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
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