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Looking for Mentors for Planning Students

September 18, 2013 / / Comments Off on Looking for Mentors for Planning Students

For the sixth year, the American Planning Association of Southeast Pennsylvania (APAPA-SE) is launching a mentor program for professionals in the planning field and local city planning graduate students. The program will include students from the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University. This program has helped students learn about the array of planning jobs, day to day work responsibilities, and advice for navigating the job search.

If you are interested in signing up to be a mentor, please fill out this form and email your resume to planningmentorpa@gmail.com by Sunday, September 22.

Mentors agree to be available 2-3 times throughout the year to meet with students on an informal basis and will have the opportunity to meet with mentees at events sponsored by the APAPASE. You do not have to be a member of APAPASE to be a mentor in the program and the specifics of meetings with your mentee are up to you.

Please contact Tali Cantor or Jeannette Brugger at planningmentorpa@gmail.com with any questions.

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Aug. 7: Emerging Professionals Committee Meeting

July 22, 2013 / / Comments Off on Aug. 7: Emerging Professionals Committee Meeting

The APAPASE Emerging Professionals Committee will be meeting to plan upcoming events on Wednesday, August 7, 2013 at 5:30pm at Smokin Betty’s (116 S 11th St). The restaurant is located 1.5 blocks from the 11th Street stop on the Market-Frankford El, as well as several bus lines on Market Street, Chestnut Street, and Walnut Street. If you have ideas for future events or are interested in helping to organize planning-related tours, workshops, and happy hours, we’d love to meet you! If you are interested in attending, please RSVP via this link so we know how big of a table to secure: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/7564953981

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Young Professionals in Transportation Comes to Philly

July 18, 2013 / / Comments Off on Young Professionals in Transportation Comes to Philly

Viaduct-curving-through-buildings

Young Professionals in Transportation (YPT) recently launched a Philadelphia chapter. They have two events coming up in August–a members-only tour of the Reading Viaduct and a professional chat about The Future of Turnpike Tolling. Other events on the horizon include Transportation Trivia Night and an Airport Tour. Annual dues are $20.
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Recap: Environmental Careers Roundtable Discussion

May 20, 2013 / / Comments Off on Recap: Environmental Careers Roundtable Discussion

4.5 roundtable

On Friday, April 5 the APAPASE Mentoring Program held a professional roundtable discussion at PennDesign focused on Environmental Careers. Professional guests included Kathleen Grady, Director of Sustainability at Temple University, Chris Linn, Senior Environmental Planner at the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, and Emily Linn, Environmental Protection Specialist at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The informal discussion was moderated Jeannette Brugger, Pedestrian, Bicycle and Open Space Planner at the Philadelphia City Planning Commission.

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2013-2014 Academic Year Scholarships from APA-PA

February 27, 2013 / / Comments Off on 2013-2014 Academic Year Scholarships from APA-PA

Each year the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Planning Association offers scholarships to support individuals in an effort to enhance planning at the local, regional, state, and national levels.  The Chapter, and more specifically the Boards of the Pitkin Fund and the Leslie and Greta Spaulding Education Fund Trust, have released their annual application for scholarships. The deadline to apply for the 2013-2014 academic year scholarships is April 30, 2013. Recipients will be announced by June 30, 2013.  In order to apply, candidates must meet the following eligibility requirements:

 

  1. The Applicant shall be a resident of Pennsylvania, or a student of a Pennsylvania institution, enrolled in a PAB accredited or planning related undergraduate or graduate program in Planning curriculum that has a demonstrated track record of preparing students to become Planners; and
  2. The Student shall be entering his or her junior or senior year in the fall semester or be enrolled in a graduate program; and
  3. The Student shall provide evidence of financial need by providing copy of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid or its renewal form; and
  4. The Student shall have demonstrated competent academic skills including a minimum 3.0 GPA as evidenced by transcripts and receive the recommendation of the program chairperson; and
  5. The Student shall demonstrate an intention to pursue a career in planning as described in an attached essay.

Full details on the scholarships and the application can be found on the PA Chapter’s student scholarships page.

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Read the 2012 Student Scholarship Award-Winning Papers

November 19, 2012 / / Comments Off on Read the 2012 Student Scholarship Award-Winning Papers
This first place team from the University of Pennsylvania received an award for its proposal for Cobbs Creek.

This first place team from the University of Pennsylvania received an award for its proposal for Cobbs Creek.

 

The APA-PA Southeast Section council proudly announces the 2012 Student Scholarship awards. Over the past seven years, the Section has awarded nearly $10,000 to graduate students studying planning at our local universities. Each year, the quantity and quality of these papers has risen.  Of the dozen or so papers submitted this year, three submissions received the award …and the competition was stiff.  Please read the works of young planners and experience their levels of expertise and professionalism.

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