{"id":2098,"date":"2017-10-12T22:15:12","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T22:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/planning\/?p=2098"},"modified":"2017-10-13T15:13:01","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T15:13:01","slug":"durp-receives-award-at-2017-alms-apa-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/planning\/2017\/10\/12\/durp-receives-award-at-2017-alms-apa-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"DURP Receives Award at 2017 AL\/MS APA Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Urban and Regional Planning received the President&#8217;s Award at the American Planning Association Mississippi Awards Luncheon sponsored by the 2017 Alabama\/Mississippi APA Annual Conference in Birmingham, Alabama.\u00a0 This year the award went to three State University as they have educated, mentored, and graduated planners who work to improve communities at every scale throughout the state.\u00a0 DURP shared the award with the University of Southern Mississippi and The University of Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Joan Marshall Wesley, DURP associate professor, serves as the Committee Chair for the APA Central Region.\u00a0 Biqi Zhao, AICP and DURP PhD student serves on the APA Central Region Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Three of DURP&#8217;s alumni were recognized as new members of the American Institute of Certified Planners organization.\u00a0 \u00a0Those honorees were Ramina Aghili, Arash Ghahramani, and Catherine Lee.\u00a0 \u00a0AICP is the professional institute to APA which verifies planners qualifications.\u00a0 They pledge to uphold elevated standards of practice, ethics, and professional conduct.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/planning\/files\/2014\/09\/Arash-and-Ramina-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"472\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/planning\/files\/2014\/09\/Arash-and-Ramina-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/planning\/files\/2014\/09\/Arash-and-Ramina-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Arash Ghahramani, AICP, MA and Ramini Aghili, AICP, MA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2037\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/planning\/files\/2017\/08\/clee.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"357\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/planning\/files\/2017\/08\/clee.jpg 786w, https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/planning\/files\/2017\/08\/clee-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/planning\/files\/2017\/08\/clee-768x785.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/planning\/files\/2017\/08\/clee-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Catherine Lee, AICP, MA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2099\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/planning\/files\/2017\/10\/APA-Award-2017-e1507846426112.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"319\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/planning\/files\/2017\/10\/APA-Award-2017-e1507846426112.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/planning\/files\/2017\/10\/APA-Award-2017-e1507846426112-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/planning\/files\/2017\/10\/APA-Award-2017-Two-e1507846479406.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"316\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/planning\/files\/2017\/10\/APA-Award-2017-Two-e1507846479406.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/planning\/files\/2017\/10\/APA-Award-2017-Two-e1507846479406-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Urban and Regional Planning received the President&#8217;s Award at the American Planning Association Mississippi Awards Luncheon sponsored by the 2017 Alabama\/Mississippi APA Annual Conference in Birmingham, Alabama.\u00a0 This year the award went to three State University as they have educated, mentored, and graduated planners who work to improve communities at every scale 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