Spencer Announces 2021 Scholarship Recipients

 
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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.

 
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