SPOTLIGHT

Larine Y. Cowan
Make a Difference Award

The Larine Y. Cowan Make a Difference Award was presented to ESLARP Director Laura Lawson and FAA Dean Robert Graves earlier this month during the 24th Annual Celebration of Diversity breakfast on November 11, held at the I Hotel. Presenting the award to ESLARP was Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Robert Easter, and Menah Pratt-Clarke, Interim Assistant Chancellor and Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity and Access.



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2007

Spring 2007 Newsletter

2006

Spring 2006 Newsletter

2003

Spring - Spring Semester Courses/Studios * Affordable Housing Studio Designs Unique Home for East St. Louis * ESLARP Interdisciplinary Neighborhood Design Workshop, Spring 2003 * Heritage Trail Project * Spring Outreach Weekends * Summer Outreach Weekend Planned * St. Louis Chapter of ASLA and Univ. of Illinois Dept. Of Landscape Architecture Celebrate National Landscape Architecture Week at Eagle's Nest * Students Prepare Planting Design for 56 ESL Housing Authority Units * Paul Adams Receives CAPE Award * ESL-Citytalk Email Community Forum * East St. Louis News From The Web

2002

Feb/Mar - ESLARP Position Announcement * Spring Semester Courses/Studios * Data Collection Outreach Weekend * March Outreach Weekend * New ESLARP Brochure online * New Leisure Studies Tourism Development Course * UP260 Students Collect Oral Histories * LIS Summer Course * News From the Web

Sep/Oct - New Faces at the Neighborhood Technical Assistance Center * Mike Andrejasich and Jassen Johnson Receive the Campus Award for Excellence in Public Service * ESLARP Co-Sponsors Rays of Hope Conference * Fall Semester Courses/Studios * September and October Outreach Weekends * Digital ESL Collaborative * ESLARP Conducts Study on Abusive Lending Practices * New NTAC Brochure Available Online * East St. Louis News From The Web

2001

Jan/Feb - Spring 2001 ESLARP Course * DigitalESL Collaborative * ESLARP Faculty Fellowship * February Outreach Weekend * ESLARP Granted Bonner Foundation Grant * NTAC News

Apr/May - ESLARP Job Opportunity * Spring 2001 Final Class Projects * Virginia Park Project * East St. Louis Park District Report, Spring 2001 * March Outreach Weekend * NTAC News * RA Reflections

Sep/Oct - Craig Miller Recieves Campus Award for Excellence * A Fond Adieu to Cathy * New NTAC Director Named * NTAC Celebrates 5 Years of Service * NTAC Website Gets a New Look * ESLARP Recives COPC New Directions Grant * ESLARP Volunteer Website * September Outreach Weekend * October Outreach Weekend

2000

Feb - LA 338/ARCH 372 Spring Class * Renewal of Fundiing to NTAC * ESLARP Assists Springfield Project * ESLARP Featured in Publications * ESLARP in Porto Alegre and Sao Paulo

Mar - ESLARP and UIUC awarded the AICP President's Award * March Work Weekend * LA 338/ARCH 372 Spring Class

Apr/May - Outreach at East St. Louis on 14-15 April * ESLARP retreat at the Anita Purves Nature Center * Final Presentations of the LA338/ARCH372 Collaborative Studio * Farewell to Ken Reardon * Campus Award to Prof. Varkki George

Sep - New ESLARP Web Address * Prairienet to Provide Public Access Computers in ESL * UP260 Fall Class * Farewell to Professor Brian Orland

Oct/Nov - Fall Outreach Weekends * ESLARP Student Volunteer Organization (SVO) * College Administrators Tour East St. Louis * Getting East St. Louis Wired * Down on the River

1999

Feb - Outreach Weekend Report, Jan. 29-31, 1999 * Outreach Weekend Report, Feb. 19-20, 1999 * East St. Louis News From the Web * New Spring '99 Online Calendar

Mar/Apr - Symposium on Job Creation Strategies in East St. Louis, May 4, 1999 * Outreach Weekends, Mar. 26-27, 1999 * University of Illinois and Middle Tennessee State ASB, Mar. 14-20, 1999 * Colorado State Univ. ASB, Mar 7-12, 1999 * Grand Rapids Comm. College ASB, Feb. 27-MAR 6, 1999 * What's New * East St. Louis News From the Web

May - Alta Sita Neighborhood Summit-Apr. 17th, 1999 * Alta Sita Neighborhood Youth Planning Activity-Apr 9th, 1999 * Final Class Projects: LA338/Arch374, UP378 and UP299 * 1999 Symposium on Job Creation Strategies in East St. Louis * 1999 Illinois Campus Compact Service Learning Symposium * Announcements * Awards * Hello! * Goodbye! * Thanks!

Sep - President Clinton Visits East St. Louis, July 6, 1999 * ESLARP Technology Presented at URISA Conference, Chicago * Fall 1999 ESLARP Courses * Illinois Bottomland Explorer (IBEX) Released * East St. Louis Phoenix Website * New Version of EGREYS Released * Good-Bye! * Hello!

Oct - Outreach Weekend, Sept. 17-18, 1999 * ESLARP Featured in Publications * Cost-Benefit Analysis of the EGRETS Website * East St. Louis News From the Web

Nov - Ms. Ceola Davis and Emerson Park Development Corporation Receive Regional Awards * NTAC Provides Technical Assistance to Washington Park Non-Profit Organizations and Local Businesses * Outreach Weekend, Oct. 22-23, 1999 * Faith Based Organizing Initiative - Churches Building Their Community * NTAC to Offer Training * News From ESLARP's Eastern Front * Extraordinary Projects From the Past

Dec - LA 341 Final Class Projects * Arch 371 Final Class Projects * Farewell to James Jones

1998

Feb - Three Spring Semester Courses Focus on East St. Louis * EDRA Conference In St. Louis to Feature ESLARP Activities * Spring Outreach Weekends * Neighborhood News Jan./Feb. 1998 * ESLARP Offices Move to Noble Hall * ESLARP Update Page

Apr - Alternative Spring Break * Neighborhood Condition Survey * EDRA Conference Highlights * Tom Shields Joins ESLARP as Projects Coordinator

May - SNAP '98 (Spring Neighborhood Action Projects) * Community Outreach Weekend #2, Spring 1998 * Community Outreach Weekend #3, Spring 1998

Sep - Upcoming Events * 1998 HUD COPC Grantees Conference * Fall 1998 Semester ESL Class * ESL CITYTALK email Community Forum * Data Collection Reports * Sping 1998 Semester Class Projects on the Web * ESLARP Noble Hall Office Update * Next issue

Oct - Outreach Weekend Report, Sep. 11-12, 1998 * 1998 Community Outreach Partnerships Centers Conference * Summer Blitz Build * URPS Summer Youth Program * ESLARP 1998 Spring Retreat

Nov - Outreach Weekend Report, Oct. 2-3, 1998 * Dunham Artisinal Village Hut Blitz Build, Oct. 23, 1998 * Search Committee Formed * ESLARP '98/'99 Activities * New Volunteers * Upcoming Events * Personal Notes

Dec - Spring '99 Classes * 1999 Illinois Campus Compact Service Learning Symposium * 1998 COPC Conference Updates * Job Search Extended * Spring '99 Calendar

1997

Sep - New Version of EGRETS Available * Gardening Guide * NTAC Raises Funding for Local Organizations * Dunhamfest * Building Opportunities * Sanitation Code Violation Study * Fall 1997 ESLARP Calendar * East St. Louis News

Oct - Community Outreach Weekend #1, Fall 1997 * Community Access to GIS * Use of Information Technology for Community Development

Nov - Community Outreach Weekend #2, Fall 1997 * Neighborhood News * Community Outreach Weekend #3, Fall 1997

Dec - Community Outreach Weekend #3, Fall 1997 * Neighborhood News Nov./Dec. 1997 * New EGRETS Interactive Map * LA/UP 341 Semester Projects * ESLARP 96-97 Annual Report * NTAC 96-97 Annual Report * ESLARP Update Page

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