Pratt School of Architecture launches Kathryn and Kenneth Chenault Scholarship to support student diversity

Pratt Institute School of Architecture announced in late July the launch of the Kathryn and Kenneth Chenault Scholarship, an initiative started by Pratt Board of Trustee member Kathryn Chenault and her husband Kenneth to "support diversity in the School of Architecture."  The school has selected three incoming undergraduate students to receive funding from the initiative, which has been launched with an initial $1 million endowment.  The three students are:  Fatoumata Diallo from Columbus, OH Ariana Dillon from Pembroke Pines, FL Rylee Ferguson from Coppell, TX Pratt School of Architecture Dean Harriet Harris shares in a statement, "A Pratt education empowers students to use their creativity and talent to make positive change in the world with a curriculum focused on key real-world issues from climate change to growing inequality and a goal of graduating a new generation of socially-engaged, inclusive architects and designers.”  With talk of diversifying student and faculty representat...