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2022 Syracuse University Scholars Announced

Thursday, March 24, 2022, By News Staff

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Twelve seniors have been named as the 2022 Syracuse University Scholars, the highest undergraduate honor the University bestows.

The Syracuse University Scholars Selection Committee, a Universitywide faculty committee, selected the 2022 scholars using criteria that included coursework and academic achievement, independent research and creative work, evidence of intellectual growth or innovation in their disciplinary field, a personal statement and faculty letters of recommendation.

The 2022 Syracuse University Scholars are:

  • Erik Bakken, a student in the School of Architecture and member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
  • Julia Chou, a student in the School of Architecture and member of the Honors Program;
  • Gretchen Coleman, a political science major in the College of Arts and Sciences and Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, a political philosophy major in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Honors Program;
  • Ghael Fobes, a broadcast and digital journalism major in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications;
  • Cameron Gray, a film major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts;
  • Lindy Melegari, a biomedical engineering major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and a member of the Honors Program;
  • Alexander Metcalf, an aerospace engineering major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and a member of the Honors Program;
  • Ifeyinwa Ojukwu, a psychology and biology major in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Honors Program;
  • Salvatore Pepe, an entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises and supply chain management major in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, an information management and technology major in the School of Information Studies and a member of the Honors Program;
  • Sydney Ringel, an inclusive elementary and special education major in the School of Education and member of the Honors Program;
  • Cassandra Rodriguez, a neuroscience and psychology major in the College of Arts and Sciences; and
  • Thomas Shaw, a psychology major in the College of Arts and Sciences, history major in the College of Arts and Sciences and Maxwell School, photojournalism major in the Newhouse School and member of the Honors Program.