Awards
2022 Council of Fellows Scholarship Winners
The Council of Fellows scholarship program was founded in 2004 to:
- aid outstanding students who would not otherwise have an opportunity to continue a professional degree program due to unmet financial need;
- increase the interest and participation of economically disadvantaged and under-represented populations in the study of landscape architecture; and
- enrich the profession of landscape architecture through a more diverse population.
Since the scholarship program’s inception, the Council has awarded forty students from over twenty programs across the country. The students have had the opportunity to attend the annual conference where they have networked with members, attended education sessions and special events such as the award ceremonies and the investiture dinner. The students regularly attend the Fellows business meeting where they receive their certificates.
Your financial support of the scholarship program is essential to meet our goal and ensure we provide the next generation with the funds they need to continue their education. Please donate or pledge now to help us meet our target. Pledges may be fulfilled over a three-year period. Please indicate that the donation is for "Council of Fellows" or "COF" in the "why you support LAF" box.
Congratulations to the 2022 Scholarship Winners!
Naomi Bailey
BLA, Michigan State University
Award: $5,000
Naomi Bailey is a rising
African American Landscape Architect student. She grew up on the westside of
Detroit, Michigan and later moved to the eastside with her mother and three
siblings. She attended East English Village Preparatory High School and later graduated
as her class Valedictorian. During her younger years, she has always had a
passion in changing thew ay of the world and helping her communities. After
coming across the profession, she decided to further her education in the
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture at Michigan State University. Naomi’s plans
after obtaining her bachelors are to pursue her master and to restore minority
communities that suffer from deterioration and blight, ultimately creating safe
green spaces from people to relax and be open with nature.
Victor Cizik
BLA, University of Connecticut
Award: $10,000
Victor Cizik is a junior at the University of Connecticut. I was born in the Dominican Republic and moved to the states when he was around the age of 3. He lived in Florida for about 7 years before moving to Connecticut when he was in middle school. Currently he is pursuing his bachelors for Landscape Architecture at UConn and in the future may pursue his Master's degree. Looking forward, Victor would ideally like to work on projects that deal with streetscape and urban design, specifically designing cities and towns to be more pedestrian friendly and rely less on cars. In his free time he likes to hike, explore with friends, and taking photos on film cameras.
Andrea Fager
BLA, Iowa State University
Award: $5,000
Andrea Fager is a fourth-year student majoring in Landscape
Architecture and minoring in Sustainability at Iowa State University. Her educational goal is to receive her Bachelor's in Landscape Architecture before pursuing her Master's in Landscape Architecture after receiving experience in the field. Andrea's career goals are to to focus on environmental reconstruction and
restoration. Ecosystems and the natural world are things that she is passionate about, and would like to use the knowledge she has gained from her studies in landscape architecture to make our planet beautiful for humans to use and a place where Earth's natural systems can function. Andrea wants to help fix damaged ecosystems, and knows that with her knowledge in the field, she can aid the ecologists and other teams on the jobs to ensure that the projects get done properly.
Luis Jorge Hernandez
BLA, University of Arkansas
Award: $5,000
Born and raised in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Luis is the 2nd child of two immigrant parents coming from Guadalajara, Mexico. A family of 6, he am a first-generation
student, graduating with an associate degree in architectural drafting. Luis hopes to continue pursuing his education in studying landscape architecture and thus lead into becoming a professor in both self-interest and passion to see young individuals find their potential and motivate such students to create unique work in their name. In such profession, he also wishes to see himself deliver work and ideas that can impact communities and individuals for the greater good of preserving history and nature. Where he can venture and explore the possibilities within his own borders and beyond with great potential and reach limitless creativity upon foreign land. To capture and gravitate to their culture and land that has been touched by many landscape architects before.