Opportunities and Educational Resources
Graduate Student Offices
Computer Facilities
Department of Landscape Architecture Awards and Honors
Student Organizations and Activities
Libraries
Media Centers
Arboretum
Graduate Student Offices:
There are 10 offices in Agriculture Hall available to graduate students in the Department of Landscape Architecture. At any one time, there are approximately four to six offices available to incoming students. Six of the ten offices can reasonably hold two students per office. The four end offices could hold three students per office.
A large office also exists in the basement of Hiram-Smith Hall. This office can hold four students comfortably, five if necessary.
All offices come equipped with nonfunctioning phone service, keys, desk and chair, book shelves, and wireless computer capability (Ag Hall only).
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Computer Facilities:
Graduate students in the Landscape Architecture program have access to a departmental computer lab, housing ten to twelve PCs and two to four Macs with internet access and associated peripherals (e.g., printers, scanners, a large format plotter). The PCs each have computer-aided design (CAD) and geographic information system (GIS) software. In addition, there are two high-end graphic production stations within the LA computer lab.
As space allows, graduate students areassigned shared office spaces within the department. Priority for office space is given to Teaching Assistants, and Project or Research Assistants. Each of the spaces available has internet capability so that students can bring their own PCs, Macs, or laptops and connect from their office space.
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Department of Landscape Architecture Awards and Honors:
The Department maintains an active annual Awards and Honors Program that includes the following:
- ASLA Awards of Honor and Merit (based on the best Master's theses completed during the previous year)
- Outstanding Publication Award
- Outstanding Public Service Award
- Outstanding Departmental Service Award
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University of Wisconsin:
Student Organizations and Activities
One of the largest campus organizations involving graduate students is the Madison Ecology Group (MEG)--a cross campus, cross-disciplinary group of faculty, students, and staff involved in environmental studies or ecological issues. Every year MEG hosts two symposia to highlight faculty and graduate student research.
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Libraries
The UW-Madison has one of the largest research library systems in the country. It includes Memorial Library, 21 other campus libraries, and numerous special collections. The holdings of these libraries, totaling more than four million volumes, range from books and journals to maps, recordings, and rare manuscripts.
Steenbock Memorial Library serves the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. It houses a collection of more than 140,000 books, bound journals, and government publications, and has seating and study room for over 1,300 persons. The majority of landscape architecture books are found in this library.
Memorial Library near the historic center of campus is the principal research facility for the humanities and social sciences. Among the specialized campus libraries are those for art, biology, business, chemistry, engineering and physical sciences, geography, geology, health sciences, law, mathematics, music, pharmacy, physics, and social work.
Students also have access to other libraries located in Madison. The Wisconsin Historical Society has one of the premiere collections in the nation. It covers all topics in North American history, holds official publications of the U.S. and Canadian governments, and has America’s second largest newspaper collection.
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Media Centers
Beyond the department computer facilities, students can use the New Media Center and Biology New Media Center for almost any media production needs, and the many computer labs found in each of the University libraries.
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Arboretum
The 1,200-acre University of Wisconsin Arboretum provides opportunities for outdoor education and research. Located within three miles of the campus, the Arboretum maintains a small horticultural garden, but its major concern is to provide examples of Wisconsin's native plant communities, including the well-known Curtis Prairie. Wetlands, conifer, and deciduous forests are also represented. These communities serve as laboratories to teach the identification of native plants, as well as to study natural models of planting design. The Arboretum staff has worked with landscape architecture students in the design and management of several portions of the site.
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