2023–2024 Donors and Scholars

The scholarship of our students is a top priority! The CVAD Continuing Scholarships and Fellowships Program allows many undergraduate and graduate students to pursue CVAD's programs. Thanks to the generosity of the donors who establish these merit-based scholarships, approximately $270,000 for the coming academic year will be awarded so that many students can pursue their creative dreams without the onerous undertaking of more student loans. Link to ways you can support CVAD.

The Austin & Katherine Adams Scholarship in Communication and Interior Design
Donor: Mr. and Mrs. Austin Adams
Recipients:
Diana Guitierrez
Quan Le

The Tony and Linda Altermann Scholarship Endowment for Visual Arts
Donor: Mrs. Jean Altermann

The Jean Andrews Scholarship
Donor: Jean Andrews
Recipients:
Hannah Baskin
Jennifer Cholula
Sarah Dominguez
Azura Garcia
Syanne Johnson
Sheetal Nepali
Natalie Wood

The Arabic Heritage Society Scholarship in Support of Arabic, Islamic Studies
Donor: Dr. Hind Jarrah and Dr. Taissir Jarrah
Recipient: Rachel Sigman

The Harry and Anna Bernstein Memorial Scholarship
Donor: Dr. and Mrs. Jason B. Simon
Recipient: Jennifer Stanley

The Nancy Berry Scholarship Endowment in Art Education
Donor: Ms. Blair Currey
Recipient: Nasrin Tork

The Joann Elliott Bond Memorial Scholarship
Donor: Mr. and Mrs. Charlie E. Bond
Recipients:
Magaly Cantu
Aaron Hollingsworth
Tyra Peebles
Max Raign
Narongsukcha Tintamusik
Bailey Weiss

The Mozelle Rawson Brown Scholarship in Visual Arts
Donor: Mr. Robert L. Brown

The Barney Budow Memorial Scholarship in Fashion Design
Donor: Dr. Morton Prager

The Harlan W. Butt Metalsmithing and Jewelry Studies Scholarship
Donor: Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Butt
Recipient: Brittney Hampton

The Chadwick Family Studio Art Scholarship
Donor: Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Chadwick
Recipient: Aaron Hollingsworth

The Peggy La Verne Chavellier Graduate Scholarship Fund
Donor: Peggy Chavellier
Recipient: Madeline Herrera

The Clampitt Paper Scholarship
Donor: Mr. Donald C. Clampitt
Recipients:
Isabella Bivona
Daniel Mejia

The Lisa and Clay Cooley Fashion Design Scholarship Endowment
Donor: Mr. and Mrs. Clay Cooley
Recipient: Numa Limbu

CVAD Metals
Donor: Metalsmithing and Jewelry Alumni
Recipient: Sarah Dominguez

CVAD Voertman Scholarship
Donor: Mr. Paul Voertman
Recipient: Anna Lombardo

CVAD Scholarship
Recipients:
Hong Ngo
Emma Ortiz

The NorthPark Center 50th Anniversary Scholarship
Donor: David Haemisegger and Nancy Nasher
Recipient: Emma Ortiz

CVAD Perritt Scholarship
Donor: Gerald Blow and Carolyn Perritt
Recipient: Kaci Martin

The D. Jack and Gail C. Davis Scholarship for Doctoral Study in Art Education
Donor: D. Jack and Gail C. Davis
Recipient: Nasrin Tork

The Donald R. Dennis Scholarship in Visual Arts
Donor: Mr. Donald R. Dennis
Recipient: Syanne Johnson

The Jaclyn Williamson Design Scholarship 
Donor: Sarah and Kenny Williamson
Recipients:
Keaton Dillard
John Paul Nguyen

The Launch Agency Scholarship
Donor: Mr. David Wilgus
Recipients:
Cuinn Cornwell
Max Pius

The Judith D. and Thomas A. Donahue Scholarship in Art History
Donor: Judy and Tom Donahue
Recipients:
Melyssa Hawes
Jessica Worthey

The J. Robert Egar Endowed Scholarship
Donor: Mr. and Mrs. Steve M. Ladik
Recipients:
Pablo Cruz
Anna Smith

The Rob Erdle Watercolor Painting Graduate Scholarship
Donor: Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Zhang
Recipient: Max Raign

The Rob Erdle Watercolor Painting Undergraduate Scholarship
Donor: Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Zhang
Recipients:
Hannah Baskin
Emily Geffert
Emily Lowry
Hope Pell
Brhea Stevenson

The Michael Faircloth Graduate Fellowship Endowment for Fashion Design
Donor: Mr. and Mrs. Kenny A. Troutt
Recipients: Lasya Aji Silpa
Zhongyuan Qiu
Jennifer Stanley
Manikya Vallabhajosyula

The Michael Faircloth Scholarship in Fashion Design
Donor: Mr. and Mrs. Kenny A. Troutt
Recipient: Edwin Guzman

The Fossil Award
Donor: Fossil, Inc.
Recipient: Ylliana Larsen

The Louise Gartner Memorial Fashion Design Scholarship Endowment
Donor: Ms. Gigi Gartner
Recipient: Lindsey Etheridge

The Gensler Endowed Scholarship in Interior Design
Donor: Mr. Eugene J. Eby and Ms. Marilyn G. Archer
Recipient: Amanda Emiliusen

The Georgia and Ray Gough Scholarship in Ceramics and/or Interior Design
Donor: Dr. Billie L. Gough
Recipient: Courtney Broussard

The Shawn Hamilton Memorial Scholarship
Donor: Mr. Shane M. Hamilton
Recipient: Emily Geffert

The John Herron Scholarship in Interior Design
Donor: Mr. John E. Herron
Recipient: Mollie Taylor

The Taylor Austin Hicks Memorial Scholarship
Donor: Mr. and Mrs. Steven E. Hicks
Recipient: Brennah Wagner

The Janani Jeganathan Scholarship in Photography
Donor: Ms. Neomi Jesunesan
Recipient: Haley Sanford

The Gene and Jerry Jones Scholarship in Fashion Design
Donor: Mr. and Mrs. Gene Jones
Recipient: Shuree Morris

The William James Lee Fashion Design Memorial Scholarship
Donor: Dr. Ralph A. Rice
Recipient: Kelli Wright

The Jacqueline Anne LaRose Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Donor: Mr. Wes W. Hoffman

Alfred Lockwood Photography Scholarship
Donor: Mr. Alfred Lockwood
Recipients:
Kate Enoire
Anna Smith

The Dr. Mack Vaughan Scholarship
Donor: Ms. Brenda V. Busby
Recipient: Umme Rizvi

The Mack Mathes Scholarship
Donor: Ms. Diana Waring
Recipients:
Jordan Lee
Brandon Valdez

The Edward and Betty Mattil Scholarship
Donor: Edward Mattil
Recipients:
Aidan Bunch
Chloe Long

The Curtis McCaffity Memorial Endowment for the Arts
Donor: Dr. and Mrs. Jimmy D. Stewart
Recipient: Anna Lombardo

The McCarter Scholarship in Art Education and Visual Arts Studies
Donor: Mr. and Mrs. Bill McCarter Jr.
Recipient: Xenia Gazi

The Wes Miller Scholarship for the Arts
Donor: Mr. Konrad W. Shields Jr.
Recipient: Emily Lowry

The Robert W. Milnes Endowed Scholarship for the College of Visual Arts and Design
Donor: Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Milnes
Recipients:
Monica Boyd
Emma Weatherford

The John D. Murchison Sr. Art Scholarship Endowment
Donor: Mr. John Murchison Jr.
Recipients:
Gwen Olmos
Carlos Reyna

The Mystery Lady of Santa Fe Scholarship
Donor: Mystery Lady of Santa Fe
Recipient: Kristin Boyer

The NAMSB Foundation, Inc. Julius Marcus Award for Excellence in Menswear Design Endowment
Donor: NAMSB Foundation, Inc.
Recipient: Shuree Morris

Neiman Marcus Scholarship in Fashion Design
Donor: Mr. Ken Downing
Recipients:
Alfredo Alfaro
Kelli Wright

The Nelda Lee Art Scholarship
Donor: Ms. Nelda S. Lee
Recipient: Delaney Cozart

The Thomas Norby Memorial Scholarship
Donor: Ms. Karen Dorff
Recipient: Max Raign

The Paramount Pictures Scholarship in Art
Donor: Paramount Pictures
Recipient: Richard Pham

The Lucile Ayres Payne Scholarship in Interior Design
Donor: Mr. John L. Carter
Recipient: Cassidy Petito

The Jenkins Pickens Visual Art Scholarship
Donor: Frances Pickens
Recipients:
Edray Orozco
Sasha Peiris

The President's Council Scholarship
Recipient: Bokyeong Kim

The Mary Jo Rawlins Endowed Scholarship in Fashion Design
Donor: Mr. and Mrs. Phil Samson

The Phil Samson Studio Arts Scholarship
Donor: Mr. and Mrs. Phil Samson
Recipient: Verónica Ibargüengoitia Tena

The Soudabeth Baharloo and Armaiti Shahidi Foundation Initiative and Excellence Scholarship
Donor: Dr. Lee Fitzgerald and Ms. Arma Shahidi-Fitzgerald
Recipient: Stephanie Mylonas

The Jack Sprague and Mike Estes Communication Design Scholarship Fund
Donor: Mr. Jack Sprague and Mr. Mike Estes
Recipient: Jazmine Garcia

The Jack Sprague and Mike Estes Graphic Design Award
Donor: Mr. Jack Sprague and Mr. Mike Estes
Recipient: Tristan Navaro

The Cora Stafford Endowed Scholarship
Donor: Frances Pickens
Recipients:
Delaney Cozart
Anushka Panwar

The Bradley Edward Sterling Memorial Scholarship
Donor: Bonnie Simons
Recipient: Jayla Aldridge

The Roger K. Thomason Scholarship in Weaving
Donor: Ms. Marti Sue Ballinger
Recipient: Wanda Minotti

The UNT Foundation Fund for the College of Visual Arts and Design Endowed Scholarships
Donor: Ms. Marti Sue Ballinger

The Voertman-Ardoin Fellowship
Donor: Mr. Paul Voertman, Ms. Pat Hutton
Recipients:
Emilio Ceja Castillo
Lasya Aji Silpa
Paul Armstrong
Janay Bookhart
Noah Broomfield
Julia Caswell Freund
Anastasiya Chibyreva-Fender
Noah Garcia
Nadin Nassar
Zidong “Nova” Niu
Mahsa Nouri Soula
Tamara Rafkin
Alyssa Rocha
Robyn Rozelle
Jennifer Stanley
Rosie Waring
Calvin Yuan

The Voertman-Ardoin Scholarships in Art
Donor: Mr. Paul Voertman, Mr. Richard Ardoin and Ms. Pat Hutton
Recipients:
Jayla Aldridge
Chloe Baars
Michelle Bachmann
Courtney Broussard
Ellianne Bushong
Emilio Ceja Castillo
Parker Chilcutt
Madison Clements
Sarah Cook
Delaney Cozart
Cindy Davis
Ashton Davis
DeDe Diaczenko
Christina Donaldson
Ashley Egger
Amanda Emiliusen
Rebecka Ericskson
Ellis Ernsberger
Jessica Fuentes
Xia Garcia
Xenia Gazi
Brittney Hampton
Madeline Herrera
Aaron Hollingsworth
Isabella Isquierdo
Mark Jimenez
Aidan Kearns
Bokyeong Kim
Asli Kinsizer
Sunil Lama
Cassandra Leon
Kennedy Lewis
Natalie McCune
Daniel Mejia
Abigail Meyer
Gloria Mifetu
Sara Miller
Mercedes Muratalla
Emily Nguyen
Felicity Nguyen
Anna Olson
Isabelle Olson
Emma Ortiz
Olumuyiwa Oyedare
Deloya Pepe
Nicole Pierce
Elissa Ramirez
Kiley Reischling
Stefan Robinson
Abigail Rogers
Ruby Ross
Katherine Santos
Amelie Satterwhite
Sydney Schreiner
Stephanie Shaffer
Avery Shrum
Sivan Shteiman
Sterling Smith
Jordan Smithee
Natasha Sturdevant
Wei Sun
Oliver Thibeau
Nasrin Tork
Samantha Tovar
Victoria Trevino
Anna Wayt
Jessica Worthey
Panpan Yang

The Helen Voertman Memorial Art Endowment
Donor: Mr. Paul Voertman and Ms. Pat Hutton
Recipient: Richard Pham

The Lois Monk Watson Scholarship Endowment in Fashion Design
Donor: Dr. Rebecca Nichols, Mr. William S. Nichols, III
Recipient: Kelli Wright

The Valerie Dean Westheimer Memorial Fellowship for Visual Arts and Design
Donor: Mr. Bruzzy M. Westheimer Jr.
Recipients:
Carla Hughes
Christina Ramirez

About the College of Visual Arts and Design

UNT’s College of Visual Arts and Design, CVAD, is one of the nation’s most comprehensive visual arts schools at a public university, offering 29 undergraduate and graduate degree programs and concentrations in areas ranging from art history to communication design to new media art. The college includes several institutes and centers, such as the renowned Texas Fashion Collection and three art galleries that showcase student and professional work. Considered one of the best art schools in the South and Southwest, the College of Visual Arts and Design offers the first and only Ph.D. program in art education in Texas and the top-ranked program in Communication Design for Graphic Design. Learn more at cvad.unt.edu. Visit CVAD News and Views site at news.cvad.unt.edu.