Beard + Riser adds four summer interns, including Oxford student
Oxford native Sara Magee joined Beard + Riser’s four-member summer intern class, linking Lafayette County classrooms to paid design work at a hometown firm.
Beard + Riser Architects has added four summer interns, giving its Oxford office fresh help for the season and putting an Oxford student inside a local pipeline that moves from classwork to real design projects.
The firm welcomed Macy McLean, Lauren Dulin, Sara Magee and Jaylin Tate. For Lafayette County, the most immediate local connection is Magee, who is from Oxford and is studying interior design with a minor in studio art at Mississippi Christian. She already has a strong record on the academic and competition side, including recognition as a winner of the Artopex Student Design Competition as well as placements on both the Dean’s List and President’s List.
The other interns bring a wider regional and national mix of experience. Dulin is an architecture student at Tulane and has already completed internships at major firms in Texas and Arkansas. McLean is studying architectural studies at Louisiana Tech and is pursuing a master’s degree in architecture. Tate is an architecture student at Yale and also plays offensive line for the Bulldogs.
Beard + Riser principal architect Dale Riser said bringing in students from different programs and places is energizing because it gives the firm fresh perspectives and technical expertise. He also stressed mentorship, saying that helping students learn the practice of architecture is part of how the firm operates. That matters in Oxford, where the long-term strength of the local design economy depends not just on recruiting talent, but on developing it.
The firm works from offices in Oxford and Greenwood and focuses on custom high-end residential and commercial design. Its stated priorities include sustainable design, historic preservation and community-centered solutions, all areas that tie directly to how Oxford and Lafayette County grow, renovate and build. An internship class like this is a small but revealing sign of how the local talent pipeline works: students train here, firms get needed help during the summer, and some of that experience can translate into future full-time hiring.
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