Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture presents 2024 Annual Award winners

The Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) has announced a group of eleven educators and two students as its 2024 Annual Award Winners. 

The CELA Awards were established to recognize excellence in teaching and design education in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand and are submitted annually during the Fall semester through an application process overseen by the CELA Awards Committee and CELA Board of Directors.

Three Honorable Mention winners joined the group in this year's select cohort. A total of 56 applications were received for the 2024 cycle. 

Winners will be honored on Friday, March 22nd, at a special Awards Dinner and Reception held during the Annual CELA Conference Taking Action: Making Change in St. Louis. 

The full list of 2024 CELA Awards winners is below.

Faculty Award Winners 

• Excellence in Teaching – Junior: Ben George  – Utah State University 
• Excellence in Teaching – Senior: Zaneta Hong – Cornell University 
• Excellence in Teaching – Senior: Michael Lee – University of Virginia 
• Excellence in Design Studio Teaching – Junior: Ignacio López Busón – University of Oregon 
• Excellence in Design Studio Teaching – Senior: Leena Cho – University of Virginia 
• Award of Excellence in Research or Creative Work Junior: Wonmin Sohn – Michigan State University
• Award of Excellence in Research or Creative Work – Senior: Alissa North – University of Toronto
• Excellence in Service Learning – Junior: Lisa DuRussel – University of Michigan 
• Excellence in Service Learning – Senior: Yekang Ko – University of Oregon 
• Outstanding Educator: Galen Newman – Texas A & M University 
• Outstanding Administrator: Liat Magolis – University of Toronto

Student Award Winners

• Student Creative Scholarship: Arda Cosan – Istanbul Technical University
• Student Research Award: Aisha Iyengar – University of Georgia

Student Honorable Mentions

• Student Creative Scholarship: Ari Bell – University of Virginia 
• Student Creative Scholarship: Emily Morton – University of Minnesota 
• Student Research Award: Victoria Brenneis –  Kansas State University