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The Landscape Architecture Department is pleased to recognize the extraordinary accomplishments of our alumni. We trust that you will have as many memories and discoveries reading as we did compiling the news. We are proud of your achievements and hope that you will stay in touch with your Alma Mater by emailing your news to Margarita Hill, Department Head.
2009-2010 News
Julia Schnorr (2008) has had a project she worked on during Spring 2009 at the University of Colorado-Denver featured in the October 2009 issue of Phoenix Magazine. The project -- designing scenic villages around dozens of Phoenix's unsightly canal sites -- was a joint studio between Arizona State University planning students and UCD urban design students, and was sponsored by Americorps. The two graphics featured in the article are from Schnorr's presentation. For further information about the "Canalscape" concept and to see Schnorr's graphics, go to the article on the Phoenix magazine website.
Scott Hazard (1996) has a show, Topographic Ruminations, at Artspace in Raleigh, NC running October 2-31, 2009, Raleigh Downtowner Magazine reports. Hazard graduated with an MFA with a focus on sculpture from the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. His undergraduate degree is in landscape architecture from Cal Poly. For further information about the show and Hazard's work, which aims to illuminate facets and poetic understandings of our world that are often unseen or unnoticed, go to the article on the Raleigh Downtowner website.
Sharon Finkle (2008) was featured in a Sunset Magazine on-line article about how she and her family designed and built their dream garden. For further information about this backyard makeover in San Jose, California, go to the article on the Sunset.com website.
Susan Van Atta (1983) was elected to the ASLA Council of Fellows,and was inducted as a Fellow at the 2009 ASLA Annual Meeting In Chicago. Van Atta was nominated by the Southern California Chapter of ASLA for the impressive body of work she has created with a two-decade-long commitment to environmentally appropriate landscape design, habitat restoration, and the use of native plants. Van Atta’s award-winning designs pay careful attention to form and detail, but her work transcends mere aesthetic improvements. Instead, she strives to “make places better” by regenerating the land, engaging the public in site understanding and stewardship, and promoting health for both people and the environment. Van Atta earned her bachelor of arts in environmental studies in 1977 from the University of California–Santa Barbara and her bachelor of science in landscape architecture in 1983 from California Polytechnic State University–San Luis Obispo.
Members of the ASLA Council of Fellows are recognized for their extraordinary work, leadership, knowledge, and service to the profession over a sustained period of time. They may use the suffix "FASLA" after their names, denoting recognition of their achievements by their peers.
2008-2009 News
Tammara Norman (1992) received a certificate of appreciation from Petaluma’s Parks and Recreation Committee for work in organizing the "150 Trees for 150 Years: Celebrating Petaluma’s Sesquicentennial" program. The tree planting project made it possible to plant 150 trees in Petaluma. The idea for the project began in 2007 and brought over $50,000 back into the local economy. Photo by Nina Zhito.
For further information go to the article on the Petaluma360.com web site.