Awards & Honors

Congratulations to the Class of 2025!

06. 05. 2025
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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 **
Nicole Girdo
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 *
Yasmeen Navarro **
Jaydin Parker **
Miriam Perel ***
Taseen Rahman *
Justin Rivera
Endrit Sopa *
Daniel Susan *
Gildalis Torres **
Jean Carlos Torres *
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

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