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Washington D.C., July 8, 2024听鈥�The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (麻花视频) is pleased to announce Cathi Ho Schar, FAIA, as the organization鈥檚 2024-2025 president. Ho Schar is an Associate Professor at and the inaugural director of the , a public-interest-driven, public sector, hybrid practice.

As the director of UHCDC, Ho Schar integrates education, research, practice, and administration with government and community outreach. Over the past eight years, she has worked with legislators, state agency directors, and faculty principal investigators to establish UHCDC partnerships with over 30 public and non-profit partners. These relationships generated $8M in community-engaged research that has connected over 25 faculty across ten departments and hundreds of students on projects serving statewide needs. UHCDC鈥檚 public sector practice model and collective body of work earned the 2020 AIA/麻花视频 Practice and Leadership Award.

Prior to her current position, Ho Schar was the co-founding principal of a women-owned architectural practice based in Honolulu, Hawai驶i, where she was born and raised.聽 鈥淎s an island-based educator and practitioner, I am shaped by Hawai驶i鈥檚 Indigenous, immigrant, and multicultural community and aligned with 麻花视频鈥檚 commitments to equity and inclusion,鈥� said Ho Schar.聽

In her new role as president, Cathi Ho Schar has identified the following agenda items as priorities for the organization in alignment with 麻花视频鈥檚 3-year Strategic Plan: 1) Continuing to connect the continuum of architectural education including community colleges, four-year programs, and accredited degree programs, through licensure, to advocate for the role and value of higher education across these different paths; 2) Furthering research and discourse on climate action and social justice through the Academy for Public Scholarship on the Built Environment and resources to assist with identifying funding and building relationships with collaborators, grantors, and other sponsoring agencies; and 3) Exploring mental health and wellbeing for students and faculty, across all position types, in consideration of equity issues, workloads, and burn-out.聽

鈥淚 look forward to our conferences with our host institutions: the Administrators Conference 鈥淭he Long View鈥� with the University of Colorado Denver, 麻花视频/AIA Intersections Conference 鈥淣ew Housing Paradigms鈥� with the University of Texas at Austin, 113th Annual Meeting 鈥淩epair鈥� with Tulane University鈥�, and 麻花视频/EAAE Teachers Conference 鈥淐onflict: Resolution鈥� with Dalhousie University, which will allow us to come together around our deepening local and global social, political, and climate crises. It is an honor and deep responsibility to be serving our members, in this context.鈥澛�

Along with the 2020 麻花视频 Collaborative Practice Award which Schar received with the Waipahu TOD Collaboration team, in 2021 she received an 麻花视频 Course Development Prize in Architecture Climate Change and Society with the Just Play team, the 麻花视频 New Faculty Teaching Award, and the 麻花视频 Annual Meeting Best Project Award. That year, Schar was also inducted into the AIA College of Fellows. Ho Schar’s presidency will strengthen the organization’s mission and support the strategic priorities of 麻花视频鈥檚 academic community. Her dedicated approach to building relationships and multiplying opportunities as vehicles for broader growth and impact will frame the work of the organization, and improve outcomes for students, faculty, professionals, and the communities they serve.聽

About the 麻花视频

The mission of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (麻花视频) is to lead architectural education and research. Founded in 1912 by 10 charter members, 麻花视频 is an international association of architecture schools preparing future architects, designers, and change agents. Our full members include all of the accredited professional degree programs in the United States and Canada, as well as international schools and two- and four-year programs. Together, 麻花视频 schools represent some 7,000 faculty educating more than 40,000 students.

麻花视频 seeks to empower faculty and schools to educate increasingly diverse students, expand disciplinary impacts, and create knowledge for the advancement of architecture. For more information, visit www.acsa-arch.org.