Join us in congratulating Camille Forest (MLA ’25) in being recognized by the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture’s (CELA) as a 2025 Finalist in the Fountain Scholar Program!

The Council for Educators in Landscape Architecture’s (CELA) Fountain Scholar Program recognizes and supports Black, Indigenous, and people of color in landscape architecture with exceptional design skills and who use their skills and ideas to influence, communicate, lead, and advance design solutions for contemporary issues. The winners and finalists were selected from 27 graduate and undergraduate students nominated by their faculty for their exceptional design skills and ability to influence, communicate, lead, and advance design solutions for contemporary issues.


Camille was recognized for her outstanding contributions to research with the Puget Sound Lowland Meadow at the Burke Museum of Natural History, Transdisciplinary Equitable Floodplains Research Group, and Floodplain Integrated Planning (FLIP) team on the Nooksack River in Northwestern Washington.
Congratulations again Camille!