2023 Spring Commencement

Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design
May 13, 2023 — 3:30 p.m.
Barnhill Arena

Graduates will be recognized in a ceremony led by the deans and department heads that will also be live-streamed on the university’s official YouTube channel. For more details, visit the Commencement website. 

(A downloadable PDF of the Commencement Ceremony program is also available.)

Commencement Speaker

Brandon Bibby

Brandon Bibby, ASID, AIA, NCARB, NOMA, WELL AP, is an artist, activist and architect raised in the plains of Arkansas, where the Delta meets the Ozarks. He is a multidiscipline researcher and designer invested in questioning narrative, representation and access in the built environment and its impacts on memory and behavior for marginalized communities. He is a next-generation preservationist motivated by movement, memory and culture in contemporary Black space. 

In his current role at the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Bibby is the Senior Preservation Architect for the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund. Founded in 2017, the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund is the largest program in the United States dedicated to preserving Black spaces and the contributions of African American sites of activism, achievement and resilience in the American landscape. His portfolio of past and ongoing work includes stewarding the preservation, design and interpretation of sites, including the John and Alice Coltrane Home in Dix Hills, Langston Hughes House in Harlem, Robert's Temple Church of God in Christ in Chicago, and King's Chapel Memorial to Enslaved Persons in Boston.

Bibby began his journey in architectural and preservation practice with WER Architects and Planners in Little Rock, Arkansas, and before joining the Action Fund in September 2022, was a Space and Society Fellow and Senior Architect in the Public Memory and Memorials Lab at the 2022 AIA Architecture Firm of the Year, MASS Design Group. He is a 2014 Bachelor of Architecture graduate and Alpha Rho Chi Bronze Medal recipient from the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design. 

Celebrated for his design leadership and community activism, Bibby is a 2022 Ones To Watch Awardee and Scholar with the American Society of Interior Designers. In 2019, he was named a "New Influential" in Arkansas Business' list of 20 in their 20s. He has taught with the Boston Architectural College, lectured with the American Institute of Architects, Architecture and Design Network, AARP, and served as a Health Equity Advisor with the International Well Building Institute.

 

Parking

Free parking is available in any unrestricted parking lot on campus. Download a map of all parking areas.

Pictures

A professional photographer will be taking pictures during the awarding of diplomas and will contact you later to arrange for prints.

 

2023 Candidates for Graduation

 

Bachelor of Architecture

Kelly Alspaw 
Joshua Amaya
Lindsay Michelle Anderson
Diego Ayala
Gregory Azlin
Milo Barnes High Distinction
William Ethan Bellamy
Isaak Benchoff Magna Cum Laude
Noah Berg Magna Cum Laude
Victoria Best Cum Laude
Hannah Blang
Josephine Alexis Boynton
Carter Brooks
Eva Christine Bwiza
Olivia Grace Fuller Caldwell
Hadley May Carter
Alan Castro
Meredith Coan Distinction
Nate Cole Magna Cum Laude
Emily Kate Coleman
Emily Compean-Sanchez
Alexander Cooper Cum Laude
Jake Monroe Deats
Lauren Nicole Dillon Distinction
Thomas Franklin Donaldson III Distinction
Allison Drooger
Nicole Maria Finder
Jeremy Foley
Nayelli Garcia
Fernando Genoves
Brock Harper
Bethany Joy Holden
Derek Jebsen Distinction
Annie Johnson
Mark Edward Johnson Jr.
Shelbie Karafa
Jessica Christine Kim
Conley Lents Summa Cum Laude
Joshua Lowry
Harlee Louise Marroy Distinction
Katie Elizabeth Marshall
Sarah McBride
Chaz McRae High Distinction
Nicholas James Monks
Sewon Park
Hannah Elaine Peevey
Dougan Phillips Distinction
Andrew Popp Cum Laude
Cameron Christopher Riffle High Distinction
Evan Roberts
Tania Camila Salgueiro Ponce de Leon Cum Laude
Jacob Austin Seddelmeyer Cum Laude
Sally Senn
John Slack
Mason Smith
Brett Evan Sorters
Anindhitha Sudhakaran Magna Cum Laude
Laura Nicole Wehrung Distinction
Grant Wilson Cum Laude
Natalie Elizabeth Wish Distinction
Yoji Yamakita

Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies

Emma Edwards High Distinction
Dawson Ervie
Samantha Elena Hernandez Highest Distinction
Kimberly Marie Morelock
Julia Razer High Distinction
Myles Richter Summa Cum Laude
Mackenzie Creig Rogers
Parker Sene

Bachelor of Interior Architecture and Design

Shannon Bencsik
Emily Borgfeld
Taylor Brown High Distinction
Abigail Chandler
Emily Ann Creek Distinction
Hannah Isabelle Eslick
Maya Fallows High Distinction
Emily Fordyce High Distinction
Mia Haake
Sydney Areta Hanavec
Katelyn Hill
Ivy Huang High Distinction
Krista Hunt High Distinction
Margaret Imber
Kendal Rene Kennedy
Madison Claire King
Jade McKnight Distinction
Anna Grace McMoran
Ford Modesett
Megan James
Audrey Pace High Distinction
Ellison Roe Josephine Poellot
Ava Gale Prentice
Haley Nicole Russell
Madison A Shell
Skylar Struck Distinction
Caitlin Thirion
Sadie Uselton
Diamonique Vang
Sydney Walker
Ashlynn Renee Weidman Distinction
Emily Leanne Wright Highest Distinction
Hayden Wyrick Summa Cum Laude

Bachelor of Landscape Architecture

Emily Booth
Rebekah Crowley High Distinction
Isaac Diaz
Cada Ivy Fischer Distinction
Charles Alan Goodgame Jr. Distinction
Landyn Faye Green High Distinction
Luis Antonio Jorge Hernandez
Rylee Lorts
John Marion
Brett Paris
Phillip Partain
Hagen W. Rushing Distinction
Jessica Shearman Magna Cum Laude
Hunter Reed Waters Distinction

Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architectural Studies

Tristan Lewis
Sydney Moore

Master of Design Studies

Amanda Burcham
Tyler Hash
Luke Young