Upcoming Opportunities

  • Licensure & Accreditation Cohort

    Join us for our monthly Licensure & Accredidation Cohort, this months session will be IN-PERSON

  • Built by Women, Building Tours

    Join us in partnership with Smoot Construction for a behind-the-scenes tour at Hoover Reservoir. This special edition of Built By Women highlights the women leading and shaping the construction process, offering attendees a firsthand look at the project and an opportunity to connect with professionals in the field. Space is limited, so be sure to register early.

  • March Membership Coffee Talk

    Join us for a morning of coffee and connections! here

2024 NOMAColumbus Impact Report

We are NOMACOlumbus

Intersecting the DESIGN PROFESSION through the lens of DIVERSITY in range of cultures, beliefs and backgrounds. NOMAColumbus provides programming centered around the ADVANCEMENT & DESIGN JUSTICE of it’s members and community.

We aim to raise awareness and change to the architecture, engineering and construction industry at large for future NEXT GENERATIONS.

Together we Connect, Champion, and Celebrate YOU!

Our Mission

We strive to provide agency for all collaborators of the built environment in the greater Columbus area. We champion minority members within the design field by providing a platform to empower voices and a place where their unique perspectives or experiences are celebrated. Through our efforts, we strive to promote justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion so that our design community is wholly representative.

Our Vision

Is to provide a space that empowers the design community by creating opportunities for all individuals to participate in order to create a better future for all.

WHY IS NOMACOLUMBUS IMPORTANT TO YOU?

  • "It is important to diversify the voices at the table to create change in design."

  • "Building a bridge for the next generation."

  • "NOMA Columbus is a opportunity to share a common passion for design with people from different backgrounds, traditions, ad perspectives."

  • "To see the design profession represented by people that look like me."

  • "Bringing minority voices into every space that they may have been excluded from in the past. Creating access as I gain access. Growing community as I grow myself. "

Highlights from the 2024 NOMA National Conference in Baltimore, MD.