Kelley K. Bozarth , (BS 2006 ) is a designer with Perkins + Will's Eva Maddox Branded Environmens in Chicago, IL.

Heather Miller, (BS 2006) LEED AP, is an Interior Designer with TobinDudleyStarr in Charlotte, NC.

Maggie Richardson (BS 2007) LEED AP, is a Senior Interior Designer with AP Architectue in Charlotte, NC.

Katelyn Solomon(BS 2008) works for Beeson in High Point, NC that specializes in hardware and lumber for residential, commercial and industrial customers.

Cameron Lindsay(BS 2008) took a position with WhirlyPig Designs in Charlotte specializing in visual design solutions for automotive and motorsports industries; and Erin Hicks (BS 2008) works for SFCS Roanoke, which specializes in architecture and interiors for healthcare and education.

Jennifer Tate (BS 2007) now works for MDS (Miller Dyer Spears) Boston, Massachusetts. Rachel Miller (MS 2008) now works for SCM Architects, Little Rock, Arkansas. Additional LEED Accredited Professionals: Maria Floren (fourth year), Kylene Costa (BS 2008).

With these words of advice, Jessica Zuniga (fourth year) greeted donors, recipients,and distinguished guests at an HES Scholarship Awards Luncheon on 19 September 2008, where more than two-dozen students received special recognition and had the opportunity to meet the donors for their scholarships. Chancellor Linda Brady noted in her closing remarks how glad she was to hear student success stories from Jessica, as well as Holly Hampton Christian (BS, 1997), the recipient of the HES Young Alumna Award, given at the luncheon. In her acceptance speech, Holly advised students to find and pursue their passions and to take advantage of the rich resources available at the university in shaping their futures as young designers. Holly received a heartfelt gift from Tommy Lambeth, a piece of artwork made with wood from his grandfather’s house. In telling the story of the piece, Tommy dedicated it to Holly for her passion in design and her support of the department. Tommy’s gift echoed Holly’s earlier bequest to Tommy of an element from her senior thesis project, based on stories of her grandmother’s farm. Stories abound!

Holly Hampton Christian (class of 1997) received the 2008 Young Alumna Award from the School of Human Environmental Sciences, an honor that recognizes alumnae for their outstanding achievements to service and for improving the quality of life in our society. She will speak as the honored at the HES Scholar Donor Luncheon in September 2008. Holly is the past chair of the IARC Advisory Board.

 

Our historic preservation concentration in the graduate program enables students to study the retention of the significant embodied energy in the many buildings already in the world. Gisele Taylor Wells (MS 2008) teased out a better understanding of embodied energy in her current work on historic building rehabilitations that qualify for both federal preservation tax credits and LEED certification.

Amanda Wade , (MS 2007)accepted an offer to work at Clark Nexsen, an architectural and engineering firm, in Raleigh.

Bianca Ramsey , (BS 2008)works in New York City as CEO for DB Power of Three. She is LEED AP and has worked on the LEED McDonald's in Cary, NC.

Giselle Newman Young , (MS 1999)Principal of Environments in Life, Inc. in Nashville, is featured in an article in Perspective: Journal of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA), Summer 2008, entitled “Put Into Action”. The goal of her company is “to create a vehicle to put research into action – designing healthful environments, primarily in the healthcare, corporate and hospitality industries.”  Giselle has been practicing interior design since 1982 and has perfected her “research in action” approach at Environments in Life since completing her graduate degree at UNCG in 1999.  She has been active in both ASID and IIDA and currently serves as the Research Education Forum Advisor for IIDA.

Jennifer Adler, a 2007 graduate has accepted an internship position with
Engineering Ministries International (EMI) in Kampala, Uganda for four
months. EMI is a non-profit, Christian organization, which provides
design work for buildings in third world countries through Architects
and Interns. " I will be sending out an update soon, as well as my support
letters, to give you more information on what I will be doing for four
months in Uganda. Feel free to check out EMI's website:
www.emiworld.org."

Amber David , a 2004 graduate is currently living in New York City and working for Ralph Lauren.She started by designing his storefront windows on Madison Avenue, Hamptons and Connecticut. Amber now manages four of Ralph's showrooms: American Living,, Lauren tabletop, Lauren table linens, and Hendredon. She says the best part of the job is special projects and events. "I definitely feel that my degree from the Interior Architecture program prepared me for everything I am experiencing now."

Lauren Paulson , a 2007 graduate updated the department on her progress. She wrote the following,

"I joined the Construction Specifications Institute. I joined the US Green Building Council and I am on the Communications Committee where I have been recruited to design and help wright the newsletters. I am studying for the LEED exam in New Construction in January.

I just presented my first color scheme to the Montgomery County Board of Education and was complemeted on my ideas dealing with color theory for children, wayfinding, and presentation boards! It was really rewarding to hear such positive feedback from a real client, and to actually be using skills I have been using in school. I really am using my education! Tell all the students!!! It is amazing how relaxed I am presenting in the real world, I guess all that practice helped!  I am working with our Design Director on getting the company to work on presentation layout standards, and I rendered some drawings for the presentation that the company thought were very good and they will begin to use tools like that to help the client understand the application of materials.  I really feel like I am making a difference and that I am making some positive changes.

I hope all is well with the department and you should know that UNCG Iarc is very well known out here in the real world and it is the reason I have this job! "

Mari Ann Green , a 2005 graduate, was promoted to an Associate of LS3P, a design firm in Charlotte.

Minoo Hinman , a 1990 graduate of the Department of Interior Architecture was one of five exhibitors who won the 2007 High Point Market Authority's first showroom design contest in the category: Consumer Allure at Maitland-Smith, 227 Russell Avenue.

Kim Wike , a spring 2007 graduate is currently working at Belk Architecture in Durham, NC as an intern architect.

Lindsay Rowland , (BS 2007), LEED AP, is currently working at Calloway Johnson Moore & West in Winston Salem, NC.

Amanda Whitemore, a 2006 graduate is currently working for ai Design Group, Inc. in Charlotte, NC as an interior designer.

Jane Norton , a 1980 graduate of our program wrote to us: I am a sustainability consultant and coach and executive Director of Eartheal, a not-for-profit whose main project is a Community Green Guide series. They previously produced three print editions of the Greening Orange & Chatham Counties Resource Guide. They are now developing the Triangle community Green Guide (to include Durham, Wake and Alamance), and intend to add the Triad Community Guide and others. These will be online and print editions that are educational and community building tools to make visible, grow and strengthen the green/sustainability communities locally.

April Blackwood , a 2005 graduate is working as a designer for JSA, Inc, since October of 2005. It is an Architecture/Interiors/Plannig firm in Jacksonville. The firm has several studios in Healthcare, Education, Senior Living, Hospitality, Sustainable Design and Corporate Interiors. April is active in IIA, Emerging Architects, ULI(Urban Land Institute) and CREW-Jax(Commercial Real Estate for Women).

Paula Carr, she is a project designer for TVS in Atlanta, Georgia and a 1999 IAR graduate. To see her latest project, click on the following link: http://www.visualstore.com/index.php/channel/26/id/11523

Ashley Justice, is currently working as an Architectural Draftsman for Isley Hwkins Architecture Inc. in Durham, NC. She graduated from the IAR program in December 2005.

Riann Adams, is working for Workplace Strategies in Winston-Salem, NC after graduation in Fall 2006. She actually did her IAR internship at Workplace Strategies.

Katherine A. Goodman, a fall 2006 graduate was recently hired by Little Architects in Charlotte, NC in the area of retail store design. Congratulations.

Lauren A. Harris was recently hired as a designer for the Fresh Market Corporation in Greensboro. She will be working on the designs for their new stores.The company has a store growth of 10-15 stores a year and they are spreading out across the country. She feels like she will get to use all her skills learned in IAR at UNCG. She will be working mostly on CAD. Her job title is "architectural designer" working in all aspects of the design, from site selection to fixture design. Congratuations Lauren. Lauren graduated in spring 2006.

Callie Narron and Kim Martin have been accepted to Cincinnati's Master of Architecture program. Good news!

Angela Ploch is currently working in Winston-Salem, NC for Lambert Architecture + Interiors as of May 2007. She graduated from the Department of Interior Architecture in December 2005.

Danielle Courtney Tipton is a Junior Designer with ID Collaborative located in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Mary Sertell is the City of Greensboro's first Urban Designer! She graduated from the department spring 2005.

John Archdale Clegg is a spring 2004 IAR graduate and is currently employed at David Collins Studio Ltd. in London, England. David Collins is an internationally known Interior Designer.

Kristen McGill, spring 2004 graduate, is now working in Healthcare design with McCulloch England Associates Architects in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Adriane Griffin is a 2002 IAR graduate who is currently working for Philips Metsch Sweeney Moore Architects in Paso Robles, California. The firm designs institutions primarily K-12 and college campuses/modernizations as well as municipal projects such as the Santa Barbara Airport.

Bridgett Hedrick graudated in 2005 and is currently working at the M Group in Virginia.

Laurel Jackson Otey is a 2005 graudate who is now working at RTKL Associates, Inc. in Washington, D.C.

Lauren Morrow , a 2006 IAR graudate, is currently working with Suncoast Architectural Studios, Inc located in Tampa, FL. The firm includes projects in the educational, hospitality, healthcare, and high end residential areas. Lauren is working as a CAD Technician doing construction documents and revising plans as projects go along.

Lauren Watts graudated from the IAR program May of 2006. She accepted a position with Quaintance-Weaver located in Greensboro. The company has begun to construct a brand new hotel/restaurant, The Proximity Hotel, which will be the only LEED certified hotel on the east coast. Lauren will be one of the designers for the project and will be working on concepts for both the interior and exterior as well as working on graphic design, web design, and product design.

Caity Osborne graudated in January of 2006 and has been offered a position at Little Architecture Firm in Charlotte, NC. The company was very impressed with her portfolio and Caity says that "it is a direct reflection of the quality education I received from you!" Good luck, Caity!

Kate Worley is a 2006 IAR gradate and has accepted an Intern1 position with Lambert Architecture in Winston-Salem, NC. She will begin in their Banking and Financial division. Also, Kate along with another 2006 IAR graduate, Kim Martin, is doing freelance work for Green Pointe Properties, a sustainable residential investment group in the Triad.

Awena Krell is a 2006 graudate who is now working at Idea Interiors, Morrisville, NC.