Welcome aboard

(From left) Richard A. Roloff, vice chancellor, and Ralph H. Thaman, associate vice chancellor for facilities, planning & management, greet Carmon Colangelo, recently named the first dean of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, at a Nov. 18 reception in Holmes Lounge. Colangelo’s appointment, effective July 1, comes amidst a nearly $60 million campaign to improve campus arts facilities. Plans include extensive renovations to Bixby, Steinberg and Givens halls, as well as two new buildings — the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum and Earl E. and Myrtle E. Walker Hall — designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Fumihiko Maki.