Design Students Receive Scholarships, Awards in Fay Jones School's 2021 Honors Program

Stephen Ironside

Around 100 students will receive scholarships and other awards totaling more than $180,000 through the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design's 2021 Honors and Awards Recognition program.

The Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design recently announced that around 100 students will receive scholarships and other awards through its 2021 Honors and Awards Recognition program. More than $180,000 was handed out through scholarships that recognized various aspects of achievement among architecture, landscape architecture and interior design students.

"The annual Honors and Awards Recognition program is the highlight of our year in the Fay Jones School," said Dean Peter MacKeith. "We're able to recognize the success of our students, the support of their families and the generosity of so many alumni, friends and benefactors who make our scholarships possible. Although this year's ceremony at the school was not possible, we've been able to announce and recognize our students through multiple forms of promotion. Our congratulations to the students and our gratitude to our supporters is undiminished by the circumstances — and we look forward to next year's program already."

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:

• Daniel Barker, an architecture and Honors College student who was named the Senior Scholar. This designation is for the graduating senior from the school with the highest grade point average.
• Benjamin Ebbesmeyer, an architecture and Honors College student who received the U of A Presidential Scholarship. This is awarded to the student with a high academic record in the school.
• Emily Kloostra (architecture), Sophie Forrer (interior design), Maisi Kennedy (landscape architecture) and Raphael Nelson (landscape architecture), who received the Pryor Award for Leadership in Architecture and Design. This is awarded to rising second-year students who display superior commitment, thoughtfulness and leadership vision in the school and university, given in honor of Sen. David Pryor of Arkansas. Kloostra, Forrer, Kennedy and Nelson are also Honors College students.
• Terrinique Bullard, 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.
• Jamie Zakovec, an interior design student, and Cecellia Musgrove, an architecture student, who both received the HFA Designing with Technology Scholarship. 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. Zakovec and Musgrove are also Honors College students.
• Lillyan Priest, a landscape architecture student, and Kayla Ho, an architecture student, who received the Michael J. Buono Sustainability Medal. This is awarded to final-year students who have demonstrated the greatest concern in design studios, cognate courses and the community for environmental, ecological and energy conservation issues. Ho is also an Honors College student.
• Lily Shore (interior design), Harriet Morrison (architecture) and Rodrigo Carrillo (landscape architecture), who received Professional Advisory Board Scholarships. These are awarded to final-year students who exhibit hard work, perseverance, dedication and potential for success in the profession. Shore is also an Honors College student.
• Kobee Wade, an Honors College student, who received the Kevin and Stephanie Wilcox Advance Arkansas Endowed Scholarship, a new award this year. This is awarded to a student who demonstrates academic success, with a preference given to first-generation students.
• Alan Castro and Jyah Smith, both architecture students, who received the Wallace Caradine Memorial Scholarship, a new award this year. This is awarded to the rising third- or fourth-year student(s) who graduated from a high school located in the Arkansas Delta.

Notable recognition for architecture students included:

• Daniel Barker, also an Honors College student, 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.
• Daniel Barker, also an Honors College student, 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.
• Terrinique Bullard, who 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.
• Kirstin Rouse, also an Honors College student, 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.
• Nate Cole and Devin Taylor, who received the Cyrus Sutherland Historic Preservation Alliance Scholarship Award. This is awarded to students who have demonstrated interest in historic preservation. Cole is also an Honors College student.
• Jyah Smith, who received the Jeff and Carole Klugh Shannon Scholarship in Architecture, a new award this year. This is awarded to an architecture student who graduated from an Arkansas high school.
• Conley Lents, an Honors College student, who received the Pella Scholarship for Architecture Design Excellence, a new award this year. This is awarded to a rising fourth- or fifth-year student who demonstrates dedication and hard work.
• Olivia Harris and Jaxon Jordan, who received the Northwest Section, Arkansas Chapter, AIA Scholarship. This is awarded to members of AIAS who have performed willing service to the school and its students. Harris is also an Honors College student.

Notable recognition for landscape architecture students included:

• Max Frank, an Honors College student, 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.
• Rebekah Crowley, 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.
• Emily Booth, who received the Phillips Family Scholarship. This is awarded to a well-rounded student within the applications of landscape architecture.

Notable recognition for interior design students included:

• Peyton Kelley, who received the Interior Design Medal of Excellence. This is awarded to the first-ranked, final-year interior design student in recognition of scholastic achievement.
• Darby Jenkins, 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.
• Madison Laxton, Rachel McFarland and Sayde Taggart, who received the Interior Design Foundation Scholarship. This is awarded to students who demonstrate academic achievement and show promise in the discipline.
• Angelica Williams, who received the William Stephen Lair Design Scholarship. This is awarded to a rising second-, third- or fourth-year student who demonstrates high academic standards and shows academic promise.