Tuesday, May 7, 2024
By: Kyle Niblett
A total of 297 students earned degrees from the University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning following the Spring 2024 semester. The graduating class was celebrated publicly May 2-6 with various commencement ceremonies on the UF campus.
“Knowing that many of these graduates did not get to experience a proper high school graduation due to the global pandemic four years ago, it was an extra special day to celebrate with them in person,” DCP Dean Chimay Anumba said. “Their dedication, creativity, and hard work have not only enriched our campus community but have also prepared them to make meaningful contributions to the built environment.”
Legendary M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management graduate Bryan E. Kornblau (BBC ’81) was honored at DCP’s Name Recognition Ceremony Monday as the recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award. The Richmond, Virginia, native founded Eagle Construction of Virginia in 1984 and molded it into the largest privately held homebuilding company in Virginia. The company has built more than 8,000 homes, developed more than 150 communities, and was selected as the 2022 “Best Homebuilder” for the area. He was also Chairman and Principal of Markel|Eagle, which is an integrated real estate construction and development company.
Kornblau is also a 2017 inductee of the UF Construction Management Hall of Fame and founding member of Anumba’s Dean’s Advisory Council.
On the student side, graduating landscape architecture student Ashley Pike received the DCP Undergraduate Student Academic Achievement Award for distinguishing herself as an exceptional student in regard to her grades, research and publications. She had already been recognized as a winner or finalist in numerous design competitions by the American Society of Landscape Architecture Florida Chapter for her group’s work on two of her studio projects. She also assisted on a research project with the UF Center for Landscape Conservation and Planning to assess trail suitability across Cumberland Island National Seashore and work in part with the National Park Service.
“Ashley Pike is a standout student with an exemplary academic record and there is no question that she will make the Gator Nation proud,” said Dan Manley, the undergraduate coordinator and instructional associate professor in the UF Department of Landscape Architecture. “I expect that she will do great things in her career.”
Graduating architecture student Andrew Long took home the Undergraduate Student Leadership and Service Award for distinguishing himself as an exceptional leader in the DCP and UF community. Long founded the Swamp Haunters Design Team through the Gator Theme Park Engineering and Design Club and represented the UF School of Architecture in the prestigious Toronto Metropolitan University Thrill Design Competition. When he wasn’t raising money for the homeless through the Homeless Empowerment Program (HEP), he was leading his fellow students in building New York City site models in Design 7 and Venice site models in Design 8 at the UF Vicenza Institute of Architecture in Italy.
“Andrew truly stands above his peers through his design talent, industriousness, participation in activities outside studio, and leadership and collaboration abilities,” said Jamie Lindsey, an adjunct instructional assistant professor in the UF School of Architecture. “He is not only an extremely well-rounded designer but is also a grounded and interested in the wellbeing of his classmates and surrounding community.”
The following five students had their Doctor of Philosophy degree conferred by UF Friday evening at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in a university-wide commencement ceremony: Nurah Alfowzan, Elizabeth Calienes Lay, Elizabeth Cronin, Hamidreza Esmaeillou and Shangde Gao. An additional 73 Gators obtained their master’s degree from the college, while a whopping 219 students received their bachelor’s degree in six different disciplines (construction management, fire and emergency services, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture and sustainability and the built environment).
To replay the live stream of the 2024 Spring DCP Name Recognition Ceremony, click here.
Congrats to the newest batch of DCP Graduates!
Ph.D.
- Nurah Alfowzan
- Elizabeth Calienes Lay
- Elizabeth Cronin
- Hamidreza Esmaeillou
- Shangde Gao
Master of Construction Management
- Chisler Joseph
- Mohammadnavid Khalilian
- Paul Martin
- Sarah Montgomery
- Poojitha Pasumarthi
- Jose Plasencia
- Bryson Richards
Master of International Construction Management
- Michael Miller
- Gabriel Stamatelos Albarran
MS in Construction Management
- Elham Ghahari
- Ravi Kiran Mane
- Arinze Omele
- Snehal Narsu Shinde
BS in Construction Management
- Jose Aleman
- William Asher
- Eleni Athanasoulis
- Brent Bean
- Benjamin Bosley
- Isabella Braswell
- Aaron Brown
- Samantha Butler
- Daniel Castaneda
- Zack Civettini
- Spencer Coble
- Shawn Dunlop
- Brett Erickson
- Thomas Esterline
- Alec Ferrara
- Romulo Ferrero
- Ryan Fry
- Peter Giebeig
- Nicholas Hanson
- Calissa Harris
- Damon Houser
- Nassay Jimenez
- Dalton Judge
- Matthew Kennedy
- Nathan Kinnear
- Destin Kirby
- Kelli Kleino
- Samuel Kuhnau
- Davis Lunger
- Michael Matthews
- Indy Mcclelland
- Joseph Munoz
- Andrew Owens
- Christopher Pisciotti
- Marley Restrepo
- Jonathan Roberts
- Austin Rowe
- John Sakellarides
- Matthew Salustro
- Noah Scammell
- Grant Schmid
- Justin Schwartz
- Riley Sechrest
- Ava Standridge
- Dana Steel
- Graham Steen
- Morgan Townsend
- Hudson Welch
- Kevin Woods
- Zachary Yoder
MS in Fire & Emergency Sciences
- Nicole Clark
- Kenneth Bass
- Robert Dentamaro
- Russell Houske
- Kimberly Watts
- Daniel Weiss
BS in Fire & Emergency Service
- Mark Gleason
- Nathan Hime
- Stephen Kephart
- Clayton Lease
- Anthony Manzo
- Antonio Messon
- Christopher Roberts
- Giovanni Santiago
- Ryan Siler
- Robert Sullivan
- Michael Young
- Amber Zinno
Master of Architecture
- Ulfa Aulia
- Taylor Brunsvold
- Kylie Clark
- Joselyn Gambetta
- Marie Hewitt
- Noah Kieffer-Ashby
- Dimitri Lonardo
- Nicole Marrero
- Kyle O’Quinn
- William Pawlack
- Daniel Rivero-Gonzalez
- Alejandro Rodriguez
- Firas Sakka
- Marla Stephens
- Maysain Tannous
- Kathryn Thornton
- Cooper Turner
- John Varamogiannis
- Kathiel Waldrop
- Raymond Wincko
MS in Architectural Studies
- Keith Borgholthaus
- Gabriel Gonzalez
- William Kopellas
Bachelor of Design (Architecture)
- Lauren Dunn
- Veronica Alfonzo
- Yousef Alsharif
- Katherine Barringer
- Elizabeth Belflower
- Olivier Benghiat
- Gabrielle Bowen
- Jackson Budd
- Nathanael Campos Jimenez
- Camila Castillo
- Delaney Cecere
- Yorlis Cintron Velez
- Maria Cocco
- Mackenzie Craft
- Elaine Daffron
- Niurvis Diaz
- Melissa Donaldson
- Mateusz Dubas
- Micah Fitzgerald
- Lucrecia Forest
- Phillip Galanos
- Melanie Garcia
- Gracelin Gardner
- Jacob Geller
- Jovana Grdinic
- Adolfo Herrera
- Yurong Huang
- Olivia Huffer
- Lane Huntley
- Ruth Iglehart
- Ivan Jandric
- Abigail Jatczak
- Claire Jennings
- Kendall Jesse
- Reagan Johnson
- Noah Kartagener
- Marc Kiener
- Whitney Kolenda
- Shannon Lee
- Aidan Leo
- Nelly Liang
- Tiffany Lin
- Andrew Long
- Sophia Lotz
- Courtney Mai
- Colby Marcoux
- Olivia LaRocca
- Daniel McNeil
- Lucia Morales
- Coraliz Nazario Roman
- Michael Nemery
- Hunter Oropeza
- Luke Ortega
- Davison Oser
- Jose Osorio
- Andrew Pace
- Francesca Padilla
- Breanna Pedraza
- John Phipps
- Julia Polefko
- Hannah Powers
- Sanoor Pradhan
- Harry Reamy
- John Rhodes
- Elena Rizzuto
- Dubraska Robles
- Patrick Rodriguez
- Sidney Ruedas
- Suriyun Saenngarm
- Jordan Sapino
- Alexa Schmidt
- Kiera Semmelman
- Zayna Sheikh
- Samuel Shoemaker
- Noelle Smith
- Sofia Sousa
- Sarah Spayd
- Michelle Sullivan
- Nicholas Thies
- Colby Todd
- Abigail Toenjes
- Alysha Torres
- An Tran
- Sienna Truskett
- Madison Valerio
- Jessica Vorbeck
- Bruce Watt
- Lyndsey Weisman
- John White
- Aria Yousefi
- Alexandra Yudow
- Daniela Zumpano
- Zoe Zwack
Master of Historic Preservation
- Caleb Arsenault
Master of Interior Design
- Tamar Abrahami
- Aishah Aldhaferi
- Yusra Alhejazi
- Nicole DeBarba
- Milena Rodriguez Mendez
Bachelor of Design (Interior Design)
- Haley Bardes
- Olivia Cederquist
- Sarah Drehmer
- Jenna Keller
- Isabella Leon
- McKensie Long
- Natalia Martinez Lopez
- Adelle Mitchell
- Madison Murray
- Ximena Paz Cardenas
- Ayden Rinkus
- Ana Rodriguez Rodriguez
- Brooke Ross
- Hannah Sternthal
- Kamryn Sun
Master of Landscape Architecture
- Mara Broggi
- Haoting Hong
- Sean McGuire
- Manjia Wang
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
- Jason Abel
- Amy Bechtel
- Abby Boe
- Victoria Francis
- Christina Stone
- Isabelle Hoppes
- David Jensen
- Alexia Letsche
- Michael Nelson
- Sierra Palmer
- Ashley Pike
- Sydney Stephens
- Joshua Taylor
- Skyler Terebieniec
- Rebekah Wadsworth
- Mack Westbrook
BS in Sustainability and the Built Environment
- Cole Blackstone
- Cameron Caicedo
- Thomas Chasser
- Ryan Chisholm
- Milla DeForest
- Tiffany Espinosa
- Romy Garraud
- Valeria Guillen
- Matthew Halili
- Kirsten Haughey
- Kristie Heredia
- Elissa Irwanto
- Siddharth Krishnan
- Noah LaFleur
- Courtney Mai
- Gabriel Matos
- Romina Mucollari
- Miguel Nunez Andrade
- Alexandria O’Donovan
- Emilio Pagan-Aviles
- Andrew Paladino
- Savanah Partridge
- Mickayla Pendlebury
- Michal Pineda
- Vishnu Pragash
- Carsen Prater
- Heather-Marie Reid
- Jared Rivera-Cayetano
- Danielle Siracusano
- Sawyer Smith
- Jack Warburton
- Jazlyn Yarbrough
- Emory Young
Master in Urban & Regional Planning
- Aaron Bennett
- Carey Caldwell
- Yesenia Castaneda
- Angie Castrillon
- Nicole Dufva
- Tyrhonda Edwards
- Madison Eichhorn
- Brianne Elisme
- Christian Gates
- Bryce Grame
- Arielle Hernandez
- Jenna Johnston
- Haiden Lewis
- Nicolette Lyons
- Ariel Medeiros
- Alexander Mumby
- James Phillips
- Brianna Smith
- Whitney Sousa
- Elizabeth Thompson
- Siying Wu