The Connecticut Architecture Foundation grants scholarships to students pursuing degrees in an architecture program at a Connecticut accredited university or are Connecticut residents pursuing a degree at other accredited university architecture programs. Since 1986, the foundation has awarded more than $550,000 in scholarships. This year seven students will each receive scholarships of $2,500 to $5,000 from one of three Scholarship Funds ”“ The Charles DuBose Memorial Scholarship, The Suzanne Sheng Memorial Scholarship or the Connecticut Architecture Foundation Scholarship.
The 2020 recipients are:
Gabrielle Bernier, Somers, New York, winner of the Charles DuBose Memorial Scholarship, is a graduate student pursuing a Master of Architecture at Clemson University.
Chae Park, Ithaca, New York, winner of the Suzanne Sheng Memorial Scholarship, is a third-year graduate student at Cornell University studying for a Master of Architecture degree.
Alison M. Notation, Wolcott, is attending Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. She is entering her fifth year of studies at the university in pursuit of her Bachelor of Architecture degree, with plans to continue into a master”™s program for the following year.
Alexander Toth, Miller Place, New York, is enrolled in the accelerated 4+1 program attending the University of Hartford where he will complete his Master of Architecture degree by Spring 2021.
Ian Ting, Hamden, is a Master of Architecture student at Princeton University and a research assistant in the CREATE Lab.
Molly Straut, New Britain, is a second-year graduate student at the University of Hartford.
Yael Canaan, New Haven, is at Carnegie Mellon University and completed her second year in the five-year accredited architecture program with a minor in intelligent environments.
The Connecticut Architecture Foundation was established in 1978 by the Connecticut Chapter of the American Institute of Architects as an independent organization to raise and distribute funds, to enhance and promote the quality of the state”™s-built environment and encourage public understanding and community involvement in the design and building processes.
