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Congratulations Class of 2020!

The American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) is devastated about how the current health crisis has affected the graduation festivities of many of our hardworking and deserving seniors. While we can’t replace the feeling of walking across that stage in front of friends and family, we’ve decided to feature some of our seniors on our official AIAS Graduates Class of 2020 page.Click each headshot to be redirected to each graduates’ portfolio!

 

 

Salma Abdelrahman

The Ohio State University

Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture) & Honors with Research Distinction

Minor: City and Regional Planning

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; Quad Conference Planning Team Member

“My undergraduate degree ended with a six-hour-long roast session via Zoom, how did yours end?”

Fouz Abdullah

California State Polytechnic University in Pomona

Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member

“If it took you longer, doesn’t mean you failed.”

Humyura Anika

Temple University

Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture)

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member

“A sweet ending to a new beginning.”

Curtis Bac

Lawrence Technological University

Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture) & Bachelor’s of Interior Architecture

Minor: City and Regional Planning

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member

“The greatest challenge in life is discovering who you are; the second is being happy with what you find.” -Auliq Ice

Genesis Baque

The City College of New York

Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)

Minor: Fine Arts

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member, FORUM Planning Team Member

“Don’t be afraid of adversity. Superpowers don’t emerge in utopias. Com’on fellows, more adventure awaits!” #wedidit! #Class2020

Kyle Barber

Georgia Tech

Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture)

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member

“People ignore designs that ignore people.”

Sandy Boutros

American University in Dubai

Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; National Board of Directors Member

“But the remarkable thing is that when you skillfully combine the extrovert set of strengths with those of the introvert, you don’t just get addition. You get exponential results.” – Kahnweiler

Christina Brown

Carnegie Mellon University

Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch) & Master of Science in Sustainable Design (in progress)

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; National Committee/Task Force Member

“In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.” – John Muir

Nico Camero

University of Colorado Denver

Major: Masters of Architecture (M.Arch)

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member

“One of the great beauties of architecture is that each time, it is like life starting all over again.” -Renzo Piano

Erin Conti

Illinois Institute of Technology

Major: Masters of Architecture (M.Arch)

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; National Committee/Task Force Member; National Board of Directors Member

“To fly we have to have resistance.” – Maya Lin

Mehi Younouss Diallo

Louisiana Tech University

Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture)

Minor: French & International Studies

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; Chapter Committee Member; THRIVE or CRIT Live Planning Team Member; FORUM Planning Team Member

Architecture is not only a major or a job for me. It is a passion. I remember that whatever you do, do it well, and believe in yourself.

Genevieve Enriquez

Woodbury University

Major: Masters of Architecture (M.Arch)

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member

“Life is an improvisation. You have no idea what’s going to happen next and you are mostly just making things up as you go along.” – Stephen Colbert

Haley Evans

Washington University in St. Louis

Major: Masters of Architecture (M.Arch) & Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture)

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; THRIVE or CRIT Live Planning Team Member; FORUM Planning Team Member; National Committee/Task Force Member

“We are called to be the architects of the future, not its victims.”
― Buckminster Fuller

Gabrielle Foster

University of Kansas

Major: Masters of Architecture (M.Arch)

Minor: Business

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; Chapter Committee Member

“The best is yet to come.”

Adalia Fullbeck

Kennesaw State University

Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)

Minor: Industrial Engineering

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member

“L.I.F.E. is Beautiful.”

Daphne Gsell

Temple University

Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture)

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; Chapter Committee Member; Quad Conference Planning Team Member

“In the shadows of a golden age
A generation waits for dawn
Brave carry on
Bold and the strong”
– Journey

 

Citlalli Guerra

University of Texas at Arlington

Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture)

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member

“You should join AIAS!
Are you coming to the event?
Are you a member?
Sorry I can’t I have a meeting.”

 

Katherine Hall

Kennesaw State University

Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member

“Experience is everything.”

 

Alifiyah Hassanali

American University in Dubai

Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member; FORUM Planning Team Member

“I’ve got dreams that are worth more than my sleep.”

 

Laura Alejandra Herrera

Temple University

Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture)

Minor: General Business Studies

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member

“If you want an easy life, don’t be an architect. If you want to make a change, be an architect.”

 

Stephen Kalenberg

South Dakota State University

Major: Bachelor of Fine Arts in Architecture (B.F.A. in Architecture)

Minor: Construction

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; Chapter Committee Member

“Hannah Montana said nobody’s perfect, but here I am.”

 

Alison Katz

Carnegie Mellon University

Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)

Minor: Social and Political History

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; Quad Conference Planning Team Member; National Committee/Task Force Member

“We don’t have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.” ― Howard Zinn

Yasmin Kazeminejad

University of Oregon

Major: Masters of Architecture (M.Arch)

Past AIAS Achievements: FORUM Planning Team Member

“All our dreams can come true… if we have the courage to pursue them.”

Martha Kriley

University of California – Los Angeles

Major: Masters of Architecture (M.Arch)

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member

“Embrace uncertainty, lean in to discomfort, and achieve change.”

Karianna Larson

South Dakota State University

Major: Bachelor of Fine Arts in Architecture (B.F.A. in Architecture)

Minor: Construction

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; Chapter Committee Member; National Committee/Task Force Member

“Does this mean no more all-nighters?”

Juan Manuel Lua

University of Texas at Arlington

Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture)

Minor:Environmental and Sustainability Studies & Urban and Public Affairs

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member

“I spent hours working on studio projects, drawings and models. I also spent more time picking a playlist and grabbing late-night snacks.”

Rachel Hunter Teresa Madryga

Washington University in St. Louis

Major: Masters of Architecture (M.Arch) & Masters of Urban Design, & Masters of Construction Management

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member

“Set Goals & Crush them!”

Vaishnavi Magar

Harvard Graduate School of Design

Major: Master in Design Studies (MDes. Tech)

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; Chapter Committee Member

“You have to stop getting comfortable with the same path that everyone is taking. The day you do that, doors will open for you.”
– Vaishnavi Magar

Quinlan John McFadden

University of Nebraska – Lincoln

Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture)

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; Chapter Committee Member; National Committee/Task Force Member

“Keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things… your curiosity will lead you down the path of success.” – Walt Disney

Wesley McGlory

Texas Tech University

Major: Masters of Architecture (M.Arch)

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; National Committee/Task Force Member

“Unlock your potential, and share it with with the world.”

Rema Mobarak

University of Texas at Arlington

Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture)

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member

“Verily, with every hardship comes ease. (94:6)”

Gwendoline Albright Ndikumagenge

Andrews University

Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture) & Masters of Architecture (M.Arch) & Honors Scholar

Certificate: Undergraduate Leadership

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member; THRIVE or CRIT Live Planning Team Member; National Committee/Task Force Member

“Experiencing the beauty of the sunset or not, does not change the fact that the sun did set and that a new day is going to come and will be experienced” – Gwendoline Albright N.

Jenny Nguyen

University of Arizona

Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; Chapter Committee Member; THRIVE or CRIT Live Planning Team Member

“Through education and hard work, you can achieve anything.”
– My Dad, David Nguyen (1961-2017)

Himesh Patel

New York Institute of Technology – Manhattan

Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)

Minor: Energy Science and Technology

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; National Committee/Task Force Member

“We are future. Architecture students are the toughest most resilient humans. Whether it’s the new way we design after this Pandemic, Climate Change, Poverty, Waste….it’s us that will fix it all”.

Roberta Pegg

Kent State University

Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)

Minor: Business

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; Chapter Committee Member

“There are 360 degrees, so why stick to one?” – Zaha Hadid

Graduate school here I come!

Jennifer Yuliza Pineda

University of Maryland

Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture)

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member

“There are people in your life whom you unknowingly inspire, simply by being you.”

Danielle Pinette

Keene State College

Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture)

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member, National Committee/Task Force Member

 “Each new situation requires new architecture.”

-Jean Nouvel

Class of 2020: this is our new situation.

Maya Roufail

American University in Dubai

Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; Chapter Committee Member; Quad Conference Planning Team Member; FORUM Planning Team Member

“To innovate, one must first re-connect with the natural and man-made realities, questioning everything that impacts an individual’s life and a community’s well-being.”

Nour Rouhana

American University in Dubai

Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member

“He who does not know his past cannot make the best of his present and future, for it is from the past that we learn.”
– Shaikh Zayed

Tannaz Rouhi

Woodbury University

Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; Quad Conference Planning Team Member

“Our year was cut short but our dreams won’t be!”

Jose Asbiel Samaniego

Kennesaw State University

Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member

“Five years fly by fast, so make the most of it”
Sincerely, the OG i-archer
– Asbiel Samaniego

Jomarie Santiago

Florida A&M University

Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture)

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member

“Happiness can be found in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” -Albus Dumbledore

Henry Savoie

Auburn University

Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member

“Learning to think rigorously, so as to act rightly and to serve humanity better” – John Paul II

Elise Skulte

Washington University in St. Louis

Major: Masters of Architecture (M.Arch)

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member

“Do not go where the path may lead. Instead, go where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Kyra Stark

Auburn University

Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; National Committee/Task Force Member; National Board of Directors Member

“This isn’t the way I pictured graduation, but I can confidently say the past few months have made me more resilient, adaptable, creative, and grateful for my friends and family. Here’s to 2020.”

Jacie Thomas

Bowling Green State University

Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture)

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member

“Thank you to my family & professors! Let’s go explore the world!”

Devin Trakney

Temple University

Major: Masters of Architecture (M.Arch)

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member

“How lucky I am to have something, that makes saying goodbye so hard.”

Brian Witney

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member

“A city is the place of availabilities. It is the place where a small boy, as he walks through it, may see something that will tell him what he wants to do his whole life.” -Louis I. Kahn

Alexander H. Wong

Morgan State University

Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)

Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; Chapter Committee Member

“Phew…..6 years ago this moment felt so far away, yet here we are! Never forget the journey, Class of 2020!” – Alex W.

Jati Zunaibi

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Major: Masters of Architecture (M.Arch)

Past AIAS Achievements: 2020 CRIT Scholar; Chapter Executive Board Member; Chapter Committee Member

“I am a sinner
Who’s probably gonna sin again
Lord forgive me
Lord forgive me
Things I don’t understand
Sometimes I need to be alone”
– Kendrick Lamar