The School of Architecture and Planning recently inducted 18 undergraduate and graduate students into Tau Sigma Delta National Honor Society, the only honor society recognized in the fields of architecture and the allied arts and a member of the Association of College Honor Societies.
Photo: Allison Wait, MLA candidate, receives her certificate from Roger Schluntz, dean, and MARCH candidate Maria Morrissey, president, Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society - Gamma Lambda Chapter, at a recent induction ceremony for the honor society's inductees.
Bachelor of Arts in Architecture students inducted are Bricia Hermosillo, Albuquerque; Christopher Price, Farmington; Matthew Byers, Albuquerque; Michael McCourt, Bath, Maine; and Steven Bunch, Albuquerque.
Inductee Jessica Gardener, Glenmore, Penn., is a student in the Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Planning and Design.
Master of Architecture inductees are Carla Gomez, Las Cruces, Francisco Uvina, Anthony, NM; Susan Spencer, Albuquerque; and Carolyn Mead, Owego, NY.
Master of Landscape Architecture inductees are Mary Ruth Currey, Oak Bay Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; Basilios Papaioannou, Sydney, Australia; Allison Wait, Austin, Texas; Yekaterina Yushmanova, Yagksh, Yukutsk, Russia; and Teresa Foster Harner, Corpus Christi, Texas.
Master of Community & Regional Planning inductees are Micaela Cadena, no hometown listed; Moanna Wright, Portland, Ore.; and Leslie Kryder, Hamler, Ohio.
Each student received a certificate when formally inducted by the director of their respective academic program into UNM’s Gamma Lambda chapter.
Tau Sigma Delta National Honor Society recognizes the scholastic achievement of BAA and BAEPD students who are in their fourth year of study and graduate students enrolled in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, or Community and Regional Planning who have completed one year of study in their respective program at UNM. Students must be in the upper 20 percent of their class.
Tau Sigma Delta was founded in 1913 at the University of Michigan and has about 65 chapters nationwide.
“During the past seven years, the UNM School of Architecture and Planning has initiated 122 students to the Gamma Lambda chapter of the Tau Sigma Delta National Honor Society. We are proud of the academic success of each student,” said Roger Schluntz, dean and faculty advisor to Tau Sigma Delta National Honor Society - Gamma Lambda Chapter.
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