Herman Miller
This year we awarded the Herman Miller Healthcare Scholarship to six individuals to attend the Healthcare Design Conference in Houston. The scholars included Scott Abernethy–SmithGroup JJR; Becca Hoynoski–Iron Horse Architects; Jacob Zikmund–DSGW Architects; Abigail Lupien–TRO; Jacqueline Colaianni–HKS, Inc. and Yana Grinblat–DesignGroup.
Summer Leadership Summit (SLS) scholars
Rachael Giana Johnson, HMC Architects and Kirsten Staloch, HGA were selected as the SLS scholars in 2016. They are actively engaged in the SLS planning committee for 2017.
Fellowships
The Arthur N. Tuttle fellowship was awarded to Naomi Sachs at Texas A&M University. Programming, Planning and Practice of Designing Health Facilities – a GMZ Legacy Fellowship was awarded to Arsalan Gharaveis at Texas A&M. In addition, we launched two new fellowships.
The J. Armand Burgun Fellowship is soliciting submissions. Awards ranging from $10,000 - $20,000 will go to students and young professionals who demonstrate a strong interest in advancing the knowledge, application and participation of the Facilities Guidelines Institute. The application deadline is January 20, 2017. Learn more and apply.
Next Generation
The next generation committee was active in promoting AAH on social media. Member of the committee engagement in other committees, like SLS planning, U40, board member selection etc. The healthcare architecture awareness presentation for students and young professionals has been completed. Southern Ellis and Kirsten Staloch will showcase the presentation at the AIAS Conference on December 29th in Boston.
AIA/AAH List of Healthcare Design's Best Under 40 (U40)
AAH selected Joaquim Meira, Assoc. AIA and Tammy Thompson, AIA, EDAC, CLC as the 2016 U40 recipients.
Healthcare Design Awards
Tushar Gupta, along with three jurors, Doug Hocking, Tatiana Guimaraes and Sid Sanders will deliver a moderated panel presentation on the Healthcare Design Awards at AIA Convention 2017 in Orlando. Call for entries for our 2017 awards program will open in early January.
If you missed it, view the seven 2016 award recipients released this past July.
Sincerely,
Tushar Gupta, AIA