MTSU Student Chapter ASID/IIDA Campus Center MTSU Presents Design Lecture Sponsored in partnership with Oaklands Mansion
The Middle Tennessee State University Human Sciences Department, in partnership with Oaklands Mansion, will continue their lecture series with featured 2017 guest, Lori Bell Interior Designer with EOA Architects. The presentation Wellness and well-being within your designs: your solutions of the impact of space on the mind, body and spirit. and is in conjunctions with the CBHS Wellness Fair at MTSU and sponsored by Signature Solutions/Olee Vue/Gwen Sandlin and MT Engage.
Join the Human Sciences Department and Student Chapter ASID/IIDA Campus Center MTSU as they
welcome Ms. Bell on Tuesday, September 26, 2017, with a reception at 5:00 p.m. and lecture to follow at
6:00 p.m. in Maney Hall at Oaklands Mansion in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This event is free and open
to the public.
The College of Behavioral and Health Sciences MT Engage Self-care and Well-being Fair will be earlier
on Tuesday, September 26, from 2:00-4:30 in the LRC on the campus of MTSU. This is an activity for
MT Engage Week that builds on the expertise and participation of all of the undergraduate departments
and programs within the College of Behavioral and Health Sciences. This activity is entitled PTC
(Professionals Taking Care). The PTC will be a self-care and well-being fair that allows students the
opportunity to enhance their knowledge and awareness of maintaining and becoming well-rounded
professionals. The fair will provide helpful tips for students to prevent burnout and compassion fatigue
often experienced by people in the helping professions. The fair will also emphasize healthy ways to
cope with competing priorities, sources of stress, and balance personal and professional responsibilities.
Lori Bell is a Senior Interior Designer at EOA Architects PLLC. She joined EOA Architects in 2006 and
has vast experience in a variety of project types (Corporate, Educational, Hospitality, Healthcare, Multi-
Family, Religious and Residential) and design styles. She enjoys every aspect of the design, but thrives
in the project programming phase, interior finish selection, custom millwork design, project & product research and sustainable design. Lori enjoys helping the client determine how to bring their functional needs to life, and giving insight to design that could help the client function more efficiently in their everyday work life.
By listening carefully to the branding image of the client, she is able to design the interiors of the space to reflect the personal style of her client. Through the understanding of color theory, she is able to evoke emotion thru the built environment that allows physical, emotional and spiritual healing. She also enjoys researching and incorporating into the project new products that are more sustainable to the environment. Lori graduated from the MTSU Human Sciences Interior Design Program in 1992.
