East St. Louis Action Research Project - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

East St. Louis Action Research Project University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign \| College of Fine and Applied Arts
About Us Why East St. Louis? Why University of Illinois? Mission Statement People Community Partners Campus Partners ESLARP Staff Campus Advisory Committee and Affiliated Faculty Graduate Assistants Alumni Get Involved Courses Current Courses FAA 291 Fall 09 Since 2000 1990 through 1999 What We Do Student Learning Community Information and Technology Neighborhoods and Planning Organizational Capacity Building Parks and Open Space Design Assistance and Construction Publications and Reports 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 Resources and Links Maps Resources for GAs Make a Gift to ESLARP Outreach Weekend Registration *SPOTLIGHT* ESLARP, in collaboration with the Community Informatics Initiative and Department of Landscape Architeture, will be supporting a Design Workshop and Seminar on Sao Tome starting this December. This is the outcome of a collaboration has been growing for several years now between faculty and students from the University of Illinois and governmental and non-governmental organizations in São Tomé, an island nation off the coast of West Africa. Professors Laura Lawson, Rebecca Ginsberg, and Lynne Dearborn will be the team leaders on a unique interdisiplinary design opportunity. Participants will travel to São Tomé during winter break and work will continue throughout the spring semester. Find out how to apply for the Design Workshop and Seminar. ESLARP in Action Blog Search	Enriching young minds through community engagement Awards and Recognitions 2009 Crystal Whiters, ESLARP Graduate Assistant Selected to participate in the Silicon Valley Technology Workshop Blog entry Technology Entrepreneurship Center 2008 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 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 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 Bloomington, IL 1991 Best Student Project Award American Institute of Certified Planners Washington, DC Last updated on 5/20/2009

East St. Louis Action Research Project

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

College of Fine and Applied Arts
326 Noble Hall, MC-549

1209 South Fourth Street

Champaign, Illinois 61820

(217) 265-0202

ESLARP@illinois.edu

Fax: (217) 244-9320