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The integration of the College of Media, Communication and Information (CMCI) and the Program in Environmental Design (ENVD) achieved a major milestone on July 1, when the administrative stewardship for ENVD moved from ���񱦵�’s Graduate School to CMCI.

"We're delighted to be their academic home, and as we enter our tenth year as a college, I look forward to working with Stacey Shulte, director of the environmental design program, and the rest of our college leadership team, on what comes next," said Lori Bergen, CMCI founding dean.

CMCI was founded in 2015 with academic areas from the former School of Journalism and Mass Communication and Department of Communication, and new departments in information science and critical media practices.

“I’m excited to learn from our new colleagues how the built environment represents another way for us to connect with communities, influence experiences, and advance principles like justice and sustainability,” she added.

Current students pursuing a bachelor’s degree in ENVD will not experience changes to course offerings or curriculum requirements for any of the program’s four majors—architecture, environmental product design, landscape architecture, and sustainable planning and urban design.

Working groups that include faculty, staff and campus partners are meeting to address numerous topic areas, including student services, undergraduate curriculum, shared services, staffing, research and creative work, graduate programs, and governance and faculty bylaws. Branding and identity for the college is also being examined.