{"508071":{"#nid":"508071","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Rhonda Phillips (PhD \u002796) Named to Prestigious Planning College of Fellows","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EContact: Sashaun Wood, 765-494-2929\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECHICAGO \u003C\/strong\u003E\u2013 Rhonda Phillips, Ph.D., AICP, of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana has achieved the planning profession\u2019s highest honor by being named to the prestigious American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) College of Fellows for her outstanding achievements in urban and regional planning.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFellowship is granted to planners who have achieved certification through the American Planning Association\u2019s professional institute, the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.planning.org\/aicp\u0022\u003EAmerican Institute of Certified Planners\u003C\/a\u003E, and have achieved excellence in professional practice, teaching and mentoring, research, public and community service, and leadership. Invitations to join the College of Fellows come after a thorough nomination and review process, ensuring the candidate has had a positive, long-lasting impact on the planning profession.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIndividuals who make up the College of Fellows are the true leaders of the planning profession,\u201d said AICP President Valerie Hubbard, FAICP. \u201cThese individuals have made lasting contributions to the profession and have inspired generations of new planners. They are truly awe-inspiring.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Dean of the Purdue University Honors College, Phillips is a community and economic development planning specialist. Her work with planning and development indicators systems has been applied in communities both in the US and abroad, and she has served as a three-time US Fulbright Scholar, in Northern Ireland and Panama. She is former President of the American Planning Association\u2019s Economic Development Division, and is currently\u0026nbsp; President of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies. She earned her doctorate in city and regional planning from the Georgia Institute of Technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPhillips is one of 61 inductees into this year\u2019s College of Fellows. Inductions are done biennially. This year\u2019s formal induction will take place during APA\u2019s National Planning Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, on Sunday, April 3. Currently, there are 508 members in the College of Fellows.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Dean of the Purdue University Honors College, Phillips is a community and economic development planning specialist. Her work with planning and development indicators systems has been applied in communities both in the US and abroad, and she has served as a three-time US Fulbright Scholar, in Northern Ireland and Panama.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"SCaRP Alumnus Phillips (PhD \u002796) has achieved the planning profession\u0027s highest honor by being named to the prestigious American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) College of Fellows for her outstanding achievements in urban and regional planning."}],"uid":"28044","created_gmt":"2016-03-01 15:16:40","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:57","author":"Jessie Brandon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-03-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-03-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"244321":{"id":"244321","type":"image","title":"Rhonda Phillips","body":null,"created":"1449243722","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:42:02","changed":"1475894921","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:41","alt":"Rhonda Phillips","file":{"fid":"197876","name":"phillips.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/phillips_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/phillips_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":86708,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/phillips_0.jpg?itok=rekQI9Nq"}}},"media_ids":["244321"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESashaun Wood, 765-494-2929\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}