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With spring comes renewed energy and hope. Read on for inspiration from landscape architect and activist Billy Fleming. Following the November election, with a few friends, a pen, and a cocktail napkin, Billy helped start Indivisible, now a 6,000-chapter organization. Plus, meet our 2017 Olmsted Scholars who are using their financial awards to tackle issues of environmental justice and literacy and remind yourself of the legacy of a lifetime's work when you read the announcement for the 2017 LAF Medal and LAF Founders' Award recipients.
Know you make a difference.
This weekend, if you want to get active, walk the talk and connect with others, join one of the Peoples Climate Movement marches happening across the globe on April 29. See you out there!
Executive Director
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2017 National Olmsted Scholar Winners and Finalists
David de la Cruz, a master's student at the University of Washington, and Lauren Delbridge, an undergrad at Virginia Tech, were selected as the 2017 National Olmsted Scholars and winners of the $25,000 and $15,000 awards. They are part of this year's group of 81 exceptional student leaders. Also honored are six National Olmsted Scholar Finalists, who each receive $1,000:
- Catharine McCord, University of Colorado Denver
- Ruth Nervig, City College of New York
- Ylan Vo, Washington University in St. Louis
- Kristi Lin, University of California, Davis
- Nathania Martinez, University of Florida
- Stephen Zimmerer, The Pennsylvania State University
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LAF is delighted to announce the 2017 recipients of our highest honors for individuals and organizations that have made a significant and sustained contribution to the preservation, improvement and enhancement of the environment. The LAF Medal goes to Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, and the LAF Founders' Award goes to the U.S. National Park Service. The recipients will be honored during LAF's 2017 Awards Dinner on May 3 in Washington, D.C.
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Five $2,500 Teaching Grants Available for Fall 2017
Last year the Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board (LAAB) included "landscape performance" in its revised standards, which take effect this fall.To help university landscape architecture programs integrate landscape performance into their curriculum, LAF is offering five $2,500 grants to select faculty for the Fall 2017 semester/term. Applications are due June 15. Grant recipients will develop, test, and evaluate models to bring landscape performance into standard course offerings, such as research methods and design studios.
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It has been six busy years since 2011 Olmsted Scholar Billy Fleming graduated with his BLA from the University of Arkansas. We touched base with this former White House staffer and rising design activist to learn about his work in public service and get his take on the agency of landscape architects in today's political environment. "My design ambitions are built around...the geographical breadth of my impact and how much of it is focused on the most vulnerable people and places. Those kinds of goals require an engagement with politics that's been absent from landscape architecture for far too long."
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Have you signed?
Join us in asserting the vital role of landscape architecture. Add your name to the growing list of over 1,200 signers.
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Scholarship Winners
LAF awarded a total of $59,500 to 10 outstanding students through 8 different scholarships and fellowships.
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Special Thanks
Through thought leadership, service, and vital financial support, OLIN has been a leading supporter of LAF's mission since 2007. During her tenure as a board member, Lucinda Sanders, CEO and Partner at OLIN, was instrumental in the development of the
LAF Fellowship for Innovation and Leadership. LAF is now fortunate to have Skip Graffam, Partner and Director of Research, serve on the LAF Board of Directors.
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LAF on the Road
Washington, DC
May 18
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Montreal, Canada
Oct 16-25
Los Angeles, California
Oct 20-23
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