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Welcome (virtually) back ENVD students, from what was very likely a somewhat strange spring break. I hope this note finds all of you and your families healthy and doing well through this unprecedented event. I know that many of you are adjusting to the remote version of ENVD.

I hope that all of you had a chance to get some rest and enjoy some downtime over the break. As we welcome 2020, we are excited to celebrate the 50th anniversary of environmental design. We will be celebrating both the past and the future throughout this year. We will host special speakers, guest jurors and some surprises.

It is hard to believe we are already in the third week of the semester. Everyone is in a routine and it is exciting to see the initial project reviews happening in studios. I hope all of our new first-year students are beginning to feel that they are a part of the ENVD community.

Kate Sector, a senior in architecture and co-president of AIAS at CU Boulder, was selected to participate in this year’s CRIT Scholar research program.

An info session for the 2019 Medellín, Colombia Global Seminar will take place in ENVD 102 on October 18, at 5:30 p.m.

Instructor Stacey Schulte’s conservation and recreation in the American West course traveled to Rocky Mountain National Park last week. Students learned about the park management design strategies that are used for reducing the impact of high visitation. Resource Specialist Scott Esser took the class to various spots around the park...

On Thursday, September 27, Emily Greenwood and her senior plant identification and design class traveled to Denver Botanic Gardens for a field trip.

On September 4, Professor Ping Xu and her landscape design and feng shui class held a site visit to Saint Malo's Chapel on the Rock in Allens Park, Colorado. The students visited the impact area of the 2013 debris flows that were initiated from MT Meeker, which is five miles...

On September 7, students in ENVD 3100, a city planning studio, met with Rhys Duggan and Chris Wood, principals with Revesco Properties and the owners and developers of Elitch Gardens in downtown Denver. Views from the observation tower gave students a unique perspective for their class case study, which is...

On Friday, September 14, ENVD 3100 sections 011 and 012, taught by Assistant Professor Danielle Rivera and Lecturer Alana Wilson went on a site visit to the RiNo Art District in Denver. The classes walked through the community and met with Tracy Weil of the RiNo Art District. Students in...