On October 23rd the American Society of Landscape Architects honored Dean Dan Nadenicek as a Fellow at the annual conference, held this year in New Orleans. This is the organization’s highest honor, and reflects a life-time achievement of excellence by the inductees. For more information, please click here.
Archive for 2016
CED Professor Appointed by Barack Obama to Cultural Property Advisory Committee
This past fall, University of Georgia College of Environment and Design professor James Reap was appointed by President Barack Obama as a new member of the Department of State’s Cultural Property Advisory Committee. Reap is one of 15 new appointees selected to aid the White House in key administrative posts. The Cultural Property Advisory Committee, which was established in 1983, […]
MHP Graduate Coordinator James Reap Attends Conference in Estonia
MHP Graduate Coordinator James Reap recently went to Tallinn, Estonia to participate an International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) conference. The conference’s theme was Historical Perspective of Heritage Legislation: Balance Between Laws and Values and commemorated the 350th Anniversary of the 1666 Act by King Charles XI of Sweden which was one of the earliest heritage protection acts in Europe. The conference […]
MHP Students attend National Trust Conference in Houston
Many MHP students spent the week before Thanksgiving break in Houston at the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Past Forward Conference. The conference, as the name implies, was not only focused on the preservation of the past but also on the future of preservation. Many talks revolved around the question of “What does the next 50 years of Preservation look […]
MEPD Program Earns Accolades and Accreditation from Planning Accreditation Board
The Master of Environmental Planning and Design program at the UGA College of Environment and Design was recently accredited by the Planning Accreditation Board (PAB), a national organization responsible for professional educational protocols at universities across the country. Jack Crowley, current director of the program, says this effort has been in the works for several years at UGA. “In 2002 […]
MHP Graduate Coordinator James Reap Participates in International Conference in China
MHP Professor and Graduate Coordinator James Reap recently participated in and spoke at the 5th International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) – Wuhan Crossover Forum in Wuhan, China. The forum, whose theme was Time & Space: Cultural Heritage in Urban Renewal, was organized by the Huazhong University of Science & Technology and the Wuhan Research Society on Shared Built Heritage and […]
MEPD Students on Winning Team of Emory University Sustainability Case Competition
On November 12th Catie Sauer and Christopher Wisener (current CED MEPD students) were part of the first place team, along with three Emory students (Christian Wayne, Pari Majd, and Shreya Kothari), in Emory University’s Sustainability Case Competition for addressing Georgia’s water crisis. The team will share a $2000 prize and be eligible for paid internships with the city of Atlanta’s […]
MLA Students at ASLA National Meeting and Expo
In October the University of Georgia MLAs traveled to New Orleans for the annual ASLA Meeting and Expo. Here is a selection of the student’s favorite pictures from the event.
Thomas Rainer, CED Alumnus, Publishes Award-Winning Book
Thomas Rainer, CED alumnus and ASLA member, recently co-authored the book Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes with Claudia West. Mr. Rainer is a principal […]
CED Faculty and Students Working with NASA Develop and The Nature Conservancy
Professor Rosanna Rivero’s students are getting valuable real-world experience through the NASA DEVELOP program at UGA. Check out this great article covering their work with the Nature Conservancy in Atlanta. http://thrivingearthexchange.org/tex-stories/nature-conservancy-nasa-develop-see-atlantas-urban-forests-trees/ Read more about the NASA DEVELOP program here: https://develop.larc.nasa.gov/about.php
CED Alumnus, Seth McWhorter Helps Create UGA Capital Campaign Graphics
When the University of Georgia Capital Campaign kicks into full swing this month, some of the content used to promote the campaign can trace its roots to the College of Environment and Design. Seth McWhorter, who graduated from the CED with a bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture in 2011, has been helping UGA create graphics to promote its fundraising initiatives. […]
Yoldez Halleb is CED’s First Fulbright Scholar
Yoldez Halleb is CED’s first Fulbright Scholar By Thomas Mills Sousse is one of the oldest cities in Tunisia. Pronounced “Sousa,” the city was founded by the Phoenicians in the 11th century BCE and later became a Roman colony in the second century. In addition to its great beaches and olive groves, the city is also host to an authentic […]
MHP Students Visits Milledgeville
On Sunday October 23, several MHP students traveled to Milledgeville, GA to tour and volunteer. The event, organized by the Student Preservation Organization, began with a tour of Andalusia, the home of author Flannery O’Connor in the 1930s-1950s. Student Ross Sheppard led the tour and explained the role of Andalusia in Flannery O’Connor’s novels. He also spoke about the building itself […]
CED Professor Scott Nesbit Tackles Historical Issues of Race on the UGA Campus
Associate Professor Scott Nesbit discusses the work students are doing in his Public History and Technology classes, and the presentation he and teaching assistant/MHP student Audrey Thomas gave to the Athens Historical Society last week, in this article from the Athens Banner-Herald. You can also access the article here. For more about Professor Nesbit’s work in the digital humanities, click […]
Woodland Park on the Beltline
This September the University of Georgia’s second year MLA class had the opportunity to design a small pocket park on the Atlanta Beltline. This 600 sq. ft. space is located in the Reynoldstown neighborhood on the eastside of Atlanta and contains one of the few patches of relatively mature tree canopy left along the proposed Beltline. We spent the first […]
CED’s Korean Connection
The CED welcomes Professor Jin-Wook Kwon as a visiting scholar from Korea for the academic year, 2016-2017. He is here, specifically, to study the evolution of the curriculum of the CED’s landscape architecture program and explore the agents of its change since the 1970s. His research will entail reviewing our courses of study, interviewing current and retired faculty, and observing […]
CED Rated Among the Top Ten Landscape Architecture Programs in the US
Once again the College of Environment and Design has been ranked among the top ten schools of landscape architecture in the U.S. by DesignIntelligence Quarterly. The ratings, which were just announced, place the CED BLA program at fifth and the MLA program at ninth in the nation. The ratings are determined by surveys of professionals in the field. Each year […]
SHPO Volunteers at State Park
The Student Historic Preservation Organization (SHPO) volunteered on Saturday, September 24th at the Watson Mill Bridge State Park in Comer, GA. Members canoed to pick up trash and washed picnic tables as part of a clean up day sponsored by Friends of Watson Mill Bridge State Park. In addition to volunteering, SHPO members were able to explore many of the park’s […]
Chloe Weigle is the CED’s First Member of the UGA Arch Society
Fifth-year University of Georgia College of Environment and Design student Chloe Weigle is a busy person these days. Besides her class work, preparing for graduation in May, and looking for opportunities when she leaves UGA, Weigle has the proud distinction of being the only CED student in history to be a member of the prestigious UGA Arch Society. “I just […]
Attentive CED Student’s Notification Leads to Cleanup of Chemical Spill in Lilly Branch
On the afternoon of Saturday, Sept. 3, University of Georgia College of Environment and Design graduate student Kiley Aguar noticed something strange on campus. Aguar, along with friend and masters of fine arts student Zachary Harris, were exploring the Lilly Branch watershed for the UGA Watershed competition, one of the four watershed outfall locations on the UGA campus meant […]
Claris Ingersoll, Owens Library Librarian
It is with sadness that we report the passing on Friday, September 16, of Claris Ingersoll, who made an important contribution to the development of the College of Environment and Design. Claris presided for more than 30 years over our “Reading Room” and in that capacity befriended a great number of students. With a degree in Journalism from UGA, she […]
