Spencer Educational Foundation awards close to $700,000 in scholarships in 2023

Highest Scholarship Award Year in Foundation’s 44-Year History

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New York, NY (August 15, 2023) – The Spencer Educational Foundation is proud to announce its 2023 Spencer Scholarship Award recipients. This year, Spencer awarded 103 scholarships to undergraduate, full-time master’s, part-time master’s, and Ph.D. students totaling $690,718, marking both the highest number of recipients and amount awarded in the Foundation’s history.

Spencer’s merit-based scholarships are awarded to students studying at institutions in the United States and Canada who aim to pursue a career in Risk Management and Insurance. Selection is based on academics, organizational involvement and leadership, honors and awards, 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 1,500 scholarships totaling over $9.5 million. This year’s recipients comprised 51% female, 48% male, and 45% non-White/non-Caucasian students.

“Spencer is proud to continue driving diverse talent into Risk Management and the Insurance Industry,” said Megan Miller, Spencer Executive Director. “Achieving this high-water mark in scholarship awards demonstrates the commitment of our industry partners to growing the talent pipeline through Spencer. Congratulations to our scholarship recipients and welcome to the Spencer Family!"

As Spencer continues to grow its scholarship program, the Foundation has expanded its named scholarship offerings, including from The Beckage Firm, Milliman, Risk Strategies, and RSUI Group. With the addition of these new partner offerings, Spencer awarded 64 named scholarships this year totaling $372,500, including 26 merit-based diversity scholarships, which are earmarked for students identifying with historically underrepresented groups in the industry.

Thank you to the following companies, organizations, and individuals for supporting Spencer through the creation of named scholarships:

AF Group

Allied World

Arch Insurance Group

Argo Group

AXA XL

Brown & Brown Insurance

Business Insurance

Chubb

Elizabeth Lisle

FM Global

Gabe Cossio

Hylant

Lockton

LAAIA

Liberty Mutual

Milliman

New York City Association of Insurance Women (NYCAIW)

RIMS - Atlanta Chapter

RIMS - Chicago Chapter

RIMS - Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) Chapter

RIMS - New Jersey Chapter

RIMS - New York Chapter

Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS)

Risk Strategies

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

RSUI

Sedgwick

The Beckage Firm

Travelers

Zurich

Congratulations to the following 2023 Spencer Scholarship award recipients:

·        Caroline Adamsky, Temple University

·        Ajibola Akinyemi, Georgia State University

·        Emmanuel Ansah, Illinois State University

·        Sunghan Bae, University of Mississippi

·        Daniel Ballagh, Olivet College

·        Marcella Beasley, Eastern Kentucky University

·        Erin Berger, Temple University

·        Simran Bhagat, Drake University

·        Alyssa Bonino, St. John's University

·        Anne Bowen, Indiana State University

·        Eva Bruce-Thompson, Ball State University

·        Hunter Caister, Olivet College

·        Gavin Campbell, Saint Joseph's University

·        Kaylee Campbell, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

·        Carter Cappon, Olivet College

·        Lorenzo Casanova, St. John's University

·        Isabella Chang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

·        Liam Christensen, University of Iowa

·        Grace Comas, St. John's University

·        Aaron Cox, University of Central Oklahoma

·        Patrick Drozd, Temple University

·        Jules Ebwele Mpako, Savannah State University

·        Zoe Engelbert, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

·        Jordan Erdal, University of St Thomas

·        Hamza Essaidi, University of Hawai'i at Manoa

·        Francesca Ferneau, Illinois State University

·        Ryan Fick, Temple University

·        Carlos Fuentes, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

·        Tyler Gabis, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

·        Gabriel Garcia, Dordt University

·        Alexander Gherardi, Georgia Institute of Technology

·        Thomas Patrick Gormley, University of Cincinnati

·        Zachary Grasty, Drake University

·        Rebecca Gyamfi-Koranteng, St. John's University

·        Zamin Habib, University Of Calgary

·        Carley Habing, Illinois State University

·        Logan Hartney, Temple University

·        Nicholas Hively, Ball State University

·        Sofia Holtje, St. John's University

·        Shimeng Huang, University of Wisconsin-Madison

·        Kathryn Johnson, Illinois State University

·        Anish Joshi, St. John's University

·        Emily Jung, University of Calgary

·        Navneet Kaur, University of Calgary

·        William Kegg, University of Cincinnati

·        Adam Keylin, Temple University

·        Pooja Khatri, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

·        Simone King, St. John's University

·        Andrew King, Indiana State University

·        Karina Kohli, Temple University

·        Angelina Krebs, Pennsylvania State University

·        Jessica Larson, Drake University

·        Nicholas Lauver, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

·        Gracie Law, Temple University

·        Honglin Li, University of Wisconsin-Madison

·        Joie Li, The University of Texas at Austin

·        Eric Locke, University of South Carolina-Columbia

·        Jessica Macha, Georgia State University

·        Alexa Machols, The University of Alabama

·        Joshua Madsen, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

·        Sonia Malhotra, Temple University

·        Karim Massarani, Illinois State University

·        Austin Massey, Temple University

·        Csilla Molnar, University of Houston-Downtown

·        Rylie Mooney, University of North Texas

·        Caitlin Murphy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

·        Alena Nguyen, The University of Texas at Dallas

·        Naomi Nwokoma, Temple University

·        Vincent O'Connell, St. John's University

·        Ryan Orzeck, Temple University

·        Samiksha Padiyar, Temple University

·        Sejal Pamnani, Illinois State University

·        John Pappas, St. John's University

·        Robert Petrella, Temple University

·        Emily Pietersz, The University of Texas at Austin

·        Daniel Polites, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

·        Charlie Puhl, Drake University

·        David Ramdeen, St. John's University

·        Bridget Rush, Villanova University

·        Ryan Scandale, Temple University

·        Mohammad Soltani-Nejad, Temple University

·        Julia Sonntag, Indiana State University

·        Fiona Spinelli, Columbia University

·        Lauryn Stallworth, Georgia State University

·        Chad Stein, Pennsylvania State University

·        Trevor Stevens, Drake University

·        Dana Telljohann, Florida State University

·        Alexandra Then, Wake Forest University

·        Kristina Thomas, Olivet College

·        Mimi Trieu, Old Dominion University

·        Nicolas Vilov, West Chester University of Pennsylvania

·        Diana Vinokurov, Temple University

·        Colby Waters, University of Georgia

·        Gabe Weber, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

·        Tyler Welch, University of Wisconsin-Madison

·        Aniya Wilson, Morgan State University

·        Cassie Woosley, Davenport University

·        Mitchell Yarger, Olivet College

·        Yue Yin, University of Connecticut

·        Anthony Zanghi, Temple University

·        Xiuwen Zeng, Arizona State University

·        Dekun Zhai, Temple University

·        Nicholas Zonarich, Elizabethtown College

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 over $9.5 million in scholarships and over $8 million in grants to universities and professional institutions impacting over 70,000 students through our programming. For more information, please visit us at www.spencered.org.

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