Scholarships totaling $23,750 were awarded to 16 Texas A&M architecture-for-health students at the Center for Health Systems & Design Awards Ceremony held Thursday, Jan. 25 in the Preston Geren Auditorium.

Attending the ceremony with faculty, students, family and friends were several representatives of the CHSD’s Healthcare Industry Advisory Council, whose firms significantly contributed to the scholarship funds.

Awards presented:

Jin Gyu “Phillip” Park was awarded a $5000 dissertation grant, the largest prize of the evening, by Nurture by Steelcase representative Patsy Jackson. Dissertation grants valued at $2500 were also awarded by Steelcase to Ph.D. students Zhipeng Lu and Xeumei Zhu.

Five travel fellowships worth $1,175 were presented by Herman Miller for Healthcare to graduate students Jie Ao, Ashley Dias, Clayton Merritt, Alejandro Iriarte and Hyung Jin Yoon. The scholarships are used to fund student trips to professional conferences. Herman Miller for Healthcare representative Josh Stiles presented the fellowships.

Five more $1,175 travel scholarships were presented by Natasha Rudis on behalf of the STERIS Corporation to graduate students Arijit Dutta, Rupa Kango, Ashish Kulkarni, Robert Linnstaedter and Soumtira Shende.

Arijit Dutta received the Design with Evidence award, a $1000 scholarship granted to a student in the final year of the master of architecture or master of landscape architecture programs.

Tiffany DeSalvo and Douglas Mullen received the Mann prize, two $250 scholarships awarded for the best healthcare-related 3rd or 4th year undergraduate architectural design studio project.

More information about CHSD scholarships and fellowships is available online at http://archone.tamu.edu/chsd/Scholarship/

Patsy Jackson of Nuture by Steelcase presents Jin Gyu "Phillip" Park with a $5,000 dissertation grant at the Jan. 25 Center for Health Systems & Design Awards Ceremony.