Student Showcase
Master of Landscape Architecture ’20
Graduate Certificate in Heritage Conservation
President, University of Arizona ASLA Student Chapter
- LAF Olmsted Scholar
- AzASLA Merit Award
- AzASLA Student Collaborative Design Award
- Outstanding Master’s Report – Research Emphasis
- Planning Faculty Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Outstanding GPA
Home Town
Toulon, France and Midland, Michigan
Master’s Project
Songs of Haute Ville: Strategies for Resilience in a Rural Heritage Landscape
I was brought here to grow plants and chew bubblegum. And I’m all out of bubblegum.
– Roudy Roddy Pepper
This has been a life-altering experience. It is with a heavy heart that I write these words, as I would love even more to say them to my classmates in person. I am SO happy to have found the field of landscape architecture and all the ways it can contribute to human health and the stewardship of our built and natural heritage. In my classmates I’ve found kinship through a shared love of creativity, sustainability, community and PLANTS, and I am forever grateful for the experience of learning and growing alongside my talented cohort. This is a disheartening time to move into the wide world of careers, but my spirit is bolstered by the determination and resourcefulness which I’ve witnessed within us over the past three years. I’d like to conclude with an expression of hope: may we find rejuvenation in the natural world, may we continue to experience the joy of creative growth and, finally, may we keep sight of that which inspired us to come here in the first place. Love!
Chris Cottrell
Woot woot!!! Congratulations Penelope! So proud of you!
Mama Max
Love, light, plants, inspiration, hope, delight, wow, you! Cheers and congratulations, Penelope!!!
Cameron Cottrell
Congratulations, Penelope!!
The McAllisters
Many congratulations to you Penelope!
Tipi man
Way to go Pele! Congrats
Lisa Harding
Hey congratulations!!!!!
Keja Ho
Buongiorno Penelope, Congratulazione — May this step resonate through life with joy & brilliance. All my best to you & your future endeavors. Stay Free !
Claudia
Bravo ma belle! Un grand rayon de soleil vient percer les nuages, the future is yours, love you!
Margot
Wow from this tiny quiet girl who loved to play dress up and roll marbles across the floor you have blossomed into this wonderful adult. You have chosen a high calling in this work, and I know your efforts will make this world a better place. Which is exactly what you came here to earth to do. Saying I am proud of you isn’t quite enough. Pele I am proud to know you, I am honored to be your aunt. Keep it up! Keep following your dreams, it’s working!
Betsy and Jim
Congratulations!! We are so proud of you.
Pat McGreal
Congrats, Penelope! So proud! You rock & rule!!
Carol
Penelope Master of Landscape Architecture! I am so proud of you! Can’t wait to see where this takes you!
Love,
Carol
Carolyn Nafziger
Bravo, Penelope, I am so impressed by all your accomplishments, but not at all surprised! I’m hoping that you will come back to Puget-Ville to take care of the landscaping at Ste. P!
I am intrigued by your little plant with pale green leaves that grew into a behemoth – was hoping that you would show a picture of it!
Bises to you both –
Fritz
Good on ya, Penelope! May life smile upon you.
Kay Brown
Congratulations Penelope! I am so excited for you and know that you will make a difference wherever your journey takes you!
Best regards,
Kay