{"id":3800,"date":"2022-01-21T08:55:25","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T13:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/historic-preservation\/?p=3800"},"modified":"2022-01-21T08:59:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T13:59:56","slug":"alumni-updates-taurean-merriweather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/historic-preservation\/alumni-updates-taurean-merriweather\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Updates: Taurean Merriweather"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignwide has-background-dim\" style=\"min-height:315px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-3574\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/historic-preservation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/01\/College-of-Design-Construction-and-Planning_Horiz-scaled.jpg\" style=\"object-position:27% 75%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"27% 75%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/historic-preservation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/01\/College-of-Design-Construction-and-Planning_Horiz-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/historic-preservation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/01\/College-of-Design-Construction-and-Planning_Horiz-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/historic-preservation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/01\/College-of-Design-Construction-and-Planning_Horiz-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/historic-preservation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/01\/College-of-Design-Construction-and-Planning_Horiz-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/historic-preservation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/01\/College-of-Design-Construction-and-Planning_Horiz-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/historic-preservation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/01\/College-of-Design-Construction-and-Planning_Horiz-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Alumni Updates<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/historic-preservation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/01\/IMG_1888-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/historic-preservation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/01\/IMG_1888-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/historic-preservation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/01\/IMG_1888-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/historic-preservation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/01\/IMG_1888-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/historic-preservation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/01\/IMG_1888-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/historic-preservation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/01\/IMG_1888-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><span style=\"color:#b1b3b6\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Taurean Merriweather at his internship with the National Park Service as a Historic Preservation Architect following his 2018 graduation. <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taurean Merriweather, an&nbsp;alumnus&nbsp;of UF&#8217;s Historic Preservation Master&#8217;s Program, has recently secured a Visiting Professorship at his undergraduate Alma Mater, Tuskegee University. He will be teaching Historic Preservation at the Taylor School of Architecture and Construction Science; just weeks after securing a Designer II position at Cooper Carry Design Firm located in Atlanta, Georgia. Taurean&#8217;s role as a professor will assist Tuskegee in providing students with a Certificate in Historic Preservation supplementing their Bachelor of Architecture or Bachelor of Construction Science Management degree. This opportunity is accompanied&nbsp;by his experience working with the Historic American Building Survey (HABS), the Historic Preservation Training Center (HPTC), and his current work as a part-time Reservist with the Federal Emergency Management Age<em>ncy (FEMA).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congratulations, Taurean! <\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kb-btns_d94874-c9{gap:var(--global-kb-gap-xs, 0.5rem );justify-content:center;align-items:center;}.kt-btns_d94874-c9 .kt-button{font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;}.kt-btns_d94874-c9 .kt-btn-wrap-0{margin-right:5px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns_d94874-c9 .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button{color:#555555;background:#a8dcd9;border-color:#555555;box-shadow:1px 1px 2px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns_d94874-c9 .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:hover, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns_d94874-c9 .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:focus{color:#ffffff;border-color:#444444;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns_d94874-c9 .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button::before{display:none;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns_d94874-c9 .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:hover, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns_d94874-c9 .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:focus{background:#444444;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn kt-btn-align-center kt-btn-tablet-align-inherit kt-btn-mobile-align-inherit kt-btns-wrap kt-btns_d94874-c9\"><div class=\"kt-btn-wrap kt-btn-wrap-0\"><a class=\"kt-button button kt-btn-0-action kt-btn-size-standard kt-btn-style-basic kt-btn-svg-show-always kt-btn-has-text-true kt-btn-has-svg-false\" href=\"https:\/\/ufdc.ufl.edu\/UFE0052824\/00001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"kt-btn-inner-text\">Link to Taurean&#8217;s thesis &#8220;Preserving Blackness, Assessing the Values and Perceptions of Historic Districts in Neighborhoods of Color&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:27px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taurean Merriweather, an&nbsp;alumnus&nbsp;of UF&#8217;s Historic Preservation Master&#8217;s Program, has recently secured a Visiting Professorship at his undergraduate Alma Mater, Tuskegee University. He will be teaching Historic Preservation at the Taylor School of Architecture and Construction Science; just weeks after securing a Designer II position at Cooper Carry Design Firm located in Atlanta, Georgia. 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