Ink sketch of K-State's Jardine pergolaby Site Design 1 student, Caroline Finck (course professors Kingery-Page and Hahn).

Landscape Architecture and Regional & Community Planning

MONDAY MEMO 11.25.14

ANNOUNCEMENTS

If you are using paper TEVALs this semester, please schedule your evaluation time with Jody this week. Note: all faculty members listed on a course must have an individual TEVAL conducted.

The APDesign Holiday Party will be held on Thursday, December 18 at Aggie Central Station from 7-9 pm. Please RSVP by December 15 to Brianna at bsprague@ksu.edu with your name and the names of guests.

OUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Associate Professor Lorn Clement and Ryadi Adityavarman (IAPD) received an Academic Excellence award to fund three workshops that will complement a new freehand drawing course.

Assistant Professor Hyung Jin Kim presented a research poster "Walking to School and the Social Environment" at the American Public Health 142nd Annual Meeting and Exposition, New Orleans, LA on November 18, 2014. Kim was the primary author, co-authors include Chanam Lee, PhD, MLA (Texas A&M Landscape Architecture), Marcia Ory, PhD, MPH (Texas A&M Health Science) and Deanna Hoelscher, PhD RD LD CNS (University of Texas School of Public Health).

OF INTEREST

Reminder, early bird registration for CELA 2015 closes on Monday, Dec 1. Click here to register online.

WANTED: specific issues of Texas Architect to add to the Weigel Library is looking for specific issues of Texas Architect. Click here to read more.

Future forecasting: landscape architects might save the world: Lorn Clement has shared an article of interest that you can read here.

Dumbarton Oaks is offering fellowships for historians and designers pursuing advanced research in urban landscape topics, both historic and contemporary. Click here for more information.

Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation (AHLP) Education Committee has released a call for papers and posters for the AHLP's 37th Annual Meeting, which will occur in Savannah, Georgia, March 18-21, 2015. Click here for more information on the call and here for student scholarship information.

Intersession and Evening College proposals for courses offered through August are due to Global Campus on Dec. 12, 2014. Please send your proposal to Stephanie by Friday, December 5, for approval if you are interested in offering an Intersession or Evening College course. The proposal form is available here.

Upcoming session dates are:
May 2015 intersession: May 18 to June 5, 2015
August 2015 intersession: August 3 to 21, 2015
Evening College summer semester: June through August 2015 (8-week session)
Evening College fall semester: Aug. 24 to Oct. 13, 2015 (8-week session)
Evening College fall semester: Aug. 24 to Dec. 10, 2015 (16-week session)
Evening College fall semester: Oct. 14 to Dec. 10, 2015 (8-week session)