BAC Alumni Awards

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Alumni Awards Categories

We invite our community and supporters to nominate BAC alumni and friends who embody characteristics in the following categories:

• Distinguished Alumni in Service
• Distinguished Alumni in Practice:
  • Architecture
  • Design Studies
  • Interior Architecture
  • Landscape Architecture
• Emerging Designer
• Selfless Labor

Award Nominations Guidelines

Nominations open each year in the summer. Please note the following criteria when casting your nominations:

• Must have matriculated from the Boston Architectural College with a degree or certificate (except in the case of the Selfless Labor Award, which is open to BAC friends and volunteers).
• Must be able to participate in the awards ceremony in early December.
• Previous award winners may be nominated for a different category if more than five years have passed since their last award.
• Cannot have previously received an award in the same category for which the nomination is submitted.
• Current members of the Alumni Advisory Council are exempt from receiving an award.

If you have questions or would like a hard copy of the nomination form, please contact the Office of Institutional Advancement at alumni@the-bac.edu.

Distinguished Alumni in Service

Given to a BAC alum who serves their greater community by advocating for social, environmental, and/or policy change. Candidates should influence and empower others through design at the local, regional, or global scale. Candidates are alumni from any of the disciplines currently taught at the BAC.

Distinguished Alumni in Practice

The Distinguished Alumni in Practice award is separated into the following areas: Architecture, Design Studies, Interior Architecture, and Landscape Architecture.

Each award is given to a BAC alum who has made a significant impact in the design community while promoting and improving the design professions through their leadership. Candidates are to have served in a leadership role in their recognized BAC area of study for a substantial period and have mentored younger members of the design community.

Emerging Designer

Given to a recent graduate (2017 to 2022) who demonstrates great promise and leadership within their field. They must be actively employed in the design field and be making an influential impact in their sphere of design.

Selfless Labor

Given to a volunteer in the BAC community who has worked tirelessly to advance the College's mission. The individual embodies the spirit and ideals of the institution and demonstrates exceptional volunteer leadership in support of the College. This is the only award that does not have to be given to a BAC alum. This award is named after Dean Arcangelo Cascieri's (1902–1997) "Selfless Labor" sculpture, which depicts worker bees working on behalf of the colony around a beehive.