Ithaca College

The Leadership Scholar Program recognizes students with a demonstrated record of academic and co-curricular achievements. Students enter the program during their first year at Ithaca College and take on new leadership challenges every semester until they graduate. Components of the program include service projects, professional development, and leadership in student organizations that is recorded in leadership portfolios that are presented to administrators and peers every semester.

During the semester prior to graduation, all Leadership Scholars present a Senior Capstone to highlight their greatest achievement as a student leader during their time at Ithaca College. The scholars present on a variety of experiences that have helped them develop leadership skills, reflect on lessons learned, and discuss the impact of these experiences on their plans after IC, as well.

This year, 44 seniors offered capstones and these were some of the best presentations in the history of the program! Most scholars presented on the importance of their leadership roles in student organizations, jobs on campus, or student-run productions, and a few shared leadership experiences on athletic teams, community service projects, internships, or the leadership lessons learned while studying abroad. New this year: several scholars focused their presentations on the confidence, communication, and authentic leadership skills they gained from the LS program – and how that helped them to lead within their respective academic communities.

Congratulations to the following outstanding group of seniors, whose co-curricular leadership has contributed significantly to the Ithaca College community:

Nathan J. Antonacci

Carolyn Barrett

Erika R Bucior

Kaitlyn Clarke

Katie Conmy

Katherine R Crowe

Brendan Davis

Megan J. Davis

Melissa Frances Dellacato

Natalie B. Dionne

Kelsey Kathryn Dunne

Ashley Ellis

William Erickson

Nick Filippini

John Riley Frankhouser

Samantha Guter

Sara Elizabeth Harmon

Rebecca G Helbraun

Dylan Herman-Dunphy

Allison Johnson

Christine Kelly

Jeremy Kingsley

Sabrina Amy Knight

Chelsea Kaye Lanphear

Christopher Maher

Amelia Marino

Zachary A. Myers

Nicole Papuzza

Michael H Petit Jr

Taylor Purvis

Emily Jean Wang Yu Quinn

Rachelle A Sartori

Michael Adam Schwartz

Renée V. Schweizer

Hannah Sellers

Carter Reed Smalley

Benjamin Tolles

Coralia Rebecca Torres

Kaitlyn Turkett

Karina Marie Wagner

Andrew Wenman

Kirsten Maria Rita Wise

Caitlin Wormsley