Holiday Treats for Students takes place tomorrow, Tuesday, December 8, 12:30 - 1:30 pm at APDWest!
Please encourage students in your classes to come by for the treats you are providing and soup. This event means the most when you are there to share it with the students!
If you are using paper TEVALs this semester,
please schedule your evaluation time with Jody.
Candidates for the Center for Engagement and Community Development Project Coordinator position (replacing Myles Alexander) will make presentations in the Alumni Center Lecture Room, 3rd floor, this Friday, Dec. 11.
Stephanie is serving on the search committee and welcomes your feedback on the candidates:
10-11 a.m. Donna Schenck-Hamlin
1-2 p.m. Lee Ann Smith Desper
Please complete the
online K-State Engagement Benchmarking Tool (EBT) for your engaged work during the past calendar year. Participation in the EBT replaces our department report on engagement and supports your annual evaluation, freeing up committee time and providing a larger audience for our work. The survey takes approximately 15 minutes. Our department will obtain a copy of LARCP reporting. You may preview the survey here before completing it at:
Or copy and paste the URL below into your internet browser:
https://kstate.qualtrics.com/SE?Q_DL=6E8hY1b3luIPpMV_bq0oXIk1O6yyWSp_MLRP_6hUYEWVUX770fEF&Q_CHL=email
Please send Richard Thompson your syllabus and project descriptions for projects using the shop next semester as soon as possible. Richard wants to coordinate efforts now to ensure that all goes smoothly for you and your students.
Multidisciplinary student teams, including community development, have identiļ¬ed several site options for a Center in Manhattan and an outpost in Junction City that would augment existing services on campus. In the spirit of the project, they invite are holding a public presentation on Monday, Dec. 14 from 7-8:30 pm at Fire Department Headquarters, Lecture Hall 2000 Denison Avenue (north of K-State campus). Click here for more details.
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OUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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| Associate Professor Blake Belanger will be visiting the University of Arkansas and serving as a guest critic for Dr. Carl Smith's urban design studio on Dec. 8. The studio investigated urban development strategies for an ecologically and culturally sensitive tract of agricultural land that the local planning authority has identified for development. Belanger will join architects and developers on the review panel, charged with providing feedback on design studio outcomes. |
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.
The 46th Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society will be held in
Chicago, June 9-11, 2016. For more information, contact Ulrich Mueller, email UMUELLER@UVIC.CA.
The North Central Regional Center for Rural Development (
NCRCRD
) at Michigan State University announced a competition for seed grants aimed at enhancing the ability of Land Grant institutions to positively influence the quality of life in rural areas of the twelve-state North Central region of the United States. Click here for more information.
The CLASS Fund Annual Research Award supports a research project related to landscape architecture, horticulture, or landscape.
The Call for Proposals is issued annually and is due Jan. 15. Click here for more information.
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UPCOMING PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEETINGS:
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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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PGASLA Awards
Public lecture Friday evening,
Walking tour and awards lunch on Saturday
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April 23-24, 2015 |
Manhattan, KS |
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
DECEMBER
8 Holiday Treats for Students, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, APDWest
10 LARCP Faculty Meeting, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, APDWest,
agenda, lunch provided
11 Last Day of Classes
16 APDesign Holiday Party
22 Fall 2015 term grades for due in KSOL and/or Canvas by 4 pm and in KSIS by 5 pm
JANUARY
14 and 15 LARCP Faculty Meetings, beginning at 1:00 pm, Seaton 306
19 First day of classes
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