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School of Environmental Design News

Planning Students Tackle Brownfields in Southwest Philadelphia For almost every project that students undertake in Temple’s Community and Regional Planning program, there is a real world client. Their comprehensive report “Addressing Brownfields, An Inventory and Redevelopment Plan for Southwest Philadelphia,” provided a key resource for identifying and prioritizing locations for redevelopment to organizations in Philadelphia. The project was presented the 2015 Student Scholarship Award for a Group Paper by the American Planning Association’s Pennsylvania Chapter — Southeast Section. The professionalism shown by the students is easy to measure beyond awards. All 10 students from the planning studio are now working in their field or are completing an advanced degree.

Jenny Rose Carey Inducted into Temple’s Gallery of Success Jenny Rose Carey, former director of the Ambler Arboretum of Temple University, didn’t come to Ambler in 2000 intending to get another degree. Falling in love with the campus and the faculty, however, led to a 15-year detour. Fast forward to 2015 and Carey, now director of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s (PHS) Meadowbrook Farm, has been inducted into Temple’s Gallery of Success, recognizing her rich legacy of promoting the University and Ambler Campus whenever and however possible.

Jason Hachadorian — Planning for Innovation at the Brookings Institution Like Mr. Smith before him, recent Community and Regional Planning graduate Jason Hachadorian is going to Washington. Not unlike Jimmy Stewart’s titular character, Hachadorian wants to leave the world a better place than he found it. Taking the hands-on skills he learned at Temple, he recently became a research assistant with the Brookings Institution, one of the oldest and most well-known global think tanks, where he will be studying “innovation districts,” an effort to change neighborhoods for the better.

Class Notes

PHS Honors SED alumni, faculty Ambler Campus alumnus Jack Blandy was awarded a Distinguished Achievement Medal, the highest honor given by the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society during their annual PHS Awards Celebration on November 10.

Blandy, a 1975 Temple graduate with a degree in Ornamental Horticulture and founder of Stoney Bank Nurseries in Glen Mills, has provided decades of service to the horticultural society — he’s no stranger to winning major awards at the Philadelphia Flower Show either. And Blandy wasn’t the only member of the SED family honored. Landscape Architecture Adjunct Assistant Professor Michael LoFurno received an Award of Merit, presented to an individual for outstanding contributions to horticulture or horticultural activities. LoFurno has been co-coordinator of Temple’s award-winning Flower Show exhibits for several years — most recently Star Power: Casts of Light that Stir and Spellbind — and is gearing up for 2016 when PHS explores 100 Years of the National Park Service.

Help Current Students Take Charge

You can make a difference for students enrolled in the School of Environmental Design with a year-end gift. Your gift can have an immediate effect if directed to support improvement projects within the Ambler Arboretum — a living laboratory for SED students — or designated to the Landscape Architecture Junior Studio’s annual Philadelphia Flower Show exhibit. Consider making a legacy gift to establish a named scholarship, which will ensure that students will benefit from your generosity for years to come. For more information, contact Linda Lowe at linda.lowe@temple.edu or 267-468-8440.