What is Scholars of Distinction? Scholars of Distinction is an annual event to showcase to the university community the accomplishments of HEOP and SSS 3rd and 4th year students, as well as inspire our 1st and 2nd year students by showing them what is possible to achieve while studying a Syracuse University. Presentation categories include:...Read More
Syracuse Native Finds Career in Team Science Plansky Hoang ’15, G’20 is the youngest of seven children born to immigrant parents in Syracuse. She attended Henninger High School and came to Syracuse University as an undergraduate to major in biomedical and chemical engineering. “When I started college, my goal was to graduate and get a...Read More
How Royal Allure barber shop juggles long hours, pandemic restrictions It wasn’t until Rome Nkurunziza’s previous barber was busy that he let Darren Morgan cut his hair. He remembers that when he first met Morgan he was still “learning his way around this whole barber thing.” “I asked (what he thought) would look good on...Read More
What is Scholars of Distinction? Scholars of Distinction is an annual event to showcase to the university community the accomplishments of HEOP and SSS 3rd and 4th year students, as well as inspire our 1st and 2nd year students by showing them what is possible to achieve while studying a Syracuse University. Presentation categories include:...Read More
From wearable items to peer advising, senior fashions creative ways to express himself and help others. In developing his brand, “The Kollection,” over the past 10 years, Kendell Wiley ’21 has refined his fashion concepts as a form of self-expression. This winter, Wiley is executing his final...Read More
The Student Support Services (SSS) Scholar of the Month is a student who has achieved academic success, while utilizing resources and being an active member of the campus community and SSS program. Students are nominated by their counselors and selected by the Social Media Committee monthly. Congratulations, Candace! Read More
A Champion for All People As a staff attorney with the Immigration Advocacy Project at Queens Legal Services, Ana Lucia Urizar helps immigrants with applications for asylum, visas and citizenship. “These are people who can’t afford to hire an immigration attorney and we help them for free,” she says. The majority of her clients are...Read More
Immigration in the Workplace As a corporate immigration attorney at the New York City law firm Fragomen, Ana Gabriela Urizar assists large multinational corporations with immigrant petitions to fill specialized employment needs. Most of her clients are technology companies recruiting talent from India and China in the areas of science, artificial intelligence and other areas...Read More
Arturo Ligai ’23 Values the University’s Diverse Courses and Cultures Arturo Ligai says he was awestruck to receive the Louis and Ida Shlansky Endowed Scholarship. The scholarship helps him to attend Syracuse University, but he is also moved and inspired by the sheer act of generosity behind it. “I can’t believe people will help a student...Read More
2020-21 Remembrance Scholars Announced Monday by Kelly Homan Rodoski (SU News May 11, 2020) Syracuse University’s Remembrance Scholar Selection Committee has chosen the 35 students who will be the 2020-21 Remembrance Scholars. The scholarships, now in their 31st year, were founded as a tribute to—and means of remembering—the 35 students who were killed in the...Read More
