Callender now leading ¹ú²úBT School of Architecture
The longtime director of the Jackson Center has been named F.L. Crane Professor and interim director of the school.
The longtime director of the Jackson Center has been named F.L. Crane Professor and interim director of the school.
Associate Professor Jacob Gines is the inaugural Mississippi Lumber Manufacturers Association Endowed Professor in Innovative Wood Construction and Design.
I chose CAAD at ¹ú²úBT because of the community. A strong community in a studio environment was really important to me. Everyone at CAAD at ¹ú²úBT, from staff to students, makes you feel welcomed and a part of a larger family.
As someone who enjoys being active, my favorite place is the Sanderson Center. It is where I go to take a break from school.
After graduating from the School of Architecture in 1996, Stephen Allen worked for a time in Mississippi before joining Williams Blackstock Architects in Birmingham, Alabama. He became a partner in 2010 and president of the firm in 2022.
Michael A. Berk, AIA, is the former director (2009-2019) of the School of Architecture at Mississippi State University and former faculty member (29 years) where he held the F.L. Crane Endowed Professorship. In 2019 Berk was named director emeritus and professor emeritus by the ¹ú²úBT Provost’s Office and currently maintains an office in the Carl Small Town Center at the ¹ú²úBT School of Architecture. Berk was recently nominated and appointed to the Gulf Scholars Program in the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine (in 2021; and reappointed in 2025).