architecture

Plan A not working? Go to Plan B

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on June 21, 2010

I stumbled on an link from the New York Times on Facebook called Architect, or Whatever and it really stuck home for me. It was validation for me that I made the right decision in following my gut. I don’t  remember if I mentioned it before,  but I did study architecture in college. According to [...]

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Women’s History Month Referral & Thank You Wrap Up

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on March 30, 2009

Even though March has been an incredibly manic month,  I am finally finding the time to breath and reflect on now only the women who are primarily responsible  for getting me to this point (Great-Grandma, Grandma and Ma), but also the professional women who have taken the time to help me. Roberta Washington, AIA, NOMA [...]

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Google Pays Tribute to Architects and Artists

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on May 18, 2008

How surprised I was to fire up my laptop and saw the Google logo today  looking like a collection of buildings.

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Tag, I’m it

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on October 22, 2007

I’ve been tagged by Shannon Cherry to participate in a b5media‘s meme about 7 things you may not know about me. So here it goes. When I was born, I lived a block away from an elevated train station. I am lucky to have known my great-grandmother. I grew up in a Brooklyn housing project. [...]

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Take the Yard Sale Online

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on September 14, 2006

After a session with a noteworthy fashion and style diva, I decided that the philosophy of getting rid of what one does not need, does not fit, or does not use can apply to more than just clothing. After much procrastination, I had finally decided to tackle my abode and determine what items fit in [...]

Free Agency

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on April 28, 2006

As of the beginning of March, I stepped into a somewhat familiar but exciting phase in my professional career, that of being a totally free agent. Free Agency is not just a term reserved for professional athletes. According to Daniel Pink’s book “Free Agent Nation”, there were over 25 million free agents in the US. [...]

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Do what you love and do it well

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on June 27, 2005

I started my business in 1997 as a freelance HTML programmer. I’d programmed websites in college before working for an architecture firm. After a few months, I realized life was too short not to be doing what I love to do. I provide website services such as designing, programming and marketing websites. My customer base [...]

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Cornell Inaguration Ceremony

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on October 16, 2003

I participated in the Inaguration Ceremony Procession of Jeffrey Lehman, Cornell Alumni, Class of ’77 as the 11th President of Cornell University. I represented the Alumni of The College of Architecture, Art and Planning.

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Cornell Panelist

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on April 16, 2003

Went back to Cornell University to be on two Alumni Panels, one for the Office of Career Services and one for MOAAP (Minority Organization of Architecture, Art, and Planning). I also was a speaker for MOAAP speaking about my journey “from architecture to the web and beyond“.

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Featured in the Cornell Architecture Alumni News

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on April 1, 2003

Stephanie M. Cockerl (B.Arch. ’96) is head of sm cockerl studio, a winner of the Golden Web Award (May 2002) for web design excellence. The company was profiled on Business Owner’s Idea Café in October, is listed on Who’s Who on the Web, and was recognized as Netscape Netbusiness of the Week in July 2001. [...]

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