College of Architecture and Design

Winners of the 2012 Dean’s Design Competition for High School Students Announced

The awards ceremony for the 2012 Dean’s Design Competition for High School Students was held on Wednesday, March 21 in the Gallery in Weston Hall at the College of Architecture and Design. Certificates were awarded to nine honorable mentions and prizes were awarded for first, second and third place winners. A scholarship to the Summer Architecture +Design overnight program at the College was awarded to the third place winner. A 32 GB iPod plus a scholarship to the Summer Architecture + Design weeklong summer program was awarded to the second place winner. And a  64 GB iPod plus a scholarship to the Summer Architecture + Design weeklong summer program was awarded to the first place winner. Certificates and prizes were distributed at the ceremony which was followed by a buffet reception adjacent to the Gallery.  Seventy-five students entered the competition from eleven different high schools. All of the entries were exhibited in the Gallery throughout the ceremony. Students, parents, and teachers all were welcomed at the event.

The summer programs are held every summer at the College, in a state of the art university setting, for exceptional high school students who are interested in the architecture and design fields. Information on the programs is available here or you can visit us on Facebook at NJIT Summer Architecture & Design to view some of last year’s photos.

Our congratulations go out to all of the winners.

First Place:

Jordan Sabourin, Montclair High School

Second Place:

Tyler Angert, Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan

Third Place:

Dana Florczak, Tenafly High School

Honorable Mentions:

Lexie Brennan, High Point Regional High School

Kevin Cecchini, High Point Regional High School

Abram Dawoud, High Tech High School

Alex Hadley, Montclair High School

Sueyeon Kim, Old Tappan High School

Henry Lee, New Providence High School

Haniya Orloff, Montclair High School

Amanda Osborn, High Tech High School

Aaron Weber, South Hunterdon Regional High School

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