[384] Tucker to Speak Wednesday at Oaklands for MTSU

Release date: March 28, 2011

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Tucker to Speak Wednesday at Oaklands for MTSU
Interior Design Student Chapter’s 2011 Lecture Series

(MURFREESBORO) — The MTSU Student Chapter of the American Society of Interior Design and International Interior Design Association’s 2011 Lecture Series will feature guest speaker Lisa Tucker for a reception and talk at Oaklands Historic House Museum.
Tucker, a member of ASID, the American Institute of Architects, other organizations and a Virginia Tech faculty member, will present the lecture at 6:30 p.m. following the reception starting at 5 p.m. at Oaklands, 900 N. Maney Ave.
The event is free and open to the public.
Tucker is a Virginia-certified interior designer and licensed architect with more than 20 years of design practice experience. She has been teaching interior design for a number of years and is full-time faculty for Virginia Tech’s program, which is accredited from the Council for Interior Design Accreditation.
The guest speaker earned her bachelor’s in architecture and master’s in architectural history from the University of Virginia, and doctorate from the University of Missouri in Columbia. Her work focuses on the relationship between historic preservation and sustainability, she said.

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In Brief

Noted interior design and architectural expert and Virginia Tech faculty member Lisa Tucker will speak at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Oaklands Historic House Museum as part of the MTSU Student Chapter of the American Society of Interior Design and International Interior Design Association’s 2011 Lecture Series. The event is free and open to the public. Oaklands is located at 900 N. Maney Ave. A 5 p.m. reception kicks off the event.


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