Schedule of Events


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Friday, October 9, 2009:

3:00-4:30pm    Registration Table and Samuel Trask Dana Building Tours

4:30-6:00pm    Harlow O. Whittemore Panel Discussion: Reflecting on the Past, Designing for the Future
Location: 1040 Samuel Trask Dana Building (reserved: 2-7pm)

Welcome and moderating: Christopher Ellis, Landscape Architecture Program Coordinator
Panelists:

  • Andi Bullock Cooper, Conservation Design Forum
  • Lisa Delplace, Oehme, van Sweden & Associates
  • Eugene Herbert, Landscape Architect
  • Ted Wolff, Wolff Landscape Architecture, Inc.

6:00-7:30pm    FLOfest Reception
Location: Ford Commons, Samuel Trask Dana Building

Welcome: Rosina M. Bierbaum, Dean and Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy
Remarks: Charles Cares, Emeritus Professor and Peter Pollack, FASLA, FAAR

Saturday, October 10, 2009:

10:30-11:00am Registration Table
Location: Ford Commons, Samuel Trask Dana Building

11:00-1:00pm  Lunch and Faculty Introductions
Location: Ford Commons, Samuel Trask Dana Building

Remarks: Kenneth Polakowski, Former Professor
Faculty Introductions, Facilitated by Terry Brown, Former Professor
Faculty:

  • Joan Nassauer, Professor (science and design)
  • MaryCarol Hunter, Assistant Professor (adapting to climate change)
  • Christopher Ellis, Program Coordinator and Associate Professor
  • Bob Grese, Professor and Director of Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum
  • Beth Diamond, Assistant Professor

1:00-3:00pm    Landscape Architecture Tours: Central Campus and Nichols Arboretum
Tours created by Donald Wortman, Ken Rapp and Bob Grese

3:15-4:45pm    Panel Discussion: Diversity and Sustainability in the Landscape Architecture Field
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library Exhibit Gallery, Room 100

Welcome and moderating: Bob Grese, Landscape Architecture Professor and Director of Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum
Panelists:

  • Kofi Boone, North Carolina State University
  • Don Hilderbrandt II, Watercolor Artist
  • Andrea Kline, Environmental Consulting and Technology
  • Dave LaClergue, City of Seattle Department of Planning and Development

4:45-6:00pm    Centennial Alumni Retrospective and Historical Display Reception
Location: Display in the Hatcher Graduate Library Exhibit Gallery, Room 100

6:15-9:00pm    Centennial Gala
Location: Michigan Union Ballroom

Welcome: Rosina M. Bierbaum, Dean and Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy
Introduction of William Johnson: Joan Nassauer, Professor
Remarks: William Johnson, Landscape Architect and Professor Emeritus
Alumni Open Mic: facilitated by Kenneth Polakowski, Former Professor and  Lisa Delplace, Oehme, van Sweden & Associates