
The University of New Mexico
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Contact: Carolyn Gonzales 277-5920; cgonzal@unm.edu
Sept. 29, 2006
UNM School of Architecture and Planning Presents Honors and Awards
The University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning is holding its honors and awards convocation Friday, Sept. 29, at 5:30 p.m. in the Student Union Building ballroom C.
The event represents more than $35,750 in scholarship money as well the opportunity to recognize scholarship recipients and donors who have endowed them. It is also an opportunity to highlight the academic and creative success of the students.
Ric Richardson, acting dean, will present the general school awards.
A special award, the Distinguished Alumni Award, is being given to Laurie Moye, president of the UNM Architecture and Planning Alumni Chapter and second term member of the UNM Alumni Association Board of Directors. Moye earned a master's degree in community and regional planning in 1982. She was the very first graduate of the program.
Among her accomplishments, Moye rallied the board and other volunteers to make nearly 300 phone calls in a single month to fellow alumni on behalf of the capital campaign for George Pearl Hall. These efforts raised more than $80,000 for the building.
After receiving her degree, she worked for a number of years at Dekker/Perich/Sabatini. She is now coordinator for the regulatory project and public participation at PNM, where she has worked for the past seven years.
Larry and Dorothy Rainosek offer three Frontier/Golden Pride Scholarships. This year's recipients are Anthony Santi, architecture; Yolynda Begay, planning; and Lisa Burkstaller, landscape architecture.
Carrie Barkhurst receives the Allen Stamm Travel Fellowship.
Regents' Graduate Student Fellowships are awarded to Tori Johnson, landscape architecture; and Paul Lopez-Oro, community and regional planning.
Christopher Price receives the Presidential Scholarship, while Matthew Everett and David Augustyniak receive Performing Arts Scholarships. Ubaldo Muñoz is the recipient of the Gates Millennium Scholarship.
The American Indian Council of Architects and Engineers Scholarships go to Eugenia Quintana and Dedra Youvella.
Geraldine Forbes Isais, program director, will present the architecture program awards.
The Rinker Materials Student Design Competition is awarded in each studio. In Katya Crawford's section, first place winner is David Fischman, second place, Brandi McLaughlin, and special mention Kate O-Dowd-Lane. In Kima Wakefield's section, first place goes to Noe Quiñonez, second place, Alfred Kahn, and special mention, Rebecca Davila. In Berry Langford's section, the first place winner is Nayah Lee, second place is Christopher Stewart, and special mention is Ryan Harris.
The American Institute of Architects Santa Fe Chapter Endowed Scholarship recipient is Noreen Richards, while the AIA Santa Fe Chapter/Bradley P. Kidder Endowed Memorial Scholarship goes to Louvenia Magee. Richard Maldonado receives the AIA Albuquerque Chapter Scholarship as an undergraduate, while the graduate recipients are Ronald O. Nelson and Ryan Martin.
Kenneth Marold is the Antoine Predock Architectural Scholarship recipient.
Tanya Johnson, Emily Stout and Holly Strachen are this year's New Mexico Graduate Scholars.
The Charles Edward Brown and Katherine McBride Brown Scholarship goes to Sandra Clough; while Joe Nash, Viktor Ramos and Sandy Johnson receive the Michael “Mickey” Kosanovich Endowed Memorial Scholarships.
The Marian B. and Kevin F. Ryan Endowed Memorial Scholarship goes to Miles Cook; and Ana Petkovic receives the Matthew Smilovits Endowed Memorial Scholarship.
Emily Stout is the first recipient of the Westwork Architects Scholarship in Memory of Glade Sperry and Lawrence Licht.
The Alpho Rho Chi recipient is Robert Williams.
The AIA Silver Medal goes to Adam Wilmes and the AIA Gold Medal goes to Veree Parker.
David Henkel, director of the Community and Regional Planning program will present the awards for his program. Receiving the award for Bachelor of Arts in Environment, Planning, and Design in the community and regional planning track is Savannah Gene. From the landscape architecture track, the recipient is Kihei Mayer.
The Research/Scholarship Award goes to Sarah Bautista ; while the Community Building Awards go to Maruja Clensay, Eugenia Quintana and Erin Murphy.
Awarded for Service to the Wider Community are Vicente Quevedo and Jacobo Martinez.
The New Mexico American Planning Association award winner is Nicole Sanchez-Howell.
New Mexico Graduate Scholarship recipients are Meghan Bayer and Annie Oandasan.
Mayra Madriz receives the Charna E. Staten Community and Regional Planning Scholarship.
Landscape Architecture Program Director Alf Simon will present awards for his program. The American Society of Landscape Architect Book Awards go to students with the highest academic standing. First-year student recipient is Tori Johnson, second-year student is Scott Casell and the third-year student is Brett Milligan.
The Elizabeth Reardon Award for Excellence in Construction Technology goes to Julia Mulder, while Amy Duckert receives the Elizabeth Reardon Award in Planting Design.
The Sites Southwest Award for Excellence in Sustainable Design goes to Shafee Jones-Wilson .
The Resource Technology Inc. Award for Excellence in Design goes to first-year student Susan Corban. The Consensus Planning Award for Excellence in Design goes to second-year student Peter Wong. The Design Workshop Award for Excellence in Design goes to third-year student Genieve Sanchez.
New Mexico Graduate Scholars include Tyler Albers, Amos Arber, Amy Duckert, Susan Frye, Philip Rottman, Ryan Schwend, Pablo Navrot, Julia Mulder, Peter Theroux and Cynthia Patulski.
Baker Morrow will present the Historic Preservation Certificate Awards for program Director Chris Wilson. The New Mexico Heritage Scholarship recipients are Susan Corban, Daniel Mallach, Hollis Lawrence, Meghan Bayer, Carolyn Mead and William Powell.
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