Fay Jones School of Architecture Students Honored at Ceremony

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Amanda Neely, Scott McDonald, Nicholas Jabs and Melissa Roberson, all third-year architecture students in the Fay Jones School of Architecture, attend the reception prior to the Honors Recognition ceremony, held April 20 at the Arkansas Union.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Fay Jones School of Architecture honored 85 students at the 2012 Honors Recognition reception and ceremony, held April 20 in the Verizon Ballroom at the Arkansas Union on the University of Arkansas campus. Nearly $110,000 was handed out through scholarships that recognized various aspects of achievement among architecture, landscape architecture and interior design students.

Several students were selected from the entire school for recognition, including:

• Jessica Meehan Crandall, an interior design student who was named the Senior Scholar. This designation is for the graduating senior from the school with the highest grade point average.
• Donna Freeman, a landscape architecture student who received the University of Arkansas Presidential Scholar. This is awarded to the student with a high academic record in the school.
• Samuel Annable, an architecture student who received the Alpha Rho Chi Medal. This is awarded to the final-year student who has shown leadership ability, performed willing service for the school and demonstrated promise of professional merit through attitude and personality.
• Dustin Langford, a landscape architecture student who received the Michael J. Buono Sustainability Medal. This is awarded to the fifth-year student who has demonstrated the greatest concern in design studios, cognate courses and the community for environmental, ecological and energy conservation issues.
• Nickolas Cerra, a landscape architecture student who received the Pella Student Essay Award for “A New Relationship With Nature.” This is awarded to the student who submits the best scholarly research essay.
• Brandon Doss (landscape architecture), Chase Humphrey (architecture) and Christina Willis (interior design), who received Professional Advisory Board Fifth-Year Scholarships. These are awarded to fifth-year students who exhibit hard work, perseverance, dedication and potential for success in the profession.

Notable recognition for architecture students included:

• Akihiro Moriya, who received the AIA Henry Adams Medal. This is awarded to the first-ranked, final-year architecture student in recognition of scholastic achievement, character, leadership and promise of high professional ability.
• Suzana Christmann, who received the AIA Henry Adams Certificate of Achievement. This is awarded to the second-ranked, final-year architecture student in recognition of scholastic achievement, character, leadership and promise of high professional ability.
• Erica Blansit, who received the Edward Durell Stone Medal. This is awarded to the final-year architecture student with the highest overall grade point average in design studio work.
• Akihiro Moriya and Adam Stevinson, who both received the Barbara C. Crook Medal. This is awarded to the final-year student who has achieved the highest record in coursework in the architectural technology group.
• Hanna Ibrahim, who received the C. Murray Smart Medal. This is awarded to the final-year architecture student with the highest scholastic record in the study of history and theory of architecture.

Notable recognition for landscape architecture students included:

• William Towle, who received the American Society of Landscape Architects Honor Award, and William Cochran VI, who received the ASLA Merit Award. These are awarded to landscape architecture students in their final two years of study with high academic performance, design ability, self-motivation and personal responsibility.
• William Cochran VI, who received the Verna C. Garvan Medal. This is awarded to the senior student of landscape architecture who, through performance in the studio sequence, has demonstrated outstanding design ability.

Notable recognition for interior design students included:

• Christina Willis, who received the Andrew A. Kinslow Interior Design Scholarship. This is awarded to a third- or fourth-year interior design student from Arkansas who is interested in commercial design and has a high grade point average.
• Rebecca Buedden, who received the Fairhead-Shipp Family Design Education and Experience Scholarship, a new award this year. This is awarded to a student whose passionate participation has contributed to both the University of Arkansas and the interior design program, and who has a high grade point average.