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Category: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

CALL FOR REVIEWERS – Empowering BIPOC Youth: Pathways to Sustainable Design Futures

This school year the Landscape Architecture Department received a SEED Grant to work with the youth of surrounding communities of the Duwamish River on a landscape architecture mock studio. The project outlines that UWASLA Youth Outreach Coordinator and volunteers will engage students around questions of public space, ecology, and social justice. The studio will serve as a space for youth to reflect on the traumatic effects of living near a Superfund Site while generating awareness of the importance of maintaining…

Landscape Architecture alumni establish a fund for equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts

During their time as students in Landscape Architecture, Rhiannon Neuville, Peter Samuels, and Jake Minden set out to establish a support fund in their department to help advance equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) efforts. Launched in December 2020, the UW//LA Fund for Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion aims to financially support a wide range of programs in UW’s Department of Landscape Architecture oriented toward justice in design education and, more broadly, EDI-oriented work within the field. Administered by the UW//LA Justice,…

Endowed Scholarship for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Landscape Architecture Update

Each year, the Department of Landscape Architecture graduates innovative practitioners and leaders who are ready to contribute to the change we seek. Our students study landscape architecture because they believe we can equitably and justly transform and shape our communities for the better.  Earlier this year, we made the exciting announcement that Site Workshop, Gustafson Guthrie Nichol (GGN), Berger Partnership, Walker Macy, and AHBL partnered together on a campaign to create an endowed scholarship to support students who identify as…

Landscape Architecture announces  MIG Scholarship Fund For The Design Of Equitable and Inclusive Environments

The University of Washington’s College of Built Environments is thrilled to partner with MIG Inc. in creating the MIG Scholarship Fund For The Design Of Equitable and Inclusive Environments. This scholarship will be granted to the CBE Department of Landscape Architecture students with a demonstrated interest and commitment to the design of equitable and inclusive environments. Guided by CBE and the Department of Landscape Architecture’s commitment to equity and representation throughout their student and professional communities, this scholarship will enable…

Ellis Civic Fellowship

The Ellis Civic Fellowship identifies two students from each incoming class who are committed to serving the community and investing in their own leadership development during their time at the UW! If selected as an Ellis Fellow, you will receive a scholarship (totaling $12,000 over four years), personalized advising, supported connections with community engaged projects, and opportunities to develop as a civic leader. The Fellowship is open to students interested in any major of study, as long as you agree…

Firms partner with UW, WSU to establish BIPOC landscape architecture scholarship

The University of Washington’s College of Built Environments and Washington State University’s School of Design and Construction are working together with Site Workshop, Gustafson Guthrie Nichol (GGN), and Berger Partnership to create an endowed scholarship in their respective landscape architecture programs to support students who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC). Site Workshop, a landscape architecture firm based in Seattle, began the process to establish the BIPOC LA Scholarship with WSU and UW in 2020. “For years…

Racial Equity Within Built Environment Design Practice

In my final year of the MLA program, I’ve been given the opportunity to participate in the Applied Research Consortium (ARC), a new program within the college that links graduate students, faculty members, and firms to research a topic that aligns student interest, faculty expertise, and firm needs. I am leading a year-long research project focused on racial equity within built environment design practice. More specifically, I am looking at how perceptions of firm culture within private practice affect employee…