SHAPING THE ENVIRONMENTAL AGENDA

Message from the dean

I'm thrilled to be back after a year working with the World Bank to co-author its World Development Report 2010, which focused on development and climate change. I want to extend a special thanks to Dave Allan, who served so ably as acting dean in my absence. I hope you take time to review the current issue of Stewards (see above) and to plan a return visit to campus—either for Homecoming this weekend or the Landscape Architecture 100th Anniversary (Oct. 9-10). The school is definitely in high gear, as evidenced by five faculty searches under way, two of which resulted from our faculty's efforts to propose positions via the President's Interdisciplinary Junior Faculty Initiative. I'm looking forward to a rewarding year!

Rosina M. Bierbaum, professor and dean

SNRE headlines

• Student Catherine Benson receives NOAA's Foster Scholarship
• World Bank releases World Development Report 2010, co-authored by SNRE Dean Bierbaum
• Erb Institute challenges incoming class to think differently about sustainability, business
• SNRE's Jude discusses 'amazing change' in Great Lakes

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Landscape Architecture celebrates 100 years of excellence

The Landscape Architecture program is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, beginning with a weekend of exhibits, panel discussions and programs Oct. 9-10. The program's tradition of excellence and many accomplished alumni are two of its greatest strengths.

LA 100th Web site • Register now! • Alumni portfolio exhibit

Annual Fund: Help today's students build a better tomorrow

With your valuable partnership, the School of Natural Resources and Environment will continue to serve as the benchmark against which other programs are measured, a place generating innovative research and where leading organizations turn for the next generation of environmental leadership. Join in stewarding our most valuable resource—our students—toward a more sustainable future. Please make a gift to SNRE today.

SNRE alumni events

• Sept. 25-26: Class of 1959 and Emeritus Homecoming Weekend
• Sept. 25: SNRE Alumni Lecture by Nicholas Barth (M.S. '62)
• Sept. 25: Annual SNRE Campfire at Saginaw Forest
• Oct. 9-11: Landscape Architecture's 100th anniversary celebration
• Oct. 9: Dean's Speaker Series: Harlow O. Whittemore Landscape Architecture Panel Discussion
• Oct. 10: LA 100th Centennial Gala Dinner
• Oct. 13: Alumni and Friends Reception/Land Trust Alliance 2009 Rally

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Natural Resources Professional

The Office of Development and Alumni Relations recently launched Natural Resources Professional, a print and online newsletter reconnecting alumni working in various natural resources capacities. The Professional is collecting reflections about the notable aspects of alumni's careers and personal reflections of their time at U-M (including a new one about the late professor Grant Sharpe). Send your rememberances to SNREprofessional@umich.edu or visit www.snre.umich.edu/nrp.

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Featured research

The Multicultural Environmental Leadership Development Initiative (MELDI) at SNRE has launched a more user-friendly and interactive Web site. The goal of MELDI is to increase diversity in environmental organizations as well as the broader environmental movement. It also promotes greater diversity in leadership in the environmental field.

Visit the MELDI Web site

Class Notes: Sharing your good news

Ross A. Hammersley (B.S. '98, Resource Ecology and Management) has joined the law firm of Olson, Bzdok & Howard, P.C., in Traverse City, Mich. His environmental law practice focuses on municipal, brownfield and land-use law. Ross can be reached at ross@envlaw.com.

Karl Kappler (Program in the Environment, '08) is a 2nd Lieutenant, Airfield Systems Flight Commander, 54 CBCS, 5th Combat Communications Group, United States Air Force, stationed at Robins Air Force Base in Georgia. Karl is the son of Roger (B.S. '68, M.F. '78, SNRE) and Dulce (A.B. '75, A.M. '94, LSA) Kappler, who live in Manchester, Mich.

Stanley Szwalek (B.S. '01, M.L.A., '03) is a landscape architect at Selberg Architects, a division of Reinertsen AS, a large, multi-disciplinary consulting firm in Trondheim, Norway. Stanley works on a variety of planning and design projects including schools, parks, urban design and roadway improvement. He is currently working on the construction of a local high school and designs for sound-barrier walls in a local community and a rooftop garden in a mixed-used urban development in downtown Trondheim. Stanley says that working overseas in Norway has been both a challenging and rewarding experience.

Send your updates to Erin Longchari in the Office of Development and Alumni Relations via e-mail (erinla@umich.edu) or regular mail: School of Natural Resources and Environment, Office of Development and Alumni Relations, University of Michigan, 440 Church St., Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-1041.