School of Planning, Design and Construction

LA News

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  Onwenu receives 2025 CANR Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Alumni Award

  Published on February 10, 2025
  Stephanie Onwenu (’18, ’19, School of Planning, Design and Construction) will receive the 2025 CANR Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Alumni Award during the annual ANR Awards on Friday, March 7.

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  MSU names Jun-Hyun Kim new director for the School of Planning, Design and Construction

  Published on May 8, 2024
  Kim will replace René Hinojosa, Ph.D., an SPDC professor emeritus in urban and regional planning who has served as interim school director

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  LA Student Wins National Landscape Architecture Scholarship

  Published on April 18, 2024
  LA Student Ava Yon: 1 of 5 winners of the 2024 ASLA Council of Fellows Scholarship

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  Landscape Architecture Student Receives National Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Scholarship

  Published on March 21, 2024
  Ava Yon, 3rd year Landscape Architecture student, has been selected as a recipient of the 2024 Michigan Chapter ASLA Foundation Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Scholarship.

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  Honor Society of Landscape Architecture Announces 2023-2025 Executive Committee

  Published on February 29, 2024
  Sigma Lambda Alpha, the Honor Society of Landscape Architecture, Announces 2023-2025 Executive Committee: Including Landscape Architecture Faculty Member, Wonmin Sohn.

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  Partnership Between SPDC and MDNR Receives National Recognition

  Published on October 19, 2023
  The School of Planning, Design and Construction’s on-going partnership with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources received the National Association of State Park Directors’ 2023 President’s Award.

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  SPDC professor receives CANR Excellence in Teaching – Established Teacher Award

  Published on April 14, 2023
  Jun-Hyun Kim, Ph.D., to receive 2023 CANR Excellence in Teaching – Established Teacher Award.

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  MSU Tops the List of Landscape Architecture Rankings

  Published on February 27, 2023
  A study recently published in Landscape Journal named MSU #1 in scholarly productivity and impact for landscape architecture faculty.

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  Landscape Architecture Student Andreea Bodea Recieves $2K Grant from CANR Undergraduate Research Program

  Published on June 7, 2022
  Andreea Bodea, a Landscape Architecture student at the MSU School of Planning, Design and Construction, has received a $2,000 grant from the MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Undergraduate Research Program Fund.

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  Naomi Bailey Shines for SPDC, Winning 3 Separate Awards

  Published on May 12, 2022
  Naomi has been the recipient of three different awards over recent months.

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  MSU's Team gets Honorable Mention in EPA Campus RainWorks Challenge

  Published on May 11, 2022
  Michigan State’s team in the 2021 EPA Campus RainWorks Challenge has received an honorable mention award in the Master Plan Category.

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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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  LA Events during the AY 2020-2021

  Published on October 12, 2021
  A summary of LA events written by Josh Seyfried and Deb Guenther, board members of Landscape Architecture.

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  Landscape Architecture Education and Experiences at MSU

  Published on October 11, 2021
  Jiajun Ni, BLA class of 2020, Landscape Architecture, School of Planning, Design, and Construction, shares his experiences at Michigan State University.

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  2020-2021 LA Program Update by Jun-Hyun Kim, Ph.D., LA Program Director

  Published on October 10, 2021
  Landscape Architecture Program Director reports department challenges and accomplishments during 2020-2021 academic year.

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  Pandemic Era Opens Opportunities?

  Published on October 10, 2021
  Ted Cook, BLA and MED Dual Degree student, School of Planning, Design, and Construction, Michigan State University, shares his experiences.

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  Building resilience to compound hazard risks

  Published on October 8, 2021
  Dr. Won Min Sohn, Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture, School of Planning, Design, and Construction, Michigan State University, talks about the effects of climate disasters.

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  Fatemeh Saeidi-Rizi joins the School of Planning, Design and Construction as an Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture

  Published on October 7, 2021
  Dr. Saeidi-Rizi is an expert on landscape and health, environment and cognitive behavior, environmental psychology and green infrastructure.

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  Letter from Cheryl Zuellig, LAAAB President

  Published on October 6, 2021
  Greetings MSU Landscape Architecture Alumni

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  Landscape architecture student looks to make a difference through environmental design

  Published on September 23, 2021
  Undergraduate Anhad Viswanath is inspired by creating outdoor settings that enable people to engage with their natural surroundings.