Launching May 15: The CAPLA Class of 2020 Convocation Showcase!

May 8, 2020
Overview
Celebrate with us!
Who
All CAPLA Graduating Students
What
CAPLA Convocation Showcase
Where
Online
When
Friday, May 15, 2020, 2 p.m.
Categories
Congratulations Class of 2020

The countdown is on!

On Friday, May 15, 2020, the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture will launch the CAPLA Convocation Showcase, celebrating the Class of 2020 graduates as well as their work and awards.

Graduating students in all CAPLA undergraduate and graduate degrees will be included:

  • Bachelor of Architecture
  • Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Built Environments
  • Master of Architecture
  • Master of Science in Architecture
  • Master of Landscape Architecture
  • Master of Real Estate Development
  • Master of Science in Urban Planning

The CAPLA Convocation Showcase features an individual page for each graduating student, with their image, project image, degree and awards information, home town, capstone project or thesis title and an optional message and/or quote. Family and friends will be able to post congratulatory messages on the student pages.

The site will also have video speeches from class representatives, Robert Miller, director of the School of Architecture, Lauri Macmillan Johnson, director of the School of Landscape Architecture and Planning, and CAPLA Dean Nancy Pollock-Ellwand. CAPLA clubs, faculty and staff are also providing video, written and image messages of congratulations.

Look for the CAPLA Convocation Showcase website link at 2 p.m. on May 15.

Congratulations, CAPLA Class of 2020, and Bear Down, Arizona!

  

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