Dr. Greg Newmark is offering a transportation modeling class in August. The class is open to anyone with an interest in mapping, community planning and transportation decisions. Click here for more information.
There will be a Meadow Grooming Day this Monday, Aug 1 from 7:30-9:30 am.
Meet at the Beach Museum of Art archway.
Volunteers should wear cool but covering clothes, shade hat, sturdy shoes, bring a water bottle, and also bring garden shears (hand clipper) if they have them. Katie Kingery-Page will plan to do a short plant walk and discussion about the project right at 7:30 am.
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Meeks Design Group, Inc., Landscape Architecture Internship,
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OUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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Professor Tim Keane presented
Stream Channel Succession and Sediment Dynamics: Black Vermillion River, KS
and was a panelist for
Principles into Practice - How do we Integrate the Science and Practice of Stream Restoration? at the Rocky Mountain Stream Restoration conference in Breckenridge, CO, July 18-23.
LARCP presentations at the Community Development Society annual meeting in Bloomington, Minnesota, July 23-27 include:
Associate Professor and CD Director Huston Gibson
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Sustainable Community Charge from Oz to O
z.
MS CD student Amy Kelly:
Economic Diversification in Appalalchian Coal-Dependent Communities: A Case Study Using Participatory Action Research
, Major Professor Cornelia Flora.
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APA-Kansas Chapter Award nominations are due August 8. Information is
available here.
Van Alen Institute and AECOM have launched
Fair Share, a student competition inviting multidisciplinary teams from around the world to apply the tools and principles of the "sharing economy" to tackle pressing urban challenges.
Click here
for more details and share with students who may be interested.
The Transportation Research Board Committee on Landscape and Environmental Design (AFB40) is a group of Landscape Architects and other professionals working in the transportation sector. The Committee is concerned with design parameters that relate to protecting, conserving, restoring, and enhancing safe, sustainable, and livable transportation systems, facilities, and their associated environments. Click here for more information.
APA-Kansas members are invited to nominate a person, group, institution, or organization for one of the APA-Kansas Chapter Awards. Click here for more information.
APA has announced its call for proposals for the 2017 National Planning Conference held in New York City next May. Proposals are due August 25. Click here for more information.
The 2017 Garden and Landscape Studies Symposium at Dumbarton Oaks has announced its call for papers for "Landscapes of Pre-Industrial Cities". Click here for more information.
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UPCOMING PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEETINGS:
| ECLAS |
Sept. 11-14, 2016 |
Rapperswill, Switzerland |
| KS APA |
Oct. 5-7 |
Lawrence, KS |
| ASLA |
October 21-24, 2016 |
New Orleans, LA |
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October 27-30, 2016
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Canberra, Australia |
ACSP
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November 3-6, 2016
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Portland, OR
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AUGUST
4 ALiCE Training, 9 am, K-State Union - Big 12 Room,
Information
5 Portfolio Design ends
17 Sandwich Lunch with PB Students, all faculty
18 LA and RCP Orientation
21 LARCP Studio Check-in, 5-8 pm
22 LARCP Forum and Design Days Kick-Off, K-State Union Flint Hills Room, 2-4 pm
22 APDesign Forum, 4 pm (note change), College Photo and BBQ following
23 Design Days
SEPTEMBER
5 Labor Day
12 President General Meyers and Provost Mason visit APDesign
14 Gary Hiderbrand, LA Distinguished Lecture, Forum Hall, 4 pm
OCTOBER
5-7 KS APA Conference, Lawrence, KS
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