Class of 2022

Gabi Butvilofsky

Anonymous — Wed, 04 May 2022 21:31:24 +0000

Gabi Butvilofsky Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 05/04/2022 - 15:31

Gabi Butvilofsky, a product design major, is excited to explore her passions further and grow into her new life as a maker outside of school.

You've made this experience what it is. I wouldn't have come through as the person I am today without all of you!

Where are you from?
Denver, CO

Tell us about your involvement and/or student leadership roles in and/or outside of ENVD.
Served on the EPOD Club Board; Awarded with the Environmental Design Faculty Esteemed Graduate Award for Product Design

What inspired you to come to ENVD when choosing your school?
I literally wandered into the ENVD building for a sociology class my freshman year as an undeclared major. Seeing all of the amazing student work, and knowing I could apply my creativity to academics, I knew immediately that ENVD was going to be my choice.

What is one of the greatest experiences or lessons from your time at CU Boulder that you'll carry with you into the next chapter of your life?
Honestly, just that when it feels like the end of the world, and everything is so stressful and overwhelming, there is the next chapter. Life goes on.

Describe one of your favorite memories.
My favorite memories involve coming back from being remote and working late at the CINC, being surrounded by my peers, semi-delirious, but sharing the energy and passion for the work with everyone.

What does graduating from college represent for you?
I've looked forward to graduating college since before I even began. I cannot wait to explore my passions further and grow into my life as a maker outside of school.

What are your plans beyond graduation?
After graduation, I am moving to Denver with my pup, Liza!

Gabi Butvilofsky, a product design major, is excited to explore her passions further and grow into her new life as a maker outside of school.

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Sofija Andrew

Anonymous — Wed, 04 May 2022 21:19:05 +0000

Sofija Andrew Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 05/04/2022 - 15:19

Sofija Andrew, an architecture major graduating with a Spanish and creative technology design minor, plans to travel to South America to help with sustainable building infrastructure while waiting to hear back from the Peace Corps.

I’m glad that through studio we get the chance to be better friends in the ways other majors don’t cultivate.

Where are you from?
Boulder Colorado

Tell us about your involvement and/or student leadership roles in and/or outside of ENVD.
I’ve been really involved in a student leadership team for media and marketing of a group called the Annex, and work for CU in the Mind.Body.Voice program.

What inspired you to come to ENVD when choosing your school?
I went into CU undeclared and took the intro to Environmental Design class on a whim as an elective. I fell in love with the topics and realized I could combine a lot of things I was good at. Also a guy I interviewed for one time told me to never become an architect, and here we are.

What is one of the greatest experiences or lessons from your time at CU Boulder that you'll carry with you into the next chapter of your life?
You can spend your life working or you can spend it living. As architecture students, we are overworking all the time. But I found a good balance between work and real life at CU and I want to carry that with me forever because I think you can have both.

Based on what you know now, what is your best piece of advice for other students?
Use the laser cutter whenever you can.

Describe one of your favorite memories.
Going to the Lama Foundation in New Mexico with my capstone studio and digging a foundation all weekend. It was so painful but rewarding.

What does graduating from college represent for you?
Moving on and up. Life is only getting started.

What are your plans beyond graduation?
I’ve applied to the Peace Corps, and until then I plan to go to South America to help with sustainable building infrastructure there.

Sofija Andrew, an architecture major graduating with a Spanish and creative technology design minor, plans to travel to South America to help with sustainable building infrastructure while waiting to hear back from the Peace Corps.

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Paulison Fosu

Anonymous — Tue, 03 May 2022 18:37:00 +0000

Paulison Fosu Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 05/03/2022 - 12:37

Paulison Fosu, an architecture major graduating with a business minor, plans to work and eventually attend grad school.

Where are you from?
Ghana, Africa

What inspired you to come to ENVD when choosing your school?
I love architecture

What is one of the greatest experiences or lessons from your time at CU Boulder that you'll carry with you into the next chapter of your life?
Do not procrastinate or be lazy

Based on what you know now, what is your best piece of advice for other students?
Do not procrastinate or be lazy

Describe one of your favorite memories.
One of my favorite memories was learning how to use rhino

If you could say anything to your classmates what would you say?
Very helpful

What does graduating from college represent for you?
Represents a chapter done

What are your plans beyond graduation?
Work and eventually attend grad school

Paulison Fosu, an architecture major graduating with a business minor, plans to work and eventually attend grad school.

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Mikaela Tommy

Anonymous — Tue, 03 May 2022 18:25:31 +0000

Mikaela Tommy Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 05/03/2022 - 12:25

Mikaela Tommy, a product design major and student-athlete on the CU Ski Team, selected ENVD because of her interest in the environment and art.

Design from the heart

Where are you from?
Wakefield, QC, CANADA

What inspired you to come to ENVD when choosing your school?
I’ve always been interested in the environment and art so I thought it was a perfect combination.

What is one of the greatest experiences or lessons from your time at CU Boulder that you'll carry with you into the next chapter of your life?
Computer skills and deadlines

Describe one of your favorite memories.
Pre COVID studios

If you could say anything to your classmates what would you say?
Peace ✌️

What does graduating from college represent for you?
It’s a big accomplishment, one that I never thought I would get the opportunity to do

What are your plans beyond graduation?
Ski, art, think

Mikaela Tommy, a product design major and student-athlete on the CU Ski Team, selected ENVD because of her interest in the environment and art.

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Andrew Rowe

Anonymous — Mon, 02 May 2022 21:32:00 +0000

Andrew Rowe Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 05/02/2022 - 15:32

Andrew Rowe, a product design major graduating with a certificate in lighting design, considers this chapter to be his biggest success, so far, as a first-generation student.

Thank you! Thank you for creating an environment I could be myself, and for accepting me as the designer and human being I am.

Where are you from?
Arvada, Colorado

What inspired you to come to ENVD when choosing your school?
Design of everyday life.

What is one of the greatest experiences or lessons from your time at CU Boulder that you'll carry with you into the next chapter of your life?
The unexpected friends you make along the way.

Based on what you know now, what is your best piece of advice for other students?
Be present. Pay attention to what you’re peers and other designers are doing. Your greatest inspiration will come from them.

Describe one of your favorite memories.
After my capstone's final review, a bunch of us went out together for the first time. What I had started to realize was true. The struggles and successes we all felt together formed a bond I can’t describe. I’ll never forget my final studio and the people who made it so special.

What does graduating from college represent for you?
The biggest success of my life… so far. I’m so proud that I finished as a first-generation student, and that I got to work alongside amazing peers and mentors.

What are your plans beyond graduation?
To live. To finally follow my own path, one not dictated by parents or culture. But one that defines who I am and who I want to be.

Andrew Rowe, a product design major graduating with a certificate in lighting design, considers this chapter to be his biggest success, so far, as a first-generation student.

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Lizzy Sommer

Anonymous — Mon, 02 May 2022 19:26:00 +0000

Lizzy Sommer Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 05/02/2022 - 13:26

Lizzy Sommer, an architecture major graduating with a certificate in lighting design, plans to take a month off for a road trip to California before starting her architecture career at Coburn.

Try to have some fun. I know studio can be stressful but really cherish and prioritize time with your friends and all of the little college moments. It's a special time that will be over in the blink of an eye.

Where are you from?
Suburb of Chicago

Tell us about your involvement and/or student leadership roles in and/or outside of ENVD.
I was a part of the Solar Decathlon back in 2020-2021 where I was able to help design and build a sustainable house. It was a great experience where I got to see something on paper come to life and learn a ton about construction and how a building really comes together and that was an amazing opportunity to have as an undergrad.

What inspired you to come to ENVD when choosing your school?
I actually was originally a neuroscience and psychology major when starting at CU and was only minoring in ENVD. I only had a studio for my first year and it took up my whole life and was even harder than my science classes I was balancing. But I enjoyed it. I found myself really wanting to focus on that instead. Then one day I attended a lecture by Marianne Holbert and it was so inspiring that I changed my major the next day to ENVD and dropped my other majors. I have always been interested in art, design, and psychology, and this felt like a really natural way to combine all of the things I love.

What is one of the greatest experiences or lessons from your time at CU Boulder that you'll carry with you into the next chapter of your life?
Connections with others are the only thing that truly matters in life, so make sure to find some time for your life connections in this crazy world.

Based on what you know now, what is your best piece of advice for other students?
Get good at time management and finish projects well before the deadline so you can go out and have some fun while everyone else is stressing!

Describe one of your favorite memories.
I have tons, but some of my favorites from college are definitely with my roommate/best friend and are usually involving mundane times that we somehow made fun and momentous just by paying attention to them.

What does graduating from college represent for you?
I'm not sure yet! My roommate always tells me that nothing really makes sense until it's over, and that's something I believe as well. So we'll see. But it's certainly a new chapter

What are your plans beyond graduation?
I'm going to take a month off to do a little road trip to California, and then I'll be starting my architecture career path at Coburn!

Lizzy Sommer, an architecture major graduating with a certificate in lighting design, plans to take a month off for a road trip to California before starting her architecture career at Coburn.

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Luke Duarte-Silva Barry

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 17:02:31 +0000

Luke Duarte-Silva Barry Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 04/29/2022 - 11:02

Luke Duarte-Silva Barry, an architecture major graduating Cum Laude, plans to attend graduate school at CU Denver and work towards becoming a licensed architect in Colorado.

Be proud of what you have accomplished and have the courage to keep going.

Where are you from?
I was born in Vietnam but grew up in New Jersey

Tell us about your involvement and/or student leadership roles in and/or outside of ENVD.
In the Summer of 2021, I took part in the Rome Global Seminar studio with Marianne Holbert. I had some of my best experiences on that trip. My thesis on Post-Hurricane Urban Form will be receiving honors this spring. I spent a lot of time working with ENVD and outside faculty on my research. I have also enjoyed helping the Design Support Hub, helping students transition back into the studio work environment

What inspired you to come to ENVD when choosing your school?
I liked how ENVD allowed me to cycle through other disciplines before I fully committed to architecture.

What is one of the greatest experiences or lessons from your time at CU Boulder that you'll carry with you into the next chapter of your life?
I have learned that having a strong passion for what you do will make all the work more fun and worth it in the end.

Based on what you know now, what is your best piece of advice for other students?
Don't overcomplicate your ideas and designs. A simple design with strong, justified ideas has always been a successful strategy for me in studios.

Describe one of your favorite memories.
My favorite memory was when our entire study abroad group went to the beach after a long week of work. The program we were with rented us a bus so we could stay the night. We went paddleboarding in the ocean and had one of the best meals of the trip there.

What does graduating from college represent for you?
To me, it represents that I made the right choices along the way to be where I am right now.

What are your plans beyond graduation?
I plan on going to graduate school at CU Denver to get my master's in architecture and eventually get licensed in Colorado.

Luke Duarte-Silva Barry, an architecture major graduating Cum Laude, plans to attend graduate school at CU Denver and work towards becoming a licensed architect in Colorado.

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Mario Gomez

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 16:48:40 +0000

Mario Gomez Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 04/29/2022 - 10:48

Mario Gomez, an architecture major graduating with a Spanish minor, plans to work at a local architecture firm to gain experience and eventually become a licensed architect.

My best piece of advice for other students is to just enjoy life along the way, these four years are going to fly by, and those tough classes will be over but at least you kept the memories.

Where are you from?
Colorado

Tell us about your involvement and/or student leadership roles in and/or outside of ENVD.
I was involved in DWB

What inspired you to come to ENVD when choosing your school?
I fell in love with the University of Colorado at a very young age, everything in my life just happened to align.

What is one of the greatest experiences or lessons from your time at CU Boulder that you'll carry with you into the next chapter of your life?
One of the greatest lessons that I learned from my time at CU Boulder was the ability to open myself more to the world, to try new things, to meet new people, to be a better person.

Describe one of your favorite memories.
One of my favorite memories was when my very first studio led by Shawhin, was taken on a "field trip" to the Boulder Bandshell, being on the site mapping things out, coming up with solutions really made me feel like I was on my way to being something great, and to this date, it still does.

If you could say anything to your classmates what would you say?
I would say that I appreciate every one of them, that I appreciate their input on my projects, how they would always provide me with technical support whenever something wasn't going as planned, (I'm looking at you Revit).

What does graduating from college represent for you?
Graduating from college represents the end of a chapter in my life, where I stop being a kid and grow up, where I take everything I learned and apply it to my very own life.

What are your plans beyond graduation?
My plans beyond graduation are to work at a local architecture firm as I get experience to one day take my architect licensure exam.

Mario Gomez, an architecture major graduating with a Spanish minor, plans to work at a local architecture firm to gain experience and eventually become a licensed architect.

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Abby Mohlis

Anonymous — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 17:20:29 +0000

Abby Mohlis Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 04/25/2022 - 11:20

Abby Mohlis, a landscape architecture major graduating with minors in ecology and evolutionary biology and business, plans to work with the Rocky Mountain Youth Corps this summer.

Thank you for always being there to support and help me, but also for challenging me and pushing me to grow…as a person and as a designer.

Where are you from?
Elizabeth, Colorado

Tell us about your involvement and/or student leadership roles in and/or outside of ENVD.
I was a TA for Ecology in Design and ARCH 2100. I was a saxophone squad leader and marched saxophone for 4 years in the CU marching band, and also played in several other ensembles within the college of music. I was involved as a student leader and board member for my campus ministry.

What inspired you to come to ENVD when choosing your school?
I was looking for a creative industry to go into, and ENVD combined many of my interests into one.

What is one of the greatest experiences or lessons from your time at CU Boulder that you'll carry with you into the next chapter of your life?
Keep moving forward and keep iterating— there are always things that can be improved!

Based on what you know now, what is your best piece of advice for other students?
Networking and making connections with your peers, professors, and even guest reviewers can have a big impact on your future!

Describe one of your favorite memories.
The senior landscape capstone studio was a lot of the same people as our first freshman studio, so it was really fun to be back together for our last semester and to see how far we’ve all come.

What does graduating from college represent for you?
You can accomplish anything you set your mind to.

What are your plans beyond graduation?
This summer, I will be working as a conservation corps crew member with the Rocky Mountain Youth Corps

Abby Mohlis, a landscape architecture major graduating with minors in ecology and evolutionary biology and business, plans to work with the Rocky Mountain Youth Corps this summer.

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Brian Tseng-Nicodemus

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 20:37:12 +0000

Brian Tseng-Nicodemus Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 04/21/2022 - 14:37

Brian Tseng-Nicodemus, a landscape architecture major, plans to travel to Poland to volunteer and help Ukrainian refugees after graduation.

Thank y'all for being you.

Where are you from?
Taiwan

Tell us about your involvement and/or student leadership roles in and/or outside of ENVD.
Program intern for CEDaR and intern for PCS Group. Teacher Assistant. Made tutorials for ENVD Skillshare Youtube playlist.

What inspired you to come to ENVD when choosing your school?
I was interested in architecture at the time and chose ENVD because of its interdisciplinary culture. I was also able to live with my family and take care of my grandmother who lived in Boulder.

What is one of the greatest experiences or lessons from your time at CU Boulder that you'll carry with you into the next chapter of your life?
I learned to value studio group collaboration opportunities as it's super beneficial in the workplace and life in general.

Based on what you know now, what is your best piece of advice for other students?
If you get a chance with your electives, I highly recommend taking African Dance with Nii Armah Sowah. Ask Shawhin for his experience there.

Describe one of your favorite memories.
Talking about philosophy and eating Tate's cookies while working on a competition project late at night.

What does graduating from college represent for you?
An opportunity to make a positive impact on the society

What are your plans beyond graduation?
Ideally, I'm hoping to travel to Poland to volunteer and help out Ukrainian refugees upon graduation. If obstacles are apparent such as language barriers and lack of humanitarian training, I'll then focus on transitioning to the workplace and working for a landscape architecture/urban design job.

Brian Tseng-Nicodemus, a landscape architecture major, plans to travel to Poland to volunteer and help Ukrainian refugees after graduation.

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