CED Team Continues Work With Landscape Architecture Foundation's Case Study Investigation Program
CED Team Continues Work With Landscape Architecture Foundation's Case Study Investigation Program
Associate Professor Ashley Steffens serves as ASLA Professional Awards Juror, elected CELA President
Associate Professor Ashley Steffens serves as ASLA Professional Awards Juror, elected CELA President
CED Graduates Recognized Among Bulldog 100
Three UGA Faculty Chosen as Case Study Investigation Program Participants for 2018 by the Landscape Architecture Foundation
Three UGA Faculty Chosen as Case Study Investigation Program Participants for 2018 by the Landscape Architecture Foundation
Sonia Hirt Named Dean of UGA College of Environment and Design
Athens, Ga. - Sonia Hirt, a seasoned administrator and one of the world's foremost scholars of land use and planning, has been named dean of the University of Georgia College of Environment and Design. Hirt is currently professor and dean of the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at the University of Maryland, College Park, and her appointment at UGA [...]
Farming the Highway
First year MLA student Matt Quirey and BLA program director Brad Davis are partners in a three-year project with the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), The Land Institute, and The Ray, an 18-mile section of highway dedicated to transforming the transportation infrastructure of the future and supported by the Ray C. Anderson Foundation. Davis and Quirey have installed and will [...]
Associate Professor Cari Goetcheus in Feature Piece by National Park Service
Check out this recent NPS feature article on Associate Professor Cari Goetcheus and her career in Cultural Landscapes. "Cari's professional experiences across the NPS and academia have made her uniquely qualified to teach cultural landscape preservation and to collaborate with students and educators from diverse backgrounds. Her work draws upon history, ecology, design, planning, and management. One of the most important [...]
Associate Professor Ashley Steffens Presents Design for Park Redevelopment
Associate Professor Ashley Steffens presented a design for the redevelopment of a public waterfront park in Brunswick, Ga. this summer. Steffens and her father, also a landscape architect, redesigned the park to include retail and dining space, a native garden, and a water play area equipped with water fountains. Click here to read more.
CED Alumnus Named to UGA Alumni Association's 40 Under 40 Class of 2017
CED Alumnus Matt Forshee (BLA '00) has been named a member of the UGA Alumni Association's 40 Under 40 Class of 2017. The program celebrates the personal, professional and philanthropic achievements of UGA graduates who are under the age of 40. Honorees must have attended UGA and aspire to uphold the Pillars of the Arch, in addition to other criteria. Matt, a Region [...]
Charrette Led By Center For Community Design & Preservation Featured In Columns
The Center for Community Design & Preservation (CCDP) is working with the City of Winterville, Georgia this semester. Recently the CCDP led a charrette in Winterville, with students in the service-learning Community Design Charrettes class leading discussions and work-sessions with local residents. Columns: The Online Newspaper for the University of Georgia Community, featured the charrette in this week's issue, describing the process and some initial findings, as well as including several student perspectives on the value that service-learning projects bring to their education in the CED, as well as to the communities that CCDP assists. "I'm blown away by how intensely they're working and how public this process is," [Winterville Mayor] Ferrelle said, "There are some things that I'm hoping they bring to us that we can put into place and adopt."