Landscape Architecture Department Funds

Department funds provide support for student and faculty enrichment. Your contributions play an integral role in our continued success.

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FUNDS FOR THE DEPARTMENT

Landscape Architecture
Annual Fund (Unrestricted)
332-186
A current-use fund that provides support for a number of Departmental activities such as student conference travel, student ASLA programs, lectures, recruiting for faculty and students, and the newsletter.

$

City Planning and Landscape Architecture Library Fund
332-260
Provides funding to support the City Planning and Landscape Architecture Library including the purchase of books, journals, and other academic resources.

$

FUNDS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS

Natalie Alpert Memorial Endowment
771-060
Provides awards to students for an outstanding landscape history/theory paper and for the best planting design each year.

$

Vincent Bellafiore Endowed Fellowship
771-396
Established in honor of former Department Head, Vincent Bellafiore, this fund provides a fellowship to a promising Ph.D. student.

$

Bruce Borland Memorial Fund
771-495
Established in memory of Bruce Borland (BLA 1981), this fund supports the education of students interested in golf course architecture.

$

Terry Harkness "Plants in Design" Fund
773-547
This fund is used to advance Professor Harkness's creative legacy of inspired instruction in plants and design.

$

Charles W. Harris Traveling Scholarship
773-935
This student travel scholarship was established in honor of former professor and alumnus Chuck Harris.

$

Gary Kesler Fund
340-406
Established in honor of former Associate Head, Gary Kesler, this fund provides a prize for a student who demonstrates technical principle mastery.

$

Cherie L. Kluesing Memorial Endowment
772-461
Provides a bronze medal and cash award to a student who creatively integrates art and landscape in their designs. The endowment also provides competitive fellowships to recruit and support outstanding students in the graduate program.

$

Robert Riley Endowed Fund
776-357
Created in honor of former Department Head, Bob Riley, this fund provides resources for graduate student travel and enrichment.

$

Dan Ryan Prize Fund
342-916
Established in memory of Dan Ryan, a member of the Class of 2002, this fund provides a cash prize to a student in the sophomore class who exhibits outstanding graphic skills and a strong willingness to assist other students.

$ 		 

FUNDS FOR INSTRUCTION, LECTURES, & EVENTS

Stanley White & Alumni Lecture Endowment
775-101
Provides resources each year to invite nationally recognized speakers to present lectures and seminars.

$ ;

Visiting Practitioner Endowment
773-807
Provides resources to bring well-established professionals to campus to work directly with students and faculty.

$


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