GHOSThattan with the Student Planning Association was a big success with Woodrow Wilson 4th graders.  

Landscape Architecture and Regional & Community Planning
Monday Memo 11.05.15

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Come to a work day in the Meadow Saturday, Nov. 7, from 10-1 p.m. and help  remove excess vegetation so the plants have room to grow this spring.

Submit your graduate research to the K-State Graduate Research, Arts, and Discovery (GRAD) Forum. Abstracts are due Dec. 18, 11:59 CST. More information is available here.

The LARCP  Department is now on Instagram! Follow and tag us in posts at @KStateLARCP and use #LARCP.
SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
The Southwest Park and Recreation Training Institute is offering undergraduate and graduate scholarships. Applications can be found here for undergrad and here for graduate. Must be submitted by Nov. 23.

The University of Illinois at Chicago is offering PhD Urban Planning and Policy Departmental Scholar Awards. Click here for more information. Must be submitted by Dec. 1.

MESA is offering a Design and Discovery Award to provide students with the opportunity to explore a personal interest in a location most appropriate for that topic. Click here for more information. Must be submitted by Nov. 30.

The Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) is pleased to announce our scholarships for the 2015-2016 academic year, with $58,500 in awards available through 9 different scholarships and fellowships. Click here for more information.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Callison RTKL, Landscape Intern, Information -  Ken Howell, MLA '86, is an Associate Vice President at Callison. Feel free to contact him at Ken.Howell@callisonrtkl.comif you have questions and please let him know if you submit an application.

Pacheco Koch, 
Landscape Architecture Intern, Information

Raymond Jungles, Inc., Spring/Summer Interns, Information

Thomas Balsley Associates, Spring 2016 Interns,

The City of Houston Planning & Development, Planner Positions, Information

Studio Outside, Summer Intern, Information

NSPJ, Landscape Architecture Intern or Recent Graduate, Direct resumes and portfolios to Clint Evans at cevans@nspjarch.com
OUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
GHOSThattan (BOXhattan's scary cousin) was hosted by the Student Planning Association (SPA) on Friday, Oct. 30 for the 4th Grade class at Woodrow Wilson Elementary. 

Assistant Professor Huston Gibson and Dr. Elaine Johannes, School of Family Studies and Human Services, will present on the topic of rewarding community-engaged scholarship in departmental governance in the Brown Bag Engagement Seminar Series sponsored by the Center for Engagement and Community Development and the Staley School of Leadership Studies. The seminar will take place November 6, 2015 from 9-10 am in the Leadership Studies Building, room 247.

LA Faculty attending the national ASLA meeting in Chicago, November 5-9, are Brent Chamberlain, Stephanie Rolley and Chip Winslow. Stephanie Rolley also will attend the Landscape Architecture Foundation Board Meeting and report to the ASLA Board of Trustees on behalf of the Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board. 

Katie Leise, MLA '15, will be honored as the KSU Olmsted Scholar at the Landscape Architecture Foundation Gala, November 5.
OF INTEREST
Green Action Fund proposals are due November 20. Proposal requirements and information about the fund are available here

ASLA Central States 2016 is calling for papers. The submission deadline is Nov. 20. Click here for more information.

The 53rd IMCL Conference on Caring for Our Common Home: Sustainable, Just Cities & Settlements, to take place in Rome, Italy, June 13-17, 2016. Click here for call for papers and here for the design awards competition.
UPCOMING PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEETINGS:

ASLA Meeting Nov. 7-9, 2015 Chicago, IL
March 17-19, 2016
Seattle, WA
March 23-26, 2015
Salt Lake City and Logan, Utah
PGASLA Awards 
Public lecture Friday evening
Walking tour and awards lunch on Saturday
April 23-24, 2015 Manhattan, KS
World Planning Schools Congress
July 3-8, 2016
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sept. 11-14, 2016
Rapperswill, Switzerland

EVENTS & DEADLINES
  

NOVEMBER

7-9 ASLA

12 Jim Richards, Drawing Workshop, 4 pm, Hale Hemisphere Library

12-13 Jim Richards, Studio Visits

14 Jim Richards, Drawing Workshop

23-27 Fall Break

DECEMBER

3-4 Alumni Honorees

7 Holiday Treats for Students

11 Last Day of Classes
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