5.18.10 | Washington, DC | Gensler, a leading global design and architecture
firm, awarded its second annual Diversity Scholarship to Asia Dixon, a fourth-year undergraduate architecture student at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville. The Gensler Diversity Scholarship is a juried program that recognizes emerging talent in African-American college students enrolled in an accredited architecture program. As the winner, she will receive an academic scholarship as well as a full-time internship with Gensler.

Dixon was chosen from candidates around the country after a rigorous selection process. Each application was considered by a panel of jurors representing diverse aspects of the design profession. Dixon impressed the jury by telling a compelling and meaningful story behind her designs and conveying her unique design point of view.

“Asia clearly demonstrates talent and creativity,” said Carlos Martinez, a principal and design director at Gensler who served on the Diversity Scholarship jury. “Resourcefulness, collaboration, leadership and design passion were evident in every aspect of her submission and reinforced by her record of academic achievement.”

Dixon will begin her internship at Gensler’s Atlanta office this summer. “Receiving the 2010 Gensler Diversity Scholarship is a great honor,” said Dixon. “I’m extremely excited to have this unique opportunity to learn, grow and mature as a designer.”

Gensler’s Diversity Scholarship program reflects Gensler’s longstanding commitment to the recruitment and development of diverse emerging design talent and was founded to encourage a more robust dialogue between the architectural profession and African- American architecture students. Now in its second year, the program raises awareness of the architectural profession as a career choice and seeks to make design careers more accessible for African-American students. The program is a critical component of Gensler’s university and student outreach programs.

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