Genesis 3 hosts inaugural educational summit

by MODE, ignore | May 14, 2012 5:45 pm

Photo courtesy Genesis 3 Design Group — Prior to the summit, many guests took part in a three-hour contemporary organic architecture session hosted by Helena Arahuete, an architect with Lautner & Associates. Afterwards, she reviewed five projects submitted by Society of Watershape Designers (SWDs) members, including this design by Elite Concepts’ Michael Nantz.

Genesis 3 Design Group recently hosted its first annual educational summit where its gold, platinum and Society of Watershape Designers (SWDs) members gathered to hear about changes within the group’s structure.

The meeting, which was also presented in an online format, discussed the roles of the group’s Platinum Advisory Board and Education Council moving forward, its various association-synergy plans, and its renewed collective focus among partners to students and sponsors.

During the summit, Genesis 3’s education chairman, Dave Peterson, PE, SWD, unveiled the new ‘Genesis 3 University’ document, which outlines the group’s plans to offer training programs to reach watershape professionals through coursework, projects, examination and continuing education.

“We’ve recently restructured our education system in preparation for a growth spurt by actually doubling the number of program offerings,” explains Peterson. “We’ve scheduled more classes in the next 12 months than we have held in the last two years. Our existing programs are also being updated to make them more relevant to the watershaping industry. Further, we are moving our exams online to free up more classroom time for valuable instruction, and we’ve developed a new Education Council comprised of distinguished professionals who understand the industry as well as the need for education.”

In addition to Peterson, who is a representative from the engineering field, members of the newly created Education Council include Chuck Hess, landscape architect (Hess Landscape Architects); Helena Arahuete, architect (Lautner & Associates); Bill Drakeley, member and liaison to the advisory board; and Genesis 3 co-founders Brian Van Bower (president) and Skip Phillips (vice-president).

For more information on these changes and the Genesis 3 University program, visit www.genesis3.com[2].

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www.genesis3.com: http://www.genesis3.com

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