2010 IIDA Calibre Student Scholarship Awards

On Saturday, March 6, 2010, the Southern California Chapter of IIDA held the annual Calibre Student Scholarship Competition. Hosted by Herman Miller in their Los Angeles showroom, this event brought together students from design schools all over Southern California. Students presented their portfolios in an interview style format to teams of judges comprised of senior industry leaders.

The jury panel for each category selects one first-place recipient from all candidates competing for the specific scholarship. This year, IIDA Southern California is awarding a total of $20,000 to four winning students!

Stephanie Tarr Memorial Scholarship: $5,000 

Ashley Dowell, California State University, Long Beach, CA

Social Relevance in Interior Design: $5,000

Alice Yoon, California State University, Long Beach, CA

Technology & Innovation in Interior Design: $5,000

Danae Ledgerwood, Woodbury University, Los Angeles, CA

Junior Student Scholarship: $5,000

Rommel Ordoyo, University of California, Extension, Los Angeles, CA

Event Team

Margot De Ramirez, OM Workspace

Catherine Minervini, IIDA SoCal

Yvonne Cheng, Wolcott Architecture | Interiors

Kelsey Sebastian, Teknion

Melinda Snow Davis, Geiger

Gigi Harris, Kaizen Interiors 

June Anderson, OCC

Kathleen Selke, Geiger 

Barbara Hass, Herman Miller 

Yasmin Aquino, Herman Miller 

Kaylee Moroski, Herman Miller 

Julie Shimizu, Herman Miller

Event Directors

Robyn Taylor, IIDA, CID, VP of Student Affairs

Tim Penczar, Ind. IIDA, VP of Student Affairs

Judges

Aram Arekelian, Environmental Contracting Corporation

Shawn Davidson, Aref & Associates

Leslie Bradley, H.Hendy Associates

Cheyne Brown, HOK

Elizabeth Dea, Herman Miller

Viveca Bissonette, Carrier Johnson

Jim Klawiter, Klawiter & Associates

Roy Huebner, Wolcott Architecture | Interiors

Sandi Warneke, Gensler

Jesse Gonzales, Jesse Designs

Corporate Sponsors

Allsteel

Corporate Business Interiors, Irvine, CA