Awards & Honors

The Spitzer School Annual Scholarship & Awards Ceremony on May 29, 2024, recognized award-winning continuing students. Several esteemed donors presented awards directly to the recipients.

For a list of award-winning graduating students, please click here.

Congratulations to all of these students, and many thanks to the generous donors supporting many of these scholarships!

Photos by Evi Abeler.

Gerner, Kronik & Valcarcel Art of Architecture Award
Awarded to a student entering their final year in a first accredited degree program in architecture, for design excellence and promise in the art of architecture.
Onika Gregory

Carol J. Weissman Kurth Women in Architecture Scholarship
Awarded to a fourth-year female student in the Bachelor of Architecture program, for high academic standing,
a passion for architecture, and a lifelong dedication to the profession.
Fion Li

Professional Women in Construction
Awarded by PWC NY to emerging students pursuing a degree in the AEC industry. Open to female-identifying students at NYU, CCNY, and Manhattan College.
Nabiha Abid, Hazel Bensu Kaplan

FX Collaborative Diversity Scholarship
Awarded annually to one fourth-year student and one first-year student in the Bachelor of Architecture program; includes a scholarship and the offer of a summer internship.
Meher Kapoor, Gildalis Torres

Frank Wayde Hall Travel Fellowship
Awarded to an undergraduate student majoring in Architecture who wishes to pursue and has been accepted to a study abroad program.
Fion Li

Spitzer History & Theory Travel Fellowship
Awarded to students (or team of students) for research projects involving travel incorporating the study of architecture, landscape architecture, and/or urban design.
Gildalis Torres, Dominique Cuoco

Bernard L. Spanier Memorial Scholarship
Awarded to one or two third-year students in the Bachelor of Architecture program, among students with the highest GPAs. Established in memory of Bernard L. Spanier, a distinguished CCNY alumnus and beloved adjunct faculty member in the Architecture Department.
Ezra Bush, Pop Joslaine Manos

B Arch First Year Best Project
Awarded by the Core Studio 2 faculty for the best project.
Obis Cruz, Tobias Frei, Cailan Hill, Era Hulaj, Gabriel Hernandez

B Arch Second Year  Best Project
Awarded by the Core Studio 4 faculty for the best project.
Jake Marasigan, Etty Jajati, Christine Filipova, Cemile Koseoglu

Faculty Award For Academic Excellence in B Arch Core, 3rd Year
Sherzod Davronov, Elizabeth Gomes

CCNY Arch Alumni Group / Memorial Robert E. Markinson Architecture Award
Alejandro Estevez

CCNY Arch Alumni Group Award
Awarded to two fourth-year students who demonstrate merit, financial need, and potential to be  leaders in their industry.
Mouhamadou Dieng, Sidney Mauricio

Castagna Scholars 2024-25
Foundation-funded annual award to Spitzer School students, for tuition and funds to support study abroad.
Graduate students: Berkis Berroa, Hazel Bensu Kaplan, Jaclyn Ciaramella, Elizabeth Dossett, Jessica Nolasco
Undergraduate students: Sergio Bossa, Arnab Gomes, Ashley Gordon, Grace Lombardo, Katherine Menjivar, Maylin Rosales Martinez

Hollander Design Fellowship
Multi-year award generously funded by Hollander Design Landscape Architects.
Dana Ladd

Hollander Design Award
Award generously funded by Hollander Design Landscape Architects.
Musa Matiwane

Eastchester Heights Scholarship
Nada Gatalo

Frederic Bainnson Memorial Scholarship
Given to a high-ranking second-year landscape architecture student in memory of a distinguished landscape architect.
Alexander Rosenquist

ASLA New York Equitable Public Urban Space Scholarship
Ximena Diaz Velasco

ASLA New York Diversity Scholarship
Musa Matiwane

CCNY Graduate Research Symposium Winning Project
Olivia Langford

ASLA New York Chapter Scholarship Award
Christopher Martinovic, George McCracken

American Public Gardens Association (APGA) Linda Milbourn Fellowship in Landscape Architecture
Scout Kerensky-Coodley

AIA New York Center for Architecture Design Scholarship
Christopher Martinovic

AIA New York Center for Architecture Common Bond Scholarship
Katherine Menjivar

AIA New York Allwork Scholarship
Given to outstanding students in a juried competition among regional schools of architecture.
Juan Jimenez Giraldo

Wittes ’66 Scholarship Fund
Alejandro Estevez

AIA Staten Island College Scholarship Award
Fion Li

Brooklyn Architects’ Scholarship Foundation
Louie Apostol, Noor Al Muzahid

SSA/Bronx AIA Empowerment Award
Awarded annually by the AIA Bronx chapter to two students in the Bachelor of Architecture program who are residents of the Bronx; includes a scholarship and mentoring support from the chapter leadership.
Alba Hysaj, Jaydin Parker

HOK NY x CCNY Diversity x Design Scholarship
Alejandro Estevez

Joyce and Irving Goldman Family Foundation Award
Tyler Hernton

Perkins & Will – CUNY Scholarship Award
Awarded annually to two third-year students and one fourth-year student in the Bachelor of Architecture program; includes a scholarship and the offer of a summer internship.
Louie Apostol, Elizabeth Gomes, Pop Joslaine Manos

Beyer Blinder Belle Diversity Scholarship
Award generously funded by the BBB Foundation, which advances diversity and the role of architecture, planning, and preservation in strengthening the physical and social fabric of our cities, communities, and institutions.
Ryan Lo

Joseph L. Fleischer, FAIA, Scholarship for Design Excellence
Awarded to a student entering their final year in a first accredited degree program in architecture, for design excellence and promise in the art of architecture.
Reuben Moana

Bernard and Anne Spitzer Tuition Scholarship 2023-2024
MS Arch: Yosha Jain, Amro Ahmed
M Arch: Jessica Nolasco, Ahmet Berkay Tinaztepe, Grace Rabou, Ashley Colas, Anna Davidson, Hazel Bensu Kaplan
MLA: Scout Kerensky-Coodley, Musa Matiwane, Dana Ladd, Emily Comfort, Olivia Langford
UD: Gastón Alejandro Fernandez

Urban Design Program Award for Design Excellence
Gastón Alejandro Fernandez

Shapiro Endowed Fund Award
Lizette Avineri

Montclair Gateway to Aging in Place Design Award
Miriam Perel, Endrit Sopa, Evangelos Vasos, Louie Apostol

[Award Ceremony Program]