Awards
Honors Convocation 2024
Honors Convocation 2024 Members of the Honors community, Honors core faculty, esteemed deans and family and friends happily celebrated the graduation of the incredible Honors graduates in the class of 2024 on Friday, May 10th at the annual Honors Convocation in Hendricks Chapel. The graduates individually crossed the stage as their thesis titles were named,…
Read MoreAnna Terzaghi and Jenna Poma Named Centennial Scholars
Anna Terzaghi and Jenna Poma Named Centennial Scholars Honors students Anna Terzaghi (anthropology & international relations) and Jenna Poma (policy studies & citizenship and civic engagement) have been named Centennial Scholars by the Maxwell School! This award, created in honor of Maxwell’s 100th anniversary, recognizes three undergraduate students and three graduate students that align with…
Read MoreJeremy Todd Shinder ’24 Named a 2024 VPA Scholar
Jeremy Todd Shinder ’24 Named a 2024 VPA Scholar Jeremy Todd Shinder, a film major in the Department of Film and Media Arts, has been named a 2024 VPA Scholar! The Scholars program is the highest undergraduate academic honor within the College of Visual and Performing Arts, as it recognizes the achievements of the college’s…
Read MoreGabrielle Pinkney ’24 Named a 2024 VPA Scholar
Gabrielle Pinkney ’24 Named a 2024 VPA Scholar Gabrielle Pinkney, a senior in the Setnor School of Music, has been named a 2024 VPA Scholar! Often referred to as the highest undergraduate honor in the college, the VPA Scholar Program awards 12 seniors every year based on academic performance and service to the community. As…
Read MoreTahirah Abdul-Qadir ’26 Featured in Commercial during Women’s FIFA World Cup
Honors Student Tahirah Abdul-Qadir Featured in Commercial During Women’s World Cup Sophomore Honors student Tahirah Abdul-Qadir was recently selected to be a member of the 2023 Cracker Jill Team, a partnership between Cracker Jack/Frito Lay and the Womens Sports Foundation. Designed to spotlight young female athletes and promote gender equality in sports, the I am…
Read MoreFrom Generation to Generation
From Generation to Generation The day Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) began, CNN published an excerpt from Emily Steinberger’s Honors thesis, L’dor V’dor: From Generation to Generation — an exploration of her family’s escape from persecution during the Holocaust. Both sides of Emily’s family fled from Eastern Europe, bringing with them photographs, documents and memories…
Read MoreTahira Abdul-Qadir ’26 Receives Congressional Gold Medal
Honors student Tahira Abdul-Qadir Congressional Gold Medal The Honors program celebrates and congratulates Tahira Abdul-Qadir for accomplishing her goal to earn a Congressional Gold Medal. Tahira, a first-year student, is majoring in Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, and in Management at Whitman. To requirements for earning a Congressional Medal of Honor are…
Read MoreRecent Honors Alum Brennan wins Online Journalism Award
Recent Honors Alum Brenna Wins Online Journalism Award Recent Newhouse School graduate Kate Brennan ’22 is the winner in the Individual Student Portfolio category of the 2022 Online Journalism Awards competition. She was honored her in-depth multimedia reporting project, “Aloha ʻāina,” Brennan completed the work as her Renée Crown Honors Program thesis project. Brennan was the managing…
Read MoreSU Art Museum Awards Temerte ’23 Kaish Fellowship
SU Art Museum Awards Temerte ’23 Kaish Fellowship Alesandra (Sasha) Temerte is a senior at Syracuse University, double majoring in economics and writing and rhetoric studies, with minors in Spanish and strategic management. She is a Coronat Scholar, a member of the Renée Crown Honors Program and a 2022-23 Remembrance Scholar. Through the philanthropic gift…
Read MoreWalter ’20 and Baist ’22 Show Film at ESOTA Conference
Walter ’20 and Baist ’22 Show Film at ESOTA Conference In October, Honors alumni Kylie Walter ’20 and Olivia Baist ’22 (with Dr. Beth Myers and Dr. Christy Ashby, School of Education), presented their film, And They Were Roommates: Navigating Inclusive Mentorship in Higher Education, at the European State of the Art (ESOTA) conference in Austria, held…
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