McPherson Awards

At the 25th Annual McPherson Honors and Awards Dinner on Thursday, students were honored for scholarship, leadership and service to the community.

Awards, also received by faculty based on student nominations and supporting letters, were announced by Kevin Harris, Frank B. Miller Director of Student Services, and by Professor George Boyer, Director of Teaching

Seniors who are candidates for graduation with honors were also acknowledged at the event.  

Awards and their winners are:

SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence
Samantha Camy
Derrick Rice

Merrill Presidential Scholars
Samantha Falchook
Joshua Klein
Travis Cabbell

ILR Global Scholar
Sabrina Rivers
Estefania Palacios

Eric Lawrence Ehrenberg Memorial Prize
Bo Belmer

Virginia Freeman Memorial Prize
Elise Balelo

Stuart Linnick Memorial Prize
Steven Bramwell

Daniel J. Alpern Award
Alexandra Klein
Benjamin Gilman

James Campbell Award
Zachary de Stefan

Irving M. Ives/Kaufman Seidenberg Award
Kayleigh Yerdon

John O’Donnell Prize in Labor Law
Alex Zarska
Stephannie Chen

Undergraduate Seidman Prize
Katy Habr

MacIntyre Award for Exemplary Teaching
Emily Zitek
JR Keller

Robert N. Stern Award for Teaching & Mentoring
Ariel Avgar
Allison Weiner Heinemann

Candidates for graduation with honors:
Soo Bin Ahn
Julissa Andrade
Ben Bacharach
Felix Chung
William Donnelly
Stephen Driscoll
Nikan Ansaria Esfahani
Caitlin Gleason
Jessica Graber
Katy Habr
Alex Klein
Alina Krauff
Dominic LaBell
Andrew Lord
Shreya Mantrala
Irvin McCullough
Hunter Moskowitz
Ben Parker
Brendon Piccinni
Matt Propper
Nabiha Qudsi
Derrick Rice
Deepa Saharia
Harry Trabue