Dear Students and Prospective Students:

On the behalf of the Student Planning Association, we would like to personally welcome you to the University of Florida, and our Urban and Regional Planning family. The University of Florida is nationally and internationally recognized for its excellence in academics and research, and the Department of Urban and Regional Planning is no exception. The program is staffed with distinguished professors who are recognized as experts in their field, and involve students of a diversity of backgrounds. Your experience with our program promises to be rewarding. As a student here in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, you are automatically a member with all privileges of the Student Planning Association (SPA), an organization that fosters professional, academic, and social interests of its members. It is through this organization where our students gets involved with the community, our professional colleagues in Florida and nationally, and we join together socially. As members of Student Planning Association, you are privy to the work your fellow colleagues are involved in, have the opportunity to listen in on prominent planners and issues relating to the Planning field, be informed of upcoming job and conference opportunities, and engage in socials our organization puts on for you. The planning field is a daunting field that lies ahead of you if you are considering a career in planning. Through organizations such as the Student Planning Association, we strive to help you foster a good social and professional network in which you can turn to. With that, welcome to the Student Planning Association, where Planner’s Do It….Comprehensively. Student Planning Association Executive Board