CLARB president, Dennis Wilkinson.

 

CLARB vice president, Ian Wasson.

Meeting Highlights

• New information resource for exam candidates was introduced. CLARB previewed a new, free resource for exam candidates. This step-by-step guide contains valuable information on how the exam is developed, what knowledge and skills are tested for on the exam and free sample problems for all five sections of the L.A.R.E. The guide is available for download free to candidates from CLARB.org.
• CLARB administration of graphic exam sections was discussed. CLARB currently administers sections C and E on behalf of the board in 16 jurisdictions with additional test centers expected for the June 2009 administration.
• A strategic communications plan was unveiled, aimed at increasing awareness and understanding of CLARB among its stakeholders. Components of the plan include a comprehensive research project to better understand stakeholder wants needs and preferences, a redesign of the CLARB website, new tradeshow booth and an enhanced member orientation program.
• The Wayne Grace Award for designs that promote public health, safety and welfare was presented. Tyler Stradling, an Arizona State University landscape architecture graduate, accepted his team?EUR??,,????'?????<

CLARB president-elect, Temple Barry.

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The Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF): Vision, Leadership, Solutions, 2008 and Beyond

Report by Kathleen Le Dain, LAF Communications Director

Andrea Gaffney, a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, was named LAF?EUR??,,????'?????<
Images courtesy of Landscape Architecture Foundation

Two significant activities highlighted the last 12 months of LAF?EUR??,,????'?????<

LAF convened the seventh and final symposium in the Landscape Future Initiative, a series of conferences analyzing landscape transformation that will affect environments and design professions in the coming decades. The capstone conference, Leadership in Landscape Change, held in May 2008 at Clemson University, synthesized the findings of the series. The discussions centered on the increasingly important expertise of landscape architecture and the need for greater leadership to communicate that knowledge and experience. As a follow-up to the conference, LAF is publishing white papers that will be posted on LAF?EUR??,,????'?????<

Twenty-four students were nominated by their faculties and honored as ?EUR??,,????'?????<

The second major activity in 2008 was the rollout of the Olmsted Scholars Program, a scholarship initiative to recognize students with exceptional leadership potential who are seeking new ways to improve society with sustainable planning and design. Looking ahead to 2009, LAF aims to focus on the growing need for research and information by increasing its database of published and online case studies.

In June 2009, the University of Washington Press will publish Greening Cities, Growing Community, the fifth book in LAF?EUR??,,????'?????<

Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA)

by Claudia Phillips, president-elect, and Chris Ellis, president

Recently, the CELA Board of Directors established an Academy of Fellows. Pictured is the 2007 CELA Fellows. There are currently 26 CHELA Fellows, with Joan Nassauer (standing, third from right) serving as the group?EUR??,,????'?????< www.thecela.org/pdfs/cela-2007-award-bios.pdf

For many years CELA has served educators with opportunities to network and present scholarship at our annual conference, and to publish peer-reviewed manuscripts in Landscape Journal. CELA has also worked closely with our many sister organizations (IFLA, ECLAS, CSLA, ASLA, CLARB, LAAB, LAF, CLF, et al.) to ensure the discipline and profession of landscape architecture remains strong and growing.

CELA serves members in the Americas, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, and Malaysia. We welcome new members from wherever you may be in the world.

Recently, the CELA Board of Directors established an Academy of Fellows?EUR??,,????'?????<

We have also been involved in developing the new continuing education system (LA CES), supporting an initiative to grow the profession and establish the National Academy of Environmental Design (NAED), which promotes sustainable design and stewardship. Membership includes all academic and professional organizations that represent the disciplines concerned with the built and natural environments.

In the coming year, CELA plans to add three new positions to the CELA Board: a vice president for research, who will work together with other organizations to publish an annual research agenda, the chair of the Academy of Fellows, and a student representative to increase student involvement. The next annual CELA conference is set for Tucson in January 2009.