Emerging Professionals are members and potential members who are within ten years of developing their career in educational facility planning. Emerging Professionals include:
- Recent graduates
- Newly licensed architects, interior designers, engineers
- Alternative career path professionals
- Contractors
- Industry partners
Through social, educational, and community events this program provides additional value to our emerging professional members and brings them together to build relationships as the young leaders and future leaders of the organization and industry.
Emerging Professionals Event
April 11, 2024
5:00 – 6:00 PM
Blazier Intermediate School
8801 Vertex Blvd
Austin, TX 78747
Construction Site Tour
Join us for a construction site tour of the Blazier Intermediate School second floor finish out of a shelled learning neighborhood space, led by an emerging professional from the design team. EP Tours are an opportunity for EPs to learn from each other and present their work. After the tour there will be a networking happy hour.
PPE is required, including close toed shoes. Please bring your own PPE, if you have it. Limited supplies will be available on-site.
Free to attend. Please RSVP for accurate headcount.
Event Sponsor: $250
RSVP
Sponsor:
Past Events
Emerging Professionals Event
February 7, 2024
5:30 – 6:30 PM
McCoy Rockford Showroom
211 E Riverside Dr
Austin, TX 78704
Licensure + Certification Round Table
Is licensure one of your New Year’s resolutions or goals for 2024? Come join the Central TX EPs for a casual, come and go round table to learn about the licensure process for architects, interior designers, and engineers. We’ll share lessons learned, tips and tricks, and guidelines for getting started!
As a bonus, tour the Showroom with Steelcase Education Leaders!
Free to attend. Please RSVP for accurate headcount.
Event Sponsor: $250
Registration closes on February 6 at 5:00 PM central.
Emerging Professionals Event
Thursday, November 30, 2023
7:30 – 9:30 AM come and go
Coffee Morning
Cherrywood Coffeehouse
1400 E. 38th 1/2 St.
Austin, TX 78722
Start your day of right with a freshly brewed coffee and great company. Who's an EFP? If you're within 10 years of entering the industry – whatever your role may be – you are an EP, and we'd love to see you at our event!
Free to attend! Please RSVP for accurate headcount.
Chapter Golf Event
Thursday, August 3, 2023
5:30 – 7:30 PM
Rok Golf Social + Workshop
Rok Golf, 4040 S Lamar Blvd, Suite D, Austin, TX 78704
We know that Texas heat is raging, but it's never too early to get some practice in ahead of those fall and winter golf tournaments! The Emerging Professionals Committee would like to invite the whole Central Texas Chapter to join us at Rok Golf to beat the heat and practice your swing in their golf simulation bays. We’ve even got some trainers to help you improve your game and really impress folks come fall. Bring your own clubs or borrow theirs – join us and take this opportunity to learn a new skill or level up your existing skills!
Members: FREE |
Non-Members: $10
Event Sponsors
Thank you all of these amazing sponsors for supporting this event!
Emerging Professionals Event
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
4:00 – 6:00 PM
Magellean International School EP Building Tour
7501 N. Capital of Texas Highway, Austin, TX 78731
Join us for a guided tour of the new home for the Magellean International School, led by an emerging professional from the design team.
This event is intended to create opportunities for emerging professionals to learn from each other and present their work. After the tour will be a networking happy hour.
Free to attend, please RSVP.
This facility is now an active construction site and all attendees are required to bring appropriate PPE for the tour which includes pants, closed toed shoes, and hardhats.
You will also be required to sign a waiver at the beginning of the tour.
Event Sponsor
RESCHEDULED
Emerging Professionals Event
February 8, 2023
9:00 – 10:00 AM
Coffee + Conversations
Better Half Coffee & Cocktails
406 Walsh St, Austin, TX 78703
Come join your fellow Emerging Professionals for a casual, morning meet-up. Come and go whenever you'd like! We will be in the heated tent on the patio.
Emerging Professionals Event
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
4:30 – 7:30 PM
Ping Pong Social
Smash ATX,
213 W. 5th Street, Austin, TX 78701
Join the Central Texas EP Committee for a fun networking social at Smash ATX! This is a “Bring An EP” event, so all career levels are welcome but we encourage everyone to bring an emerging professional with them.
Members: $5 | Non-Members: $10
Deadline to register: September 5, 2022
Emerging Professionals Event
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
8:00 AM
Coffee + Conversations
Monkey Nest Coffee
5353 Burnet Rd.
Come join your fellow emerging professionals for a casual, morning meetup. Come and go whenever you'd like! We will be in the private room at the back of the coffee shop.
Members: Free | Non-Members: $5
Emerging Professionals Event
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
4:30 – 6:30 PM
Board & Committee Leadership
Daltile Showroom
2424 S. Lamar Blvd., Austin, TX 78704
Light bites and beverages will be provided
Please join us for Part 2of our Leadership Series on June 22, 2022.
Board Members and Committee Chairs of the Central Texas A4LE Chapter will share about their roles within our organization. You’ll get to hear about who they collaborate with and what to expect. Let’s get to prepped and ready to get involved and volunteer next year!
Members: Free | Non-Members: $5
Construction Site Tour
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
4:00 – 5:00 PM
Hornsby-Dunlap Elementary School
13901 FM 969
Austin, TX 78724
Join us for a construction site tour of Hornsby-Dunlap ES, led by an emerging professional from the design team. EP Tours are an opportunity for EPs to learn from each other and present their work. After the tour there will be a networking happy hour.
Members: FREE | Non-Members: $5
Sponsor:
Pitch & Putt Networking Event
April 27, 2022
4:00 – 6:00 PM
Butler Park Pitch & Putt
201 Lee Barton Drive
This is a "Bring your EP" event!
Raffle tickets will be provided to every Emerging
Professional in attendance AND to anyone who brings
an EP with them. More EPs = More chances to win!
Snacks & refreshments will be provided.
Members: FREE | Non-Members: $5
Emerging Professionals Breakfast
April 20, 2022
7:00 AM
Taco Joint
Preston Center
6112 Luther Lane
Dallas, TX 75225
Emerging Professionals Event
March 15, 2022
4:00 – 5:00 PM
Eastside Early College High School
900 Thompson Street, Austin, TX 78702
“By EPs for EPs” Building Tour
Join us for a guided tour of Eastside ECHS, led by an emerging professional from
the design team. This event is intended to create opportunities for EPs to learn from
each other and present their work. After the tour will be a networking happy hour
Members: FREE | Non-Members: $5
Emerging Professionals Event
February 23, 2022
4:30 – 6:30 PM
Daltile Showroom
2424 S. Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78704
Organizational Leadership 101
Please join us for part one of three of our “Leadership Series”.
Jim Brady, Sita Lakshminarayan, Angela Whitaker-Williams and Courtney Lange will each share their roadmap to leadership and board positions with A4LE. They will also describe what these positions entail and how it supplements career growth.
Q & A session to follow.
Speakers:
Jim Brady
PK-14 School Facilities Planner,
Architect & Community Advocate
A4LE Past Region & International
Board (CEFPI)
Sita Lakshminarayan
Vice President, BLGY Architecture
A4LE Region Past President
Angela Whitaker-Williams
Principal, Perkins+Will
A4LE Region President-Elect
Courtney Lange
Associate II, PBK Architects
A4LE Region EP Committee
Member
Light bites and happy hour beverages will be provided.
Members: FREE | Non-Members: $5
Emerging Professionals Event
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
3:30 – 4:30 PM
Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center Fortlandia Tour
4801 La Crosse Ave, Austin, TX 78739
To kick this new year off, join the Central Texas EPs on a special guided tour of this year’s Fortlandia exhibit at the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center! We’ll have the opportunity to hear about these imaginative play structures from an outdoor learning expert, and EPs will have the opportunity to dive deep into what makes outdoor learning and play spaces engaging and successful.
Free to attend, please RSVP.