School of Planning, Design and Construction

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  CANR honors Lee and Nubani as 2023 Global Scholars in Education

  Published on April 14, 2023
  CANR to honor Euihark Lee, Ph.D., and Linda Nubani, Ph.D., as 2023 CANR Global Scholars in Education.

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  Interior design alum provides leadership gift for Give Green Day

  Published on March 16, 2023
  Michigan State University (MSU) alumna Valerie Wright, ’89 interior design, together with two additional alumnae gave a collective $10,000 in leadership gifts to double the impact for students on Give Green Day.

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  Welcome Dr. Jisun Lee

  Published on September 2, 2022
  Welcome to Dr. Jisun Lee, who joins us as an assistant professor of interior design!

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  SPDC professor receives CANR Excellence in Teaching – New Teacher Award

  Published on April 6, 2022
  Linda Nubani, Ph.D., to receive 2022 CANR Excellence in Teaching - New Teacher Award.

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  CANR alumni provide matching gift opportunity for Give Green Day

  Published on March 22, 2022
  Valerie Wright, '89, and Andrew Schweitzer, '00, alumni from the School of Planning, Design and Construction, provided an additional gift for exceeding the CANR goal on Give Green Day.

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  New endowment to educate students studying the built environment in the practice of feng shui and other cultures

  Published on October 21, 2021
  Alexander and Pauline Ho have established a new endowment for students enrolled in the School of Planning, Design and Construction (SPDC) to learn about the built environment in other cultures including the classical feng shui philosophy.

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  The MSU School of Planning, Design and Construction is hosting the next Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) certificate program December 14-16, 2021 via Zoom.

  Published on October 20, 2021
  This program is coordinated by Linda Nubani, assistant professor of interior design.

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  Dr. Linda Nubani receives Chief of Police Award of Excellence from the Lansing Police Department

  Published on August 10, 2021
  SPDC’s Linda Nubani is recognized for increasing the collaboration between police and community.

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  Interior design senior student capstone showcase in immersive virtual reality platform

  Published on July 15, 2021
  SPDC’s Linda Nubani designed and hosted the first-ever virtual reality platform for her interior design senior student capstone presentations, a pandemic-inspired innovation that reached an international audience.

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  MSU to offer CPTED certificate training – June 2-4, 2021

  Published on May 13, 2021
  The MSU Complete Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) Certificate Training is a three-day course that focuses on understanding the relationship between the physical environment and criminal opportunities.

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  College of Agriculture and Natural Resources extends special recognitions for diversity, equity and inclusion

  Published on May 5, 2021
  Faculty and staff receive honors for their outstanding efforts supporting the CANR community.

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  MSU assistant professor hosts class inside an immersive 3D VR environment

  Published on April 23, 2021
  Linda Nubani, assistant professor of interior design, held a lecture inside an immersive VR environment with her IDES 892: Research Fundamentals in Environment Design students. Virtual Reality was one of the research tactics taught in her course.

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  MSU to launch virtual reality application supporting diversity, equity and inclusion

  Published on March 31, 2021
  This new A Mile in My Shoes application will enable people to interact with real-world scenarios of racism, microaggressions and biases to help increase awareness and empathy for others.

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  CANR Alumni Association president-elect provides Give Green Day matching gift

  Published on March 29, 2021
  CANR Alumni Association president-elect Valerie Wright contributed a $5,000 match for CANR’s 2021 Give Green Day.

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  MSU students take 2nd place at the 2021 National Association of Home Builders Student Competition

  Published on March 18, 2021
  In February, the two-time defending national champion MSU Residential Construction Management Competition team took second place at the National Association of Home Builders 2021 Student Competition, which was held virtually this year.

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  MSU to offer CPTED certificate training – Feb. 15-17, 2021

  Published on January 15, 2021
  The MSU Complete Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) Certificate Training is a three-day course that focuses on understanding the relationship between the physical environment and criminal opportunities.

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  How the pandemic has made SPDC stronger

  Published on December 11, 2020
  SPDC Director Ming-Han Li shares in his annual school update message, "This has been a year that no one could have anticipated or prepared for! The world has been facing unprecedented, tumultuous challenges from the novel coronavirus pandemic since March."

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  SPDC announces virtual Lecture Series for 2020-2021

  Published on September 4, 2020
  We are pleased to announce our 2nd annual SPDC Lecture Series for 2020-2021. These events will take place virtually due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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  SPDC welcomes new Academic Advisor Hannah Brodhead

  Published on August 17, 2020
  Hannah Brodhead is the new academic advisor for Interior Design and Landscape Architecture students.

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  SPDC Opposes SEVP’s Modifications

  Published on July 10, 2020
  On behalf of the School of Planning, Design and Construction, we strongly oppose the Student and Exchange Visitor Program’s (SEVP) modifications to temporary exemptions for nonimmigrant students taking online courses during the fall 2020 semester.