News
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Director's message 2019
Published on December 14, 2018
It is a great honor to write this year-end message as I complete my first year of administration at Michigan State University’s School of Planning, Design and Construction. This year has been full of change and transformation for both SPDC and MSU.
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Michigan’s Twin Cities Sustainable Harbor project guided by NCI Charrette Ready Workshop
Published on December 10, 2018
The Twin Cities Harbor conservancy invited Michigan Sea Grant and others to assist the communities with next steps. Partners developed a process based on NCI's Charrette System.
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SPDC’s Landscape Architecture Program has officially launched a mentorship program for students
Published on December 4, 2018
With support from the Landscape Architecture Alumni and Advisory Board, the MSU School of Planning, Design, and Construction’s Landscape Architecture Program has officially launched a new mentorship program for students.
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SPDC construction management students travel to Barton Malow to gain experience in Building Information Modeling
Published on December 4, 2018
On Oct. 31, students in the SPDC’s CM Program and in the College of Engineering’s Civil Engineering Program had the opportunity to visit the Virtual Design and Construction Center at Barton Malow where students gained firsthand experience in BIM.
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Professional Women in Building provides Michigan State University construction management students with mentors, awards scholarships
Published on December 4, 2018
On Oct. 24, the SPDC's Construction Management Program hosted the Greater Lansing Area National Association of Home Builders PWB Council’s monthly meeting. This event served as MSU’s Professional Women Builders Student Organization kick-off.
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MSU Environmental Design PhD student receives Emerging Scholar Award from the International Conference on the Constructed Environment
Published on November 29, 2018
Juntae Jake Son, a PhD student studying Environmental Design in the MSU School of Planning Design and Construction, received an Emerging Scholar Award from the International Conference on the Constructed Environment.
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MSU Urban & Regional Planning student receives 2018 Michigan Association of Planning Memorial Scholarship
Published on November 26, 2018
Najma Muhammad, a junior majoring in Urban & Regional Planning at the MSU School of Planning Design and Construction, received a 2018 Michigan Association of Planning Memorial Scholarship.
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MSU School of Planning, Design and Construction hosts memorial for interior design professor April Allen
Published on November 21, 2018
The MSU School of Planning, Design and Construction is hosting a memorial event for Professor April Allen.
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SPDC interior design students win second place in the 2018 Design Challenge Competition
Published on November 20, 2018
On Sept. 26, 2018, an MSU ID student group earned second place in the 2018 Design Challenge Competition presented by the Home Builders Associate of Southeastern Michigan’s Professional Women in Building Council and Habitat for Humanity of Oakland County.
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Construction Management’s Dong Zhao receives 2018 American Society of Civil Engineers ExCEEd Faculty Fellowship
Published on November 20, 2018
Dong Zhao, PhD, assistant professor of construction management in the MSU SPDC, was recently selected as a 2018 American Society of Civil Engineers ExCEEd Faculty Fellow and was invited to participate in the ExCEEd Teaching Workshop in June.
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MSU Construction Management graduate student earns $2,500 Irvin Yackness Foundation Fellowship to attend program in Washington, DC
Published on November 15, 2018
Shay Chakraborty, a CM graduate student in SPDC earned a $2,500 fellowship from the Irvin Yackness Foundation, which enabled her to travel and attend an urban development executive program related to her master’s research at George Washington University.
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Beloved interior design professor April Allen dies
Published on November 14, 2018
April D. Allen, assistant professor of interior design in the School of Planning, Design and Construction, passed away from a stroke on Sunday.
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Register Today: NCI offers year-end special for online NCI Charrette System certificate training
Published on November 13, 2018
The National Charrette Institute is offering a year-end special for their online-based NCI Charrette System certificate training. Register today!
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MSU School of Planning, Design and Construction participated in the Design & Build Day at Impression 5 Science Museum
Published on November 12, 2018
On Oct. 13, the SPDC participated in the Design & Build Day at Impression 5 Science Museum. This was the second year that HBA of Greater Lansing and Impression 5 organized this event, and this year, SPDC was one of the 11 participating facilitators.
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MSU receives $417K NSF grant to study impacts of social network interventions on engineering project outcomes
Published on November 12, 2018
In August, the MSU Construction Management Program in the SPDC was selected by the National Science Foundation to conduct research on “Understanding Impacts of Social Network Interventions on Engineering Project Outcomes.”
