IFMA Houston's 2021 Scholarship recipients
ADELINE LEUNG
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
STUDENT
ARCHITECTURE
Adeline is a senior at University of California, Berkeley majoring in architecture with a minor in structural engineering. She serves as President for the American Institute of Architecture Students at UC Berkeley and as the Student Director for AIA East Bay. She is also one of the founders of Sustainable Housing at California (SHAC), a student organization at UC Berkeley focused on the design and construction of net zero, affordable housing projects. She has interned in architecture and engineering firms as well as in City government, and aspires to become a specialist in high performing, sustainable building and infrastructure design.
CENNET KUMAS
ifmec aCADEMY
Student
FACILITY MANAGEMENT
Making sure people feel happy (in their workplace) is highly important (to me). Especially in times such as the one we currently live in, it is important to stay connected to other people and in the workplace to employees, and make sure they feel their happiness is valued. How can we ensure this?
I feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity and the pleasure to research happiness in the past few years, and to be a part of this journey forward into this previously underexposed subject through Facility Management. This drive to want to help people and to want to make peoples jobs easier on them are typical characteristic of someone working in Facility Management. We, as Facility Managers, are eager to make changes for the better and we are the glue that puts the business and the employees together. We connect and engage people between disciplines and fuel the business.
Ever since I was a little girl, I have been empathetic to other people’s feelings, and have always felt the need to cheer people up or aid them in whichever way I could. I have been able to use this quality in the Facility Management field many times. I am a very grounded, driven person, but most importantly a person that cares about other people. I connect with people, level with them, cater to their needs, try to engage (with) them, motivate them, and help them get the best out of themselves and their situations.
Receiving this award means that I am now one step closer towards my goal in making people happier, I get the chance to meet other FM-enthusiasts from around the world and pick their brains about this important subject. I would like to thank IFMA for creating this wonderful opportunity and for making a platform for overachievers, big thinkers, and people who care.
