Student Awards and Honors

Senior Class Marshals

Senior Class Marshals are selected and announced one year before their own graduation, at the end of their junior year, based upon their academic achievement, campus and community involvement and commitment to service. Upon beginning their senior year, the selected students will participate in a number of activities, including meeting with senior University leaders to share their insight on the student experience, participating in alumni and celebratory events, and serving on committees. They also lead Syracuse University’s Commencement ceremony the year after they are announced.

2025 Senior Class Marshals (Syracuse University)

Mark Nzasi, a senior majoring in neuroscience and psychology and member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program

Yifan “Ivan” Shen, a senior dual majoring in music history and cultures in A&S and architecture in the School of Architecture, a vocal performance minor in the Setnor School of Music and member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program

Syracuse University Scholars

10 A&S seniors were among the 12 students making up the 2025 cohort of Syracuse University Scholars, the highest undergraduate honor bestowed by the University. Scholars are chosen by a University-wide faculty committee that use criteria including coursework and academic achievement, independent research and creative work, evidence of intellectual growth and/or innovation in their disciplinary field, a personal statement and faculty letters of recommendation.

Jonathan Collard de Beaufort, a biochemistry major in A&S and member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
Charlotte Ebel, a women's and gender studies and German language, literature and culture major in A&S, a public relations major in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
Abigail Greenfield, a history major in the Maxwell School, a political philosophy major in A&S and member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
Yuming Jiang, a mathematics and physics major in A&S and member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
Sierra Kaplan, a political science major in the Maxwell School, a health humanities major in A&S and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program;
Kerrin O’Grady, a neuroscience major in A&S and biomedical engineering major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science;
Morgan Opp, a chemistry and biology major in A&S;
Skyla Ross-Graham, a psychology major in A&S;
Yifan Shen, a music history and cultures major in A&S, an architecture major in the School of Architecture and member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program; and
Sophia Znamierowski, a biology and neuroscience major in A&S and member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program.

Mary Hatch Marshall Award (for best essay by a graduate student in the humanities)

This prize celebrates Mary Hatch Marshall’s distinguished career at the University, where she notably was the first woman appointed a full professor in A&S in 1952 when she was named the Jesse Truesdell Peck Professor of English Literature.

Kellan D. L. Head, doctoral candidate in the Department of Philosophy; Essay title: “Alienation and Cognitive Subjectivism about Well-Being”