Sasaki Scholarship Awarded to KSU Student

A Kansas State University graduate student in landscape architecture is the 2004 recipient of the Hideo Sasaki Foundation Scholarship. Jill Enz, Omaha, Nebraska, is only the second recipient of the $7,500 scholarship. According to the Hideo Sasaki Foundation, the scholarship was created in 2003 to recognize annually ?EUR??,,????'??the outstanding planning and design student pursuing the integration of the professional design disciplines.?EUR??,,????'??

A second landscape architecture student from the university, Elizabeth Pritz, a fifth-year senior, received a $2,000 scholarship from the Sasaki Foundation.

All fifth-year students and advanced graduate students from the college were invited to apply for the opportunity.

?EUR??,,????'??Jill?EUR??,,????'???s selection by the Sasaki Foundation is an outstanding honor for her, and we in the college are very proud that she has received this national honor,?EUR??,,????'?? said Lynn Ewanow, associate dean of the College of Architecture, planning and design, and chair of the college?EUR??,,????'???s scholarship committee. ?EUR??,,????'??I think her selection also is a reflection of our faculty?EUR??,,????'???s dedication to our students, and it reinforces the importance of the college?EUR??,,????'???s emphasis on interdisciplinary, collaborative design.?EUR??,,????'??

According to the Sasaki Foundation trustees, it was Enz?EUR??,,????'???s understanding of Sasaki?EUR??,,????'???s design philosophy that earned her the scholarship.

?EUR??,,????'??Your application demonstrated a deep appreciation for the philosophy and values that Hideo held, and your connection of his philosophy to your own experience was compelling. Your work was equally strong,?EUR??,,????'?? wrote Elizabeth Meek, a foundation trustee, in a letter informing Enz about receiving the scholarship. Meek also serves as a principal and director of interior design for Sasaki Associates.

Sasaki Hideo, an internationally respected landscape architect, planner, teacher and mentor, founded Sasaki Associates Inc., in 1953. He also was chair of Harvard University?EUR??,,????'???s landscape architecture department from 1958-1968, where he helped change the study of landscape architecture by tying it to interdisciplinary planning and by breaking down the traditional barriers between practice and teaching.