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04.10.14

Landscape Architecture and Regional & Community Planning
Student Connection 04.10.14

ANNOUNCEMENTS

APDesign Fellow Ray Willis
, MRCP '71, will speak in Seaton 106c next Thursday, April 17, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm. Please plan to attend.

A big thank you to Huston Gibson, Casey Gorrell, Larry Lawhon, Lee Skabelund, Jessica Weber and all of the SCASLA and SPA members for their fantastic leadership during Open House! They did a great job of showing the best of LARCP.

SPA and SCASLA are setting up a booth for EcoFest at the upcoming two-day event, April 25, 10:30 am - 4 pm and April 26, 1 pm - 6 pm. This is an opportunity to spread the word on low impact development, storm water management/conservation, and to see what efforts other environmentally-minded student groups on campus have been involved inClick here to sign-up.

A preliminary meeting will be held Thursday, April 17, 7:30-8:30 pm in Seaton Hall 106c to gauge interest in a 3-credit study abroad focused on Kyoto, Japan (with some time in Osaka & Tokyo), proposed for May 14-30, 2015.

During the stay in Japan, students will have experiences in the cities of Osaka and Tokyo (two of the world’s largest metropolitan areas) and immersive time in Kyoto (the cultural capital of Japan). Attendees will visit several Japanese temples and gardens, and learn about Japanese art, architecture, garden design, urban planning/design & urban agriculture. The group will travel via train through some of Japan’s agricultural countryside, and take walking and/or bike tours of parts of Kyoto. Please contact Lee Skabelund if you have any questions.

OUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

K-State landscape architecture was featured in the Sunday edition of two newspapers on April 6:
- Assistant Professor Jessica Canfield's entry in the International Garden Festival was the focus of a 
full page article in The Manhattan Mercury.
- LAR 442 students with Professors Belanger and Nawre are in the
St. Joseph News-Press. They are also interviewed in a news storyon Fox 26 KNPN

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

BNIM Architects, Summer landscape architecture intern,Information 
 
RDG Planning & Design, Summer  Internship, Interested students can send portfolios and questions to Dolores Silkworth at dsilkworth@rdgusa.com. 

The Advance Planning Group, Intern Planning and Landscape Design Position, Austin, TX, Information

The Advance Planning Group, Intern Planning and Landscape Design Position, San Antonio, TX, Information

Great Rivers Greenway District, Summer Intern to conduct the district's annual Trail Count project, St. Louis, Information

Acorn Landscapes, Part-time Summer Internship, Information

HDR, Summer Landscape Architecture Internship, Omaha, NE Interested students can contact Brad Swerczeck at brad.swerczek@hdrinc.com or 402-399-1102.

PMK Design Group, Inc, Entry level landscape architect, Full-time or part-time availability, Denver, CO, Information

Planning Design Studio, Entry level landscape architect, Full-time, St. Louis, MO, Interested students can contact Andrew Franke at andrewfranke@planningdesignstudio.com. 

City of Olathe, Temporary landscape architecture internship,Information 

GLMV Architecture, Landscape Architecture Intern, Information

OF INTEREST

A trial service beginning immediately and throughout the summer will allow Weigel Library patrons to request to have interlibrary loans delivered to Weigel. Click here for more information.

PhD candidate Philip Omunga will be defending his dissertation on Friday, May 16 at 10 am in 106c. 

The International Making Cities Livable is hosting their 51st conference on Making Cities Healthier for All in Portland, OR, June 8-12. A limited number of Student Scholarships for Ph.D. students, and Volunteer Positions for Graduate students are available. Click here for more information.

The APA-KS Chapter is hosting a logo contest for its upcoming Annual Planning Conference scheduled for Oct 2-3 in Wichita, KS.Click here for more information on how to participate.

The PGASLA Awards Gala will be held Friday, April 25 at the Kansas City Center for Architecture & Design from 6-10 pm. Click here to register.

Kerb Journal is having a call for submissions for its 22nd edition which will explore the thematic of 'Remoteness'. Kerb is seeking submissions documenting design projects and processes in the form of research, essays, sketches and diagrams, collage, prose, photography, film and  digital animation, grassroots projects, folk and contemporary art and everything in between. Click here for more information.

DEADLINES AND EVENTS

If you have events or presentations you would like to advertise in the Student Connection, please email information to cdboman@ksu.edu by Wednesday of each week.
 
EVENTS


Fri Apr 11 "Restoring Pollinator Communities and Services in Intensively Managed Agricultural Landscapes", 1:30 pm, 103 Cardwell

Thurs  Apr 17 APDesign 2014 Fellow Ray Willis, MRCP '71, will speak in Seaton Hall 106c, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Thurs Apr 17 Preliminary meeting for study abroad in Japan, Seaton Hall 106c, 7:30-8:30 pm

Fri Apr 25 PGASLA Awards Gala, Center for Architecture & Design, KCMO 6-10 pm, Click here to register

Wed-Thurs Sept 17-18 Built Environment and the Outdoors Summit, Information

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