Welcome to the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture Spring 2022 Convocation Showcase!
Meet CAPLA’s outstanding graduates and leave a congratulatory note on their pages, watch as student organizations bid their students farewell, enjoy a gallery of photos submitted by graduating students and view messages from college administration.
Address from the Dean
HOW THE CLASS OF 2022 INSPIRES DEAN NANCY POLLOCK-ELLWAND
Dean, College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture
Address from the School Directors
ROBERT MILLER
Director, School of Architecture
LAURI MACMILLAN JOHNSON
Director, School of Landscape Architecture and Planning
Student and Other Awards
School of Architecture Student Awards
Bachelor of Architecture Student Awards
AIA Henry Adams Certificate of Merit and Medal
- Tayler Forsberg
Alpha Rho Chi Medal
- Anisa Hermosillo
School of Architecture Outstanding Senior
- Noëlle Van Lerberghe
Outstanding Undergraduate Student Grader
- Samuel Owen
William G. Ure III Award
- Vincent Yang
Stream Awards
- Ana Astiazaran, Design Studio
- Jacob Downard, Design Communication
- Tayler Forsberg, Building Tech
- Samuel Owen, Professional Practice
- Estefania Peña, History and Theory
The Capstone Award
- Samuel Owen
Capstone Distinguished Projects
Material Matters
- Jacob Downard
- Tayler Forsberg
- Itzel Gámez Alcaraz
- Alejandro Rueda
(Meta)Physics of Light
- Emily Ahlgren
- Alexander Arnaud
- Brooke Sands
- Vincent Yang
Urban Agency
- Andrea Riehle
- Lindsay Roland
Independent Option
- Samuel Owen
Critical Practice Lab (Collaborative Award)
- Alyssa Arnold
- Hayden Crockett
- Anisa Hermosillo
- Joshua LaComare
- Rico Lizama
- Jonathan Mendoza-Uriarte
- Jessica Schuler
- Bjorn Scott-Larsen
- Alex Torres
- Nicholas Zowada
Ronald G. Gourley Award for Design Excellence
- Tayler Forsberg
AIA Design Excellence Awards
- Nick Witt ’23: Honor Award, Excellence in Overall Design
- Jacob Downard ’22: Merit Award, Excellence in Design Strategy
- Noah Roth ’24: Citation Award, Excellence in Environmental Design
- Tabitha Rodriguez ’24: Honorable Mention
- Jed Perea ’25: Honorable Mention
- Nick Witt and Waverly Mellies ’23: Honorable Mention
- Tayler Forsberg ’22: Honorable Mention
- View All CAPLA 2022 AIA Design Excellence Nominees
Faculty Commendation
- Ana Astiazaran
- Samuel DeBartolo
- Tayler Forsberg
- Anisa Hermosillo
- Kyle Holeva
- Anthony Korb
- Samuel Owen
- Estefania Peña
- Lydia Roberts
- Lindsay Roland
- Ivette Ruy Sanchez
- Rafael Alberto Taiar
- Alex Torres
- Noëlle Van Lerberghe
- Vincent Yang
Tau Sigma Delta National Honor Society in Architecture and Allied Arts
- Tayler Forsberg
- Anisa Hermosillo
- Kyle Holeva
- Sam Owen
- Lydia Roberts
- Lindsay Roland
- Rafael Taiar
- Noëlle Van Lerberghe
- Vincent Yang
Master of Architecture Student Awards
AIA Henry Adams Certificate of Merit and Medal
- Alec Kelly-Jones
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Hui-Yen Yang
School of Architecture Outstanding Leadership Award
- Alec Kelly-Jones
Master of Architecture Project Prize
- Alec Kelly-Jones
Stream Awards
- Ryan Helmick, Professional Practice
- Matthew Johnston, History and Theory
- Alec Kelly Jones, Building Tech
- Hui-Yen Yang, Design Communication and Design Studio
Faculty Commendation
- Ryan Helmick
- Alec Kelly-Jones
- Ivan Woestman
- Hui-Yen Yang
Master of Science in Architecture student Awards
ARCC / King Medal for Excellence
- Abdullah Alabdullatif
Highest Scholastic Excellence Award
- Wen Xie
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Kylie Biddle
School of Architecture Outstanding Leadership Award
- Andrew Puppos
MS Architecture Best Master’s Thesis
- Andrew Puppos
Faculty Commendation
- Abdullah Alabdullatif
- Kylie Biddle
- Ashwaq Jundus
- Andrew Puppos
- Wen Xie
School of Landscape Architecture and Planning Student Awards
Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Built Environments Student Awards
SBE Capstone Award
- Kiera Eason
- Jesús Ponce de León Galarza
- Korina Simons
- Pierina Virhuez
NITC Student Scholar Award
- Lauren Heat
Faculty Commendation
- Carla A. Campos
- Joaquin Chocano
- Eric Dahlstrom
- Briana DiNicola
- Kiera Eason
- Bárbara Félix
- Lauren Heath
- Alejandra Huerta
- Keegan Kowal
- Will Leipold
- André Luperdi
- Oscar Sebastian Motta Celiz
- Brad David Nelson
- Jesús Ponce de León Galarza
- Oscar Rodriguez Ponce
- Heather Schulz
- Korina Simons
- Shamara Smith
- Rodrigo Torreblanca
- Sebastian Valesco
- Irvanna Velazco Gomez
- Adriana Velis
- Pierina Virhuez
Master of Landscape Architecture Student Awards
Landscape Architecture Foundation Olmsted Scholar
- Kendra Potter
CELA Fountain Scholar Award
- Irene Pineda
AzASLA Honor Award
- Kendra Potter
- Alizabeth Potucek
AzASLA Merit Award
- Hunter Lohse
- Heather Schmidt
AzASLA 2022 Student Collaborative Design Honor Award
- Hunter Lohse
- Ethan Wissler
AzASLA 2021 Student Individual Honor Award
- Austin Young
AzASLA Student Community Service Honor Award
- Mattea Wallace
Leadership Award
- Mattea Wallace
Outstanding Community Service Award
- Alizabeth Potucek
NITC Student Scholar Award
- Jacqueline Howell
- Ethan Wissler
MRED Faculty Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Kendra Potter
Planning Faculty Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Jacob Siegel
Outstanding GPA Award
- Hunter Lohse
- Alizabeth Potucek
- Mattea Wallace
- Ethan Wissler
- Austin Young
Sigma Lambda Alpha Honor Society
- Jordan Lawson
- Hunter Lohse
- Emily Lorenz
- Kendra Potter
- Heather Schmidt
- Mattea Wallace
- Austin Young
Master of REal Estate Development Student Awards
Outstanding GPA Award
- Jessica Bassi
- Brianna Lostaglio
- Nicholas Moran
- Joshua Olsen
- Jose Pardo Urrea
- Ryan Querubin
- Lori Summers
- Candace Sutherland-Mott
Master of Science in Urban Planning Student Awards
2022 AICP Outstanding Student Award
- Christina Scarpitti
NITC Student Scholar Award
- Melanie Olson
- Christina Scarpitti
- Ethan Wissler
Best Colleague Award
- Christina Scarpitti
Excellence in Planning Research Award
- Benjamin Carpenter
- Nathalia Untiveros
Faculty Distinction Award
- Melanie Olson
Leadership Award
- Garrett Aldrete
Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant
- Ethan Wissler
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Christina Scarpitti
Outstanding GPA Award
- Garrett Aldrete
- Benjamin Carpenter
- Melanie Olson
- Christina Scarpitti
- Ethan Wissler
CAPLA Faculty and Staff Awards
2022 Darryl D. Dobras Award for Excellence
- Damon Leverett, Senior Lecturer in Architecture
- Jeff Guba, Senior Data and Financial Analyst
School of Architecture Commendation for Teaching Award
- Teresa Rosano, Assistant Professor of Practice in Architecture
Roy P. Drachman Award for Excellence
- Bill Mackey, Lecturer in Architecture, Time Market Annex
Anne Graham Rockfellow Memorial Award, Presented by Women in Architecture Society
- Damon Leverett, Senior Lecturer in Architecture
Student Showcase
View and congratulate our CAPLA Class of 2022 CAPLA graduates!
Scroll to the right to view all degree programs. Click on an image to view all graduating students in the program.
CAPLA Clubs + Life
View messages from student organizations and a gallery of images of CAPLA life submitted by graduating students:
Graduate Certificates
View recipients of CAPLA Graduate Certificates in 2022: