Spencer Announces 2021 Scholarship Recipients
May 5, 2021 (New York, NY): The Spencer Educational Foundation is proud to announce our 2021 Undergraduate and Graduate Spencer Scholarship award recipients. This year, Spencer awarded 89 scholarships to full-time undergraduate, graduate, and part-time master’s students totaling $553,500.
Spencer’s merit-based scholarships are awarded to students in the United States and Canada who aim to pursue a career in Risk Management and Insurance. Selection is based upon academics, leadership, industry interest and experience. Since Spencer’s founding in 1979, the Foundation has awarded more than 1,300 scholarships totaling over $8 million.
"Spencer is proud to be a leader in supporting talent in the Risk Management and Insurance Industry,” said Megan Miller, Spencer Executive Director. “This year's application rate was our highest yet, making the process quite competitive. Kudos to our recipients who represent the best and the brightest talent and who will shape the future of our great industry. And welcome to the Spencer Family!"
As Spencer continues to support diversity and inclusion in the risk management and insurance industry, the Foundation has partnered with several companies and organizations to create 20 new merit-based diversity scholarships including New York City Association of Insurance Women (NYCAIW) scholarships for female students, the Latin American Association of Insurance Agencies for Latinx students, and diversity scholarships sponsored by Arch Insurance, Argo Group, and Beecher Carlson.
In addition to Spencer’s new DE&I scholarships, the Foundation created the Angela Sabatino Scholarship, a $10,000 merit-based undergraduate award for the highest ranked student. Angela Sabatino retired in July 2020 after 33 years of service to Spencer and the Foundation is excited to continue this named scholarship in her honor.
Spencer has also partnered with AXA XL and Aon to award the 2021 AXA XL – Aon Symposium Scholarship in the amount of $7,500. In conjunction with this scholarship award is an invitation to attend the 2022 Aon Symposium at the Hilton Bonnet Creek in Orlando, Florida with all expenses covered.
Thank you to all the following companies, organizations, and individuals for sponsoring Spencer and creating named scholarships:
Allied World Assurance Company
Arch Insurance
Argo Group
AXA XL
Beecher Carlson
Business Insurance
Chubb
FM Global
Gallagher
Latin American Association of Insurance Agencies (LAAIA)
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Elizabeth Lisle
Lockton Companies
New York City Association of Insurance Women (NYCAIW)
Risk & Insurance Management Society (RIMS)
RIMS Atlanta Chapter
RIMS Chicago Chapter
RIMS Dallas/Ft. Worth Chapter
RIMS New Jersey Chapter
RIMS New York Chapter
Sedgwick
Zurich
Congratulations to the following 2021 Spencer scholarship award recipients:
Brett Ackerman, Temple University
Bianca Anchondo, St. Mary’s University
Kaitlyn Anyan, University of Georgia
Reiner Atstathi, St. John's University
Michael Babiak, Saint Joseph's University
Anaha Babu, St. John's University
Spencer Balonis, Temple University
Thomas Beaudet, Temple University
Julia Berdzik, Saint Joseph's University
Logan Boal, Lebanon Valley College
Anne Bowen, Indiana State University
Grace Brighter, Temple University
Macy Butz, Florida State University
Kaylene Candela, Olivet College
Megan Chaffey, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Thomas Cotter, Temple University
Aaron Cox, University of Central Oklahoma
McKenna Cunningham, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Sebastian Czerwinski, Illinois State University
Meredith Dearing, Olivet College
Chloe Doherty, St. John's University
Michael Dougherty, Columbia University
Joshua Ebyson, Temple University
Jamal Evans, Temple University
Yu Fang, Temple University
Elizabeth Fisher, Olivet College
Lily Fitzpatrick, St. John's University
Jordan Flaig, Ball State University
Caeden Godfrey, Troy University
Elina Goykhman, St. John's University
Shelby Green, Temple University
Nicholas Gregory, Florida State University
Alexis Hanchett, Olivet College
Charlene Hao, California State University-Fullerton
Holden Haws, Temple University
Monica Heidesch, University of Georgia
Noah Heim, Indiana State University
Peter Heney, Bentley University
Salli Horst, Butler University
Shimeng Huang, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Kuruvilla James, Temple University
Damarcus Johnson, Georgia State University
Collin Kepner, University of Iowa
Erin Klemenz, Saint Joseph's University
Sara Lagvankar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Matthew Larsen, Drake University
Bryce Laursen, St. Mary’s University
Huy Le, St. John's University
Alyssa Locke, St. Joseph's University
Nathan Logan, Butler University
Ryan Lowden-Stoole, Robert Morris University
Sai Keerthi Manasani, University of Connecticut
Ashley Martin, Saint Joseph's University
Kudzanai Maveneke, Georgia State University
Christopher McKeon, Columbia University
Nawaf Mohammed, York University
Ayesha Munnaza, Georgia State University
Tawonga Muyila, Georgia State University
Karla Nguyen, University of St. Thomas
Caitlyn Nielson, Drake University
Andrea Ortiz, St. John's University
Delaney Peters, Olivet College
Allon Pevzner, St. John's University
Keith Pic, Florida State University
Anna Puhek, University of St Thomas
Maya Ramahi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Austin Raymond, Towson University
Justin Ruehs, Olivet College
Anthony Scenna, Saint Joseph's University
Allyson Sears, Olivet College
Emily Selenis, Illinois State University
Rylee Sellitto, Saint Joseph's University
Faiz Shakir, St. John’s University
Elli Tai, The University of Texas at Dallas
Madison Terzich, University of North Texas
Oumou Tounkara, Saint Joseph's University
Lily Van Elderen, University of Mississippi
Cordelia Villalpando de la Garza Evia, John Hopkins University
Laurin Vogel, Columbia University
Elizabeth Volpa, The University of Alabama
Owen Walker, Temple University
Elizabeth Wallace, University of South Carolina-Columbia
Zoie Walters, Olivet College
Robert Walton, Temple University
Tyler Welch, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Megan Whitney, Illinois State University
Andrea Wilcox, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Maurice Williams, St. John's University
For more information on the Spencer Educational Foundation, please visit www.spencered.org.
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About Spencer Educational Foundation
The Spencer Educational Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization funding the education of tomorrow’s risk management and insurance leaders through scholarships, grants, internship opportunities, on and off campus experiential learning, and support of risk management/insurance curricula. Since its founding in 1979, Spencer has awarded over $8 million in scholarships and $5 million in grants to universities and professional institutions impacting more than 60,000 students through our programming. For more information, please visit www.spencered.org.