SPDC Lecture Series
The School of Planning, Design and Construction is hosting it's 2nd annual SPDC Lecture Series. The series represents all our programs with an aim of bringing eminent speakers and alumni from the built environment industry to share their insights and inspire our students.
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Past Events
2023
ID Lecture
Topic: Science in Design: The Convergence of Science and Design Through Neuroaesthetics
Speaker: Mike Peterson, President, Visionary Design Marketing
Date: March 28, 2023 4:30PM-5:50PM
CM Lecture
Topic: Industry Experience and Personal Reflection
Speaker: Mike VanGessel, Founder & CEO, Rockford Construction
Date: March 22, 2023 5:00PM-6:30PM
Photo Gallery: An Evening with Mike VanGessel
LA Lecture
Topic: Olmsted's 1865 Yosemite Report and a Personal Reflection
Speaker: Don Fox, 2023 Landscape Architecture Distinguished Alumni Award Winner
Date: February 2, 2023 1:30PM-3:00PM
2022
URP Lecture
Topic: Centering Critical Discourses in Gentrification, Displacement and Alternative Futures
Speakers: Ashley Hernandez, Jeffrey S. Lowe, Deyanira Nevárez Martínez, Erualdo Gonzáles Romero & Michelle E. Zuñiga
Date: December 1, 2022 5:00PM-6:15PM
SPDC Lecture
Topic: Natural Qi Energy - How it Impacts You from Feng Shui Perspectives
Speaker: Alexander Ho, Co-Author Feng Shui Stories Around the World
Date: April 7, 2022 10:30AM-12:00PM
ID Lecture
Topic: Improving Safety and Quality Through Evidence-Based Healthcare Design
Speaker: Anjali Joseph, Director for Health Facilities Design and Testing
Date: February 23, 2022 3:00-4:30PM
LA Alumni Lecture
Topic: Biomorphic Urbanism & The Future of Cities
Speaker: Peter Kindel, Director of Urban Design and Planning, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Date: February 3, 2022 5:30-7:00PM
2021
CM Alumni Lecture
Topic: Affordable Housing Opportunities with Mass Timber
Speaker: Jeff Spritos, Spritos Properties
Date: October 6, 2021, 5:00-6:30PM
LA Distinguished Speaker Series
Topic: The Detroit Waterfront: Charting a Just and Equitable Future
Date: October 14, 2021, 6:00-7:30PM
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Speaker: Elnora Austell, President, E. Austell Associates
Speaker: Nate Trevethan, ASLA, RLA, Principal, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates
Speaker: Mark Wallace, President & CEO, Detroit Riverfront Conservancy
LA Professional Lecture
Topic: Landscape, Health and Technology
Date: November 4, 2021, 5:00-6:30PM
Speaker: Dr. William Sullivan, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Speaker: Dr. Chun-Yen Chang, National Taiwan University
ID Lecture
Topic: Caring for Caregivers through Evidence-Based Design
Speaker: Lesa Lorusso, PhD, MBA, Allied AIA, ASID, RID, NCIDQ; Healthcare Director of Research and Innovation, Gresham Smith
Date: November 16, 2021, 4:00-5:30PM
2020
CM Alumni Lecture
Topic: Building a COVID-19 Alternate Care Facility
Speaker: Jack Brierton, Engineer, Clark Construction Group - Chicago, LLC.
Date: September 10, 2020
LA Distinguished Speaker Series
Topic: Social Equity in a Post-COVID-19 World: A Designer's Perspective
Date: October 22, 2020
Speaker: Alma Du Solier, Landscape Architect, and Studio Director, Hood Design Studio
Speaker: Billy Fleming, Wilks Family Director, The McHarg Center, UPenn Weitzman School of DesignID Guest Lecture
Speaker: Kona Gray, FASLA, PLA, Principal at EDSA.
ID Guest Lecture
Topic: Inclusive Design and Diversity
Speaker: Linda Nussbaumer, PhD, NCIDQ, IDEC, Professor Emerita, South Dakota State University; Adjunct Professor, Radford University
Date: November 5, 2020
URP Guest Lecture
Topic: Why Latino Vendor Markets Matter: Selected Case Studies of California and Texas
Speaker: Edna Ledesma, Assistant Professor, Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture, University of Wisconsin Madison
Date: January 27, 2021
LA Distinguished Alumni Lecture
Topic: Embracing Spaces / Changing Places
Speaker: Robert ‘Bob’ Ford, FASLA, Founding Chair, MSU Landscape Architecture Alumni & Advisory Board; Founder and Partner, Landscape Architects & Planners, Inc.
Date: February 4, 2021
LA Alumni Lecture
Topic: Challenges and Opportunities in Post-Pandemic Public Space Design and Planning
Speaker: Ernest C. Wong, PLA, FASLA, APA, Founding Principal and President, Site Design Group, LTD.
Date: March 4, 2021
URP Guest Lecture
Topic: Racial Disparities, Urban Form and Transportation Expenditures
Speaker: Prentiss Dantzler, Assistant Professor, Urban Studies Institute, Georgia State University
Date: April 8, 2021
CM Distinguished Guest Lecture
Topic: Lessons Learned from a Lifetime Creating the Built Environment
Speaker: Joel Altman, Chairman and Co-CEO of The Altman Companies
Date: April 14, 2021
2019
LA Distinguished Speaker Series
Topic: Plant Passion, Roberto Burle Marx and Raymond Jungles
Speaker: Raymond Jungles, FASLA, Founder, Raymond Jungles, Inc. (RJI)
Date: September 19, 2019
SPDC Industry Seminar Series
Topic: Accelerating Company Strategy with a Dynamic Built Environment
Speaker: John Beeder, retired President and CEO, American Greetings
Date: October 16, 2019
SPDC Industry Seminar Series
Topic: Building Consensus through Collaboration in Difficult Settings and Diverse Communities
Speaker: Stacie Smith, associate managing director and a senior mediator at the Consensus Building Institute
Date: October 24, 2019
ID Guest Lecture
Topic: Multiple Facets of a Life in Design
Speaker: Valerie Wright, principle and senior interior designer at Diekema Hamann Architecture & Engineering
Date: November 7, 2019
LA Distinguished Alumni Lecture
Topic: Collaborations: You're Not All That!
Speaker: Debra Guenther, partner of Mithun
Date: February 6, 2020
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