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Presentations

  • SRAPPA, Southeastern Regional Association of Physical Plant Administrators,  October, 2007, From Lawnmowers to Legacy • Campus Sustainability from the Ground Up

  • Invited Faculty for the 1998 - present.  Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers (APPA) Institute for Facilities Management: Courses taught: Grounds Management and Campus Design Programs for Colleges and Universities; Grounds: Turf, Trees and Plants; Grounds: Hardscape

  • SCUP (Society for College and University Planning) 2003 Annual Meeting, As Campuses Change, What Stays Put, Miami, Florida

  • APPA 2001 Annual Meeting, As Campuses Change, What Stays Put?, Fort Worth, Texas

  • The Campus as a Public Garden, Presentation to the Annual Conference of the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta, Vancouver, Summer 1999

  • Transforming Campuses, Presentation to Annual Facilities Conference, Summer 1999

  • The Anatomy of Campus Design - Campus Master Planning and Design Workshop, Presentation to Missouri Association of Physical Plant Administrators Annual Conference, Southeastern Missouri State University, Cape Givardeau, MO, 1999

  • Central Association of Physical Plant Administrators, Campus Planning and Design, Little Rock, AR, 1998

  • American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboretums Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting, The Campus as a Public Garden, Charlottesville, VA, Fall, 1998

  • Parking: The Campus Bully, presented to the APPA Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, 1997

  • Comparing Campuses: The Anatomy of Campus Design, pre-conference planning workshop at the annual meeting of the SCUP-32, Chicago, IL, 1997

  • Beyond Master Planning-The Anatomy of Campus Design, presented to the North Atlantic Regional Conference of the Society for College and University Planning, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, and Great Lakes and Midwest Joint Regional Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1997

  • Presentation to Council of Independent Colleges of Virginia, Hampton, Virginia. 1997

  • Trees, the Campus Landscape’s Most Valuable Asset, presented to the Southern Regional Association of Physical Plant Administrators of Universities and Colleges, Inc., University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 1996

  • Beyond Master Planning-An Anatomy of Campus Design, pre conference planning workshop at the annual meeting of the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP-31) Washington, D. C., 1996

  • Campus Assets Hidden in Plain View, presentation to the Society for College and University Planning annual meeting (SCUP-31) Washington, D. C., 1996

  • Beyond Master Planning-The Anatomy of a Campus, presentation to the APPA 1996 Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, 1996

  • Presentation to the Southeastern Regional Association of Physical Plant Administrators of Universities and Colleges, 1995 Annual Meeting, Norfolk, VA

  • Presentation to the SAIR/SCUP 1995 annual conference, Roanoke, VA
Publications

  • Let It Rain, College Planning & Management, April 2007

  • Van Yahres Associates • Campus Planning, Educational Environments No.1, 2005

  • Campus Orientation, Landscape Architecture, February 2001

  • What Should Stay Put, Facilities Manager, September/October 2000

  • Six Steps to grounds Maintenance Master Panning, College Planning & Management,  April, 2000

  • Campus Lessons, Landscape Architecture, July 1999

  • In the Boardwalk Tradition, Landscape Architecture, January 1998

  • Are Your Campus Assets Hidden in Plain View, Facilities Manager Magazine, May-June 1997

  • Seaside Square, Virginia Beach 24th Street Park, Inform, Architecture and Design in the Mid-Atlantic, 1995

  • The Neglected Campus Landscape, Planning for Higher Education, Summer, 1995

  • Wintergreen Resort Mountain Inn Site Improvements, Building Stone Magazine, June 1995