School of Planning, Design and Construction

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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.

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  SPDC welcomes Assistant Professor Wonmin Sohn to the Landscape Architecture program

  Published on August 16, 2019
  Assistant Professor Wonmin Sohn will teach courses on landscape architecture construction, low impact design and landscape performance.

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  SPDC welcomes Specialist – Teaching Laura Winter to the Interior Design program

  Published on August 16, 2019
  Laura Winter will continue teaching for the Interior Design program in her new role as a full-time specialist - teaching.

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  SPDC welcomes Teaching Specialist Barbara Andersen to the Urban & Regional Planning program

  Published on August 16, 2019
  Teaching Specialist Barbara Andersen will teach urban and regional planning courses, and some landscape architecture design studios.

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  Using the NCI charrette process to build trust

  Published on August 15, 2019
  NCI was awarded an opportunity to work with the National Recreation and Parks Association to develop curriculum for parks and recreation professionals that ties in elements of diversity, equity and inclusion, in part through building trust.

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  MSU Interior Design’s Kristy Kellom wins Best Student Design Poster Award at EDRA50

  Published on June 26, 2019
  Kristy Kellom, graduate student in environmental design won the first place for the Environmental Design and Research Association (EDRA) Student Design Poster Award at the EDRA50 conference in Brooklyn, NY, May 22-25, 2019.

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  SPDC students received first-place at MSU’s 21st University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum

  Published on June 24, 2019
  Three students from SPDC received first-place awards in April at MSU’s 21st University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum.

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  MSU received $247K U.S. Forest Service grant to develop tool for cross-laminated timber in commercial building construction

  Published on June 20, 2019
  The MSU Construction Management program was selected by the U.S. Forest Service to develop a construction time and cost estimating tool for use of CLT in commercial building construction.

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  National Charrette Institute discussed collaboration strategies at CNU 27.Louisville Conference

  Published on June 18, 2019
  The Congress for New Urbanism hosted their annual conference, CNU 27.Louisville, June 12-15, 2019, in Kentucky.

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  CANR names new leader of international programs

  Published on May 20, 2019
  Karim Maredia has been named a senior global scholar and the director of agriculture and natural resources international programs in the MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

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  Student commencement speech shared life lessons for graduates

  Published on May 16, 2019
  Environmental design graduate student Stephanie Onwenu spoke to 2019 CANR students at commencement about being fearless, open to change and present.

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  MSU Urban & Regional Planning’s Peilei Fan receives Cross-disciplinary Faculty Research Award from the College of Social Science

  Published on May 2, 2019
  Peilei Fan, associate professor of urban & regional planning, was selected to receive the Cross-disciplinary Faculty Research Award from the MSU College of Social Science. She was recognized for the award on Wednesday, April 24 in the MSU Union Ballroom.