NC A&T Landscape Architecture Receives Grant, Coordinates Symposium


December 12, 1997


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Greensboro, NC: The Landscape Architecture Program at North Carolina A&T State University received a grant for $5,000 from the North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects, during the 1997 Annual Conference of the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, which was recently held in Asheville.


The grant will be used in a scholarship fund for A&T students studying landscape architecture.


During the conference, A&T also coordinated the third annual African American Landscape Architecture Symposium. At the symposium, invited presenters reviewed historical precedence and explored promising areas of teaching and research related to African-Americans in the field.


According to Dr. Marihelen Glass, coordinator for NC A&T's Landscape Architecture and Horticulture Program, the symposium was designed to share knowledge which will enrich design education, research and scholarship related to efforts to increase participation of African-Americans in the field of landscape architecture.


"The A&T Landscape Architecture Program is the only accredited program of its type at a historically black college or university," said Glass. "For that reason, it is imperative for us to address the presence of African-Americans in the field, and the scholarship fund that this grant will assist is an important part of that effort."


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For more information, please contact Dr. Marihelen Glass, NC A&T Landscape Architecture and Horticulture Program, (910) 334-7520.