


#4 BLA program in the nation
#5 MLA program in the nation
— DesignIntelligence 2009
Two outstanding alumni have been recognized by the College of Environment & Design for their achievements and support after graduation. At the annual Alumni Weekend honors dinner April 18th, Jan Solomon VandenBulck (BLA ’62) was presented the Dean’s Award of Honor, and Leerie Jenkins, FASLA (BLA ’70) received the Distinguished Alumni Medal.
CED offers practitioners a number of standalone continuing education courses, and makes CEU credit available at events like Alumni Weekend and the spring lecture series. The College also conducts LARE review sessions every spring and fall.
The University of Georgia boasts the largest landscape architecture faculty anywhere. As the oldest state-chartered university in the country, Georgia also provides an ideal laboratory for learning historic preservation. Georgia’s College of Environment and Design provides education that is distinctively broad and adaptable to the interests of individual students.
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The College of Environment & Design was formed in 2001 as the first new college at UGA since 1969. The College represents the School of Environmental Design, which had formally operated as a stand-alone school since 1969. Within the College and School exist degree programs in Landscape Architecture and Historic Preservation, as well as a specialized Certificate Program in Environmental Ethics.
(Cecile L. K. Martin) Professor Cecile L. K. Martin’s graphic media works, Forming Content, is currently showing in the Circle Gallery through Dec. 11th. There will be a gallery talk by Professor Martin during the reception on Tuesday, November 17th (4–6 pm). Martin teaches studio courses in design and graphics at CED. Martin states that this latest exhibit draws upon the constant reworking and reconfiguration of our lives.
The Owens Library, named after Hubert Bond Owens, founder of the College, is located in G14 Caldwell Hall. Offering a collection of books, journals, masters theses, senior capstone projects, videos, reference materials, maps, and electronic resources related to Landscape Architecture and Historic Preservation, it is open to the public as well as the UGA community.
The Founders Memorial Garden commemorates the founders of America’s first garden club, the Ladies Garden Club, organized in Athens in 1891. The garden was developed by the University’s landscape architecture department and the Garden Club of Georgia.
The Founders Garden House, adjacent to the Founders Memorial Garden, is Greek Revival style and was built in 1857. Originally built as a faculty residence, the house has served many University functions over the years which include housing the Department of Landscape Architecture during the 1940’s and 1950’s. The Garden Club of Georgia restored and occupied the house as its state headquarters from 1963 to 1998.