Alumni Connection

The Alumni Connection is the alumni association of the Landscape Architecture Program at University of California at Los Angeles

BY-LAWS of THE ALUMNI CONNECTION

Our association is organized exclusively for alumni/professional/student liaison, charitable, and educational purposes.
We seek to help build the Program’s professional voice, standing, and value, thereby improving the opportunities within the job market while educating the public about landscape architecture and the Program

We act as a conduit and network between and with the profession, Program, students, and alumni.

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PROPOSED EVENTS and TOPICS:

-Portfolio Workshops
-mentoring
-A look at what landscape architects do in economic downturns.

Past Event Flier Links

September, 2006: Getty Villa tour
April, 2007: A Tour and Visit to the
Manzanar National Historic Site

November, 2007: Defiant Gardens:
Making Gardens in Wartime
Please join us for a special
presentation by Kenneth I. Helphand,FASLA,

Past Alumni Connection Newsletter links:

Jul 2000
Dec 2000
2001
Feb 2002
Apr 2002
Aug 2002
2003
2004
Jan 2005
Aug 2005
2006
Jul 2008

Alumni Association Officer Nomination Form:

Click here

Presidential exhortation
Furthering the alumni connections objectives has been interesting. The students and graduates are busy and busy squared. Add this to the fact that we don’t all have a water cooler or corner bakery at which to meet and requires us to network creatively in the diverse and widespread Los Angeles region. Furthermore, to promote mentoring, it seems to me, that what is required is a give and take mentality. If students and graduates get involved and yoked up to the following groups, an interchange can occur:

-ASLA
-SCC-ASLA
-UCLALAS, UCLA Landscape Architecture Students at Yahoo.com
- UCLA extension’s web site:

By getting involved and helping to carry the water you will meet those in the profession and be able to ask questions which further your interests. You will also find out about those events which occur frequently all over this city. Yours, Greg Sullivan ‘92, ASLA

Wall of Fame

The Fellowship of Frederick Law Olmsted Award

2006 -Lucy Suzar was presented with The Fellowship of Frederick Law Olmsted Award to honor her 10 years of service and dedication as the Association’s Treasurer. Lucy graciously accepted the accolades.

Past Alumni of the Year awardees:

Most Creative of Landscape Architecture

1998 Tom Gibson, FTP
Holly Kurrayama, Professional practice Ellen Greenman, Professional practice 1999 Diana Lidow
2000
2001

Past recipients of the Alumni Connection Award:

2003
-Karen Tashman,
Thesis Lower Tujunga Watershed -Tanya Dafashy, Basic drawing Ink -Doug Shemer, Graphics II work

2004
–Ransom Mayfield, NoHo District -Felicia Kelley, Critical thinking in Landscape Construction
-Melita Marquez-Libuanao, Creative material use in a Model

2005

2006
–Aya Kudrow

2007
-Betty Shimotsuka, Los Cerritos Wetlands project
-Anne Kim, New Seoul District project Artwork

2008
-Sara Nelson, The Geography of Autism