“To actually be able to apply all that I learned and assist in creating wonderful spaces has brought an entirely new level of fulfillment.“ Amber Lynn Betances, SEBS’16 (Landscape Architecture), GSNB’17 (Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture), is now the assistant landscape architect for the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation. In 2018, Betances was one of several […]
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Graduate Amber Betances (‘17) Reimagines Abandoned Historic BeBop Space in the Motor City
Amber Betances, master’s degree in landscape architecture (’17) from Rutgers School of Graduate Studies, was one of several graduate students who participated last year in the Park Break project in Detroit, MI. Described as “a unique learning fellowship for graduate students thinking about a career working in parks, protected areas or cultural sites,” Park Break […]
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: Catching up With Young Alumni Starting their Careers
To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 – Oct. 15), we caught up with some of our recent alumni to see where they are in their journey as they launch their careers. Amber Lynn Betances SEBS’16 (Landscape Architecture), GSNB’17 (Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture) Assistant Landscape Architect NYC Department of Parks & Recreation “When people […]
Senior Snapshots
Final exams, balancing work and play, and living away from home for the first time are just a few of the challenges common to college life. However, the students on these pages represent some of the strongest of our graduates: the ones who faced additional hurdles—from paying for college on their own to navigating life […]
Reflections of Rutgers LA Students on Impact of National ASLA Conference
Submitted by Ellen Gallagher, president of the Rutgers Student Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architecture, who also attended the national ASLA conference. Members of the Rutgers Student Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architecture (ASLA) went to the National ASLA convention in Denver, Colorado, late last year and for many of us, […]
Landscape Architecture Students Propose Designs for Helyar House
The landscape at Helyar House, which is located on George H. Cook Campus in the woods off College Farm Road, has been neglected for years but several Rutgers Landscape Architecture students want to fix that. Helyar House, built in 1968 and named for former Prof. Frank Helyar who was then the Director of Resident Instructor, […]
