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Undergraduate Capstone Class Partnership with CFIT

Undergraduate Capstone Class Partnership with CFIT

The Center for Innovative Teaching (CFIT) Campus Development Project is an exciting partnership between Barrow Community Foundation, Barrow County schools, ArtsNow, and community leaders to create an innovative arts and science center that includes a playground and destination park in Winder, Georgia. This past summer, College of Environment and Design (CED) seniors in Professor Donnie Longenecker's capstone undergraduate landscape architecture studio (LAND 4900) partnered with the CFIT to develop concepts for playground and park designs.

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2025 CED Strategic Plan

2025 CED Strategic Plan

The College of Environment and Design 2020-2025 Strategic Plan was prepared by a committee of faculty, staff, students, and alumni after gathering ideas and input widely. As a professional school, we aim to strengthen instruction, research, and service through the integration of design with science- and evidence-based solutions, holistically addressing society's most urgent problems - especially in Georgia's most vulnerable communities. This is wholly represented in our Vision, Mission and Strategic Goals. We invite you to explore the details of our plan and see where it aligns with your relationship to the College.

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New Double Dawg Program for Anthropology and Historic Preservation

New Double Dawg Program for Anthropology and Historic Preservation

The Anthropology A.B./Historic Preservation M.H.P Double Dawg program prepares students to be leaders in the fields of historic preservation and cultural resource management, as well as providing a pathway into Ph.D. programs in the social sciences and humanities. The Master of Historic Preservation is the terminal degree in the field of historic preservation and would allow graduates access to employment options at local, state, and federal government levels, would prepare them to work in the non-profit cultural heritage sector, as well as to find employment in the construction, cultural heritage tourism, and design industries.

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Fernandez's BLA Studio Explores Emerging Technologies and Receives $25k Grant

CED Summer Online Studio Explores Emerging Technologies and Receives Epic Mega Grant for VR Integration

The College of Environment and Design's Senior Project and Graduate Capstone summer studio was held fully online, but that did not stop the students from experiencing their project site from afar. Dr. Fernandez's class used emerging technologies for site exploration and analysis of their Atlanta BeltLine urban plaza project located in Atlanta, Georgia. Aside from, but connected to the online summer, Epic Games has awarded the College of Environment and Design with a $25,000 Epic MegaGrant to integrate virtual reality and advanced visualization technologies into teaching and research efforts.

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