Landscape Architecture and Regional & Community Planning
Monday Memo 03.08.15 

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Thank you all who participated in the KS APA Symposium! It was a wonderful way to showcase the sustainable efforts led and being worked on by LARCP faculty, students and alumni throughout Manhattan. Nice work, Huston!

And, thank you to all for your attention to our faculty candidates during their interviews last week. Your time was an important investment in our future and your sustained enthusiasm for the process during a long week is very appreciated!
OUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Associate Professor Katie Kingery-Page assisted in securing a $10,000 gift from Fred, BLA '60, and Judy Henley to support the Meadow at the Beach Art Museum. The Henley's will be on campus this week and Fred will present on his career as a landscape architect in the public sector, Friday, March 13, 10 am, S105. The presentation is open to all, 


 

Assistant Professor Alpa Nawre published an article ' Troubled Waters: Talaab System in India' in Issue 43 of the Journal of Landscape Architecture, India. More information is available here. 
OF INTEREST
PGASLA Awards Entries are due March 23. Entry information is available here
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Final deadline to submit abstracts for oral and poster presentations at SER's 6th World Conference on Ecological Restoration extended until Friday, March 20. 

The APDesign membership to EDRA offers a reduced individual membership rate of $125 to our faculty (a $50 discount). You may use this as your one membership covered by the Dean or, if you have already used that benefit, use your RSCA funds to pay for the membership. Please contact Jody for information about securing this special rate.
UPCOMING PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEETINGS:
 
CELA Mar 24-28, 2015 Manhattan, KS
GP IDEA Conference Mar 30-31, 2015 Omaha, NE
CECD Symposium Apr 7, 2015 Manhattan, KS
APA Apr 18-22, 2015 Seattle, WA
ASLA Central States Apr 22-24, 2015 Oklahoma City, OK
PGASLA Awards Gala May 8, 2015 Kansas City, MO
APA Quad-States Meeting Oct 21-23, 2015 Kansas City, MO
ACSP Meeting Oct 23-24, 2015 Houston, TX
ASLA Meeting Nov 7-9, 2015 Chicago, IL

EVENTS & DEADLINES

MARCH

 

9-13 Master's Report Substantial Completion Reviews,

 

9 Design Expo, Alumni Center, 10-3 pm

 

9 Design Expo, Same day interviews, 3-7 pm

 

10 Design Expo, Next day Interviews

 

11-13 Field Trips 2nd Year NB MLA, Boston, MA MLA/MRCP Portland,  OR

 

12 In-gallery programming featuring artists from K-State

 

13 Fred Henley, BLA '60, Presentation, 10am, Seaton 105


 

23 Michael Bender and Meghann Day, IAPD Lecture, Hale Library Hemisphere Room, 4 pm


 

23 PGASLA Awards Entries Due, entry information

 

24 K-State Spotlight, Katie Kingery-Page, Why We Need the Landscape Idea in Public Schools, Forum Hall, 7-10 pm

 

24-28 CELA 2015, K-State


 APRIL

 

3 LARCP Colloquium, Andrea Hansen 

 

8 Katie Kingery-Page speaking at the Cultural Studies Interdisciplinary Research Group, Hale Library - Hemisphere Room, 5:30 pm
 

11 K-State APDesign Open House, 9 am - 3 pm

 

13, 15, 17 Master's Report Final Defense Presentations

 

15-17 Alumni Fellow, John Norris visiting
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