Design Students Recognized at Fay Jones School of Architecture's Annual Honors Ceremony

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A crowd of Fay Jones School of Architecture students, faculty members, family and friends gathered April 17 for this year's Honors Recognition Reception and Ceremony. The event was held in Vol Walker Hall, home to the school, for the first time in many years.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Fay Jones School of Architecture honored 99 students at the 2015 Honors Recognition Reception and Ceremony, held April 17 in Vol Walker Hall on the University of Arkansas campus. More than $135,000 was handed out through scholarships that recognized various aspects of achievement among architecture, landscape architecture and interior design students.

Many honors were awarded under each of the three departments, while some honors were available to any student within the school. Some students received multiple honors.

Students selected from the entire school for recognition included:

• Brittany Brown, a landscape architecture student who was named the Senior Scholar. This designation is for the graduating senior from the school with the highest grade point average.
• Adel Vaughn, a landscape architecture student who received the University of Arkansas Presidential Scholarship. This is awarded to the student with a high academic record in the school, and this was Vaughn's second time to receive it.
• Kathryn Dunn, a landscape 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.
• Isaac Boroughs, an interior design student, and Zachary Grewe, an architecture student, who both received the HFA Designing with Technology Scholarship, a new award this year. This is awarded to rising third-, fourth- or fifth-year students who demonstrate the use and integration of technology in architectural and interior design through use of illustration, planning and design.
• John Collamore, an architecture student who received the John R. and Judy W. Fletcher Endowed Scholarship, a new award this year. This is awarded to a student who has high academic standards and demonstrates academic promise.
• Austin Magruder, an 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.
• Haley Walton, an architecture student who received the Pella Student Essay Award for "The Negotiation of Traditional and Modern Ideals in Catholic Cathedrals Padre Pio vs. Our Lady of the Angels." This is awarded to the student who submits the best scholarly research essay.
• Sierra Peterson (interior design), Robert Quinten McElvain (architecture) and Adel Vaughn (landscape architecture), 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:

• Colby Ritter, who received the American Institute of Architects (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.
• Thomas Boyster, who received the AIA 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.
• Colby Ritter, who also 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.
• Colby Ritter, who also 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.
• Thomas Boyster and Mary Kathryn Brewer, who received the C. Murray Smart Medal. This is awarded to the final-year architecture student(s) with the highest scholastic record in the study of history and theory of architecture.
• Sohee Ryan, who received the Ed and Darleen Wilson Travel Award. This was established in honor of Ernest E. Jacks to assist a student who wishes to travel in connection with employment opportunities.
• Sarah Tappe, who received the Cyrus Sutherland Historic Preservation Alliance Scholarship. This is awarded to the student who has demonstrated interest in historic preservation.

Notable recognition for landscape architecture students included:

• Kathryn Dunn who also received the American Society of Landscape Architects Honor Award, and Brittany Brown, who also received the ASLA Merit Award. This is awarded to landscape architecture students in the final two years of study with high academic performance, design ability, self-motivation and personal responsibility.
• Brittany Brown, who also 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.
• Addison Warren, who received the Judy Byrd Brittenum Cultural Landscape Award. This is awarded to the student who demonstrates interest in the study of cultural landscapes including cultural sustainability, historic preservation, history and/or cultural landscape documentation.
• Laura Goodwin, who received the Verna C. Garvan Diversity Award. This is awarded to students who have demonstrated academic achievement and promise of success.

Notable recognition for interior design students included:

• Elizabeth Grimes, who received the Interior Design Medal of Excellence, a new award this year. This is awarded to the first-ranked, final-year interior design student in recognition of scholastic achievement.
• Ashley Brown, 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.
• Jessica Baker, who received the Fairhead-Shipp Family Design Education and Experience Scholarship. 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.
• Julianne Bachmann and Sarah Moll, who both received the Interior Design Foundation Scholarship. This is awarded to students who demonstrate academic achievement and show promise in the discipline.
• Sierra Peterson, who also received the University of Arkansas ASID Student Chapter Interior Design Student Leadership Award, a new award this year. This is awarded to a rising third- or fourth-year Interior Design Organization member with an excellent record of service and leadership to the school.
•  Josephine Chavez, who received the William Stephen Lair Design Scholarship, a new award this year. This is awarded to a rising second-, third- or fourth-year student who demonstrates high academic standards and shows academic promise.