Landscape architecture students visit Grand Canyon during West Coast field trip.
  
March 2016
Photo Of The Month
Architecture students visit project site in Philippines with Dean Tsolakis
Dean Tsolakis accompanied a group of architecture students to the Manila community of La Valenzuela to visit the project site for the National University of Singapore Designing Resilience in Asia Student Design Competition. LSU students will present at the competition and attend the conference this June. The LSU School of Architecture was the only U.S. school selected to participate in the international competition. Read more about the 2016 competition at designingresilience.com.
Alumni Spotlight
ELIZABETH "BOO" THOMAS, MLA 1989
The Aptitude of an Advocate
  
Elizabeth "Boo" Thomas has led community planning activities and redevelopment efforts in Louisiana since obtaining her Master of Landscape Architecture from LSU in 1989. As the former head of Plan Baton Rouge and the Mid City Redevelopment Alliance and the current president and CEO of the Center for Planning Excellence, she has been an advocate for smart growth in Louisiana throughout her career. Thomas, who received her first degree from the LSU College of Education in 1966, didn't initially plan to be a planner, though. Three days of aptitude tests pointed her toward an alternative career in a more creative field. She enrolled in a graduate-level course at the LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture, fell in love with the field, especially the public-planning potential of the profession, and the rest is history - Louisiana history.
 
 
FEATURED news
FACULTY news
New book by Professor Bruce Sharky provides complete overview of the landscape architecture profession
STUDENT news
LSU Discover Scholar Christopher James discusses his architectural research and creative achievements

 

LSU Discover Scholar Christopher James discusses his architectural research and creative achievements


ALUMNI NEWS
Emily Cook, MFA 2008, cofounder of Paperhouse Studio in Toronto, interviewed by ARTLAND

 

Emily Cook, MFA 2008, cofounder of Paperhouse Studio in Toronto, interviewed by ARTLAND

JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Design/Showroom Sales Assistant, Palatial Stone and Tile, Covington, LA
Landscape Architect, Coastal Exposures Landscape Inc., Daphne, AL
Landscape Architect, GreenScape Associates, Richmond, TX
Entry Level Landscape Architect, Johnny Steele Design, Houston, TX
Designer/Inside Salesperson, Tuscan Stone Imports, Baton Rouge, LA
Design Consultant/Assistant, Cajun Electric & Lighting, Baton Rouge, LA
Design Coordinator/Sales, P. Tree Textiles, Baton Rouge, LA
Landscape Designer/Contracting, MP Landscape, Heath, TX
Mid-Level Landscape Architect/Designer, Office of James Burnett, Solana Beach, Houston, Boston
Landscape Designer, Garden Design Inc., Farmers Branch, TX
Entry-Level Designer, Dalhoff Thomas design studio, Memphis, TN
Design Consultant, Fabrics Second to None, Mandeville, LA
Landscape Designer, Mahan Rykiel Associates, Baltimore, MD
  
IN THE NEWS
BR advertising group names Addy award winners
 
Two Runnels students are selected to state art show
 
8 Fluid Ounces 2016
 
LSU gallery to feature Kanevsky
 
New book chronicles the restoration of a landmark Louisiana garden
 
Genevieve Trimble to be honored for restoring a landmark Louisiana garden
 
LSU gives Baton Rouge 6th graders a tour designed to get them thinking about preparing for college
The Advocate

IN THIS ISSUE
Events

4/2, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Spring Fling Plant Thing

LSU Hilltop Arboretum

 

4/2 at 6 p.m.

LSU NOMAS Art Gala
Glassell Gallery

 

4/11 at 5 p.m.

Abelardo Morrell, "The Universe Next Door"

LSU School of Art Lecture
 

4/18 at noon

Billie Faircloth

Coleman Partners Architects Sponsored Lecture
 

4/20 at 5 p.m.

Barnaby Barford

Paula G. Manship Endowed Lecture
 

4/26 at 6:30 p.m.

Discover Nature Program

Paul Orr, "Formosan Termite Invasion: Native Tree Talk and Walk"

LSU Hilltop Arboretum
 

5/19, 6 - 7:30 p.m.

LSU Architecture Alumni Reception in Philadelphia

Barley Room, Bank & Bourbon, Loews Philadelphia Hotel
 

5/24 at 6:30 p.m.

Discover Nature Program

Jane Paterson, "Baton Rouge Audubon: Connecting with Birds"

LSU Hilltop Arboretum
 

Save the Date!

10/21, 6 - 9 p.m.

2016 RRSLA Alumni Reception in New Orleans

Location TBA

exhibitions
Now - 4/16
Lawndale Art Center

4/11 - 4/15
MFA Thesis Show
Foster Gallery
Reception: 4/15, 6-8 p.m. 

4/11 - 4/15
MFA Thesis Show
Foster Gallery
Reception: 4/15, 6-8 p.m.

Now - 4/17
Glassell Gallery
Reception: 4/9, 6 - 8 p.m.

Now - 4/18
LSU Veterinary Medicine Library

4/18 - 5/22
MFA Thesis Show
Reception: 4/22, 6-8 p.m.

4/25 - 4/29
MFA Thesis Show
Foster Gallery
Reception: 4/29, 6-8 p.m.

4/25 - 4/29
MFA Thesis Show
Foster Gallery
Reception: 4/29, 6-8 p.m.

4/26 - 4/30
MFA Thesis Show
Glassell Gallery
Reception: 4/30, 6-8 p.m.

5/3 - 5/7
MFA Thesis Show
Glassell Gallery
Reception: 5/7, 6-8 p.m.

Now - 5/14
Featuring works by Jeremiah Ariaz
Acadiana Center for the Arts

5/11 - 5/20
MFA Thesis Show
Glassell Gallery
Reception: 5/11, 6-8 p.m.

pre-college camps
Registration is now open for pre-college camps!

6/12 - 6/17
Residential
LSU Main Campus

6/20 - 6/24
Tiger-U
LSU Hilltop Arboretum

Visit LSU Continuing Education for more information and to register now.