Mark Smith

Kalamazoo, Michigan Area United States

Graduate Architect/CADD Technician at Wightman & Associates, Inc.

In 2008, after 30 years in retail lumber and 11 years in design build, I have decided to change careers to focus on architect. I enrolled in Andrews University, Berrien Springs Michigan and received a Masters in Architecture degree (summa cum laude) in only 4-1/2 years and earned the AIA’s Henry Adams certificate of merit for being the second-highest ranking student in my graduating class. Our urban design studio class received the 2012 CNU Charter Award, Grand Prize, in the academic division for outstanding urban design. Since graduation I have earned my LEED Green Associate certificate and am working for ADL Architects in Berrien Springs, which specializes in hotels and church projects...