Hey everyone,
On my recent trip to Chicago my friend showed me an article she edited for her school paper at Loyola... it happened to be about the now completed Morse Theatre we all visited in March.
here is the link to the article
After visiting I must say it has come a long way since we were walking around its dirt floor. The place is incredible, very slick and happenin'. Next time anyone is in Chicago I would recommend stopping by to check it out.
--Aaron Flohr
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Graduate Research Fair
Planning Grad Students,
I urge you to consider presenting at this year's Graduate Research Fair on March 23, 2009. There are opportunities for both session and poster presentations. You do NOT need to prepare a separate paper or poster, but use one you already have given or are preparing for a Winter class.
This is a great opportunity for you to hone your presentation skills and to gain professional experience before a friendly audience. Any of your EMU faculty profs. can advise and/or sponsor you. Let me know if you have any questions. Please consider this opportunity.
Norm...
I urge you to consider presenting at this year's Graduate Research Fair on March 23, 2009. There are opportunities for both session and poster presentations. You do NOT need to prepare a separate paper or poster, but use one you already have given or are preparing for a Winter class.
This is a great opportunity for you to hone your presentation skills and to gain professional experience before a friendly audience. Any of your EMU faculty profs. can advise and/or sponsor you. Let me know if you have any questions. Please consider this opportunity.
Norm...
Detroit Walking Tour
On December 30th at 4pm, Cityscape Detroit is hosting a walking tour at inside Detroit, 1253 Woodward avenue. I believe Jeannette Pierce will be speaking. She is really enthusiatic about social, recreational and architectual resources the city has to offer-and makes a living talking about it. Should be interesting. Tanya Stephens is the contact person at Cityscape.
--Steve Holowicki
--Steve Holowicki
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Party with WSSUP on December 18th!
The Wayne State Urban Planning Student Organization (WSSUP) has invited all Eastern Michigan urban planning students to its annual Holiday Potluck on Thursday, December 18th.
The potluck begins at 7:00 PM at the historic St. Albertus Church Rectory at 4231 St. Aubin in Detroit.
There will be a 50/50 raffle with prizes. Previous raffle items have included gift cards, books, tours, and "adult beverages."
Due to space limitations, only one guest per student is allowed.
The Wayne State planners are great people with a great perspective. Come on out to make new friends, network, and strengthen the important relationship between our two programs!
Email andylinn@gmail.com with questions.
The potluck begins at 7:00 PM at the historic St. Albertus Church Rectory at 4231 St. Aubin in Detroit.
There will be a 50/50 raffle with prizes. Previous raffle items have included gift cards, books, tours, and "adult beverages."
Due to space limitations, only one guest per student is allowed.
The Wayne State planners are great people with a great perspective. Come on out to make new friends, network, and strengthen the important relationship between our two programs!
Email andylinn@gmail.com with questions.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
DEADLINE EXTENDED
The deadline for submitting proposals for Student or Young Professional Presentations at the 2009 MAP Student Conference has been extended to Thursday, November 20.
All you need to submit is a 50-word abstract of what you would like to present. Presenting at the Conference--being held here at EMU--is a really great resume builder.
See the post below for links to submit proposals and see the full presentation guidelines.
All you need to submit is a 50-word abstract of what you would like to present. Presenting at the Conference--being held here at EMU--is a really great resume builder.
See the post below for links to submit proposals and see the full presentation guidelines.
Friday, November 7, 2008
Plant Some Trees With EMU GREEN and PLACE
Meet with students from GREEN--the environmental club at EMU--and PLACE this Saturday, November 15, to plant some trees in Detroit.
We will be meeting at the Student Center at 8:00 AM and carpooling to Delores Bennett Park at 444 Smith St., to plant 65 street trees on Chandler between Oakland and Woodward. Planting will be done by the Greening of Detroit in partnership with the City of Detroit's Next Initiative and North End Block Club Association. They need 100 volunteers, so we hope you come and help out!
If it's more convenient, you can simply meet us at 444 Smith St. at 9 AM.
If you're interested, please RSVP to Dave Waligora at davidwaligora@gmail.com or Adam Cook at acook10@emich.edu.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
PLACE T-Shirts For Sale!
Check it out! Today I'm wearing one of the new Planning Program T-shirts, designed by student Lauren Carlson and being distributed through PLACE. You can have one, too. They are $15, and all sizes are currently available. You can buy them from me; they're available in my office.
Also, we thought it would be cool to have a "Wear your Planning T-shirt" Day next Tuesday, Nov. 11. We need to let those freshmen and sophomores see them before they register for Winter classes. If we all wore them on the same day, maybe we'd get some notice. (Or, of course, you can wear yours every day if you wish, or if you haven't done your laundry in a long time.)
We'll sell them until they run out. All profits go to PLACE.
Norm
Also, we thought it would be cool to have a "Wear your Planning T-shirt" Day next Tuesday, Nov. 11. We need to let those freshmen and sophomores see them before they register for Winter classes. If we all wore them on the same day, maybe we'd get some notice. (Or, of course, you can wear yours every day if you wish, or if you haven't done your laundry in a long time.)
We'll sell them until they run out. All profits go to PLACE.
Norm
Friday, October 31, 2008
Win $10,000!
The ULI Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition is a graduate-level annual competition that is intended to provide an interdisciplinary learning experience for real estate and design students in the United States and Canada. Self-formed student teams are asked to provide an urban design and a financial feasibility strategy for a large-scale real life site that ULI has identified somewhere in the United States. Through the formation of multidisciplinary teams, the program encourages cooperation and teamwork among future real estate professionals and the many allied professions, such as architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, historic preservation, engineering, real estate development, finance, psychology, law, and others.
Click here to visit the competition website
Click here to visit the competition website
Friday, October 24, 2008
Call for Presentations
EMU is hosting the Michigan Association of Planning (MAP) Student Conference at the Student Center on Friday, February 6th, 2009. We are seeking brief presentations from students and young professionals of no more than 25 minutes.
One purpose of the Student Conference is to give students an opportunity to present work done for a class or an internship to people, both fellow students and professionals, from around the state. Having done a professional presentation looks great on a resume, and provides good practice doing something any planner will have to do many times over the course of a career!
The deadline for proposal submissions is Thursday, November 6th. Proposals need be no more than 50 words in length.
Click here to download complete presentation guidelines
Proposals can be submitted online at the MAP website
Space for presenters is limited, and once all submissions are in the best proposals will be selected by a committee of students and professionals.
As the host school, it would look wonderful to have a good turnout of students and young professionals from EMU doing presentations. If you're unsure about what to present, or a bit nervous, talk to your professors: they're really excited to help you.
If you have any questions, contact Adam Cook at acook10@emich.edu.
One purpose of the Student Conference is to give students an opportunity to present work done for a class or an internship to people, both fellow students and professionals, from around the state. Having done a professional presentation looks great on a resume, and provides good practice doing something any planner will have to do many times over the course of a career!
The deadline for proposal submissions is Thursday, November 6th. Proposals need be no more than 50 words in length.
Click here to download complete presentation guidelines
Proposals can be submitted online at the MAP website
Space for presenters is limited, and once all submissions are in the best proposals will be selected by a committee of students and professionals.
As the host school, it would look wonderful to have a good turnout of students and young professionals from EMU doing presentations. If you're unsure about what to present, or a bit nervous, talk to your professors: they're really excited to help you.
If you have any questions, contact Adam Cook at acook10@emich.edu.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
PLACE takes the Kiosk by storm!
PLACE kicked off the school year in style by painting the Kiosk the night of September 21st. Pictured practicing their graffiti skills are Aaron Flohr, Greg Peruski and Courtney Veraldi.
As PLACE is now an official Student Organization we should have more opportunities for 'vandalism' in the future. Be sure to join us!
As PLACE is now an official Student Organization we should have more opportunities for 'vandalism' in the future. Be sure to join us!
Field Trip to Cherry Hill Village and McKenna Associates!
We hope you can join us for this great opportunity on Friday, November 7th!
We will do a walking tour of the Cherry Hill Village in Canton lead by Canton Twp's head planner Jeff Goulet. We shall grab some lunch afterward and then finish the trip in Northville taking a tour of McKenna and Associates head quarters and go there for a tour and a discussion with some private practice planners.
I can take up to 4 people in my car.
We will be leaving EMU at 9:30 AM and should be back by 3:30 PM.
We can meet at EMU and head out from there if that'll be easier for everyone.
Let me know so I can make the final arrangements. We'll talk about it more exclusively on Oct. 23's meeting.
Thanks,
Dave
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Meet Wayne State Planning Students
The Wayne State planning department student association (WSSUP) is having their Fall kick-off meeting this Thursday. This is a good opportunity to meet your fellow planning students at another school and hear about what's going on at Wayne State. Students from PLACE and WSSUP had a mixer earlier this year at Traffic Jam in Detroit, and we had a great time. Hopefully we can continue the tradition of networking between our two student organizations.
The meeting will be Thursday, October 23rd at 8 PM at Motor City Brewing Works (470 West Canfield in Detroit, right across the street from Traffic Jam). Contact Adam Cook if you're interested in carpooling there, acook10@emich.edu
The meeting will be Thursday, October 23rd at 8 PM at Motor City Brewing Works (470 West Canfield in Detroit, right across the street from Traffic Jam). Contact Adam Cook if you're interested in carpooling there, acook10@emich.edu
PLACE Meeting This Thursday
Hey everyone, well the PLACE October meeting is drawing near and we
just wanted to send out a reminder for everyone the the next meeting
will be Thursday October 24th at around 4:50 PM. We will be talking
about our experiences at the MAP Conference, upcoming events, and the
PLACE social club night.
Hope to see all of you there,
Thanks,
Dave
Aaron
Courtney
just wanted to send out a reminder for everyone the the next meeting
will be Thursday October 24th at around 4:50 PM. We will be talking
about our experiences at the MAP Conference, upcoming events, and the
PLACE social club night.
Hope to see all of you there,
Thanks,
Dave
Aaron
Courtney
Monday, October 20, 2008
Planning Articles in Sunday's Free Press
There were two articles in yesterday's Free Press that might be of interest to planners.
One was a feature on Grand Rapids' leadership in green building
The other is an article about local communities updating their zoning ordinances to respond to an increase in demand for pawn shops and tattoo parlors
One was a feature on Grand Rapids' leadership in green building
The other is an article about local communities updating their zoning ordinances to respond to an increase in demand for pawn shops and tattoo parlors
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