School of Natural Resources and Environment

Landscape Architecture News & Highlights

Announcing the First Ever “Chatterbox Revisited”

6:15pm – 8:30 Thursday, Oct. 18th

Dominick’s (bundle up!)

 

SNREds of all ages and persuasions - join your Student Government and your expanded cohort in harkening back to a simpler time.

Remember August? Back before you got so busy that talk of busyness itself inundated every meeting and every greeting? Remember what it was like to stand in crisp Michigan air and tell everyone what brought you here?

We do.

Editor's Note: The StudGov Ticker is a short summary of the discussions at the weekly StudGov meeting (7 pm Tuesday, 1028 Dana). The meeting is open to the SNRE community, but for those who are unable to attend, these notes provide a brief synopsis of the meeting. Posts will be weekly.

Weekly dispatches from your faithful, sturdy and sassy Student Governors:

Careers:

Career Week is in full swing – schedule attached. Welcome Claire Boland as Director of Career Development! She came out swinging!

Editor's Note: This post was written by Parker and Margaret -- the recently-elected First Year Representatives for Student Government.  Please join Student Government in congratulating Parker and Margaret. 

Hello and aloha!

Thank you for rocking the vote and choosing us as your First Year Reps! We are stoked to represent all of you new SNREds and are excited to do everything we can to make your experience at U of M and SNRE epic.

Editor's Note: This blog post was written by SNRE student Laura Matson (MS NRE/ MUP Candidate 2013).  Laura recently sat down with Lindsey MacDonald, one of the project managers for the University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program, to learn more about the program and the upcoming Harvest Festival.

What is the University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program?

SNRE Envoys is a cross-disciplinary group of Masters Students working to promote and strengthen diversity within the student population of the school. Our group is focused on improving our recruiting strategy for under-represented groups in the school. This can include everything from ethnic to geographic to socio-economic to ideological diversity and much more. We are also looking to strengthen SNRE by having events that celebrate diversity and involve the whole SNREd community in the ongoing discussion about this important topic.

Editor's Note: The StudGov ticker is a short summary of the weekly StudGov meeting (7 pm Tuesday, 1028 Dana).  The meeting is open to the SNRE community, but for those who are unable to attend, these notes provide a brief synopsis of the meeting.  Posts will be weekly.

Careers Team: Career Week is well underway and funding is nearly secured. 

 Still Needed:

Roberg J. Gibbs

Robert J. Gibbs, ASLA (M.L.A. '84), will be honored by the Clinton Presidential Library”˜s School of Public Service on October 15, 2012 for his career contributions in urban planning and development.  Gibbs has been asked to speak as a William J. Clinton Distinguished Lecturer where he will present: “How Great Communities are Conceived and Built”, based on his new book "Principles for Urban Retail Planning and Development."

Calling all students to the first SNRE town hall of the year!  We want your feedback! 

Please join us to share your views on the first weeks of the fall semester and to discuss paths forward for our fair institution. StudGov representatives will be in Dana 1040 at 4:30pm on Sept. 19 to facilitate a discussion on any and all matters regarding the SNRE student experience.

Students are strongly encourage to attend.  Weather and can-do spirits permitting, we'll likely head to Dominick's following the meeting (~6pm) to kick back and continue the conversation.

Four substantial, student-led sustainability projects are gaining momentum on campus, thanks to financial support from the new Planet Blue Student Innovation Fund. Three of the four, focused on reusable takeout food containers, a sustainable food kiosk and a U-M campus farm, were developed by students at SNRE. Announced by President Mary Sue Coleman last fall as part of her larger campus sustainability address, the Planet Blue Student Innovation Fund offers grants of up to $50,000 annually for projects that reduce the university's environmental footprint and/or promote a culture of sustainability on campus.

SNRE Professor Joan Iverson Nassauer has received the Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award from the Rackham Graduate School. The award honors senior faculty who consistently demonstrate outstanding achievements in scholarly research and/or creative endeavors; teaching and mentoring of students and junior faculty; service; and other activities that bring distinction to themselves and the University of Michigan. Nassauer joined SNRE's Landscape Architecture program in 1997. She is a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects, Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture and the International Association for Landscape Ecology.

Bob Grese

Matthaei Botanical Gardens is celebrating its 50th anniversary and SNRE Landscape Architecture Professor Bob Grese is playing a central role in the promoting an exhibit and display commemorating the event. Grese is also director of the gardens and the Nichols Arboretum. "One of the statements Regent Fred Matthaei Sr. made when he donated the land was that he wanted the botanical gardens to be second to none in the world, so we want the public to see what progress we've made toward that goal," Grese said.

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