2022 Olmsted Scholars Induction Ceremony
This virtual celebration honored the 50 graduate and 39 undergraduate students named as 2022 LAF Olmsted Scholars.
With its $25,000 graduate and $15,000 undergraduate prize, the LAF Olmsted Scholars Program is the premier leadership recognition program for landscape architecture students. The virtual induction ceremony on September 13, 2022 celebrated these rising leaders and welcomed them to the community of 981 LAF Olmsted Scholars named since the program’s inception in 2008.
The event featured presentations from a past scholar and the two 2022 national winners:
- Lys Divine Ndemeye, Landscape Designer at space2place, Founder of Black + Indigenous Design Collective, and host of Design Unmuted podcast (2020 LAF National Olmsted Scholar)
- Trecia Cintron, The Ohio State University, 2022 LAF National Olmsted Scholar (Undergraduate)
- Katie Finnigan, University of Colorado Denver, 2022 LAF National Olmsted Scholar (Graduate)
Recordings from the event are posted below. Watch to learn more about this prestigious program and see some of the ideas and issues the next generation of designers is poised to tackle.
Meet the 2022 LAF Olmsted Scholars
The LAF Olmsted Scholars Program honors students with exceptional leadership potential who are using ideas, influence, communication, service, and leadership to advance sustainable design and foster human and societal benefits.
Now in its 15th year, the program recognizes one outstanding student from each accredited landscape architecture program in the US and Canada, along with the jury-selected graduate and undergraduate national award winners and finalists. (The 2022 winners and finalists are shown here.)
The 89 LAF Olmsted Scholars named in 2022 join the growing community of 981 past and present scholars.
The full induction ceremony as well as recordings of the presentations and videos played during the event can be viewed below.
Schedule
5:00pm Welcome + Introduction, Barbara Deutsch, CEO, Landscape Architecture Foundation
5:05pm Keynote Address, Lys Divine Ndemeye, 2020 LAF National Olmsted Scholar
5:15pm Recognition of undergraduate 2022 LAF Olmsted Scholars, finalists, and national winner, Roberto Rovira , LAF President-elect
5:24pm Recognition of graduate 2021 LAF Olmsted Scholars, finalists, and national winner, Kofi Boone, LAF President
5:35pm Presentation, Trecia Cintron, The Ohio State University, 2022 LAF National Olmsted Scholar (Undergraduate)
5:53pm Presentation, Katie Finnigan, University of Colorado at Denver, 2022 LAF National Olmsted Scholar (Graduate)
6:04pm Closing Remarks, Barbara Deutsch, CEO, Landscape Architecture Foundation
6:06pm 2022 LAF Olmsted Scholar Spotlight video
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Full Event Recording
Keynote Address by Lys Divine Ndemeye, 2020 LAF National Olmsted Scholar
UNDERGRADUATE 2022 LAF OLMSTED SCHOLARS ROLL CALL VIDEO
UNDERGRADUATE 2022 LAF NATIONAL OLMSTED SCHOLAR FINALISTS VIDEO
Presentation by Trecia Cintron, 2022 LAF National Olmsted Scholar (Undergraduate)
GRADUATE 2022 LAF OLMSTED SCHOLARS ROLL CALL VIDEO
GRADUATE 2022 LAF NATIONAL OLMSTED SCHOLAR FINALISTS VIDEO
Presentation by Katie Finnigan, 2022 LAF National Olmsted Scholar (Graduate)
2022 LAF Olmsted Scholars Spotlight/Outro Video
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