Strong Student Showing in Texas Architecture Foundation’s Annual Scholarship Program

June 16, 2021
Sixteen students receive Texas Architectural Foundation scholarships
Neutral, grey-toned architectural rendering of a room with a few tables and chairs, with light filtering through windows in what seems like a communal office space

Each year, the Texas Architectural Foundation (TAF) awards scholarships to undergraduate, graduate, or post-graduate architecture students enrolled in one of the eight Texas universities that offer NAAB accredited architecture programs. Since its inception, TAF has distributed over 2,000 scholarships valued at over $2 million to assist students pursuing careers in architecture. TAF offers a range of different types of scholarships, including those designated to a specific school, those that rotate among two or more schools, and those offered to some or all schools on a competitive basis.

This year, sixteen UTSOA students received nineteen TAF scholarships, including ten competitive scholarships, a school record! Below are the names of the scholarship-winning students in alphabetical order, as well as work from their portfolios. Congratulations to all!

  • Stefan Brits - Texas Architectural Foundation AIA Grant
  • Bella Chou - Grayson Gill Memorial Scholarship
  • Kathleen Conti - San Antonio Conservation Society Foundation Scholarship Honoring Brooks Martin, FAIA
  • Genesis Gadberry - West Texas Chapter AIA Scholarship
  • Hayden Hood - Hugh M. Cunningham Grant Scholarship
  • Anisha Kamat - Edwin W. and Alyce O. Carroll Scholarship, and the Walter T. Rolfe Memorial Scholarship
  • Curtis Lechner II - AIA San Antonio Daryl Engel Memorial Scholarship in Architecture, and the Horace B. McCord Memorial Scholarship
  • Stephanie Maddamma - AIA Austin Chapter Scholarship, and the Ruth Kaigler Goode and D. Rex Goode Scholarship
  • Miguel-Carlo Magtaan - AIA Southeast Texas Douglas E. Steinman Jr., FAIA, Scholarship
  • Stephen McCann - Southwest Terrazzo Association Architecture Scholarship
  • Andres Mendoza - Professor Goldwin Goldsmith Memorial Scholarship in Architecture
  • Nicole Mwei - Wichita Falls Chapter AIA Scholarship
  • Erin O’Brien - AIA Corpus Christi Chapter Scholarship
  • Temi Osanyintolu - McKinney York Architects Scholarship
  • Anagisel Toscano Ramos - El Paso Chapter AIA Scholarship
  • Grayson Shepard - George F. Harrell | OmniPlan Scholarship