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President's Message
David Stipe, ASLA, LLA
Reviewing the draft of the recent newsletter this past week, I was struck by how our chapter is quickly being transformed and revitalized by all of the young professionals who have become involved over the last couple of years. Many of our committees are becoming flush with enthusiastic, energized 20-somethings. I can't help but reflect on the first ten years of my career and how I was engaged in a few self-serving activities. Nothing I was doing after 5pm or on the weekends was helping to advance the practice of our chosen profession. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't that I did not care. I just wanted to be outside on a bike or rock climbing.
I have come to what is likely the third period of my career and the second year of my presidency and am looking around realizing, that for the first time, it is possible that everyone in a studio/office/meeting may in fact be younger than me. What the hell happened and how did it happen so fast?
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Editor's Note
Stephanie Stroud
Before the school year wraps up this spring, some of you may have the words hire an intern scribbled on your to-do list. It may seem like a great way to get work done affordably, but there are numerous other benefits to having young people in the office: fresh perspective, new ideas, and lots of idealistic energy.
This year, I worked as an Americorps volunteer. Going into the program, I knew that I would have to accept the pay decrease, but that I would be gaining an experience that was well worth the sacrifice. Fortunately, I have the privilege and the interest to pursue that option, as many young professionals who take internships in our profession do (how we can reach those who do not is another matter to consider).
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Imagine Tomorrow: 2016 WASLA Conference Website Launch
The 2016 WASLA conference registration is now open! You can register for the pre-conference tours and our one-day conference at the Lynnwood Convention Center on April 1st, 2016. Register today and enjoy our early registration rate. We also offer special discounts to students and WASLA members. Dont miss out this opportunity!
Joining our candidate conversations on "Imagine Tomorrow" are keynote speakers David Rubin, ASLA, FAAR of Land Collective, and Steve Austin of Washington State University. David and Steve will examine how landscape architects can employ design to address socio-environmental challenges we face today and tomorrow. For more details, visit http://www.wasla.org/2016-wasla-conference_keynotes
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Congrats WASLA Student Scholarship Winners
The WASLA Scholarship/Fellows Committee announces that two scholarships in the amount of $2,000 each have been awarded to Roxanne Robles and Jorge Alarcon from the University of Washington.
Congratulations to both!
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The National Parks Kicks Off The Centennial Year at the Rose Parade
The National Park Service is celebrating its 100th birthday this year! To start the year off right, the Park Service participated in the Rose Parade in Pasadena, California on January 1st. The Find Your Park float featured floral depictions of megafauna, waterfalls, and camping equipment, with dozens of sharply-dressed National Park Service rangers, park police officers, Buffalo Soldiers, junior rangers, volunteers, partners, and Burl, the Park Services only stagecoach driver.
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Register Now: 2015-2016 Statewide LID Training Program
The 2015-2016 Statewide Low Impact Development Training Program is now open for registration. The program offers over 45 trainings throughout the state from now to May 2016 for the following target audiences:
- Designers and engineers, including landscape architects
- Planners and permitters
- Construction and land development professionals
- Inspection and enforcement staff
- Operations and maintenance staff
- Allied disciplines that plan, design, review, build, and maintain LID projects
Topics for the 2015-2016 program include bioretention, permeable pavement, green roofs and rainwater harvesting design, site assessment and planning, NPDES permit requirements, and more!
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Ken Struckmeyer Student Scholarship Endowment Fund
After 40+ years of service to Washington State University and his students, Ken Struckmeyer has retired. His jovial and caring presence on campus is greatly missed. To honor Ken’s career as professor, coach, mentor, and colleague; an endowment has been established in his name, the Ken Struckmeyer Student Scholarship Endowment Fund. The endowment is awarded to students who are aspiring declared majors in landscape architecture.
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Support the Kenichi Nakano Endowed Scholarship Fund for Landscape Architecture
For over four decades, Kenichi Nakano graced the Pacific Northwest with exceptionally subtle and inviting modernist design, generously contributed to community and civic life, and mentored generations of students and professionals of all disciplines.
On August 8, 2012, we lost our teacher, mentor, and friend all too soon.
Your gift in memory of Kenichi to the Kenichi Nakano Endowed Scholarship Fund will leave a lasting legacy and support outstanding students in the University of Washington's Department of Landscape Architecture.
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UW Landscape Architecture Internship/ Practicum Portal
UWLA PAC, Internship + Research Committee
The Landscape Department at the University of Washington has been working hard on providing its students with valuable resources that can better connect them with local employers for internships and practicum opportunities.
Prior to developing these resources we sent a survey to our local employer list to get feedback on what firms wanted and if they would use specific resources. We took this information and over the summer developed a space where employers can submit internships and practicums and positions to a page that is only accessible by our students...
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