The University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning mourns the loss of one of its former faculty members: Dr. Leon “Doc” Wetherington, Lecturer Emeritus in the M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management. Wetherington passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 29. He was 81.
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What defines a legacy? For Col. Arthur G. Witters (BSBC ’41), his legacy lasts generations. A member of the first graduating class of the University of Florida M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management (known at the time as the Building Construction program), and a United States Air Force veteran, Witters was literally one of the first to leave a Rinker Legacy. Producing a Gator graduate family tree that includes three of his children and three more grandchildren, his legacy in Gainesville continues to this day.
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Construction project manager Sabah Corso (BDES ’05, MARCH ’08) and her company First Florida recently broke ground on their latest affordable housing project entitled, “Lil Abner,” which is set to be a senior living apartment complex located in Sweetwater, Fla. Lil Abner will be an eight-story building containing 244 units, housing residents aged 55 and older.
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A dozen residential building companies made up of mostly University of Florida graduates convened inside the Stephen C. O’Connell Center Tuesday afternoon for the inaugural Residential Building Summit. The event, held on the eve of the annual M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management Career Fair, was designed to encourage students to pursue a career in the residential construction industry.
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Col. Jack W. Martin and Wayne S. McCall were inducted into the M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management Hall of Fame this past Saturday on the campus of the University of Florida. The Hall of Fame honors those who have truly distinguished themselves in the construction profession.
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Scheduled to graduate next summer with a degree in construction management, Obinna Madubuike is one of the hardest-working students in the M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management. After completing his first internship of the summer this past month for the facilities department at UF Health Shands, the Ph.D. candidate is currently spending the next two months as a student intern in project management at Stellar in Jacksonville.
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Majoring in construction management and scheduled to graduate in December 2022, Isabella Beauchamp is spending her summer as an intern with Robins & Morton working on Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla.
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University of Florida M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management Distinguished Professor Raymond Issa was recently elected vice president of the Pan American Federation of Engineers (UPADI), the organization announced recently. Issa is also the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) member representing the United States.
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M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management Assistant Professor Masoud Gheisari was presented with the 2021 Associated Schools of Construction International Outstanding Researcher Award earlier this month at the annual ASC International Conference. The award, given annually to a research faculty member at a four-year ASC member school, recognizes the faculty member’s quality of research, contribution to the dissemination of scholarly work within the ASC community and service to the ASC.
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Draping proudly from the ceiling, the Liberian flag is the first thing you notice in the home of M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of. Construction Management senior Isaac Ricks. Beneath his home country’s colors of red, white and blue on the walls hang framed quotes from famous Civil Rights leaders Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and Maya Angelou.
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