The 3rd annual School of Education End of Year Celebration was held on Friday, May 3 in the Schine Student Center. This event gives the School of Education community an opportunity to come together and celebrate the end of the academic year, and recognize the awards, scholarships, grants, fellowships, and other honors that students, faculty, and staff received during the school year.
Faculty & Staff Retiring
- Bob Wilson — TRIO Student Support Services Program
- Jim Bellini — Counseling and Human Services
Years of Service Recognition
- Susan Thomas — 40 Years
- Kathy Oscarlece — 25 Years
Faculty & Student Grants Received
- Tiago Barreira, Gianpietro Elias Revolledo, Kevin Heffernan, Michael Norris — Joan N. Burstyn Endowed Fund for Collaborative Research Grant
- Sharif Bey — Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
- Sharon (Sherrie) Bruner — Chi Sigma Iota Chapter Development Grant
- Kellin Cavanaugh — Make a Difference Grant, Humanistic Counseling Association
- Gaye Ceyhan — School of Education Research and Creative Grant
- Eira I. Cotto-Giron — School of Education Research and Creative Grant
- Benjamin Dotger — Syracuse University CUSE Grant
- Sharon Dotger — 4A Arts & Creative Literacies Grant, Syracuse City School District (academic year) and Onondaga County (summer)
- Brandon Fascia, Kevin Heffernan — Syracuse University SOURCE Grant
- Justine Hastings, Kelly-Chandler-Olcott — Syracuse University SOURCE Grant
- Caitlin Johnston — Syracuse University SOURCE Grant (with Gail Bulman)
- Kathryn Kozak — Syracuse University Summer Dissertation Grant; School of Education Research and Creative Grant
- Jing Lei, Joanna Masingila — International Research and Exchanges Board Grant (Fulbright DAI), U.S. Department of State
- Yanhong Liu — Association for Specialists in Group Work Research Grant
- Melissa Luke — Making a Difference Grant, Association of Humanistic Counseling
- Lourdes Morales Hernandez — Syracuse University SOURCE Grant (with M. Emma Ticio Quesada)
- Harvey Peters — Syracuse University Summer Dissertation Grant
- Zeenar Salim — School of Education Research and Creative Grant
- Di Sun — School of Education Research and Creative Grant
- Heather Waymouth — School of Education Research and Creative Grant
- Anemone Zeneli — School of Education Research and Creative Grant
- Lili Zhang — School of Education Research and Creative Grant
- Gwendolyn Thomas — R03 Grant, National Institutes of Health
- Peitao Zhu — Association for Specialists in Group Work Research Grant
Faculty & Staff Awards and Honors
- Sharif Bey — Judith Greenberg Seinfeld Scholar Award
- Kelly Chandler-Olcott — Meredith Professorship Medal
- Elisa M. Dekaney — Best Recording Other Styles, Syracuse Area Music Awards
- Nicole Fonger — Syracuse University Writing Across the Curriculum Fellowship; Service, Teaching, & Research in Mathematics Education Fellowship, Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators
- Dawn Johnson — American College Personnel Association Senior Scholar; Associate Editor, Journal of College Student Development
- Melissa Luke — American Counseling Association Fellowship; Outstanding Counseling Program Award, Counselors for Social Justice
- Mario Rios Perez — Excellence in Graduate Education Faculty Recognition Award
- Marie Sarno — Board of Directors, LiteracyCNY
- Charlotte Sharpe — Service, Teaching, & Research in Mathematics Education Fellowship, Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators
- Nick Smith — Lazarsfeld Award, American Evaluation Association
Student Awards and Honors
- Keshab Adhikari — Robert M. Exner Prize in Mathematics Education
- Fadi Al-Issa — Certificate of University Teaching
- Nigar Altindis — Certificate of University Teaching
- Maria Armas — School of Education Leadership Scholar
- Camilla J. Bell — Research Excellence Doctoral Fellowship; Public Humanities Graduate Fellowship
- Katie Berrell — Syracuse University Remembrance Scholar
- Emily Boswell — School of Education Leadership Scholar
- Abigail Bourdeau — School of Education Leadership Scholar
- Sarah Boyle — School of Education Leadership Scholar
- David Pax Buatshia — Civil Society Leadership Award, Open Society Foundation
- Rosa Calosso — 100 Hispanic Women Graduate Fellowship
- Ariane Campos — Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching
- Justin Caraballo — School of Education Leadership Scholar
- Gaye Defne Ceyhan — Certificate of University Teaching
- Jiaming Cheng — Graduate School Dissertation Fellowship; Project Leadership Award
- MD Mubinul Chowdhury — Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching
- Dianne Christenson — Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching
- Smadar Cohen — Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching
- Gemma Cooper-Novack — Certificate of University Teaching; Public Humanities Graduate Fellowship
- Lauren Czudak — School of Education Commencement Marshal
- Megan Dandini — School of Education Leadership Scholar
- Layla Dehaiman — Marsha Smith-Lewis Dissertation Award
- Hannah Deichler — School of Education Leadership Scholar
- William Demarski — School of Education Leadership Scholar
- Prabesh Devkota — Phi Beta Delta Inductee
- Ousmane Diallo — Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching
- Djiby Diaw — Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching
- Katharine Dinneen — School of Education Leadership Scholar
- Carla Priscila Daiana dos Santos Pascoal — Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching
- Shelanda Duncan — Dr. James F. Collins Award, Eunice Hilton Prize
- Alison Dupree — Lansing Baker Outstanding Educational Leadership Intern Award
- Emily Durand — School of Education Commencement Marshal; Secretary, Kappa Delta Pi
- Sierra Eastman — Fundraising Chair, Kappa Delta Pi
- Kamal El Chaoui El Ghor — Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching
- Gianpietro Elias Revolledo — Certificate of University Teaching
- Miriam Fanous — School of Education Leadership Scholar
- Kaneez Fatima — Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching
- Megan Finnerty — School of Education Leadership Scholar
- Sarah Fleming — Summer Dissertation Award
- Erin Friedman — Certificate of University Teaching
- Florence Gallemit — Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching
- Alessa Garland-Smith — Phi Beta Delta Inductee
- Shana Gelin — NBCC Minority Fellowship; Certificate of University Teaching
- Marina Goula — Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching
- Noah Guirguis — School of Education Leadership Scholar
- Jacob Hall — Graduate School Commencement Marshal; IDD&E Outstanding Research Award; Future Professoriate Program Guest Speaker
- Cleo Hamilton — 44 Stars of Excellence Award
- Tiffany Hamm — Holmes Scholar, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
- Taylor Harman — Sidney W. Young Prize
- Julie Harnett — Frances P. Burgoyne Burt Scholarship
- Magdoleen Hazran — Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching
- Mohammad Sajjad Hossen — Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching
- Christopher Hromalik — IDD&E Charters Award
- Gala Hughley — Syracuse Urban Fellowship
- Abubakr Ibrahim Abdelrasoul — IDD&E Best Portfolio Award
- Madison Jakubowski — School of Education Leadership Scholar
- Vandana Jha — Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching
- Rachita Kapoor — Nomination, School of Education Master’s Prize
- Giulia Kean — School of Education Leadership Scholar
- Kathryn Kozak — New York State School Counselor Association Graduate Student Scholarship
- Jessica Kramer — Shelley Baum Schechtman-Jacobson Graduate Scholarship
- Ah Ram Lee — Certificate of University Teaching
- Chen Liang — Phi Beta Delta Inductee; Certificate of University Teaching
- Patricia Maciolek — Past Vice-President, Kappa Delta Pi
- Matthew Magerle — School of Education Leadership Scholar
- Hicham Mahda — Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching
- Sofia Menes — School of Education Leadership Scholar
- Elizabeth Michaels — Marshall M. Gelfand Special Education Scholarship
- Idris Mohamed — Syracuse University Remembrance Scholar
- Hallie Morse — Joanne Blumin ‘66 Scholarship
- Kristin Moses — James R. Manwaring Scholarship
- Shoko Nagami — Vice President, Kappa Delta Pi
- Ranielle Navarro — Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching
- Mahvish Nazar — Fulbright Foreign Student Program Scholarship
- Shane Nelson — School of Education Graduate Convocation Speaker
- Grace Njuguna Visher — Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
- Maeve O’Connor — School of Education Leadership Scholar
- Jolie Oeur — School of Education Leadership Scholar
- Crispin Ojwang — Certificate of University Teaching
- Tonette Orlando — James R. Manwaring Scholarship
Jody Otabara — Gula M. Moench Graduate Scholarship; L. Stybel Scholarship; Margaret J. Early Scholarship- Francesca Palatella — Foundation Representative and Past Membership Chair, Kappa Delta Pi
- Cheryl Panas — Joanna O. Masingila Scholarship
- Carrie Parish — James R. Manwaring Scholarship
- Jeremy Park — School of Education Leadership Scholar
- Yuri Pavlov — IDD&E Professional Service Award
- Harvey Peters — ALGBTIC Graduate Student Award; Chi Sigma Iota Leadership Intern
- Nathan Phillips — School of Education Leadership Scholar
- Jonathan Pollock — Membership Chair and Treasurer, Kappa Delta Pi
- Ashley Ponza — Mildred E. Blumin Scholarship
- Dian Eki Purwanti — Fulbright Foreign Student Program Scholarship
- Nathan Redmond — School of Education Leadership Scholar
- Nicole Renzetti — School of Education Leadership Scholar
- Sydney Ringel — School of Education Leadership Scholar
- Franche Robinson — Margaret J. Early Scholarship
- Kaitlin Rowe — School of Education Leadership Scholar
- Josephine Ryder — Past President, Kappa Delta Pi
- Leonard Sabattino — Margaret Stafford Traditions Scholarship
- Zeenar Salim — Fulbright Foreign Student Program Scholarship
- Meaghan (Ionah) Scully — Syracuse University Fellowship
- Coumba Sebor — Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching
- Jordan Shannon — Emerging Leader, North Atlantic Region Association for Counselor Education and Supervision; Chi Sigma Iota Leadership Fellow Intern
- Madison Shaw — Syracuse Urban Fellowship
- Wenjie Shen — East China Normal University Dual Degree Program
- Lindsay Sheridan — School of Education Leadership Scholar
- Angelos Skimpas — Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching
- Phillandra Smith — Holmes Scholar, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
- Esther Son — School of Education Leadership Scholar
- Yosung Song — Outstanding Dissertation Award, American Educational Research Association DSE SIG
- Cameron Spera — Martha Conrad Hinkel Scholarship
- Tahlia Spiegel — School of Education Leadership Scholar
- Brianna Stahrr — Syracuse University Remembrance Scholar; School of Education Undergraduate Convocation Speaker
- Adi Suseno — Fulbright Foreign Student Program Scholarship
- Alia Thompson — Certificate of University Teaching
- Chelsea Tracy-Bronson — Outstanding Dissertation Award, American Educational Research Association DRR and LSJ SIGs; Outstanding Dissertation Runner up, AERA Division A
- Jalissa Trotter — Phi Beta Delta Inductee
- Rexana Vachereau — President and Past Treasurer, Kappa Delta Pi
- Elise Vecchio — Roland and Barbara Cook Scholarship for Teacher Education; Linda Hoenig Scholarship
- Hester (Hetsie) Veitch — Certificate of University Teaching
- Karley Voyias — School of Education Leadership Scholar
- Shayla Walsh — School of Education Leadership Scholar
- Heather Waymouth — Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
- Simon Wechsler — Pia Pettrone Scholarship
- D. Garmondyu Whorway — IDD&E Design & Development Award; Phi Beta Delta Inductee
- Khit Chin Win — Civil Society Leadership Award, Open Society Foundation
- Andrea Woodbury — Grace Glor Wheeler Scholarship; School of Education Board of Visitors Scholarship
- Lily Worden — School of Education Leadership Scholar
- Tianxiao Yang — Certificate of University Teaching
- Sewina Yu — School of Education Leadership Scholar
- Jie (Jeremy) Zhang — Nomination, School of Education Doctoral Prize
- Kang Zhang — IDD&E Project Management Award
- Lei Zhang — East China Normal University Dual Degree Program; IDD&E Evaluation & Research Award
- Lili Zhang — Certificate of University Teaching
- Peitao Zhu — Emerging Leader, North Atlantic Region Association for Counselor Education and Supervision; Graduate Emerging Leader, American Educational Research Association