Former LARCP instructor and TU Dortmund doctoral candidate Bryce Lawrence invites you to participate in an on-line visual landscape assessment survey of German landscape types and biotopes. They are studying how people from different countries perceive German landscape types. Please access the survey here. As Bryce says, it's like taking a trip to Europe from your desk! You will be part of a network of respondents from across the world.
APDPro: Transitioning into Work and Understanding Employer Benefits will be held
Monday, Oct. 26, 5:30 pm at
APDWest Rm 111.
Learn more about the financial transition from college to work and get a better understanding of employer benefits as you start to think about job offers. It will be presented by Powercat Financial Counseling.
This event will fulfill a Financial Planning, Special Topic or Transition to Career requirement for APDPro.
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Cameron McCarthy, Entry-level to mid-level landscape designer and planner candidates, Eugene, OR, Information
Confluence, Internship for 4th year students, Contact ccline@thinkconfluence.com or tberkbuegler@thinkconfluence.com
DWG, Landscape Architecture Intern, Austin, TX,
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National Center on Accessibility, Two Visiting Research Associates,
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Opportunities at Design Workshop:
Design Workshop Summer Internship Program information is available
here
Information about employment at Design Workshop is available
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SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
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AICP Student Project Awards, Recognizes outstanding class projects or papers by a student or group of students in Planning Accreditation Board-accredited planning programs that contribute to advances in the field of planning, Information
APA's Outstanding PSO Award, This award program recognizes an APA Planning Student Organization for creative, successful activities, Information
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DOCTORAL AND FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
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| Virginia Commonwealth University, Doctoral Assistantships in Economic Development Analysis and Policy, Information |
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OUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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Katie Leise's, MLA '15, master's project was featured on the Landscape Architecture Foundation blog. Read it here.
Katelyn Rose, MLA 4th year student, is participating in a benchmarking trip to the Bay area, October 19 - 20. The trip kicks off a partnership between Steelcase, Scott Rice, and the College of Architecture, Planning & Design and will inform Scott Rice's offer to prototype classroom solutions in advance of making final decisions for the new building. The travel group includes student representatives from each department, Professors Jani and Hubbell, design team members, Scott Rice's office and Dean de Noble. They will visit Stanford's d_school, IDEO's San Francisco office, the Steelcase Work Life Center, One Workplace's Center for Active Learning, and significant education installations at UC Berkeley.
Associate Professor Jon Hunt is a visiting instructor and reviewer for Professor Virginia Green's graphic classes at Baylor University Oct. 19-23.
Professor and Department Head Stephanie Rolley is representing the department at APA Quad States in Kansas City, MO Oct. 21-23.
Professor John Keller is presenting Hogs in the Road: Rural Land Use, Right to Farm, and Autonomous Vehicle Revolution at
APA Quad States
in Kansas City, MO Oct. 21-23.
Associate Professor Huston Gibson is presenting Talking Green in Red States (Revisited) at
APA Quad States
in Kansas City, MO Oct. 21-23.
Assistant Professor Brent Chamberlain is presenting The Little Apple Meets a Big Pickle: addressing a major increase in public transit ridership at
APA Quad States
in Kansas City, MO Oct. 21-23.
Associate Professor Huston Gibson is presenting Talking Green in
Red States
(Revisited) at ACSP in Houston, TX Oct. 22-25.
Assistant Professor Kate Nesse is presenting The importance of quality of life in brewery location decisions at ACSP in Houston, TX Oct. 22-25.
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SCASLA will host Landscapades Saturday, Oct. 31. Join the Chapter for an exciting day of events, including a design charette of Manhattan Pocket Park, pumpkin carving content and dinner with live music at Aggie Station. Click here to view the event poster for more details.
When the Well Runs Dry
Film screening and commentary by the filmmaker and K- State faculty members, along with audience discussion will take place TODAY,
Oct. 22, 5:30 pm at the Beach Museum
UMB Theater. Click here for more information about the PSI hosted event.
The 12th annual Community Capitals Institute (CCFI) invites abstracts from those interested in presenting a paper, workshop or poster session. The institute will be held from Jan. 5-7, 2016, in Turrialba, Cartago Province, Costa Rica. Click here for more information.
The European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools (ECLAS) will hold its annual Conference Sept. 11-14, 2016 in Rapperswil, Switzerland, hosted by the HSR.
Click here to view the call for papers.
Fairy tales 2016: Blank Space launched third annual architecture storytelling competition. Participants can register for a special $35 Early Bird Discount until Thursday, Oct. 22.
Click here for more information.
Connect
local knowledge with international policy making at
the Urban Thinkers Campus in Omaha, NE on Nov.
16 & 17. Click here for more information.
The Journal of Architectural Education has put out a call for images for its new Design Framework, Discursive Images. The deadline for submission is Nov. 6. Click here for more information.
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UPCOMING PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEETINGS:
| APA Quad-States Meeting |
Oct. 21-23, 2015
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Kansas City, MO |
| ACSP Meeting |
Oct. 23-24, 2015 |
Houston, TX |
| ASLA Meeting |
Nov. 7-9, 2015 |
Chicago, IL |
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March 17-19, 2016
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Seattle, WA |
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Salt Lake City and Logan, Utah
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World Planning Schools Congress
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July 3-8, 2016
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Sept. 11-14, 2016
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Rapperswill, Switzerland
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EVENTS & DEADLINES
OCTOBER
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When the Well Runs Dry screening, UMB Theater, 5:30 pm,
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25-28 LAAB Site Visit
30 BOXhattan
31 Landscapades
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