UKLA Forms
Financial Support
College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
Landscape Architecture Foundation
KY ASLA: incoming freshmen and transfer students
Academic Common Market: Residents of Alabama and Tennessee qualify for in-state tuition through the Landscape Architecture degree program.
Student Opportunities
CREATIVE STUDY TOUR
Every spring, a limited number of students travel to meet creative professionals across a range of creative disciplines. The goal of this experience is to learn how various professionals define, develop, and practice creativity. Past locations have included New York City, Chicago, Nashville, and St Louis. To be considered, students must submit an essay expressing insight into their personal creative process and how this trip may help it evolve. For more information, contact Ryan Hargrove.
STUDENT CHAPTER OF THE ASLA
The UK Student Chapter of the ASLA serves as the official voice of the student body: their purpose is to advocate for their profession and for their peers. As such, the Student Chapter advances student involvement in the profession of landscape architecture. They are the primary organizers of the annual UKLA Career Fair and strengthen connections between the professional world and our BSLA program through networking events. Moreover, they motivate their classmates to produce their best work; their aim is to assist our program in producing designs that keep sustainability, resiliency, and future generations in mind. For more information, contact faculty advisor, Jordan Phemister.
ORGANIZATIONS AND EVENTS
Professional Preparation
Our weekly announcement of advertised jobs and internships is open to current students and alumni. Contact Christina Wilson to subscribe.
INTERNSHIPS
We urge all students to pursue internships to increase their professional competence. While professional practice experience is beneficial at any time, our students typically complete an internship between the third and fourth years of the program. Students have the option of receiving course credit for their internships. Credit-earning internships require enrolling in LA 399. Contact the department Internship Coordinator, Carolina Segura, for more information.
NATIONAL ASLA and KENTUCKY CHAPTER OF THE ASLA
We recommend students join the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). Membership is free to students. Benefits include a digital subscription to Landscape Architecture Magazine; membership in one of 20 Professional Practice Networks that help connect you to others who share your professional interests; new mentorship program to bring together students and professionals; and free access to ASLA online learning, JSTOR, and Virtual Portfolio Review.
We also encourage students to join ASLA Kentucky to increase their professional opportunities before graduation. Membership includes reduction in costs for Kentucky ASLA events and applications; a magazine subscription; access to job postings; and a one-year membership post-graduation.
LARE REVIEW
Annual Landscape Architecture Registration Examination (LARE) review led by Professor Emeritus Thomas Nieman.
Life After the UK BSLA
The University of Kentucky Landscape Architecture Program was named by Design Intelligence as one of the most hired-from programs in landscape architecture. Graduates of the UK BSLA program go on to careers that involve work in many facets of landscape architecture, graduate education in landscape architecture and related fields, and in divergent career paths that use the design and thinking skills they developed at UK. We value our alumni network and work to connect our current students with them for professional development and career opportunities. The alumni below represent a small slice of our more than 600 graduates and illustrate the range of career opportunities you might pursue with a BSLA from UK.
MOST OF OUR BSLA ALUMNI PRACTICE IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS
Design Firm
Will Coleman (2013), DIG, Denver
Federal, State, and Local Government
Todd Palmeter (1993), CEO Parks of Greater Hamilton County
Julie Hensley (1986), former Director of Planning for Charleston County Parks and Recreation Commission (CCPRC); ASLA LaGasse Medal winner
Julia Williams (1999), Louisville Metro Government
Natural and Cultural Resources
Billy Van Pelt (1997), American Farmland Trust, interview in The Ambassador
Brenda Wheeler Williams (1988), Quinn Evans Architects
BSLA GRADUATES IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Mark Boyer (1992), director and faculty, Louisiana State University
Virginia Russell (1981), director and faculty, University of Cincinnati
David Tulloch (1992), faculty, Rutgers University
Travis Klondike (2015), research associate and faculty, NC State University
Morgan Dunay (2017), graduate student, Kansas State
Justin Menke (2013), graduate student, University of Oregon
BSLA ALUMNI FORGING PROFESSIONAL PATHWAYS OF THEIR OWN
Austin Sauer (2015), Photographer
Jamie Adams (2008), NAI Isaac Commercial Properities
Gary Pepper (1988), Waterfront Development Corporation