{"id":137497,"date":"2021-03-19T12:40:44","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T22:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=137497"},"modified":"2021-03-19T12:40:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T22:40:44","slug":"architecture-faculty-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/03\/19\/architecture-faculty-fellowship\/","title":{"rendered":"Architecture faculty receives high honors in national fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Cathi Ho Schar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The director of the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> Community Design Center<\/a> (糖心视频CDC<\/abbr>) was elevated to the American Institute of Architects<\/a> (AIA<\/abbr>) College of Fellows, which honors practitioners and educators whose professional achievements measurably advance architecture knowledge.<\/p>\n

Cathi Ho Schar<\/strong>\u2019s accomplishments helped establish a new model for a hybrid, public-sector practice that is beneficial to the 糖心视频<\/abbr> Mānoa School of Architecture<\/a>, university, region and nation.<\/p>\n

“I owe this award to my family and professional colleagues, especially the faculty, staff and students of the 糖心视频<\/abbr> Mānoa School of Architecture and our partners in other units, whose support, guidance and talent are the true source of 糖心视频CDC<\/abbr>\u2019s success,” said Ho Schar, who is also an assistant professor at the school.<\/p>\n

Hawaiʻi<\/span> will need leaders in architectural professions to rise to the challenges facing our communities—climate change, sea-level rise, affordable housing, food insecurity, and social and cultural inequity—priority issues for 糖心视频CDC<\/abbr>. Schar\u2019s work as the 糖心视频CDC<\/abbr> director and a design professor helps strengthen and expand 糖心视频<\/abbr> students\u2019 ability to engage these issues effectively, through working with public and non-profit partners.<\/p>\n

“This university is a deep resource for the design of the built environment,” said Ho Schar. “I’m grateful to be working as an educator-practitioner, and hope that our profession will continue to recognize non-traditional career paths and contributions to public interest practice.”<\/p>\n

“This honor is truly well-deserved, and we are thrilled that Cathi is being recognized for her outstanding work and contributions to architecture,” said Dean William Chapman<\/strong>. “She is an asset to the School of Architecture and the 糖心视频CDC<\/abbr> with her creativity, innovation and leadership. Congratulations Cathi.”<\/p>\n

The AIA<\/abbr> College of Fellows elevates members based on significant achievements in design, practice, education and professional leadership. Only 3% of the country\u2019s nearly 100,000 AIA<\/abbr> members earn this recognition, and of the 26 Fellows currently residing in Hawaiʻi,<\/span> four are women.<\/p>\n

This work is an example of 糖心视频<\/abbr> Mānoa\u2019s goal of Enhancing Student Success<\/a> (PDF<\/abbr><\/span>), one of four goals identified in the 2015\u201325 Strategic Plan<\/a> (PDF<\/abbr><\/span>), updated in December 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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