imaginative and ambitious, the projects included in this ground-breaking book reveal the incredible diversity of ideas that have emerged from the world’s most influential architects.

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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