School of Planning, Design and Construction

News

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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.

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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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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.”

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  NCI and MSU Extension host placemaking and charrette mash-up training series in Michigan

  Published on November 7, 2018
  NCI and MSU Extension partnered together to offer a training series throughout Michigan that aims to create more successful communities through NCI's placemaking process.