CHSD has new scholarships
available for grad students

A Nov. 24 deadline is quickly approaching for three new scholarships available for graduate students through the Center for Health Systems & Design at Texas A&M’s College of Architecture.

The scholarships were created by gifts from Nurture by Steelcase, a healthcare environments company; Susan Rodiek, CHSD associate director of holder of the Ronald L. Skaggs Endowed Professorship in Health Facilities Design; and David Watkins, FAIA, of WHR Architects.

CHSD dissertation grants up to $10,000 are available through a gift from Nurture by Steelcase. To be eligible, a student must:

• Have completed coursework, passed the written and oral components of the preliminary examination, have an approved dissertation proposal with a healthcare-related topic, and a CHSD faculty Fellow as a dissertation committee member;
• Submit a one-page resume, a copy of the approved dissertation proposal, and a description, of no more than three pages, of the need for funding of the dissertation. The three pages must include a budget.

The CHSD Council will select and announce the winning submission, or submissions, by the end of the 2008 fall semester and award the scholarship in the 2009 spring semester.

The Design for Aging Scholarship was established this year with a gift from Susan Rodiek, CHSD associate director of holder of the Ronald L. Skaggs Endowed Professorship in Health Facilities Design. To qualify, a student must:

• Be in the final year of the Master of Architecture or Master of Landscape Architecture program, have registered an intention to earn the CHSD’s healthcare certificate, and have a final project that includes a significant aspect related to design for the elderly;
• Submit a one page resume, a one-page description of the final project and its relationship to design for aging, and a one page essay on design for aging. The project description and essay must include relevant citations.

The CHSD Council Selection of the winning submission will be by the CHSD Council and awarded in the 2009 spring semester.

The Design with Evidence Scholarship was established this year through a $1000 gift from David Watkins, FAIA, of WHR Architects, Houston & Dallas. To qualify, a student must

• Be in the final year of the Master of Architecture or Master of Landscape Architecture programs, have registered an intention to earn the Healthcare Certificate with CHSD, and be undertaking a final project that include a significant aspect in which the design can be described as based upon credible evidence;
• Submit a one-page resume, a one-page description of the final project and its evidence-based element or elements, and a one page essay on design with evidence. The project description and essay must include relevant citations.

Selection of the winning submission will be by the CHSD council, announced by the end of the 2008 fall semester and awarded in the 2009 spring semester.

All applications are due Monday, Nov. 24 in the CHSD office, located in Room 002 of the Williams Administration Building. For more information, contact Judy Pruitt, 979.845-7009, or jpruitt@tamu.edu