Honors Recognition

2023 Honors Recognition


View a digital version of the Honors Recognition Ceremony program here.
A downloadable PDF of the Honors Recognition Ceremony program is also available.

Awards are listed in alphabetical order
according to award name and based on category.

Multiple Discipline Student Awards

 

Andrew A. Kinslow and Russell W. Kirkpatrick Diversity Award for Design Excellence
For a rising second-, third-, fourth- or fifth-year student who demonstrates commitment to diversity and inclusion

Eugenio Mendoza (IARD)

Annual Fund Award
For a rising fourth-year student who is well-rounded and demonstrates promise of success

Medy Kepnga (ARCH)

Arkansas Chapter of the Mason Contractors Association of America Scholarship (Endowed)
For a well-rounded student in the professional program

Matthew King (LARC)

Bob and Virginia Beavers Advance Arkansas Endowed Scholarship
For a student from the Arkansas Delta with preference given to first-generation students

Olivia Busby (ARSC)

CGA Architects Travel Award in Design*
For a rising third-, fourth- or fifth-year architecture or interior architecture and design student, to be used for any of the school’s approved study abroad programs

Molly Wagner (ARCH)

Charles C. Hill Jr. Endowed Scholarship in Architecture and Design
For a rising third-, fourth- or fifth-year student who demonstrates potential in the design professions

Elizabeth Anderson (IARD)

Dean’s Circle Diamond Endowment*
For rising third-year students who are members of one of the school’s student organizations

Grace Shoemaker (ARCH)
Emily Chastain (IARD)
Kara Simmons (LARC)

Edmondo Vitali Endowed Scholarship
For a student who has high academic standards, to be used for any of the school’s approved travel programs

Adrianna Jarrett (ARCH)

GBA Italia Travel Award in Architecture and Design
For rising fourth-year architecture or interior architecture and design students, to be used for Rome travel

Asher Ayati (ARCH)
Clayton Roberson (ARCH)

HFA Designing with Technology Scholarship
For a rising third-, fourth- or fifth-year student who demonstrates the use and integration of technology in architectural and interior design through use of illustration, planning and design 

Kaden Catalano (ARCH)

H.P. Engineering Freshmen Recruiting Scholarship in Design
For a Native American student enrolled in a professional program

Katie Hill (IARD)

Jeff Shannon Endowment in Architectural and Design Studies*
For a rising fourth- or fifth-year student, to assist with approved study abroad

Lauren Danley (ARCH)

Jim Etter Parker Advance Arkansas Scholarship
For a first-generation Arkansas student who demonstrates academic success

Angelica Williams (IARD)

John G. Williams Scholarship­ (Endowed)
For a student who demonstrates potential in the professions

Isabel Provisor Lemery (IARD)

John G. Williams Traveling Fellowship
Travel assistance to a student for a project of genuine educational worth

Ruby Pena (ARCH)

John R. and Judy W. Fletcher Endowed Scholarship
For a student who demonstrates potential in the professions

Sofia Hickey (IARD)

Ken and Liz Allen Award in Design
For students with demonstrated need

Alivia Saenz (IARD)
Alyseona Lee (LARC)

Kevin and Stephanie Wilcox Advance Arkansas Endowed Scholarship
For a first-generation Arkansas student who demonstrates academic success

Fiorella Sibaja (LARC)

Linda Ruth Kirk Award in Architecture and Design
For a rising third-, fourth- or fifth-year architecture or interior architecture and design student, with preference given to students residing in Mississippi or Tennessee

Ella Penney (IARD)

Lewis Architects Engineers Endowed Scholarship in Honor of D.M. Lewis*
For rising second-, third-, fourth- or fifth-year students who graduated from a Pulaski County high school in Arkansas

Olivia Dedmon (IARD)
Abigail McDonald (LARC)

Marlon and Meryati J. Blackwell Advance Arkansas Endowed Scholarship
For a student from the Arkansas Delta with preference given to first-generation students

Kalifa Hulsey (WCOB)

Maurice Jennings International Experience Endowed Scholarship
For honors students who will be participating in study abroad

Madison Harper (ARCH)
Jackson Harris (ARCH)
Nicholas Hurley (ARCH)
Mason Keener (ARCH)
Emily Kloostra (ARCH)
Jennifer Morehart (ARCH)
Sarah Myane (ARCH)
Kaitlyn Rhinehart (ARCH)
Zairis Padilla (ARCH)

Michael Buono Scholarship for Sustainable Architecture (Endowed)
For a rising fourth- or fifth-year student who demonstrates ardent interest in sustainability

Virginia Hammond (ARCH)

Peter L. Schaudt Memorial Scholarship for Collaborative Design
For a rising fourth- or fifth-year architecture or landscape architecture student

Artemis Hogue (ARCH)

Professional Advisory Board Scholarship (Endowed)
For final-year students who exhibit hard work, perseverance, dedication and potential for success in the profession

Karsen Koziol (ARCH)
Jason Cote (IARD)
Jesse Light (LARC)

Pryor Award for Leadership in Architecture and Design
For rising second-year students who display superior commitment, thoughtfulness and leadership vision in the school and university

Emily Alves (ARCH)
Camilla Green (IARD)
Zeacus Brown (LARC)

Studio Main’s Endowed Award in Design Excellence*
For a rising second-, third- or fourth- or fifth-year student who graduated from a high school located in the Arkansas Delta

Takoya Marks (ARCH)

Robert B. Norcross Endowed Scholarship in Design Excellence
For a rising second-, third-, fourth- or fifth-year architecture or interior architecture and design student, with preference given to first-generation students from Arkansas or Tennessee

Enelyn Hernandez (ARCH)

Taggart Architects Advance Arkansas Endowed Scholarship in Memory of Jerry E. Currence
For a first-generation Arkansas student who demonstrates academic success

Israel Zamorano (ARCH)

University of Arkansas Presidential Scholarship±
For the student with a high academic record from the school

Jared Davenport (ARCH)

Wallace Caradine Memorial Scholarship
For a rising third- or fourth-year student(s) who graduated from a high school located in the Arkansas Delta

Nikki Lin (ARCH)
Emily Sanchez (IARD)
Chad Chamberlain (LARC)

 

Architecture Student Awards

 

AIA Arkansas Fort Smith Section Michael Lewis Lejong Award in Architecture*
For a third-, fourth- or fifth-year student from Fort Smith or the surrounding area

Mason Keener

Benson A. Cashion Endowed Scholarship in Architecture and Design*
For a rising second-, third-, fourth- or fifth-year student who graduated from high school in Central Arkansas

Julia Rose

Brackett-Krennerich & Associates Endowed Scholarship
To support international travel for students with outstanding technical ability

Abigail Breathitt

BRR Architecture, Inc. Award
For a rising fifth-year student with a high grade point average

Andrew Verkler

Murray Smart Rome Endowed Travel Award
For the third-year student who has excelled in the three required history courses

Zairis Padilla

Crossland Construction Company, Inc. Scholarship (Endowed)
For a rising third-, fourth- or fifth-year student pursuing a Bachelor of Architecture

Nathaniel Izard

Cyrus Sutherland Historic Preservation Alliance Scholarship Award Fund
For a student in the architecture or the architectural studies program who has demonstrated interest in historic preservation

Clayton Roberson

E. Fay Jones Traveling Scholarship (Endowed)
For the fourth-year architecture student with a high overall and design grade point average

Kerrigan Servati

Ed and Darleen Wilson Travel Award
To assist architecture student(s) with approved travel

Emily Belin
Quincy Munsell

EFCO Rome Travel Award
For the student(s) with high academic achievement who will participate in the Rome study abroad program during the next academic year

Madison Harper
Andrew Verkler

Ernest N. Pettit Jr. Memorial Scholarship
For the architecture student with the highest scholastic average entering the third year of professional training

Katie Stanek

Howard S. Eichenbaum & Frank J. Erhart Memorial Scholarship
For the architecture student with the highest scholastic average entering the final year of professional training

Jared Davenport

Irving N. Hepner Memorial Scholarship
For a third-year student who exhibits potential for success in the practice of architecture

Casey Hanauer

James D. Looney Award (Endowed)
For a rising fourth-year student with a strong work ethic, to be used for the Rome study abroad program

Rodrigo Sanchez Tenorio

Jeff and Carole Klugh Shannon Scholarship in Architecture
For an architecture student who graduated from an Arkansas high school

Emmah Been

Jerry and J.C. Wilcox Endowed Scholarship
For a third- or fourth-year student with a proven academic record and dedication to the community and campus

Sarah Myane

Jim Etter Parker Endowed Scholarship in Architecture
For a rising third-, fourth- or fifth-year student who exhibits proven academic success

Madison Harper

John K. and Carol Baer Mott Endowed Scholarship
For the capable student(s) with great potential, to be used for one of the approved study abroad programs

Casey Hanauer
Sarah Myane

Ken and Liz Allen Frank Lloyd Wright Conservancy Preservation Award
For students who demonstrate an interest in historic preservation, to be used to support conference attendance and travel

Lori Filbeck (MDES)
Clayton Roberson (ARCH)

Laura Chioldi Memorial Travel Award in Architecture and Design
For rising fourth- or fifth-year students, to be used for one of the approved study abroad programs

Valeria Alba Sanchez
Sarah Kersey

Magar Family Award in Design
For a rising third-, fourth- or fifth-year student with preference given to non-traditional students

Alexander White

Mary Pipkin and Yandell Johnson Memorial Scholarship
For a student with outstanding high school performance and the promise of professional ability

Kaden Catalano

MCALM Book Award
For a student entering the second, third or fourth year of the program, to assist with the expenses of books and supplies; preference given to non-traditional students

Alexander White

Mitchell Park Scholarship in Architecture*
For a rising second-, third-, fourth- and fifth-year student that shows commitment to diversity in the field of architecture

Second year: Pedro Robledo
Third year: Margarita Torres
Fourth year: Israel Zamarano
Fifth year: Valeria Alba Sanchez

Northwest Section, Arkansas Chapter, AIA Scholarship
For members of AIAS who have performed willing service to the school and its students

Will Sutton

Open Studio Architecture Scholarships in Architecture and Design
For a rising third-year student(s), to assist with educational expenses

Emily Kloostra
Sarah Myane

Paul H. and Joan Seiz Memorial Travel Award (Endowed)
For third-year students who demonstrate leadership, creativity, intellectual curiosity and an eagerness to help others

Emily Belin
Kaden Catalano
David Hoff
Nicholas Hurley
Mason Keener
Emily Kloostra
Quincy Munsell
Lindsi Shipley
Andrew Verkler
Alexander White

PB2 Architecture and Engineering Honors College International Experience Endowed Scholarship
For Honors College architecture students who will participate in study abroad during the next academic year

Sarah Kersey
Alexander White

Pella Scholarship for Architecture Design Excellence
For a rising fourth- or fifth-year student who demonstrates dedication and hard work

Karsen Koziol

Ralph O. Mott Scholarship (Endowed)
For a rising fourth-year architecture student with successful records in courses other than design

Jyah Smith

Robert S. Laser Endowed Scholarship
For an Arkansas high school graduate who demonstrates dedication and hard work

Pedro Robledo

Sid Frier Memorial Scholarship
For a student in the department of architecture with a high scholastic record

Gabriella Meith

Terry Rasco Travel Award (Endowed)
For a rising fourth-year student to assist with professional or educational travel

 Isaiah Reeder

Tommy Ray and Carolyn Lindsey Polk Scholarship for Design Excellence and Professional Advancement (Endowed)
For a rising fifth-year student who demonstrates ambition in design and professional development

Molly Wagner

Valerie Turnage and Todd Tucker Memorial Scholarship (Endowed)
For AIAS members, selected by peers, who have devoted numerous hours to school activities and service to fellow students

Jennifer Morehart
Casey Synder

William M. Evans Endowed Scholarship
For an architecture student who has a strong work ethic and demonstrated commitment to the field of architecture

Kevin Estrada

Wittenberg, Delony & Davidson, Inc. Endowed Scholarship
For a rising second-year architecture student with a strong academic record and promise of success

Emily Alves

 

Interior Architecture and Design Student Awards

 

Andrew A. Kinslow Interior Design Scholarship
For a third- or fourth-year interior architecture and design student from Arkansas who is interested in commercial design and has a high grade point average

Madison Laxton

Interior Design Foundation Scholarship
For students who demonstrate academic achievement and show promise in the discipline, to support travel

Daria Hall
Jessica Krueger
Honor Swan

William Stephen Lair Design Scholarship
For a rising second-, third- or fourth-year student who demonstrates high academic standards and shows academic promise

Angelica Williams

 

Landscape Architecture Student Awards

 

Lynn Miller Creative Writing Award
For a student who demonstrates creative writing as it relates to landscape architecture

Elizabeth Corbitt

Judy Byrd Brittenum Cultural Landscape Award
For a student who demonstrates interest in the study of cultural landscapes including cultural sustainability, historic preservation, history and/or cultural landscape documentation

Elijah Willis

LandPlan Consultants Scholarship (Endowed)
For a landscape architecture student who shows academic strength and great potential in the profession

Elizabeth Corbitt

Maple Hill Garden Club of Fayetteville Award
For a third- or fourth-year landscape architecture student of high promise

Fiorella Sibaja

Neil Hamill Park Endowed Scholarship
For a third- or fourth-year student who has demonstrated improvement in design ability

Kaiden Couffer

Verna C. Garvan Summer Travel
To assist students with required study abroad

Chad Chamberlain
Elizabeth Corbitt
Kaiden Couffer
Catherine Forrest
Fiorella Sibaja
Kara Simmons
Kelsey Vogel
Elijah Willis

Arkansas ASLA Student Chapter Book Award
Awarded to a first- or second-year ASLA student member who shows great interest in advancements in the field

Ana Barnett

Flower, Garden and Nature Society of Northwest Arkansas Book Award
For a landscape architecture student who, through studio work, demonstrates an interest in and commitment to sustainability through the use of planting design and specification

Fiorella Sibaja

Landscape Architecture Book Awards
For students with intellectual curiosity and high academic performance in each year of the professional program

First year: Erin Dolan
Second year: Kelsey Vogel
Third year: Andreia Alfaro
Fourth year: Rebekah Crowley

Verna C. Garvan Graphic Book Award
For a student who demonstrates the highest ability in information design, graphic design and presentation renderings including plans, sections, perspectives and other drawing types

Hagen Rushing

 

Students Enrolled in the Honors Program

 

Elizabeth Anderson
Rylee Ball
Summer Barrick
Emma Baumann
Emmah Been
Emily Belin
Isaak Benchoff
Amanda Benzenhafer
Noah Berg
Victoria Best
Emma Black
Avery Boland
Sydney Bommarito
Jenna Bourgeois
Parker Brobston
Zeacus Brown
Sophia Burasco
Emmalyn Burns
Darcia Burris
Jayson Burroughs
Ava Caldwell
Claire Callaway
Anne Marie Carter
Nate Cole
Alexander Cooper
Elizabeth Corbitt
Tatem Criner
Nathan Crofts
Greenlee Crow
Logan Cully
Seth Cutlip
Jared Davenport
Chloe Devecsery
Dyson Dismuke
Erin Dolan
Jonah Droddy
Thomas Fisher
Edward Franklin
Halley Garcia
Vincent Gemmiti
Lucia Gentile
Hunter Goad
Drew Gobbi
Savannah Goodwin
Noah Graves
Camilla Green
Daria Hall
Sarah Halldorson
Eden Hamlin
Virginia Hammond
Casey Hanauer
Madison Harper
Jackson Harris
Rebecca Harris
Riley Hart
Kyndal Hazlewood
Maezie Heard
Samantha Hernandez
Katie Hill
Brennan Hoad
Artemis Hogue
Alexander Hood
Nicholas Hurley
Eden Isbell
Nathaniel Izard
Bailey Jarvis
Karli Johnson
Katrina Johnson
Mason Keener
Sarah Kersey
Jacob Key
Anwen King
Emily Kloostra
Noah Kret
Avery Lake
William Langston
Taylor Larsen
Alyseona Lee
Abigail Leggett
Conley Lents
Natalie Lentz
Cameron Loftin
Catherine Lowry
Skye Lucas
Emilie Luce
Lily Mayner
Kathelyn McHaney
Lydia Meharg
Eugenio Mendoza Jr.
Jillian Mills
Thomas Miskin
Olivia Mittendorf
Jennifer Morehart
Isabella Moreno
Morgan Mos
Sarah Myane
Grecia Nunez Arano
Lacey Oxford
Zairis Padilla
Caitlyn Pearson
Elle Penney
Skyler Perryman
Olivia Phelan
Andrew Popp
Ruth Prenzler
Isabel Provisor Lemery
Amelia Quinlen
John Raabe
Isabel Ramirez
Kristin Rapach
Aspen Regan
Kaitlyn Rhinehart
Zenic Rice
Myles Richter
Lauren Romero
Julia Rose
Mera Rusick
Tania Salgueiro Ponce de Leon
Ashley Sample
Jennifer Sandoval-Salinas
Michaela Schafer
Michael Schmidt
Samantha Schultz
Jacob Seddelmeyer
Kerrigan Servati
Mikala Sexton
Jessica Shearman
Sydney Slaughter
Garrott Smith
Casey Snyder
Luna Solleder
Katherine Stanek
Hallie Stiff
Anindhitha Sudhakaran
Sara Svensson
Baylei Swaim
Canaan Thomas
Hank Thomas
Maddox Townsend
Daniel Tracey
Jacob Trone
Rebekah Ulasewich
Chenyeng Vang
Catherine VanHoose
Andrew Verkler
Kelsey Vogel
Katherine Voss
Martha Wait
Madison Wells
Alexander White
Sydney Winkler
Lauren Wright
Hayden Wyrick
Catherine Yaney
Dean Zakrzewskiwas

 

Honor Society Member Recognition

 

Tau Sigma Delta Recognition
New Member Recognition
Honorary society for architecture and landscape architecture and the allied arts

 

Architecture Academic Honors and Achievements

 

AIA Medal for Academic Excellence
For the first-ranked, final-year architecture student in recognition of scholastic achievement, character, leadership and promise of high professional ability

Conley Lents

Barbara C. Crook Medal
For the final-year student who has achieved the highest record in coursework in the architectural technology group

Conley Lents

Murray Smart Medal
For the final-year architecture student with the highest scholastic record in the study of history and theory of architecture

Samantha Hernandez

Edward Durell Stone Medal
For the final-year architecture student with the highest overall grade point average in design studio work

Conley Lents

Herbert K. Fowler Medal
For a third-, fourth- or fifth-year architecture student who demonstrates outstanding hand drawing skills, excellent conceptualization of interior spaces and volumes, especially as they relate to human interaction, and successfully incorporates classic principles of proportion and balance into the design of modern architecture

Bethany Holden

John G. Williams Joy of Architecture Medal
For a graduating senior who exhibits a devotion to the profession and a positive work ethic, and who demonstrates promise of professional success

Mark Johnson Jr.

Mariana Van Rensselaer Medal
For the architectural studies student who has achieved excellence in attaining a liberal education with focus on architecture and its allied disciplines

Samantha Hernandez
Myles Richter

Mort Karp Medal
For the fifth-year architecture student who has demonstrated the greatest concern for social, cultural and behavioral issues as they relate to design

Sally Senn 

 

Interior Architecture and Design Academic Honors and Achievements

 

Interior Architecture and Design Medal of Excellence
For the first-ranked, final-year interior architecture and design student in recognition of scholastic achievement

Hayden Wyrick

Interior Architecture and Design Medal for Excellence in Material Exploration
For a final-year interior architecture and design student who has demonstrated curiosity, research capabilities, creativity and sophisticated application of materials in studio design projects

Ashlynn Weidman

 

Landscape Architecture Academic Honors and Achievements

 

Verna C. Garvan Medal
For a senior student of landscape architecture who, through performance in the studio sequence, has demonstrated outstanding design ability

Hagen Rushing

 

Fay Jones School Academic Honors and Achievements

 

Alpha Rho Chi Medal
For a final-year student who has shown leadership ability, performed willing service for the school and demonstrated promise of professional merit through attitude and personality

Carter Brooks (ARCH)

Michael J. Buono Sustainability Medal
For the final-year student(s) who has demonstrated the greatest concern in design studios, cognate courses and the community for environmental, ecological and energy conservation issues

Noah Berg (ARCH)
Alexa Knopp (IARD)
Cada Fischer (LARC)

Senior Scholars
For the graduating seniors from the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design with the highest-grade point average

Conley Lents (ARCH)
Samantha Hernandez (ARCH)
Hayden Wyrick (IARD)
Jessica Shearman (LARC)

 

Awards are for 2023-2024

ARCH = Architecture
IARD = Interior Architecture and Design
LARC = Landscape Architecture
MDES = Master of Design Studies

±Special Honors
* New awards for 2023-2024

 

Incoming Student Scholarships to be awarded for 2023-2024

EDI International Architecture Freshman Award

Ken and Liz Allen Support Award

Herbert Thomas Memorial Scholarship

Miller Boskus Lack Architects Endowed Scholarship

Professional Advisory Board Scholarship