2025 AIAS Student Award Recipient

Audrey Cherek, AIAS is a fourth-year architecture student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Design with a minor in Business Administration. Driven by a passion for design and leadership, she is deeply engaged in both the College of Architecture and the broader campus community.

Within the College, Audrey serves as a Peer Mentor, Ambassador, and Student Blogger, as well as President of the UNL chapter of the American Institute of Architecture Students. She is also Treasurer of Tau Sigma Delta, a member of The Gallery and NOMAS, and an active UCARE student researcher under Professor Brian M. Kelly.

Her design work has been recognized nationally and locally. Recent honors include publication in The Gallery‘s Spring 2024 Student Work collection, a SARA New York Design Award, finalist recognition in the BWBR Competition, and the 2025 UNL Student Research Days undergraduate award for her project “Biases and Bloopers in Comfy UI.”

Beyond the studio, Audrey represents the College of Architecture as a Senator in the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska, contributes to AIAS’s National Ethics Committee, and plays cello in the Campus Orchestra and Cello Choir. She also gained professional experience as a design intern at DLR Group in Omaha.

In addition to her academic and professional pursuits, Audrey enjoys watercolor painting, casting, yoga, and cooking.

AIAS Student Award Recipients

2025 Audrey Cherek, AIAS

2023 Elise Benson, AIAS

2020 Geneva Sinkula, AIAS(Undergraduate) and Quinn McFadden, AIAS(Graduate)