Five University student groups were recently recognized by the American Society of Landscape Architects for their outstanding landscape architecture projects.
Landscape architecture students submitted class projects to ASLA last semester, said Van Cox, interim director of the Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture.
Cox said the students’ recognition was a great honor to the School of Landscape Architecture, which is ranked No. 1 in the nation for undergraduate and No. 2 for graduate students.
Three of the projects received the honors award in the General Design category of the national competition.
The first project, entitled “Chattanooga Central Park,” was submitted by University alumnae Emily Bullock and Jessica Carvajal.
The second project to receive the honors award in the General Design category was submitted by second-year graduate students Matthew Seibert and Benjamin Wellington and was titled “Fluvial