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During the Spring 2025 semester, students in Prof. John Harris‘s “Community Development” course worked with Tulakes Neighborhood Ministries to offer recommendations for their site needs and possible paths for future development.
The students completed a site visit on April 7th to learn more about the history and priorities of Tulakes Neighborhood Ministries and to meet with their leadership, food pantry staff, and medical clinic staff. The students’ final presentation included information on zoning, financing strategies, local demographic data, possible site designs, and information about look-alike organizations for expanded services. The students made their final presentation to the executive director of Tulakes Neighborhood Ministries, Celia Palmer, on May 7, 2025.
The project was undertaken in collaboration with the OU Institute for Quality Communities and the Regional Foodbank of Oklahoma.
Gibbs College of Architecture is proud to recognize Petya Stefanoff, who is pursuing her doctorate in the Planning, Design & Construction (PDC) program, has been appointed the new role of Director of Community Development for the City of Shawnee, Oklahoma. She joined the city in 2024.
Gibbs College of Architecture is pleased to announce that Amber N. Wiley, Ph.D., associate professor in the Division of Planning, Landscape Architecture and Design and director of the Institute for Quality Communities, has received national recognition for her book Model Schools in the Model City. The book has been named a finalist for the 2026 the PROSE Awards.
Gibbs College of Architecture Regional + City Planning Professor of Practice Vanessa Morrison and Associate Professor of Architecture Deborah Richards’ Open Design Collective received top honors at the inaugural BlackSpace Urbanist Collective Studio KIN Pitch Night Competition, held last month in Brooklyn, New York City.
