College of Architecture and Urban Studies doctoral student named Eno Fellow

BLACKSBURG, Va., May 8, 2007 – Carrie Makarewicz, a doctoral student in environmental design and planning in Virginia Tech's College of Architecture and Urban Studies, has been named an Eno Fellow by the Eno Transportation Foundation.

Eno Fellows are a group of exceptionally promising graduate and doctoral students who plan to pursue careers in transportation. Eno Fellows are invited to participate in the Foundation’s Leadership Development Conference (LDC), an intensive week-long professional development program held each spring in Washington, D.C.

The 2007 Eno Fellows include representatives from 17 campuses located in 14 states. Eno Fellow candidates are nominated by university and college faculty in early February. The Eno Foundation’s Board of Regents, a panel of distinguished transportation professionals with experience spanning all transportation modes as well as the government, business, and university communities, reviews the nominations in early March. This year, the Board of Regents read applications from 52 nominees. From this group, 19 fellows were chosen.

Makarewicz, of Washington, D.C., received a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree in urban planning and public affairs from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is originally from Grand Rapids, Mich.

The College of Architecture and Urban Studies is one of the largest of its type in the nation. The college is composed of three schools and the Department of Art and Art History, part of the multi-college School of the Arts. The School of Architecture + Design includes programs in architecture, industrial design, interior design, and landscape architecture. The School of Public and International Affairs includes programs in urban affairs and planning, public administration and policy, and government and international affairs. The Myers-Lawson School of Construction, a joint school of the College of Architecture and Urban Studies and the College of Engineering, includes programs in building construction and construction management. The college enrolls more than 2,000 students offering 25 degrees taught by 160 faculty members.