DCRP Alumni,

May's Alumni Update includes:

Message from the Incoming Alumni Association President
As I joked at the DCRP Alumni Reception held April 26th during the 2004 American Planning
Association conference, in March I was elected President of the alumni group by acclamation
—no one else wanted the job!!

Even before enrolling at UNC in the early 1980’s, I observed that the real cache of attending UNC
—in addition to the remarkable faculty and student body—was inclusion in the vast alumni network.
That nearly 100 students and graduates attended the reception in Washington attests that the
“network” is alive and working... read Sue's full address and see more pictures from the reception

The purposes of the University of North Carolina Department of City and Regional Planning
Alumni Association shall be... By-Laws

Program Manager - Trust for Public Land
Bay Trail Planner - The Association of Bay Area Governments
Assistant Facilities Planner - Manatee County School District (FL)
Program Manager - Corporation for Enterprise Development
Transportation Planner Position – Cary, NC Office
Executive Director - Pacific Environment
Regional Economists - U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

Full details and more jobs

Dave Godschalk receives Massey Award
One of the Largest and Most Prestigious Awards at UNC at Chapel Hil

The award fund was started in 1980 by Durham advertising executive C. Knox Massey.  "As an alumnus of the class of 1925, C. Knox Massey loved the university," said Chancellor James Moeser.  "As a businessman, he recognized the value of dedicated employees and believed in rewarding them for a job well done.  Expanding the awards offers an even greater opportunity to fulfill his vision."  Massey founded his advertising agency in 1930 and was considered one of North Carolina’s advertising pioneers. One of six recipients of this year’s award, Dave Godschalk combined his training in architecture and planning and his academic expertise in mediation in dedicated service to the

University as chair of the Chancellor's Building and Grounds Committee.  Since becoming chair of the committee in 1995, the committee has considered two master plans for central campus, two land-use plans for the Horace Williams Tract and participated in dozens of designer selections and influenced the design of major new projects throughout Chapel Hill’s campus.  Chancellor James Moeser said, "We have better buildings because of the work of this committee, and especially the chair."  The Massey award recognizes Dave’s leadership style that is in keeping with Carolina's tradition of consensus building, the award also acknowledges his contribution to the university is superior and lasting.

As a goal, "livabillity" doesn't cut it, says Emil Malizia

We have only to read the letters column of the daily newspaper or listen to the evening news to know that the public at large considers congestion, pollution, and other issues associated with urban growth to be serious problems.  Yet this same public rarely demands stronger urban planning as a solution to these problems.  Why doesn't urban planning have greater public support?  And why don't planners in the trenches have the status they deserve?   In my view, the answer lies in the goals our profession sets forth for itself.  Read more... ©Copyright 2004 American Planning Association All Rights Reserved

6th Annual Graduate Student Recognition Ceremony
Second year DCRP graduate student was recognized

Jane Sibley pictured with Linda Dykstra, Dean of The Graduate School		Jane Sibley was honored at the 6th Annual Graduate Student Recognition Ceremony on Wednesday, April 7.   Jane was recognized for her work with the FEMA Community Planning Fellowship program.  Her accomplishments reflect the outstanding programs and research opportunities offered to DCRP students.
“Whether it is through research on cancer or volunteering for community groups such as the American Red Cross, Carolina’s graduate students add to the betterment of the University and the larger community through their research and service,” said Linda Dykstra, Dean of The Graduate School.  “These students certainly deserve recognition, as our graduate and professional students represent one-third of Carolina’s total student body.  ” According to Graduate School figures, over $2.5 million in external fellowships and grants were brought in to the University by graduate students in during the 2003-04 academic year.

New East Elm

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New East recently gained a new leafy neighbor, a sapling American elm planted in front of the building's Cameron Street façade.  The elm is a specially selected "502" clone from the "American Liberty" series developed in New Hampshire by the Elm Research Institute, and has proven resistance to Dutch elm disease.  The tree was donated to DCRP by Bruce Carley, an elm expert in Acton, Massachusetts who has been working to bring the much-missed tree back to America's streets and parks. Carley maintains a comprehensive Web site on the tree, and was featured in Tom Campanella's recent history of the elm, Republic of Shade (Yale, 2003).

Dr. John A. Parker

The Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina was established in 1946.  It was among the first 10 planning education programs in the United States.  The original bases of the Department and its program were ideas about regionalism (hence the degree, Master of Regional Planning), broadly conceived development planning, and the application of social science methods to practical problems of government that were being explored on the Chapel Hill campus in the 1940’s. This was the first planning department to be established with its principal university base in the social sciences rather than in architecture or landscape design and to demonstrate the interdisciplinary union of social science, design and engineering... read more

New East, home of the Department of City and Regional Planning, is located at 205 East Cameron Avenue in the historic core of the Carolina Campus.  The Italianate building was designed by William Percival and completed in 1861.  The new addition contained a men’s dormitory plus a debating hall and library for the Philanthropic Society.  New East, along with its counterpart New West, is a unique building to the Carolina Campus.   Their distinctive architectural styles are a departure from their counterparts in the historic core on Campus.  Furthermore, the buildings placement in the Campus plan reinforced a new axis, which was introduced by A.J. Davis with the placement of Smith Hall-Playmakers... read more