LSU Community Playground Project in the News
Blue Cross Foundation Announces 2020 Angel Award Honorees
Blue Cross Blue Shield Louisiana Foundation 2020 "Dr. Marybeth Lima of Baton Rouge, a professor of biological & agricultural engineering at Louisiana State University and founder of the LSU Community Playground Project, which collaborates with communities to design, raise money for and build playgrounds in places where disinvestment has left a gap in safe, equitable play." |
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The following links include videos and articles featuring the LSU Community Playground Project.
A playful purpose
InRegister 2015 "Marybeth Lima never imagined an annual assignment for her freshman-level biological engineering class at LSU would turn into a community-wide effort, but 17 years later, 30 playgrounds have been constructed as a result of the LSU Community Playground Project." Schools With No Playgrounds Teach Kids Not to Play
NY Times Blog Post 2014 "'What do the kids do out here during recess?' It was an honest question, asked of a first-grade teacher giving us a tour of her school’s playground." |
Working on the playground: LSU Community Playground Project works with schools, students to maximize play
The Advocate 2015 "When it came time to design a new play area for Bernard Terrace Elementary School, the planners looked to the authorities — the students." Playing for keeps
BRAF'S Currents Magazine 2014, p.40 "In the spring of 1997, LSU biological engineering professor Marybeth Lima was looking for a means to demonstrate the principles of design to her freshman students. She wanted a project that would let the students see how their design decisions looked in the real world. Playgrounds popped into Lima’s head." |
The links below include videos and articles specific to each playground.
Leadership Ascension: Healthy Spaces for Westbank Faces
The Advocate 2/1/2016 [archive]
The Advocate 12/15/2015 [archive]
WBRZ 12/6/2015
Greater Baton Rouge Business Report 11/25/2015 [archive]
The Advocate 2/1/2016 [archive]
The Advocate 12/15/2015 [archive]
WBRZ 12/6/2015
Greater Baton Rouge Business Report 11/25/2015 [archive]
Bernard Terrace
The Advocate 2/9/2015 [archive]
LSU 2/2/2015 [archive]
WBRZ 2/2/2015 [archive]
LSU CCELL 1/28/2015 [archive]
The Advocate 2/9/2015 [archive]
LSU 2/2/2015 [archive]
WBRZ 2/2/2015 [archive]
LSU CCELL 1/28/2015 [archive]
Wildwood Elementary
LSU Reveille 9/23/2014 [archive]
LSU Engineering 9/22/2014 [archive]
The Advocate 8/6/2014 [archive]
WAFB 8/17/2013 [archive]
LSU Reveille 9/23/2014 [archive]
LSU Engineering 9/22/2014 [archive]
The Advocate 8/6/2014 [archive]
WAFB 8/17/2013 [archive]
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Polk Elementary School
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