Entries from August 2009

August 27, 2009

Graduate Student Welcome Party

Marla Nelson, Associate Professor and Program Coordinator, is graciously hosting the:

Department of Planning & Urban Studies’
Graduate Student Welcome Party

WHEN:             Saturday, August 29th at 7pm

WHERE:           Marla Nelson’s house
2741 General Pershing St.
New Orleans
504.259.1435

Drinks and snacks will be served

Feel free to bring one or the other!

August 21, 2009

Save the Date… 2009 Smart Growth Summit

Center for Planning Excellence (CPEX) will hold its 4th annual Smart Growth Summit: Creating Complete Communities, August 27 and 28, 2009 at the Shaw Center for the Arts in downtown Baton Rouge.  “Creating Complete Communities” will feature national and local smart growth experts.  Seating is limited and registration is only $25 dollars.  Please register at the link [...]

August 21, 2009

Save The Date… APA State Conference

 
As usual there will be opportunities for students to volunteer at the conference for a reduced rate.  More information about this program will be announced soon.  For questions please contact rosielacy@gmail.com.

August 7, 2009

Crescent City Shaper Tee’s Coming Soon! Order Now!

Place your order now and start the semester off in style. Click the “Buy Now” button below, donate $20 or more and this shirt is yours! A Pay Pal account is not needed.  All proceeds benefit CCS programming.
The front will feature the CCS logo, the back will read “PLanning +Urban Studies @ UNO” (caps intentional, [...]

August 6, 2009

Student Spotlight: Darin A.

Darin graduated is Fall 2008 with his bachelor’s degree. We caught up with him recently to find out more….
So Darin, What’s Next?
Right now I’m working for the Pedestrian Bicycle Resource Initiative, making maps and maintaining our website at www.planning.uno.edu/bikeped. I’m also working on a zine called Geography of Robots that deals pretty heavily with planning, ecology, [...]