Action Research Illinois - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Action Research Illinois College of Fine and Applied Arts \| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Action Research Illinois Mission Statement (ARI) Courses Ongoing Projects The People of ARI Community Partners AR.I Advisory Committee Affiliated Professionals Recent Staff Events and News Grants and Awards 2012 Seed Grants for Course Development 2012 Faculty Mentor Program FAA 391 Spring 2013 5th & Hill FAA 391 Spring 2013 N 1st. Street ESLARP Mission Statement Why East St. Louis? Why University of Illinois? Who We Are Community Partners Campus Partners ESLARP Staff ESLARP Faculty Vernon Burton Cynthea Geerdes Robert Selby Graduate Assistants Randall Rice Senait Brown Will Godfrey Sripallavi Nadimpalli Crystal Whiters Noah Lenstra Jake Odland Alumni What We Do Courses Current Courses FAA 291 FEB Spring 2012 FAA 291 APR - Spring 2012 FAA 291 fall 2011 FAA 291 oct fall 2011 2000 to present 1990 through 1999 Student Learning Community Information and Technology Neighborhoods and Planning Organizational Capacity Building Parks and Open Space Design Assistance and Construction Socioeconomic and Demographic Characteristics Works Cited Olivette Park Neighborhood Block 1 Publications and Presentations Academic Publications Student Projects and Reports Neighborhood Plans Conference Presentations Outreach Weekend Reports Retreats and Annual Reports Awards and News ESLARP in the News Awards and Recognitions Newsletters Get Involved Resources and Links Maps Internal Resources Make a Gift to ESLARP ESLARP Alumni Spotlight Metro East Citizens Air Project Contact Information Illinois Global Action Research Outreach Weekend Registration *Spotlight . . .* Community - Campus Day of Service a huge success! April 20, 2013 On Saturday, April 20th, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign kicked off National Volunteer Week with an inaugural Community-Campus Day of Service. Over 60 students, faculty and staff worked with six community partners on seven projects to complete pre-construction projects, community garden spring preparation projects, flyering in the community, reorganizing classrooms at Tap in Leadership Academy, cataloging choral literature, and preparing a Bee Garden. A big thank you goes out to all who helped on April 20! Search	Enriching perspectives through community engagement Awards and Recognitions 2011 Bruce Wicks, ESLARP Campus Advisory Committee Member Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Spirit Award Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity East St. Louis, IL January 16, 2011 2010 Martin Wolske, ESLARP Campus Advisory Committee Member Graduate School of Library and Information Science Champaign Park District Service Award December 8, 2010, Champaign IL Abbilyn Harmon Graduate Student in Landscape Architecture Department of Housing and Urban Development's Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant Laura Lawson Director, ESLARP Associate Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture Fine and Applied Arts Faculty Award for Excellence in Service 2009-2010 Lynne Dearborn Assistant Professor, School of Architecture Fine and Applied Arts Faculty Award for Excellence in Research 2009-2010 2009 ESLARP Larine Y. Cowan Make a Difference Award November 11, 2009 Office of Equal Opportunity and Access, ILLINOIS Crystal Whiters, ESLARP Graduate Assistant Selected to participate in the Silicon Valley Technology Workshop Blog entry Technology Entrepreneurship Center 2008 Lynne Dearborn, ESLARP Campus Advisory Committee Member ArchitecturalResearch Centers Consortium New Researcher Award Paul Adams, ESLARP Campus Advisory Committee Member Campus Award for Excellence in Public Engagement Abbilyn Harmon, ESLARP Graduate Assistant Imagining America Publicly Active Graduate Education Fellowship http://imaginingamerica.org/PAGE.html 2007 Leah Ostenberg, ESLARP Graduate Assistant Finalist, ULI's 2007 Urban Design Competition http://www.udcompetition.uli.org 2006 Vernon Burton, ESLARP Campus Advisory Committee Member Campus Award for Excellence in Public Engagement 2005 Laura Lawson, ESLARP Campus Advisory Committee Member Arnold O. Beckman Research Award, 2004-05. Received for “An Analysis of Parks and Open Space in East St. Louis, Illinois.” 2004 Vicki Eddings, ESLARP Administrative Coordinator Chancellor's Distinguished Staff Award http://www.pso.uiuc.edu/cdsa/cdsahall.html Lynne Dearborn, ESLARP Campus Advisory Committee Member Stacy Harwood, ESLARP Campus Advisory Committee Member Laura Lawson, ESLARP Campus Advisory Committee Member American Institute of Architects Education Honor Award, 2004. Received for “Envisioning the Future in the South End Neighborhood,” a plan produced by the East St. Louis Neighborhood Design Workshop, 2002-03. Award given to teaching team. 2003 Janni Sorensen, ESLARP Planning Research Assistant Campus Award for Excellence in Public Service http://www.eslarp.uiuc.edu/news/campusaward2003/ 2002 Michael J. Andrejasich, ESLARP Executive Committee Campus Award for Excellence in Public Service http://www.eslarp.uiuc.edu/news/campusaward2002/index.htm Jassen Johnson, ESLARP Outreach Weekend Research Assistant Campus Award for Excellence in Public Service http://www.eslarp.uiuc.edu/news/campusaward2002/index.htm What We Want Students to Learn: Cultivating Playfulness and Responsibility in a Liberal Education By Nancy Cantor and Steven Schomberg. Published in Change Magazine, Volume 34, Number 6, November/December 2002 2001 Craig A. Miller, Sr., NTAC Community Design Specialist Campus Award for Excellence in Public Service http://www.eslarp.uiuc.edu/ntac/news/campusaward2001/ Kenneth Reardon Ernest A. Lynton Award for Faculty Professional Service & Academic Outreach http://www.nerche.org/Lynton/Winners/winners.html 2000 President's Outstanding Professional Service Award American Institute of Certified Planners New York, NY 1999 Outstanding Community Service Project Award SERVE Illinois Champaign, IL Honorable Mention Ernest Lynton Award for Faculty Professional Service American Association of Higher Education Norfolk, VA UIUC Nominee Japan Prize 1998 First Action Research Award National Society for Experiential Education Raleigh, NC Faculty Contribution to Service Learning Make a Difference Award SERVE Illinois Champaign, IL 1997 Outstanding Faculty Award Panhellenic Council University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL Harriet and Charles Luckman Undergraduate Distinguished Teaching Award University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL 1996 Finalist National Excellence Award UN Habitat II Preparatory Committee Washington, DC 1995 Mayoral Proclamation Declaring May 20 as University of Illinois Day in East St. Louis Service-Learning Pioneer Stanford University/Johnson Foundation Wingspread, WI Public Service Award Illinois Association of Landscape Architects Frederick J. Miller Award for Distinguished Community Service University YMCA Champaign, IL Second Prize for Interdisciplinary Teaching Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Washington, DC 1993 Award for Excellence Economic and Community Development Division National Universities' Continuing Education Association, Region VII Awarded in Nashville, TN Award Winning Project for Social Responsibility Pratt Institute/Architects and Designers for Social Responsibility New York, NY 1992 Award for Excellence Economic and Community Development Division National Universities' Continuing Education Association, Region VII Awarded in Bloomington, IL 1991 Best Student Project Award American Institute of Certified Planners Washington, DC Last updated on 7/22/2011

Action Research Illinois

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

College of Fine and Applied Arts

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