STEM Buildings on Campus

The Senior Edit: Unique Science & Engineering Photoshoot Locations

Everyone does the blue door, Littlefield Fountain, the gates at Gearing...but not everyone's going to do the places that are unique to the college you're a part of. If you have time during your photoshoot, it's always fun to throw in one of these places -- there's no 30 minutes lines to get a photo here! Communication majors have the white skybridge and business majors have McCombs, so I thought I'd share some of the lesser known locations for Engineering and CNS majors.

Nicole studied Petroleum Engineering so we started off in front of this sculpture by CPE. There are lots of different angles to shoot it at, but we chose this one so you could get the nice greenery in the background. She also showed me the oil well heads displayed next to the building that make a great hidden spot for all the petroleum majors out there.

The Canoes // Natural Sciences

A monument of great contention -- are the canoes cool or are they not cool??? But NHB has a clean, modern facade, and no matter your feelings about the canoes, maybe it's a place you'll want to remember if you spent a lot of time in the labs in this building during your undergraduate career. Anyway, Kristine was rocking the maxi dress and I couldn't just walk by NHB without getting some cute photos of her spinning in front of it.

EERC // Engineering

The EERC may be a Cockrell's student favorite addition to the engineering part of campus. This brand new building has a modern exterior and a bright, clean interior filled with natural light (so many windows!) and a bridge and staircases (spiral or regular) that you can work with. Take a page out of Charlie's book and strut down the bridge with your best catwalk and smize.

Welch // Natural Sciences

Alright, time to spill one of my UT senior photo secrets. A lesser known entrance to Welch is at the side across from Painter (seated right next to the fence that has blocked off part of the building for construction for the past two years). This is the blue door of my daily life, it's served me well as the entryway to almost all of the chemistry labs I've taken here. I knew in the springtime, the red flowers on the trees would bloom. While shooting with Ashley, I thought of how the flowers perfectly matched her red dress and we were able to go and create this photo.

EJC // Engineering

And finally, I got some photos of Klarissa in front of ECJ. I had no idea what this building was until my senior year when I had a final in the basement of it fall semester, and I spent forever wandering around trying to figure out where it was. Turns out, the giant words "Civil, Architectural, and Environmental" above the entrance to the building are deceptive. This is not a building nicknamed the CAE. But this was a good place to get Klarissa in her full graduation regalia and snap some photos in front of the building she took most of her classes to earn that degree.

Hopefully this helped you see that the STEM buildings can be pretty aesthetic places to take your senior photos!