Walter Wendler
President, West Texas A&M University
- Role
- President at West Texas A&m University
- Location
- Carbondale, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Walter Wendler
Walter V. Wendler is President of West Teas A&M University and Chancellor Emeritus, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He is also a distinguished alumni of the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University. He was appointed to the position of Chancellor of Southern Illinois University Carbondale July 1, 2001. He finished his contract in 2007 and returned to teaching Architecture. Immediately prior to the appointment he served as Vice Chancellor for Planning and System Integration of The Texas A&M University System for 2 years. He was the inaugural holder of the William M Peña Professorship of Information Management in the College of Architecture. Professor Wendler was the Executive Assistant to the President of Texas A&M University beginning in September, 1997. He served as Dean of the College of Architecture, initially appointed in March 1992, and re-appointed in September 1996. Professor Wendler was the head of the Department of Architecture from 1989 to 1992, and Executive Associate Dean in the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University from 1988 to 1989. Before coming to Texas A&M University, he was an assistant professor in the Department of Architecture at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. During his tenure there, he conducted research and service work related to energy use and its affect on building design, and on design pedagogy. He has delivered and published numerous papers on these subjects. From 1977 through 1981, he was a principal in an architectural firm that executed residential, commercial, and institutional work. He is an excellent teacher who has been recognized by the Association of Former Students of Texas A&M University, with a Distinguished Teaching Award.
Experience
President
Sep 2016 — Present · Canyon, TX, US
Education
The University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D, Education
1989 — 1991
Texas A&M University
BED, Architecture
1970 — 1972
State University of New York at Farmingdale
AAS, Building Construction Technology
1968 — 1970
University of California, Berkeley
MArch, Architecture
1973 — 1975
Skills
- Architecture
- Comprehensive Planning
- Higher Education
- Architectural Design
- Sketching
- Research
- Leed Ap
- Digital Fabrication
- Sustainability
- Bim
- Architectures
- Rhino
- Architectural Drawings
- Educational Leadership
- Curriculum Development
- Public Speaking
- Autocad
- University Teaching
- Community Outreach
- Student Development
- Strategic Planning
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Model Making
- Revit
- Urban Design
- Submittals
- Student Leadership
- Project Planning
- Leadership
- Program Management
- Sustainable Design
- Student Affairs
- Curriculum Design
- Sketchup
- Autocad Architecture
- Leed
- Teaching
- Design Research
- Rendering
- Historic Preservation
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