DISTINGUISHED DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP

PhD candidate Mania Taher has received the Distinguished Dissertation Fellowship awarded by the UWM Graduate School. Mania’s research investigates the cultural landscapes of new immigrants with queries of displacement, gender, and race. Congratulations Mania on this well-deserved honor!

Scholarship Spotlight

Mellowes Masters Research Assistants

As part of a $1 million gift received by UW-Milwaukee from architecture alumnus James Mellowes and his wife Maureen, SARUP has received funding to support masters research assistants for three years.

Together with expert faculty, paid graduate students will develop proficiency in researching and communicating advanced topics in architecture. This research will have broad implications for the field of architecture while reinforcing SARUP’s reputation as a leading research institution.

Faculty-led research topics for 2022-2023 include:

Fouzia Emon, working with Professor Jim Wasley, will research and map waterfront cities of the Great Lakes Basin to address water-related climate resilience.

Duncan McGlachlin, working with Assistant Professor Alex Timmer, will research thermally active concrete structures through form and performance.

Bennett Westling will work with Associate Professor Nikole Bouchard on waste-related research and design work for a second book titled Atlas of AFTERLIVES. This follows her first book WASTE MATTERS: Adaptive Reuse for Productive Landscapes (Routledge, 2021).

Eppstein Uhen Scholarship

Eppstein Uhen Architects (EUA) has committed $25,000 in scholarships over the course of five years to selected students at SARUP.

Scholarship recipients are students pursuing a degree in architecture and are selected by SARUP’s dean based on personal initiatives, academic performance and need. The scholarship of $5,000 per year will be offered for five consecutive years. EUA intends to also offer the scholarship recipient an internship for the summer following the award of the scholarship. The aim of the scholarship is to support an entry point into the school, ease financial pressures and promote student diversity within our profession.

Engberg Anderson Scholarship

As part of Engberg Anderson Architects’ ongoing support of SARUP, EA presented a new Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship to M.Arch student Shavonte Grant. Together the firm and additional partner-scholarship donations provide an annual scholarship of $7,000. Grant recently presented her work and research to EA leadership. Her career objective as an architect is to create socially sustaining spaces to achieve healthier and more equitable cities.

“Engberg Anderson was pleased to begin this new scholarship focused on improving equity within our profession,” said Bill Robison, Partner. “Targeting the funds for students from

Milwaukee and the surrounding counties gives us a chance to lift up talented students who share the same home and understand the needs of this community. Shavonte was a perfect first recipient for us as she explores the transition from public art to architecture. Her focus on projects that impact the community fits so well with the work we seek and do in the cities we call home. We look forward to helping her grow as a professional through a summer internship and remaining involved with her work as she continues in the graduate program at SARUP in the coming year.”

SARUP is grateful for dedicated partners like Engberg Anderson, who are essential catalysts in equipping students who will plan, make, and build for the future.

Alumni News

Andre Brumfield (BSAS ‘93) has been named Designer of the Moment by New City Design

Gabriel Yeager (BSAS ‘18) has joined the International Downtown Association’s Top Issues Council as the Downtown Environment Specialist. The Top Issues Council Program highlights emerging trends in the place management industry and brings together member-practitioners working directly in these fields to share trends and case studies.

Terry Oden (M.Arch ‘96) received the AIA Photography Merit Award for his photo of the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art. Terry shared how working with Paul Olsen in the SARUP print/copy room sparked his interest in various lighting tactics and how they affect the outcome of a photograph.

Maggie Calkins (PhD ‘96) received the Center for Health Design’s Changemaker Award in honor of her dedication to improving the quality of life for elderly people in all types of residential and care settings. She collaborated with the Institute on Aging and Environment’s founders Gerald Weisman and Uriel Cohen on groundbreaking research and projects.

Brian Johnsen (M.Arch ‘97) and Sebastian Schmaling (M.Arch ‘96) released a monograph “Johnsen Schmaling On Rigor” based on their critically acclaimed work and their Milwaukee-based studio. Thirteen residential and commercial projects located in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles showcase “an original voice that articulates a thoughtful, deliberately quiet, and precisely detailed architecture.”

Nicholas Robinson (M.Arch ‘12) has been appointment to the Wisconsin Historic Preservation Commission. The commission provides oversight the design on exterior historic buildings and determines what buildings are historic or not.

Adam Goss (BSAS ‘05) with alums RedMike (BSAS ‘05) and Ryan Clark (BSAS ‘05) co-founders of Spirit of Space, shared recently in Chicago Architect magazine how they specialize in unscripted storytelling in their short films.

AIA has elevated alums Larry Schnuck, (M.Arch ‘86) and Craig Brandt, (M.Arch ‘93) to the College of Fellows.

Scott Kraehnke (M.Arch ‘01) has been named co-lead designer of the EmeraldRockets lot in the Sandbox metaverse. Scott will lead a design team from around the world to design a 3D educational campus in the virtual world of Sandbox.

Jack Grover (M.Arch ‘19) along with his team from Jenny Peysin Architecture traveled to the Poland-Ukrainian border to volunteer with Russians for Ukraine, a grassroots organization. The team talked to Julia Gamolina, Assoc. AIA of Madame Architect about their experience and why it is important for architects to be involved in these initiatives.

Teonna Cooksey (BSAS ‘19) talked with Julia Gamolina, Assoc. AIA for an interview for Madame Architect highlighting Teonna’s thoughts on Changing Atmospheres and Creating Opportunities.

ALUMNI UPDATES & CLASS NOTES

Class Notes are a way to share what is going on in your life with your SARUP classmates. Here are some common class notes submissions: promotion, birth announcement, wedding announcement, publication (e.g., of an article, paper, book), feature or listing in a publication, membership of a committee or organization, retirement notice, honor recipient (e.g., grant, medal), relocation (new job), completion of a degree.

To submit information, please contact Mary M. Frieseke, Director of Development. friesekm@uwm.edu / (414) 229.2573

New Linkedin Page

As we continue to make/plan/build at SARUP, we created a new LinkedIn page so we can share exciting news, student work and events with SARUP alums around the world and connect with our community.

Please invite your colleagues to follow our page to stay connected with fellow SARUP alums and keep informed about news and events at the school.

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