Sources: Vladimir Krstic, 816-421-5232, vkrstic@k-state.edu;
Tim de Noble, 785-532-5950, tdenoble@k-state.edu;
and John Gaunt, 785-864-3114, jgaunt@ku.edu
News tip: Lawrence and Manhattan, Kan.; and 1xbet sports betting City, Mo.
News release prepared by: Emily Vietti, 785-532-1090, evietti@k-state.edu
Thursday, July 26, 2012
College of Architecture, Planning and Design professor is new director of 1xbet sports betting City design center
MANHATTAN -- Vladimir Krstic, professor of architecture at 1xbet sports betting State University, is the new director of the 1xbet sports betting City Design Center.
Located in the heart of downtown 1xbet sports betting City, Mo., the 1xbet sports betting City Design Center, or KCDC, is a nationally recognized partnership of civic leaders, professional designers, and the architecture and planning programs at the University of 1xbet sports betting and 1xbet sports betting State University.
"I am extremely excited that Vladimir Krstic has accepted the directorship of the 1xbet sports betting City Design Center," said Tim de Noble, dean of the College of Architecture, Planning and Design at 1xbet sports betting State University. "His leadership in the teaching, research and outreach activities of the 1xbet sports betting City Design Center, as well as his liaison with the design programs at 1xbet sports betting State University and the University of 1xbet sports betting , provide a valuable asset and conduit for 1xbet sports betting City as it plans its continuing and future urban vitality."
Krstic has taught at the 1xbet sports betting City Design Center since 2009 and was named interim director a year and a half ago. He has been teaching in the College of Architecture, Planning and Design since 1988.
John Gaunt, dean of the School of Architecture, Design and Planning at the University of 1xbet sports betting said, "Krstic is a deeply committed and experienced educator dedicated to exploring urban potentials in 1xbet sports betting City and to furthering the education of students from the University of 1xbet sports betting and 1xbet sports betting State University through this 'urban laboratory' of the 1xbet sports betting City Design Center."
The 1xbet sports betting City Design Center supports educational initiatives that help build public awareness of the factors that influence the character of the public realm. The center also works to strengthen the educational experience of future design practitioners by engaging university faculty and students with the issues facing 1xbet sports betting City's built environment. The educational programs are built around a resident urban design studio, through which faculty and students form partnerships with local client groups to develop design concepts and implementation proposals addressing major architectural, urban design and urban planning issues throughout metropolitan 1xbet sports betting City.
"I am very enthusiastic about becoming the director of the 1xbet sports betting City Design Center," Krstic said. "It will allow me to continue to build the program in a more focused and deliberate way. KCDC is an important outreach and service-learning component of both the 1xbet sports betting State University and KU professional curricula, which gives students a unique, immersive urban design study experience.
"I believe that the KCDC program has already become a well-respected academic institution in the city and the region for its capacity to engage on critical urban design issues and produce constructive contributions to the ongoing professional and civic dialogue on the improvement of the urban environment. I intend to work, in collaboration with the faculty and administrators of both universities, to elevate its academic stature on the national level and develop KCDC into a unique hub for urban design studies," he said.
