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K-State student wins innovation award for electronic thesis

Designed format used by K-State student Lara Fackrell in her 2008 thesis
Designed format used by K-State student Lara Fackrell in her 2008 thesis

An electronic thesis submitted by K-State student Lara Fackrell has won an Innovative ETD (Electronic Theses and Dissertations) award from the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD). The NDLTD is an international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination, and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations.

Fackrell, a graduate student in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional and Community Planning, completed her Master of Landscape Architecture degree in May 2008. Her thesis, Equestrian communities: Design Features and Development Process (PDF), was submitted electronically and can be viewed in the K-State Research Exchange, a service that provides permanent access to scholarly materials created by K-State faculty and students.

In her thesis, Fackrell employed color, multi-column layouts, visual motifs, maps, photographs, and illustrations to create a dramatic and engaging research paper. Continue reading “K-State student wins innovation award for electronic thesis”