Benjamin Lowder Named CSS Director

Read the SIUE News Feature on Benjamin Lowder’s appointment to the newly created CSS Director position

CSS Director Benjamin Lowder

CSS Director Benjamin Lowder

CSS Director Lowder Helps Spread Buckminster Fuller’s Message to the World

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the completion of the Fuller Dome Center for Spirituality and Sustainability (CSS) on the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, by renowned sustainability pioneer R. Buckminster Fuller and his architectural partner Shoji Sadao. The CSS’s new director, Ben Lowder, plans to use the observance as a way to further advance CSS’s mission and Fuller’s vision. 

“This occasion provides an opportunity to place the Center and its organizational mission onto a global stage through its importance to Bucky’s legacy,” said Lowder. “Increased awareness will amplify fundraising opportunities that will allow us to address the physical needs of the building, while maintaining the metaphysical aspects of our mission.” … click here to read the rest on the SIUE News site