The College of Design is proud to celebrate the graduates of the spring 2025 class. Please find below a few student awards of achievement by department, as well as photos from the ceremony.
Dean’s Wings on Wings Award
Each spring, the College of Design recognizes one student for their performance in the classroom and service to the College with the Dean’s Award for Outstanding College Citizenship and Academic Excellence.
Amira Slocum
Amira’s commitment to fostering a more inviting and shared environment within the design disciplines is notable. Her passion for landscape architecture is deeply personal, inspired in part by her experience surviving Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and witnessing the impacts of displacement due to climate change. This lived experience fuels her academic pursuits and her commitment to creating more resilient communities for everyone, through design.
Driven by concern for the experiences of her colleagues and peers, Amira (in collaboration with Melissa Dominguez) conducted a first-of-its-kind student research on the experiences of students in landscape architecture across the country.
The study was featured at the 2023 ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture, where she presented her research alongside Melissa Dominguez and Professor Kofi Boone in a panel presentation focused on the challenges and opportunities experienced by BIPOC students in design education.
Amira is an inspiring student and a role model for the College of Design.
Architecture
- Academic Achievement: Bachelor of Environmental Design in Architecture
- Elle Newkirk
- AK Stipanov
- Academic Achievement: Bachelor of Architecture
- Caroline Coyle
- Abby Lundergan
- Kinsley Stevens
- Academic Achievement: Master of Architecture
- Josh Albert
- Hannah Elmore
- Jennifer MacDonald
- Shaziyah Motisham
- Alap Parikh
- Naveen Venapalli
- AIA Medal for Academic Excellence: Bachelor of Architecture
- Abby Lundergan
- AIA Medal for Academic Excellence: Master of Architecture
- Josh Albert
- Alpha Rho Chi: Master of Architecture
- Kinsley Stevens
- ARCC King Medal For Research
- Mariana Mustakova
- BTES Edward Allen Award
- Shannon Levkovitz
- City Design: Master of Architecture
- Lizandro Marcial Armas
- Design Achievement: Bachelor of Environmental Design in Architecture
- Daniel Knorr
- Design Achievement: Bachelor Of Architecture
- Caroline Coyle
- Design Achievement: Master of Architecture
- Hannah Elmore
- Alap Parikh
- Jesse Wilson
- Energy + Technology: Master of Architecture
- Alap Parikh
- History + Theory: Master of Architecture
- Dy’Kasha Graves
- Public Interest Design: Master of Architecture
- Luanna Saade
- Building Technology
- David Pulliam
- Digital Technology:
- Harshavardhan Raju
- Srinath Sivakumar
Graphic & Experience Design
- Undergraduate Faculty Award for Academic Excellence
- Natalie Diane Jolley
- Megan Mersch
- Vy Hoang
- Erin Secosky
- Briana Elizabeth Vreuls
- Jessica Zhu
- Graduate Faculty Award for Academic Excellence
- Kweku Baidoo
- Olha Novikova
- Aashka Patel
- Rebecca Planchart
Industrial Design
- Undergraduate Faculty Award for Academic Excellence
- Jennifer Chu
- Asa Markus
- Lara Salazar-Casajus
- Graduate Faculty Award for Academic Excellence
- Shruti Gandhi
- JD Harris
- Jabria Oliver
- Armand V. Cooke
- Excellence in Materials and Processes Award
- David Walters
- Colin Guy Treiber
- Excellence in Design Award
- Sofia Mastorakis
- Walter P. Baermann Excellence in Design Profession Award
- Ben Palmer
Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
- 2025 American Society of Landscape Architects Honor & Merit Nominees
- Hannah Clarke
- Kathleen Elliott
- Jules Mainor
- Kelby Stallings
- 2025 NCASLA Award of Excellence Nominees
- Lizandro Marcial-Armas
- Hesha Pathak
- 2025 University Olmsted Scholar
- Kelby Stallings
- Distinguished Leadership Award
- Drake Elder
- Distinguished Service Award
- Anna Desmone
- Noah Weaver
- Distinguished Teaching Assistance Award
- Drake Elder
- Distinguished Scholarship Assistance Award
- Kathleen Elliott
- Excellence in Design Award
- Jules Mainor
- Excellence in Research Award
- Kelby Stallings
- Excellence in Theory and Criticism Award
- Christopher Van
Media Arts, Design and Technology
- Academic Excellence Award
- Amber Marie Johnson
- Emily Nicole Moore
- Art2Wear Leadership Design Award
- Lydia Carol Spears
- Digital Mouse Award
- Abigail Morris
- Maleah Shay Seaman
- Excellence in Art + Design Award
- Sophie Camille Pinner Gabriel
- Rebecca Pyun
- Excellence in Experimental Design Award
- Lily Barber
- Clarissa Nicole Gernat
- Good Citizenship Award
- Sara Abdelrahman Banous Sherkyan
- Lydia Carol Spears
- Best Research Poster
- Ariana Zuri Farquharson
Design Studies
- Art2Wear Leadership Design Award
- Keerthi Nagapudi
- Best Research Project
- Azucena DeLa Sancha-Garcia
- Avery Mae Denton
- Trystan Jacob Powell
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