Fundraising efforts for the Neil G. Odenwald Distinguished Professorship have come to a successful close thanks to the outpouring of support from LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture alumni, faculty, and friends. Generous gifts from alumni Keith LeBlanc and Patrick Moore rounded out the last of the donations, ensuring the stated goal of $180,000 was reached before the end of 2014, less than one year after initiating fundraising. The Robert Reich School is seeking matching funds for the professorship from the LSU Board of Regents, slating the first Neil G. Odenwald Distinguished Professorship to be awarded in 2017. Read more. 

The Pelican House Multimedia Campaign, designed by Scott Hodgin (BFA 1998), cofounder and creative director of the graphic design firm TILT, was featured by Print magazine as a Regional Design Winner for the South. Scott is also a professional in residence teaching graphic design at the LSU School of Art. Print's regional design annual is arguably the most esteemed and influential US-based graphic design competition of its kind. Print seeks top industry names that share a rich connection to the various regions they are tasked with judging. All together, they selected 350 winners to be presented in the 2014 issue of Print. View Scott Hodgin's designs in the South gallery at printmag.com. View more of Scott's work at tiltthis.com.

In pursuing her design research as a Master of Fine Arts candidate at the LSU School of Art, Courtney Wilburn Marse (MFA 2014) was able to further her graphic design abilities and meld them with her illustration and apparel design interests. Lately, Courtney has been investigating design-engineered textile surfaces and exploring the advantages of digital textile printing technologies. Her latest collection of work was presented at the SCFD Southern Design Week. Additionally, she recently partnered with designer Andi Eaton Nickens to produce a collection for Hazel & Flo, which will be available this spring. View the lookbook at courtneymarse.com.