Begley won the grant in recognition of her academic achievements and her civic contributions in helping to provide legal services for the disabled. programs in English and/or women/gender studies whose scholarship has a focus on issues concerning women, gender and sexuality, and/or marginalized groups. Natalie Bartels of Rahway, N.J., won the Alumni Association Merit Award for outstanding service, loyalty and dedication to the Wagner College community as demonstrated through participation in campus organizations and activities.Ĭourtney Begley of Staten Island was awarded a grant from the Academics for Activism Graduate School Fund, which aids Wagner College English majors with senior standing applying to Ph.D. Bandurian designed costumes for Wagner’s Main Stage production of “Little Shop of Horrors,” directed by Tony Award winner Michele Pawk. Sara Bandurian of Fountain Valley, Cal., won the Theatre Award in Design, Technology and Management as well as the Theatre Department Academic Award. More recently, she completed a rewarding internship with the United Nations Global Compact. During her junior year, she studied Israeli-Palestinian politics and Arabic while abroad in Jerusalem.

Baez is interested in Middle Eastern studies and is developing her fluency in Arabic. Stephanie Baez of the Bronx won the Phyllis Andors Award for outstanding performance in the study of government and politics. She is particularly dedicated to providing creative employment opportunities to at-risk women, aiming to empower this demographic through the arts. Ayechemi hopes to pursue a career in the fashion industry, making responsibly crafted, cutting-edge fashion available to a wider audience. She is inspired by the imaginative concepts illustrated in Harajuku fashion. She has most recently pushed her own boundaries in creativity through an independent study in collage, which has been informed by her dual background in art making and the historical analysis of art. She has continued to explore her abundant creativity through both fine arts and art history. Ayechemi is an arts administration major with a concentration in fine arts. Lena Ayechemi of Silver Spring, Md., won the Wagner College Award in Art for the student with the highest grade point average in the Art Department. MacKenzie Alfaro of Riverside, Cal., won the Julio Cortazar Spanish Award for outstanding work in the study of Spanish language and literature.

Kristina Abruzzo of Staten Island won the Wagner College Prize in Mathematics in recognition of her outstanding accomplishments as a double major in mathematics and finance.įatimat Adams of Staten Island won the Hertha Troll Meyer Memorial Award, given for exemplary scholarship and service in sociology and anthropology. On Thursday, May 22, Wagner College held its annual Senior Awards Banquet, where 72 students from around the globe were recognized for high achievement during their undergraduate college careers. Photo from the Class of 2014's candle ceremony, taken during Orientation Weekend in August 2010

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