School of Planning, Design and Construction

News

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  2018 Landscape Architecture Scholarship Fundraiser Golf Outing

  Published on January 29, 2019
  This year’s outing raised $1,700 for student scholarships. The participants witnessed the passing of an era, with Paul Nieratko announcing this was his last year organizing the golf outing on behalf of the Landscape Architecture Alumni and Advisory Board.

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  2018 landscape architecture study abroad

  Published on January 29, 2019
  Before our study abroad travels, we worked on learning about construction practices, planning and sketching. We also prepared for our departure.

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  2019 School of Planning, Design and Construction director’s message for LandTEXTURE

  Published on January 29, 2019
  It is with great honor that I write this message as director of the School of Planning, Design and Construction. Moving to Michigan State University was one of the most important decisions in my personal and professional life.

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  The urgency of equity in the face of climate change

  Published on January 29, 2019
  My experience this past year working with the Resilient by Design challenge in the San Francisco Bay area is sure to affect the work I do for the rest of my career.

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  2018 Landscape Architecture program update

  Published on January 29, 2019
  My second program update as program director of the Landscape Architecture program at Michigan State University is full of our proud success.

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  Three courses in one

  Published on January 29, 2019
  We essentially had a planning class, a construction detail class, and a sketching class; all three tied together beautifully. However, the most rewarding class was our LA 345 class that utilized the principles of all three courses in one.

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  2019 MSU Landscape Architecture Alumni and Advisory Board president’s message for LandTEXTURE

  Published on January 29, 2019
  It has been a great term for me [Scott Reinholt] as the president of the Landscape Architecture Alumni and Advisory Board, and it is with mixed emotions that I hand over the gavel.

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  A 21st century call to action

  Published on January 29, 2019
  Distinguished speaker, Barbara Deutsch, was a highlight of the Landscape Architecture program’s 120-year anniversary celebration last fall presenting “The New Landscape Architecture Declaration; a 21st Century Call to Action!”

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  Who are the actual landscape research universities?

  Published on January 29, 2019
  When the perception by respondents and other measurable metrics concord in agreement, often there is a strong case to be made for the reliability and accuracy of rankings concerning companies, organizations, or institutions.

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  SPDC PhD student Leah Mo earns ESPP’s Summer Fellowship to support her urban environmental data analytics research

  Published on January 17, 2019
  Construction Management PhD student Leah Mo, in the MSU School of Planning, Design and Construction, was selected for the 2017 Environmental Science & Policy Research Summer Fellowship.

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  Panel of construction industry leaders to speak at Feb. 13 SPDC Industry Seminar Series

  Published on January 11, 2019
  The SPDC is hosting the 13th Industry Seminar Series Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019, at the MSU Innovation Center in East Lansing. This event will feature a panel of speakers who will address the topic of residential development and construction.

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  Landscape Architecture senior receives $2K grant from the CANR Undergraduate Research Program to support research on erosion

  Published on January 8, 2019
  Amanda Wakefield, a senior majoring in Landscape Architecture at the MSU School of Planning, Design and Construction, received a $2,000 grant from the MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Undergraduate Research Program fund.

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  NCI Year in Review

  Published on January 8, 2019
  2018 Year in Review for the National Charrette Institute.

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  SPDC 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.