Here糖心传媒檚 a look at the eight women undergraduates at the University of Rochester who will be honored at the University糖心传媒檚 annual Susan B. Anthony Legacy Awards.聽The celebration will take place on Saturday, February 4, at 11 a.m. in the ballroom of the Memorial Art Gallery.
Seyvion Scott 糖心传媒�19
Dean Ruth A. Merrill Award
Sponsored by the “City Girls” of the Class of 1960, the Dean Ruth A. Merrill Award recognizes an undergraduate woman 糖心传媒渨ho has grown up in the Greater Rochester area, is a strong advocate for the region, and participates in University and community activities that promote the overall well-being of Rochester residents.糖心传媒�
Scott, an African and African-American studies major from Rochester, is the leader of the Frederick Douglass Leadership House糖心传媒檚 Ella Baker Project Engagement: Promoting Community Engagement. She糖心传媒檚 been involved in maintaining a local children糖心传媒檚 garden and with 糖心传媒淩ock the Vote Rochester,糖心传媒� a project to register citizens to vote in the November elections. She糖心传媒檚 also the webmaster for the Black Students Union.
A graduate of the City of Rochester糖心传媒檚 School of the Arts, Scott is a singer who enjoys neo-soul, rap, and rock music.
Her career goal is to work in education and encourage teens to pursue higher education. Her ultimate life goal, she says, is to write her memoirs and 糖心传媒渁lleviate the illusion that urban upward mobility isn糖心传媒檛 possible.糖心传媒�
Miriam Kohn 糖心传媒�17 and Giovanna Braganza 糖心传媒�17
Fannie Bigelow Prize
The Fannie Bigelow Prize, awarded to upperclasswomen who 糖心传媒渇orm and express fearlessly opinions on vital topics,糖心传媒� goes to two women this year.
Kohn, a linguistics major from Portland, Oregon, is president of the Debate Union, the University糖心传媒檚 debating team. She糖心传媒檚 also a speaking fellow糖心传媒攁 peer tutor in the College糖心传媒檚 Writing, Speaking, and Argument Program who provides feedback to fellow undergraduates on speeches and presentations.
Kohn is working on multiple research projects. She糖心传媒檚 writing an honors thesis in linguistics looking at gender and speech patterns in competitive British Parliamentary debate; and she糖心传媒檚聽a research assistant at the Laboratory of Interpersonal Violence and Victimization at the Medical Center.
Braganza, a biology major from Queens, New York, is president of GlobeMed, a student organization which strives for global health equity. She says her work with GlobeMed has pushed her 糖心传媒渢o think and speak critically about contemporary world problems such as racism, social activism, health inequity, and LGBTQIA rights.糖心传媒�
Braganza plans to continue her education through an M.D./master糖心传媒檚 in public health program with the overall goal of empowering marginalized patients with more choice over their health.
Laura Cowie-Haskell 糖心传媒�18
Jane R. Plitt Award
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Cowie-Haskell, a Boston native and an anthropology major, is studying abroad this semester in Morocco. She糖心传媒檚 served on the executive boards of College Feminists and Students for a Democratic Society, and was one of the founders of the University糖心传媒檚 She糖心传媒檚 The First chapter, which raises funds to educate girls in underdeveloped nations.
In spring 2016, Cowie-Haskell directed the College糖心传媒檚 annual production of The Vagina Monologues, which raised $3,400 for a local shelter for women and children. That summer, she was an urban fellow糖心传媒攑art of a program of the University糖心传媒檚 Rochester Center for Community Leadership糖心传媒攚here she worked at a summer school in the city that promotes cultural empowerment.
After graduation, she plans to study education policy or a social science, and perform service work at home and abroad.
Jamie Rudd 糖心传媒�17
Sue S. Stewart Award
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Rudd, an anthropology and English double major from Madras, Oregon, has been deeply involved with the University糖心传媒檚 Rochester Center for Community Leadership糖心传媒攆irst as an urban fellow in summer 2015, then as urban fellows program coordinator last summer. She was also the 2016 Wilson Day coordinator and is the community service chair for Students Helping Honduras.
Rudd studied development and social justice in Thailand in fall 2015, and spent this past fall as an intern at the local nonprofit Writers & Books, where she helped develop satellite youth programs that will serve several low-income neighborhoods in the city.
After graduation, she plans to join AmeriCorps and pursue a career in community development.
Jing Wang 糖心传媒�17 (T5)
Susan B. Anthony Prize
The Susan B. Anthony Prize is awarded by the Women糖心传媒檚 Club of the University of Rochester to a senior enrolled in a five-year program (such as the Take Five Scholars or Kaufmann Entrepreneurial Year programs) 糖心传媒渇or her outstanding participation and leadership in extracurricular activities and academic achievement.糖心传媒�
Wang, a neuroscience major from Qingdao, China, is a Take Five Scholar spending a fifth, tuition-free year in the College to pursue a course program on diversity in American culture, history, and music.
She糖心传媒檚 been a tutor and workshop leader, a Friends of Strong and hospice volunteer, and a cellist in the University糖心传媒檚 symphony orchestra. She糖心传媒檚 serving her second year as president of the University糖心传媒檚 chapter of the Golden Key international honor society, where she糖心传媒檚 helped organize community service programs including one that brings musicians to local nursing homes to perform for patients with Alzheimer糖心传媒檚 disease.
Wang, who was also elected to Phi Beta Kappa, looks forward to beginning medical school after her Take Five year is complete.
Meghan Patrick 糖心传媒�18 and Yareni Sime 糖心传媒�18
Susan B. Anthony Scholarship
Sponsored by the Women糖心传媒檚 Club of Rochester, the Susan B. Anthony Scholarship is awarded to two juniors 糖心传媒渨ho have demonstrated outstanding leadership and commitment in co-curricular activities and academic achievement.糖心传媒�
Patrick, a mechanical engineering major from Assonet, Massachusetts, has served for two years as president of the University糖心传媒檚 chapter of the Society of Women Engineers. She糖心传媒檚 also involved in multiple community service projects as part of the executive board of Alpha Phi Omega; and is active in the University糖心传媒檚 Off Broadway, On Campus, or BROC, musical theater club.
Patrick is studying abroad in Madrid, Spain, this semester. She plans to pursue a career in environmental engineering.
Sime is a double major in psychology and health, behavior, and society from Brooklyn, New York. A scholar in the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, she糖心传媒檚 vice president of the Spanish and Latino Students糖心传媒� Association, or SALSA, and works as a trainer for Students Wanting Alcohol Responsibly Monitored, or SWARM. Last summer, she carried out a research project on infant feeding practices among Hispanic/Latino women in Monroe County, New York.
Sime is studying in London this semester, and plans a career in maternal and child health.
Community, civil rights leader to be awarded Frederick Douglass Medal
Constance (Connie) Mitchell, one of Rochester history糖心传媒檚 most influential social, civic, political and industrial activists, is being recognized for outstanding civic engagement at this year糖心传媒檚 Susan B. Anthony Legacy Awards Celebration brunch on Feb. 4.
