This past weekend, Erin Percevault represented Purdue University in New Mexico at The National Conference on the Beginning Design Student (NCBDS), a national peer review gathering dedicated to the study and practice of beginning design education. She presented on content development for Purdue’s landscape architecture course Foundational Design. For over 35 years, the NCBDS has provide a forum for design educators to present papers and projects and hold discussions related to introductory design issues.