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Landscape Architecture

Landscape Architecture Scholarships

The Landscape Architecture Department offers scholarships to landscape architecture majors. These scholarships recognize need, promise and achievement in a broad range of activities related to landscape architecture. Recipients are selected in the spring quarter and the financial award is given in the fall.

Application Scholarships

The Landscape Architecture Department offers the following three scholarships that are generally awarded based on the evaluation of student applications, although the department may consider other students when the applicant pool does not provide the best students based on the scholarship's criteria.

The deadline for applying for these 2012-13 scholarships is 5 pm, Monday, April 30, 2012. Applications should be submitted to the LA office in 34-251.

Douglas Baylis, FASLA Memorial Scholarship Application

Robert Cota Vasquez Memorial Scholarship Application

Dean and Patricia Morgridge Family Scholarship Application

Douglas Baylis, FASLA Memorial Scholarship

The Douglas Baylis, FASLA, College of Architecture and Environmental Design Memorial Scholarship was established in 1998 by the Maggie Baylis Revocable Living Trust in memory of her husband, Douglas Baylis. Mr. Baylis was a well-recognized landscape architect in California and the country and received an ASLA "Fellowship" award.

Landscape Architecture majors at any class level are eligible to apply, as long as the individual will be a student during the 2012-2013 academic year. A minimum 3.0 GPA is required.

For 2012-13, the scholarship amount is $1,500. There will be two awards.

The LA department scholarship committee reviews submissions (application and portfolio of project examples) and recommends the recipient to the CAED Scholarship Committee for final approval.

2011-12 Scholarship Recipient: Michael Miller

2010-11 Scholarship Recipient: Jane Theobald

2009-10 Scholarship Recipient: Katherine Blair

Robert Cota Vasquez Memorial Scholarship

The Robert Cota Vasquez Memorial Scholarship also provides financial support to one LA student, generally each academic year. This scholarship was established by Miss Elizabeth Brooks of Santa Barbara in 1999 in memory of her uncle, Robert Cota Vasquez.

LA students in their fourth year are eligible to apply. A minimum GPA of 3.0 is required; preference is given to re-entry students.

For 2012-2013, the scholarship amount is $300. There will be two awards.

The Landscape Architecture Department scholarship committee reviews the applications and selects the recipients.

There was no scholarship award made for 2011-12.

2010-11 Scholarship Recipient: Jenna Meath

2009-10 Scholarship Recipient: Ryan Crockett

Dean and Patricia Morgridge Family Scholarship

The Dean and Patricia Morgridge Family Scholarship was established by Dean (1930-2010) and Patricia Morgridge to provide financial support and encourage excellence in promising landscape architecture students going into their fourth or fifth year of study. Its intent is to help offset tuition costs for exceptional students who would otherwise not be able to devote as much time to their studies due to financial obligations. Through increased opportunity to participate in classroom and practical exercises, this scholarship promotes the application of careful and appropriate blending of man-made structures and the natural environment by investing in the education of future landscape architect practitioners.

LA students in their third or fourth year are eligible to apply. A minimum GPA of 2.8 is required, with a minimum GPA of 3.0 in major courses. Applicants are required to provide a one-page statement describing their financial need and interests and goals along with their application.

For 2012-2013, the scholarship amount is $1,950. There will be two awards.

The Landscape Architecture Department scholarship committee reviews the applications and selects the recipients based on a review of their qualifications and their statement of financial need, professional interests and goals.

There were no scholarship awards made for 2011-12 or 2010-11.

2009-10 Scholarship Recipients: Kevin Blakeney, David Dubois, Lasca Gaylord, Brandon Schmiedeberg

2008-09 Scholarship Recipients: Matthew Bjerk, Allison Crump, Christine Jarvis, Richard Joaquin

Department Awards

Each year the Landscape Architecture Department faculty selects students to receive awards based on the particular award's criteria. These awards do not require application; instead, decisions are made based on faculty vote. These awards include:

Roger Lee Osbaldeston Memorial Scholarship

This scholarship is sponsored by Professor Emeritus Roger Osbaldeston, in memory of his son, Lee, and is given to a fourth- or fifth-year student who shows Lee's special interest, dedication, passion, and talent for sustainability practices and permaculture.

2010-11 Award Recipient: David Outhouse

2009-10 Award Recipient: Mickey Mangan

2008-09 Award Recipient: Jennifer Webster

HLA Group/Robert Hablitzel Scholarship

The HLA Group established an endowment to honor its founding principal, Robert D. Hablitzel, who graduated from Cal Poly/San Luis Obispo in 1972. The gift commemorates the 2003 retirement of Mr. Hablitzel from the firm he founded in 1980. The endowment funds scholarships to help students pursue a fourth or fifth year of landscape architecture study.

Students currently in their third or fourth year of study are eligible for consideration. A minimum 3.2 Cal Poly cumulative GPA for major courses is required, with preference given to the candidate with the highest Cal Poly cumulative GPA for major courses. Where multiple candidates have the same high Cal Poly cumulative GPA for major courses, preference is given to the candidate who is most involved with volunteer activities within the community.

For 2012-13, the scholarship amount is $500. There will be one award.

2011-12 Scholarship Recipient: Nancy Schultz

2010-11 Scholarship Recipient: Christian Boehr

There was no 2009-10 Scholarship Recipient.

LAF/CLASS Fund Memorial Student Scholarship in Honor of Alec Balliet

This scholarship is in memory of Alec Balliet, a graduate from the Cal Poly LA program. It is awarded to the student who most embodies Alec's qualities - zest and a passion for life, highly developed creative and artistic skills, willingness to help others, and consistent selflessness and generosity.

2011-12 Award Recipient: Katherine Aalund

2010-11 Award Recipient: Jane Theobald

2009-10 Award Recipient: Brandon Schmiedeberg

2008-09 Award Recipient: Aaron Anderson

Department Recognition Award for Academic Excellence

2011-12 Award Recipients: Nancy Schultz, Cameron Turner

2010-11 Award Recipients: Brandon Schmiedeberg, Josephine Kalie Brown, Katherine Blair, Daniel Perlin

2009-10 Award Recipients: Katherine Lewis, Kieulan Pham

2008-09 Award Recipient: Claudia de la Fuente

Department Recognition Award for Service to the Department

2011-12 Award Recipients: Nancy Schultz, Donovan Hall

2010-11 Award Receipients: Josephine Kalie Brown, Katherine Blair

2009-10 Award Recipients: Aaron Anderson, Kareen Balogo

2008-09 Award Recipients: Serena Conti, Wade Sherman

LADAC Achievement Award

The LADAC Student Achievement Award is given to a fourth-year student who best exemplifies skills that the LADAC considers important for future leaders in the profession. For more information about this award, go to the Landscape Architecture Department Advisory Council web page.

2011-12 Award Recipient: Jacob Leon

2010-11 Award Recipient: Donovan Hall

2009-10 Award Recipient: Serena Conti

2008-09 Award Recipient: Aaron Anderson

CAED Scholarships

A number of scholarships are available each year which are administered through Cal Poly's College of Architecture and Environmental Design. For information on the CAED scholarships which are open to LA majors, go to the CAED Scholarships web page.

LA Majors Awarded CAED Scholarships/Awards during 2010-2011 Awards Cycle:

LA Majors Awarded CAED Scholarships/Recognition during 2009-2010 Awards Cycle:

LA Majors Awarded CAED Scholarships/Recognition during 2008-09 Awards Cycle: