Awards Gallery: Meet the Schar School 2024 Outstanding Students

May 21, 2024 / By
Buzz McClain

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Jennifer N. Victor
Mark J. Rozell
Jeremy Mayer
Kenneth Reinert
Ming Wan
Gregory Koblentz
Nine people stand on a wooden floor and wave to the camera, with many of them wearing mortarboards and robes.
Schar School dean Mark J. Rozell, center in dark suit, leads the cheer with the 2024 Outstanding Student Award Winners.

Eleven Schar School of Policy and Government graduating scholars were awarded with Outstanding Student Awards prior to the Schar School Degree Celebration at EagleBank Arena on May 10, 2024. Presentations of the medals were made by Dean Mark J. Rozell, Associate Dean Ming Wan, Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Affairs Ann M. Ludwick, and the students’ program directors. 

See the gallery below.

All photos by John Boal Photography. Not pictured: John W. Godbold Award, Outstanding Senior in Public Administration, Elizabeth A. Salas; Frances Harbour Award, Biodefense, Sophia R. Hirshfield; and Joseph L. Fisher Public Policy Doctoral Student Award, Lutfi Anggara.

A woman in a dark dress hands a certificate to a man in a white shirt and tie.
Associate Professor Jennifer N. Victor presents Maaz Abbasi with the Angela J. Khoury/Stephen T. Early Award for Outstanding Senior in Government and International Politics.
A man in a dark jacket and purple shirt hands a certificate to a man in a dark suit and blue tie.
Associate Professor Gregory Koblentz gives the Outstanding Biodefense Student Award to Nicholas F. Marko, director of neurosurgery at LewisGale Regional Health System in Roanoke.
A man in a blue jacket wearing a yellow ribbon shakes hands with a man in a blue jacket while a man in a brown jacket smiles and points to the camera.
Professor of Public Policy Kenneth Reinert, center, makes a point as Associate Dean Ming Wan congratulates Mark H. Yang on winning the David Ricardo Award for Outstanding Global/International Commerce and Policy Student Award. 
A man in a blue jacket wearing a yellow ribbon stands next to a man in a blue suit and purple shirt.
Associate Professor Michael Hunzeker, right, with Outstanding International Security Student Jonathan L. Walberg.
A tall man in a blue suit with a yellow ribbon around his neck holds a certificate while a man in a brown jacket and blue shirt stands astride.
Outstanding Political Science Student Stuart A. Loomis accepts his certificate from Associate Professor Jeremy Mayer.

 

A tall man in a blue suit with a yellow ribbon around his neck stands with a woman in a dark jacket and skirt.
Jonathan R. Franssell, with Associate Professor Mirae Kim, accepts the John D. R. Cole Award for Outstanding Public Administration Student.
A woman in a green robe with a yellow ribbon around her neck holds a certificate with a man in a purple robe.
Professor of Policy and Government Justin Gest presents the Alexis de Tocqueville Award for Outstanding Public Policy Student to Mariem K. El Gazzah.
A man in a green robe with a yellow ribbon around his neck shakes hands with a man in a blue suit while a man in a brown jacket watches.
Jeremy Mayer, center, serves as witness as Ming Wan presents the Outstanding Doctoral Student in Political Science Award to Dersu E. Tanca.

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