Source: Martin Courtois, 785-532-4428, courtois@k-state.edu

Thursday, April 23, 2009

K-STATE STUDENT WINS AWARD FOR HER ELECTRONIC THESIS

MANHATTAN -- An electronic thesis submitted by a Kansas State University graduate student has won an Innovative Electronic Theses and 1xbet online games login award from the Networked Digital Library of Theses and 1xbet online games login .

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Lara Fackrell, Garden City, Mo., completed her master of landscape architecture degree from K-State in May 2008. Her thesis, "Equestrian communities: design features and development process," was submitted electronically and can be viewed in the K-State Research Exchange at http://hdl.handle.net/2097/792

In her thesis, Fackrell uses color, multicolumn layouts, visual motifs, maps, photographs and illustrations to create her research paper. Her major professor was Stephanie Rolley, professor of landscape architecture and regional and community planning. The thesis, which met the content requirements of the K-State Graduate School and her department, also has the appearance of a proposal or presentation a landscape architect would deliver to a client.

Fackrell's award is 0.

The Electronic Theses and 1xbet online games login awards program, sponsored by Adobe Systems Inc., recognizes students whose electronic theses or 1xbet online games login make innovative use of software and serve to transform the genre of print theses and 1xbet online games login . More information on the awards is available at http://www.ndltd.org/community/awards/etd-awards/view and information about K-State's electronic theses, 1xbet online games login and reports program is available at http://www.k-state.edu/grad/etdr