Fay Jones School of Architecture Students Recognized at Annual Honors Event

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Hilary Webb, Hillary Ramsay and Courtney Tarver, all landscape architecture students, and Eric Dethamphaivan, an architecture student in the Fay Jones School of Architecture, attend the reception prior to the school’s Honors Recognition ceremony, held April 11 at the Arkansas Union. (Photo by Beth Hall)

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Fay Jones School of Architecture honored 88 students at the 2014 Honors Recognition Reception and Ceremony, held April 11 in the Verizon Ballroom at the Arkansas Union on the University of Arkansas campus. More than $128,000 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:

• Ashley Sullivan, 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.
• 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.
• Brandon Bibby, 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.
• Blake Buckner, 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.
• Carly Bartow, an architecture student who received the Pella Student Essay Award for “Practicing What He Preaches? Leon Battista Alberti at Sant’ Andrea in Mantua.” This is awarded to the student who submits the best scholarly research essay.
• Elizabeth Grimes (interior design), Erin Inouye (architecture) and Marie Robirds (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:

• Nicholas Jabs, 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.
• Aaron Kimberlin, 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.
• Nicholas Jabs, 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.
• Nicholas Jabs, 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.
• Hutchins Landfair, 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.
• Elizabeth Stinnett, 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.
• Andrew Schalk, 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:

• Blake Buckner, who also received the American Society of Landscape Architects Honor Award. This is awarded to the landscape architecture student in the final two years of study with high academic performance, design ability, self-motivation and personal responsibility.
• Blake Buckner, 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.
• Mary Nell Patterson, 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.
• Kathryn Dunn and Thalia Roman, who both 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:

• Ashley Wheelus, 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.
• Sierra Peterson, 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.
• Amanda Burge and Rifka Jensen, who both received the Interior Design Foundation Scholarship. This is awarded to students who demonstrate academic achievement and show promise in the discipline.

Also at the ceremony, Rachel Smith-Loerts, assistant director of the school’s designShop, received the Tau Sigma Delta Silver Medal. Thao Dao, an interior design student, received the Tau Sigma Delta Bronze Medal. These are awarded to a professional and a student with records of distinction in design in one of the subject arts.