ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS

The Connecticut Architecture Foundation grants scholarships to students pursuing degrees in an architectural program at a Connecticut-accredited university or are Connecticut residents pursuing a degree at other accredited universities. 

Since 1986, the foundation has awarded more than $550,000 in scholarships. This year eight students will each receive a $5,000 scholarship from one of three Scholarship Funds ”“ the Charles DuBose Memorial, the Suzanne Sheng Memorial or the Connecticut Architecture Foundation scholarships. 

The 2021 recipient of the Charles DuBose Memorial Scholarship is Motuma Tulu who graduated with highest honors from Georgia Tech in 2019 with a Bachelor of Science degree in architecture. He is now pursuing a Master of Architecture degree at the Yale School of Architecture. 

The Suzanne Sheng Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Yushan Jiang, a growing interdisciplinary intern architect. She is pursuing a Master of Architecture degree at Yale School of Architecture and will graduate in 2022. Before joining Yale, she earned a  Bachelor of Engineering degree at Tongji University in Shanghai, majoring in urban design and planning. 

The 2021 recipient of the AIA Scholarship Grant included with a Connecticut Architecture Foundation Scholarship was given to Angelica Crespo of Danbury. She is a first-generation undergraduate student at the New York Institute of Technology in Manhattan, has completed her third year and was recently accepted into the five-year accredited program for her Bachelor of Architecture degree

The 2021 recipients of the Connecticut Architecture Foundation Scholarship are: 

Jenna Gormley of Woodstock who is enrolled at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston. She is entering her third year of a 4+1 program and will be receiving her Bachelor of Science degree in spring 2023 and her Master of Architecture degree in spring 2024. 

Silas Newman of Hamden will be entering the M.Arch 1 program at the Yale School of Architecture this fall. For the past 3 years, he has worked as a designer at MADE Design/Build, in Red Hook, Brooklyn. 

Naomi Ng of New Haven is a currently a Master of Architecture student and teaching fellow and research assistant at Yale University. Prior to Yale, she was pursuing her academic interests in Hong Kong, London and Australia, where she received a Bachelor of Environments degree from the University of Melbourne. She will be finishing up her final year of the graduate program at Yale University this year and is studying to obtain LEED Green Associate certification. 

Alix Pauchet of New Haven is pursuing a joint degree from the Yale School of Architecture and the Yale School of the Environment, from which she will receive a Master of Architecture degree and a Master of Environmental Management degree. 

David Scurry of New Haven is a second-year M.Arch II student at the Yale School of Architecture, where he is returning after taking a year off during the pandemic to teach at Virginia Tech. After graduation, he hopes to return to New York and finish his licensure requirements. 

The Connecticut Architecture Foundation is committed to enhancing and promoting the quality of the state”™s built environment and encouraging public understanding and community involvement in the design and building processes, which create physical surroundings. The Foundation was established in 1978 by the Connecticut Chapter of the American Institute of Architects as an independent organization to raise and distribute funds. It is guided by a volunteer Board of Directors composed of architects and professionals in the architecture, engineering and construction industries.