School of Planning, Design and Construction

News

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  2019 Message from the Director: SPDC celebrates 15th anniversary

  Published on December 13, 2019
  The School of Planning, Design and Construction, a young school established in 2004, celebrates its 15th anniversary in 2019.

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  MSU receives $1.2M NSF grant to study intelligent social network interventions

  Published on December 13, 2019
  A MSU trans-disciplinary team receives NSF grant to develop a research model of intelligent social network interventions.

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  A Year of New: Part 1

  Published on December 10, 2019
  Take a look back at the training activities in 2019 from the National Charrette Institute.

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  New MSU STEM building to help fight climate change by storing carbon

  Published on December 4, 2019
  Cross-laminated timber (CLT) -- which consists of large structural planks glued together to form beams and columns -- used in MSU’s STEM facility will store carbon that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere.

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  MSU Construction Management program expands engagement with student organizations

  Published on November 20, 2019
  Announcing the addition of two construction management-related student organizations: The Sigma Lambda Chi (SLC) International Construction Honor Society and the Professional Women Builders (PWB) Student Organization.

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  John Beeder engaged audience with “Less me More we” motto at October SPDC Industry Seminar Series

  Published on November 19, 2019
  The MSU School of Planning, Design, and Construction held its 14th Industry Seminar Series on Oct. 16, 2019, in East Lansing. The featured speaker, John Beeder, was the former president and CEO of American Greetings.

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  NCI to Launch New Training Curriculum in 2020

  Published on November 18, 2019
  The MSU National Charrette Institute is set to debut their new training curriculum in 2020, which will combine the Core and Advanced courses into one, plus add new content.

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  MSU students sweep popular vote awards at the Home Builders Association Student Design Challenge

  Published on November 14, 2019
  Interior design student teams from MSU’s School of Planning, Design and Construction received first, second and third place awards in the popular vote category at the Home Builders Association (HBA) Student Design Challenge.

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  MSU’s Landscape Architecture program ranked ninth in the US

  Published on October 18, 2019
  MSU Landscape Architecture (LA) program ranked ninth in the U.S. by DesignIntelligence in 2019 School Rankings Survey of most admired landscape architecture undergraduate schools.

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  NCI offers special for online NCI Charrette System certificate training

  Published on October 8, 2019
  If you are looking for a way to stay current during this time period, then NCI has an answer. We are offering a year-end special for our online-based NCI Charrette System certificate training.

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  Inspired Furniture Project: Side Project Work Circle

  Published on October 5, 2019
  Inspired Furniture Project: Side Project Work Circle by Breanna Mcentee

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  City of Fort St. John uses charrette process to confirm direction for 100 Street corridor design

  Published on September 24, 2019
  The City of Fort St. John in British Columbia, Canada, like many communities, has struggled with downtown revitalization. In 2015, the City Council adopted the Fort St. John Downtown Action Plan, an ambitious plan to revitalize it’s downtown.

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  Consensus Building Institute’s Stacie Smith to speak at SPDC Industry Seminar Series in October

  Published on September 18, 2019
  Smith, associate managing director and a senior mediator at the Consensus Building Institute will present on “Building Consensus through Collaboration in Difficult Settings and Diverse Communities.”

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  Former American Greetings’ President and CEO John Beeder to speak at SPDC Industry Seminar Series in October

  Published on August 23, 2019
  Featured speaker John Beeder, retired president and CEO of American Greetings will present on “Accelerating Company Strategy with a Dynamic Built Environment.”

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  MSU professor elected fellow of American Society of Landscape Architects

  Published on August 16, 2019
  Professor Ming-Han Li, director of SPDC, has been elected to the American Society of Landscape Architects’ (ASLA) Council of Fellows. This is a milestone achievement for landscape architecture professionals.