The Spencer Educational Foundation Announces 2022 Scholarship Recipients
Highest Scholarship Award Year in Foundation’s History
April 28, 2022 – The Spencer Educational Foundation is proud to announce the Foundation’s 2022 Undergraduate, Graduate and Ph.D. Spencer Scholarship award recipients. This year, Spencer awarded 99 scholarships to undergraduate, full-time master’s, part-time master’s, and Ph.D. students totaling $650,077. This marks both the highest number of recipients and amount awarded in the Foundation’s history.
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 on academics, leadership, work/internship experience, and demonstrated commitment to pursuing a career in the industry. Since Spencer’s founding in 1979, the Foundation has awarded more than 1,400 scholarships totaling nearly $9 million.
“Spencer is proud to continue to support talent in the Risk Management and Insurance Industry,” said Megan Miller, Spencer Executive Director. “For this to be our highest scholarship award year since Spencer’s founding shows not only the Foundation’s growth and commitment to our future leaders, but also the commitment of our supporters. Congratulations to our scholarship recipients and welcome to the Spencer Family!"
As Spencer continues to grow its scholarship program, the Foundation has joined with several new partners including AF Group, Beckage, Hylant, Travelers, and Spencer Scholar alumnus Gabe Cossio to create 11 new merit-based scholarships in 2022. With the addition of these new partners, Spencer awarded 62 named scholarships this year totaling $360,000, including 23 merit-based diversity scholarships, which are earmarked for students identifying with historically underrepresented groups in the industry.
Spencer has also partnered with Liberty Mutual to continue awarding their undergraduate named scholarships at a higher award amount. Beginning this year, four undergraduate scholarship recipients who identify with a historically underrepresented group will receive the Liberty Mutual Group Scholarship in the amount of $10,000. This enhanced collaboration brings the total number of $10,000 undergraduate Spencer scholarship awards to five, including the Angela Sabatino Scholarship: a $10,000 merit-based undergraduate scholarship awarded to the highest-ranked student. The remaining undergraduate award amounts are $7,500 or $5,000 each and graduate and Ph.D. awards are up to $10,000.
Thank you to all the following companies, organizations, and individuals for supporting Spencer through the creation of named scholarships:
Congratulations to the following 2022 Spencer Scholarship award recipients:
Caroline Adamsky, Temple University
Austin Aguilar, St. Mary's University
Samuel Akinade, Illinois State University
Edwin Amponsah, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Arshi Bassi, Boston University
Marcella Beasley, Eastern Kentucky University
Delaney Beller, University of Central Oklahoma
Anna Beyer, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Neil Bhardwaja, Arizona State University Campus Immersion
Anne Bowen, Indiana State University
Grant Brooks, Temple University
Jordan Brown, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Javier Brugueras, Saint Joseph's University
Cassandra Butch, Bentley University
Kaylene Candela, Olivet College
Megan Chaffey, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Isabella Chang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Hongfei Chen, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Elizabeth Colpe, Saint Joseph's University
Elise Conrad, Drake University
Sebastian Czerwinski, Illinois State University
Abby Daunt, Florida State University
Meredith Dearing, Olivet College
Teresa Dryden-Smith, Columbia University in the City of New York
Joshua Ebyson, Temple University
Jamal Evans, Temple University
Maura Farrell, Saint Joseph's University
Logan Feaker, Drake University
Mika Fick, University of Georgia
Alex Fotia, Robert Morris University
Tyler Gabis, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Brynne Galloway, Eastern Kentucky University
Jaelyn Gawley, Temple University
Samuel Gilbert, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Omar Gonzalez, Appalachian State University
Joshua Gordon, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Zachary Grasty, Drake University
Rebecca Gyamfi-Koranteng, Saint John’s University - Manhattan
Samuel Hanson, University of Delaware
Maroun Harb, St. Mary's University
Logan Hartney, Temple University
Jacob Heit, Mount Mercy University
Matthew Hensley, Columbia University in the City of New York
Sophie Hochfeld, Temple University
Sofia Holtje, St. John's University-New York
Shimeng Huang, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Gretchen Humphreys, Olivet College
Tyler Jenkins, Illinois State University
Connor Judkiewicz, The University of Alabama
Emily Jung, University of Calgary
Tanmay Karandikar, The University of Texas at Dallas
William Kegg, University of Cincinnati-Main Campus
Adam Keylin, Temple University
Madeline Lang, The University of Alabama
Tiffany Li, University of Georgia
Wenchu Li, Temple University
Honglin Li, University of Wisconsin Madison
Evan Liffland, Temple University
Jingwen Lin, Temple University
Owen Malinauskas, Drake University
Kristian Marino, St. John’s University
Madison McQuiston, Temple University
Alex Meals, Temple University
Caitlin Murphy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Alena Nguyen, The University of Texas at Dallas
Caitlyn Nielson, Drake University
Breanna Nolan, University of California-Los Angeles
Vincent O'Connell, St. John's University-New York
Samiksha Padiyar, Temple University
Melanie Patten, Arizona State University Campus Immersion
Halsey Perry, University of Georgia
Gabriela Pigan, St. John's University-New York
Gabrielle Prill, Drake University
Maya Ramahi, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Austin Raymond, Towson University
Nicole Sabin, Illinois State University
Ryan Scandale, Temple University
Stuart Seputro, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Sienna Sigmon, Appalachian State University
Edward Simmons Rosales, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Julia Sonntag, Indiana State University
Fiona Spinelli, Columbia University in the City of New York
Katie Steckel, Temple University
Olivia Stoltenberg, Florida State University
Dana Telljohann, Florida State University
Connor Thomson, Villanova University
Taylor Trafton, University of South Carolina-Columbia
Praneel Trivedy, Temple University
Nicolas Vilov, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Sean Waddell, Florida State University
Lainey Waldman, Arizona State University Campus Immersion
Robert Walton, Temple University
Jabari Washington, Illinois State University
Tyler Welch, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Megan Whitney, Illinois State University
Audrey Xia, University of Southern California
Dekun Zhai, Temple University
Yiqi Zhao, University of Connecticut
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 Spencer was founded in 1979, we have awarded nearly $9 million in scholarships and over $7 million in grants to universities and professional institutions impacting an estimated 70,000 students through our programming. For more information, please visit us at www.spencered.org.