Appalachian State University Chapter of American Institute of Architecture Students: OUR FIRST GUEST

Please take a moment to recognize this moment in Appalachian State history as we, the newly formed chapter of AIAS, hosted our first guest, Professor Chad Everhart, on October 22, 2009! Everhart graduated Cum Laude with a degree in Environmental

Design in Architecture from NC State and went on to get his Master's degree in Architecture from NC State as well. He moved to Boone and began teaching at App in 2006, since then teaching such courses as Residential Architecture, Commercial Building Design, and the Senior Architecture Studio classes. Everhart also has his own well known firm here in Boone, is a chapter president of the AIA, had his own residence that he re-designed and re-built featured in Dwell Magazine, and designed a disaster relief house being built and studied by graduate students on the App State campus.

We were very privileged to have such a guest straight from our very own campus! At the meeting, Everhart gave a presentation geared towards preparing us for graduate school. One piece of advice he gave, through his wisdom, was to take time to work and gain experience before devoting your life to grad school. Although the information was slightly daunting ($500 a month for supplies, models being stomped on by professors, etc...) we're fortunate to have insight from someone who has invested time and effort into our futures.