IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:
The Canvas sites with information that is important to your preparations for next fall (LARCP iNSTRUCTIONS and APDesign Technology Preparation and Setup) are now available. If you have not received an invitation to these sites, please let us know immediately. Jody,
jodyf@ksu.edu, can provide access to the iNSTRUCTIONS site and Lisa Last,
llast@ksu.edu, can provide access to the Tech Prep and Setup site. If you are an incoming student, it is essential that you review the information and purchase your computer now.
Jody Fronce has been promoted to LARCP Project Coordinator. Congratulations and thanks to Jody for all she does to support the work of LARCP faculty and students!
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OUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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Assistant Professor Brent Chamberlain presented
Using Landscape Visualization to Inform Streetscape Design co-authored with Jessica Canfield and Rebecca Liu at the DLA 2016 Istanbul Conference on June 3.
Click here
to view the extended conference program.
Emma Rearick, MRCP student, received a 2016 Dwight David Eisenhower Graduate Fellowship. The $31,900 fellowship provides tuition, a stipend and travel support for the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. Emma's application was supported by her Major Professor, Assistant Professor Greg Newmark.
Associate Professor Jon Hunt has published a book, Poetics of the Konza Prairie, documenting the work he created as a Mary K. Jarvis Scholar of Distinction. You may review the department copy in the office and the book will be cataloged in Weigel Library.
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McLean County Regional Planning Commission,
Entry level planner,
Information
The Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation, 52 week internship in cultural landscape preservation,
Information
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The Beach Museum of Art is sponsoring
a unique art-science conversation on the prairie on July 15, 2016! K-State rangeland researcher Carol Blocksome received a grant from the Office of the Provost to put together a day of exploration for artists and scientists. The program will be held at the Konza Prairie barn, and keynote speaker Matthew Coolidge from the Culver City-based Center for Land Use Interpretation
(
clui.org)
will share his experiences in the fertile zone between innovative science and engaged art practice.
More information is available here.
The Kansas APA has announced its call for sessions, presentations, and planning commissioner training proposals for the 2016 Kansas Planning Conference, which will be Oct 5-7 at the Oread Hotel in Lawrence, KS. All proposals must be receive by June 30, 2016 at midnight, and all proposals must be submitted online. Click here for details.
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.
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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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JULY
15 Summer Studio ends
18 Start of Portfolio Design
AUGUST
4 ALiCE Training, 9 am, K-State Union - Big 12 Room,
Information
5 Portfolio Design ends
OCTOBER
5-7 KS APA Conference, Lawrence, KS
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