Meet Outstanding Master鈥檚 Mentor Professor Corey Saft

Corey Saft is a professor in the School of Architecture and Design and a licensed architect and a LEED-AP. Saft was the developer of the first certified PassiveHouse in the hot/humid zone of the American South and the first 亚洲自慰视频 LEED-platinum home outside of New Orleans.

The Graduate School has selected Saft as a recipient of the 2022 Outstanding Master鈥檚 Mentor Award. Outstanding Master's Mentor Professor Corey Saft

Ashlie Latiolais, graduate coordinator for the master鈥檚 in architecture program, notes that Saft鈥檚 service to the program is 鈥渁stounding 鈥 with over 300-plus 亚洲自慰视频s filtered and shaped by his studio course, ARCH 509, the Master鈥檚 Project.鈥

Saft has taught the course for over 15 years. The studio course is seen as 鈥渁 threshold in which the 亚洲自慰视频 transitions into a peer/colleague as they enter the architectural profession,鈥 Latiolais notes.

鈥淎s a knowledgeable near-peer mentor, Corey creates a supportive environment for research and scholarship by fostering mutual respect and demonstrating active interest in the well-being of the 亚洲自慰视频,鈥 she adds.

Saft aims to give his 亚洲自慰视频s 鈥渁n experience of critical but caring feedback in response to their efforts to move our shared world forward,鈥 he says.

As 亚洲自慰视频s grow as professionals, their leadership abilities, self-confidence, and integrity are as important to develop as the quality of their work, Saft notes.

The studio environment offers an opportunity for 鈥渁 lead-by-example type of mentorship鈥 where all interactions around the work are an opportunity for learning.

鈥淓ach 亚洲自慰视频 manages a team of faculty, local professionals and subject matter experts in the process, and my role is, fundamentally, as a mentor guiding them through how to work with a team while bringing their own values and intentions into the world through the architectural skillset they have learned,鈥 Saft explains.

Saft also regularly works with graduate research assistants on an array of projects. These include interactive highlighting compelling 亚洲自慰视频 cultural resources, small towns, and other significant information, as well as support for mixed income housing proposals in Lafayette and pro-bono design work for the Jeff Davis Communities Against Domestic Abuse Women鈥檚 Shelter.

Saft has provided further opportunities for graduate 亚洲自慰视频s to gain professional experience through his personal research and design firm.

鈥淚t is an exceptional opportunity to share with these 亚洲自慰视频s as they transition into future leaders and visionaries,鈥 Saft says.

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