CELA LEADERSHIP As of spring 2019 CELA Executive Committee Regional Directors Charlene LeBleu, President Jolie Kaytes, Region 1 Cover image: Auburn University Washington State University “Into the Woods” project built for the 2018 Chau- mont-sur-Loire International Garden Festival by Mark Boyer, Past President Kirk Dimond, Region 2 Associate Professor Phoebe Lickwar (University Louisiana State University University of Arizona of Texas Austin), founding principal of FORGE Landscape Architecture, and Matthew Donham, Ashley Steffens, President-Elect Cheryl Mihalko, Region 3 founding principal of RAFT. They were awarded University of Georgia Oklahoma State University the 2018 Prix de la Création for this project. More info please see: https://soa.utexas.edu/ Hala Nassar, Second Vice-President Matthew Kirkwood, Region 4 headlines/woods-wins-prix-de-la-cr%C3%A9a- Clemson University North Dakota State University tion-festival-international-des-jardins Galen D. Newman, Vice President for Research & Region 5 - Open 2019 CELA Forum design assistant: Creative Scholarship Student Director Yiwei Huang Texas A&M University Maria Counts, Region 6 Clemson University Jun-Hyun Kim, Secretary & Vice-President for Communications Outreach & Publications Elizabeth Brabec, Region 7 Michigan State University University of Massachusetts Amherst Paul Voos, Treasurer Charles Anderson, Region 8 Morgan State University RMIT University Staff Nadia Amoroso, Region 9 Peter Kralka, Executive Director University of Guelph, Canada C L Bohannon, Region 10 Virginia Tech University Yiwei Huang, Student Director University of California, Davis -2- CELA President Message Dear CELA Colleagues, the Sheraton Grand Sacramento. Work continues on CELA 2020, our 100th-an- niversary meeting in Louisville, KY! The CELA The CELA Executive Committee, Board, and The CELA has purchased Fonteva an associa- Board looks forward to launching the CELA 2020 Staff have been focusing on organizational man- tion management software to manage CELA’s theme and website at the CELA Annual Meeting agement and initiatives including the 2019 An- growing database and communication needs. and Awards Luncheon, Saturday, March 9! nual Conference, strategic planning, upgrading Key features include CELA member customer our communications service, FrameWorks and relationship management, event management, Respectfully, CELA 2020. The CELA 2019 Annual Conference member portal, online communities and micro- will be in Sacramento, CA March 6-9, 2019 at the sites, ecommerce and orders, committees and Charlene M. LeBleu, FASLA, AICP Sheraton Grand in Sacramento. https://cela2019. groups, online fundraising, revenue accounting, President, Council of Educators in Landscape ucdavis.edu/ The conference is hosted by the dashboards and reporting. Fonteva will fully Architecture Landscape Architecture + Environmental Design integrate the current CELA website upgrading [email protected] Program at the University of California at Davis CELA’s membership services. CELA will launch (Patsy Owens, Conference Committee Chair). Fonteva mid to late March. This year’s theme is Engaged Scholarship: Bring- ing together Research, Teaching, and Service. In 2018 the President’s Council engaged the Field trips include Murals of Sacrament, Sketch FrameWorks Institute, https://www.framework- Crawl, Riverfront Revival, Golden 1 Center + sinstitute.org/ , to rebrand landscape architec- Plaza, UC Davis Eco-Village Bike Tour, UC Davis ture, that is, reframe how the public thinks about Campus Tomorrow Bike Tour, Davis Arboretum landscape architecture--What is Landscape and Public Garden, UC Davis Quail Ridge Re- Architecture? What do Landscape Architects serve, Putah Creek and the California Delta. For do? Why is Landscape Architecture important? more information visit https://cela2019.ucdavis. FrameWorks has a history of success and their edu/tours methods work at a deeper level than public rela- tions and marketing, identifying core public val- The CELA Board of Directors (BOD) held a ues and reframing them through metaphors and strategic planning session on February 7, 2018 in other techniques for lasting change. Phase I of Raleigh, NC at the headquarters of IMI Executive the three-phase project is almost complete and Associates. Marcy Cottle, an expert in strate- includes 12 individual interviews with recognized gic planning and communication, facilitate the experts on landscape architecture, research on session. Going forward the BOD will be redefying the critical issues in the field, and a draft of the and reorganizing our Board and Committees expert story. Next steps will include mapping the responsibilities, as well as, creating standards gaps between expert and public understandings. of excellence for our key programs and services. Phase II will involve strategies for overcoming We look forward to sharing our emerging Strate- communications challenges, and a comprehen- gic Map at the CELA Annual Meeting and Awards sive strategy for reframing landscape architec- Luncheon, Saturday, March 9, 11 am – 2 pm, at ture. -3- TABLE OF CONTENT Arizona State University ...........................................…...............…….Page 7 University of Colorado Denver………………………………………..…Page 43 Auburn University .....................................................…...............…….Page 9 University of Florida……………………………………………………...Page 45 Ball State University …………………………………………………......Page 13 University of Georgia……………………………………………………..Page 47 Clemson University…………………………………………………........Page 14 University of Guelph……………………………………………………...Page 48 Cornell University…………………………………………………......….Page 15 University of Idaho………………………………………………………..Page 50 Illinois Institute of Technology……………………………………….......Page 17 University of Kentucky…………………………………………………...Page 52 Kent State University……………………………………………….....…Page 19 University of New Mexico………………………………………………..Page 54 Louisiana State University………………………………………….....…Page 21 University of Southern California………………………………………..Page 56 Michigan State University…………………………....………………….Page 22 University of Texas Arlington…………………………………………….Page 58 Montana State University……………………………....………………..Page 25 University of Texas Austin……………………………………………..…Page 60 North Carolina State University…………………………....……………Page 26 University of Toronto……………………………………………………...Page 62 Ohio State University………………………………………....………….Page 29 University of Washington………………………………………………...Page 64 State University of New York (SUNY ESF)………………….....……….Page 31 Utah State University……………………………………………………..Page 67 The University of Oklahoma……………………………………...……..Page 34 Washington State University …………………………………………...Page 69 University of Arizona……………….………………………………...…..Page 36 University of California, Davis………………………………………...…Page 39 University of Cincinnati…………………………………………………..Page 41 -4- 2019 CELA AWARDS Excellence in Research and/or Creative Excellence in Research and/or Cre- Excellence in Teaching Award (Sr.) Excellence in Teaching Award (Jr.) Works Award (Sr.) ative Works Award (Jr.) Professor Matthew Pryor Professor Anne Beamish Professor Jeffery Hou Professor Kees Lokman University of Hong Kong The Pennsylvania State University University of Washington University of British Columbia CELA Outstanding Educator Award Outstanding Communications Outstanding Administrator Award Professor Joan Iverson Nassauer Professor Gary Austin Professor Sean Kelly University of Michigan University of Idaho University of Guelph Student Research Scholarship Award Student Creative Scholarship Award Sylvia Janicki Tatyana Vashchenko University of Washington University of Washington -5- 2019 CELA AWARDS Excellence in Service-Learning Award (Sr.) Excellence in Service-Learning Award (Jr.) Excellence in Service-Learning Award (Jr.) Outstanding Paper Award Professor Lori Catalano Professor CL Bohannon Professor Jayoung Koo Katherine Melcher Colorado State University Virginia Polytech. Inst and State University University of Kentucky University of Georgia Excellence in Design Studio Teaching Excellence in Design Studio Teaching Excellence in Design Studio Teaching Award (Jr.) Award (Sr.) Professor Caroline Lavoie Award (Jr.) Professor Howard Hahn Professor Gabriel Diaz Montemayor Utah State University Kansas State University University of Texas Austin Honorable Mention for Creative Scholarship award: Zixiang Chen Alexander Good Stephan Stelliga Marc Cote, Kevin Saddlemyer Qi, Huang President’s Award Lori K Orta -6- Arizona State University Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts (HIDA) The Design School - Landscape Architecture Program Program Introduction: Program Updates and Achievements Town and Design Art Works grants, the Mayor’s The Landscape Architecture Program at Arizo- (during the calendar year of 2018) Institute on City Design, the Citizens’ Institute na State University offers nationally accredited The Landscape Architecture Program celebrated on Rural Design, and the NEA’s Federal agency 4-year BSLA degree and MLA degree with its 40-year of Landscape Architecture at ASU in collaborations. 2-year, 2 plus-year and 3-plus year degree paths. Spring 2018. More than 200 alumni joined current Professor Edward (Ted) Cook retired in May 2018 The Landscape Architecture Program empha- faculty and students to celebrate this milestone in after 34 year. Ted arrived at ASU in 1984 when sizes the design and planning of sustainable conjunction with acknowledging the accomplish- landscape architecture existed as an emphasis urban landscapes by providing a challenging