Awards & Honors
Congratulations to the Class of 2025!
Congratulations, Spitzer School of Architecture graduates!
On May 29th, SSA hosted an End-of-Year Celebration, during which we honored graduating students with an exhibition of their work, an awards presentation, and a celebratory toast.
On May 30th, the class of 2025 gathered on the South Lawn for the 172nd Commencement Ceremony of The City College of New York. The ceremony recognized 98 students who completed Bachelor of Architecture, Master of Architecture, Master of Science in Architecture, Master of Landscape Architecture, and Master of Urban Planning in Urban Design programs.
We are so proud of our graduates!
2025 Spitzer End-of-Year Celebration Program
Bachelor of Architecture Class of 2025
*** Summa Cum Laude
** Magna Cum Laude
*Cum Laude
Jackeline Aguiar **
Farah Al Tabatabaee *
Louie Lauren Apostol *
Gabriela Bartley **
Ornella Bonhomme *
Gema Cabrera *
Fernanda Cadenillas-Torres *
Junior Chamorro **
Shamina Chowdhury **
Princes De Leon *
Jumana Dhanerawala *
Mouhamadou Dieng **
Rustam Domullojonov **
Alejandro Estevez ***
Jaden Fabro **
Ashley Gordon *
Dylan Gould
Elan Grabarnik
Wallaki Gray
Sarah Green **
Onika Gregory **
Erjia Guan *
Bryan Hernandez *
Angel Hidalgo
Richard Hsu *
Aliana Huertas
Juan Jimenez-Giraldo **
Evelyn Krutoy **
Fion Li **
Ryan Lo **
Grace Lombardo **
Maria Manukovskaya *
Marim Marie
Sidney Mauricio ***
Katherine Menjivar *
Anre Morain
Faith Morales *
Abram Morris **
Gabriel Moyer-Perez *
Reuben Muana *
Noor Muzahid **
Yasmeen Navarro **
Jaydin Parker **
Miriam Perel ***
Shyanne Raghoonanan **
Taseen Rahman *
Carolyn Rao
Justin Rivera
Paola Rodriguez
Endrit Sopa *
David Stinga **
Daniel Susan *
Gildalis Torres **
Jean Carlos Torres *
Paul Valdivia *
Juan Valencia *
Evangelos Vasos *
Florim Zharku **
Master of Architecture I Class of 2025
Aiah Abdelmegid
Nabiha Abid
Berkis Berroa
Jaclyn Ciaramella
Dominique Cuoco
Samantha De Leon
Samantha Fox
Luke Harrington
Tyler Hernton
Oranette Johnson
Justin Jones
Nicholas Masters
Cierra McNeill
Carolina Rianchos Guevara
Alexandra Rodriguez Chaves
Master of Science in Architecture Class of 2025
Amro Ahmed
Samantha Ehrman
Yosha Dinesh Jain
Vraj Mineshkumar Patel
Aneri Amitkumar Trivedi
Stefany Vargas
Master of Landscape Architecture Class of 2025
Lizette Avineri
Cassandra Castano
Maxwell Coleman
Adam Crespo
Ximena Diaz Velasco
Nada Gatalo
Van Le
Adriana Lenarczyk
Christopher Martinovic
George McCracken
Alexander Rosenquist
Paul Stout
Sonia Uthuph
Master of Urban Planning in Urban Design Architecture Class of 2025
Sara Abousaid
Gaston Fernandez
Amy Ho
Zhenhao Huang
Aakanksha Maharjan
Xavier Raymore
2025 Graduate Program Awards
American Society of Landscape Architects New York Chapter Awards
George McCracken, Honor Award
Christopher Martinovic, Merit Award
MLA Program Award for Design Excellence
Ximena Diaz Velasco
MLA Program Award for Leadership Excellence
Van Le
MLA Program Award for Ecological Excellence
Maxwell Coleman
Alexander Rosenquist
Urban Design Program Award for Design Excellence
Gaston Fernandez
Spitzer Changemaker Scholarship
Amy Ho
Dominique Cuoco
Urban Design Academic Council Award for Advocacy in Urban Design
Amy Ho
Spitzer History & Travel Fellowship
Sonia Uthuph
Fund for the City of New York NYC Community Planning Fellowship
Provides selected graduate students the opportunity to work with local community boards on a specific project over the course of an academic year.
Oranette Johnson
Sonia Uthuph
Unilock Paving the Future Scholarship
Recognizes U.S. and Canadian landscape architecture and design students for academic excellence, leadership and commitment to their community.
Lizette Avineri
AIA Medal of Academic Excellence
For more than a century, AIA has provided a medal of excellence to the top graduating students in National Architectural Accrediting Board (naab) accredited degrees who display “general excellence” throughout their academic career.
Samantha Fox
M Arch Program Award for Design Excellence
Samantha Fox
Justin Jones
Program Award for Leadership in Honor of Mimi Liebenberg
Recognizes a student leader in the spirit of M Arch ’21 alum Mimi Liebenberg (1985-2023).
Dominique Cuoco
WX Women in Real Estate Scholars Program Scholarship
Awarded by New York Women Executives in Real Estate (WX) to promising women students studying real estate and related subjects in their final year of studies.
Oranette Johnson, Scholarship Award
Nabiha Abid, Merit Award
M Arch Faculty History and Theory Award
Given for outstanding achievement in history and theory.
Nabiha Abid
Jaclyn Ciaramella
M Arch Faculty Technology Award
Given for outstanding achievement in technology.
Luke Harrington
MS Arch Program Award for Design Excellence
Amro A. Ahmed
Yosha Jain
Valmira Gashi & Julien Legeard Scholarship
Helps a student financially and professionally including opportunities at Legeard Studio, co-founded by Julien Legeard and Valmira Gashi M Arch ’20.
Tyler Hernton
Professional Women in Construction New York Chapter Scholarship
Awarded by PWC New York to emerging students pursuing a degree in the AEC industry. Open to female-identifying students at NYU, CCNY, and Manhattan College.
Alexandra Rodriguez Chaves
CCNY Graduate Research Symposium Winning Project
Wade Steely
2025 Bachelor of Architecture Program Awards
AIA Medal of Academic Excellence
For more than a century, AIA has provided a medal of excellence to the top graduating students in National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) accredited degrees who display “general excellence” throughout their academic career.
Miriam Perel
Alpha Rho Chi Bronze Medal
The award is given annually by Alpha Rho Chi, the National Professional Fraternity for Architecture and the Allied Arts, to the graduating professional architecture student who has demonstrated an ability for leadership, has performed willing service, and gives promise of real professional merit through his or her attitude and personality.
Fion Li
J. Max Bond Ceneter for Urban Futures Scholarship
Mouhamadou Dieng
B Arch Faculty Technology Award
Given for outstanding achievement in technology.
Juan Jimenez-Giraldo
WX Women in Real Estate Scholars Program Merit Award
Awarded by New York Women Executives in Real Estate (WX) to promising women students studying real estate and related subjects in their final year of studies.
Sidney Mauricio, Merit Award
G. Antonio Chavarria ’90 Memorial Scholarship
Awarded to an outstanding fifth-year B Arch student in honor of CCNY alum Guillermo Antonio “Tony” Chavarria ’90.
Edgar Daniel Herrera
Frank Wayde Hall Travel Fellowship
Paola Rodriguez
CCNY Architecture Alumni Group/Memorial Robert E. Markinson Architecture Award
Sidney Mauricio