Youngstown State University

Beeghly College of Education2015 Honors Convocation

April 29, 2015

Cornelia BryanDr. Kim J. Rost Memorial Award

Quest

“I want to help students fulfill their dreams of becoming a paramedic so that they are able to help save the lives of others.”

Kelly ColwellDr. Gunapala Edirisooriya

Memorial Scholarship

"Take the time to make a difference in the life of a child"

Tracy EarlyReene Ann Shue Alley Educational

Research Support Fund

“Currently the Lincoln Elementary School Principal in Cuyahoga Falls City Schools, will be starting her dissertation research on the effect of trust between the superintendent and principal within the Ohio Principal Evaluation System. She plans to pursue a superintendent's position or join the faculty here at YSU in the near future.”

Heather FrankDr. Frank O’Block Scholarship

"As a school psychologist, I hope to bring inspiration and understanding to the children I work with, as these are the most important gifts anyone can give them."

Katie CretellaDr. Lawrence DiRusso Scholarship in Counseling

“I aspire to work with diverse students while providing educational services and resources to assist all learners.”

Jaymi McCaleDr. Robert DiGiulio Scholarship

"Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” Aristotle

Anna PompeoChuck H. Whitman Student Services

Graduate Scholarship "As a future special educator I hope to pass on to my students' the knowledge, strength and endurance that I have been provided in my education career. I intend to accomplish this dream by providing my students' with positive reinforcement and focusing on the effort put into completing tasks, rather than dwelling on the aspects that could be of higher quality"

Andrea WisemanHarvey Neal Kretzer Memorial

Scholarship“My career focus and plan is to become the best school counselor I can be, to learn as much as I can in order to make a difference in every student’s life, and to one day be apart of a school counseling program that will give students, teachers, and community an equal opportunity to see the importance of mental health counseling. These students deserve someone with not only the means, but the heart to work with this population and strive for equality and justice. “

Jenna BerrySpecial Education Student Award

“I am determined to touch the lives of as many students as possible.”

Aleia BillecLions Club – John Callos Memorial

Scholarship"As a future special educator I hope to pass on to my students' the knowledge, strength and endurance that I have been provided in my education career. I intend to accomplish this dream by providing my students' with positive reinforcement and focusing on the effort put into completing tasks, rather than dwelling on the aspects that could be of higher quality"

Stephanie DavisGeorge & Zenovia Tunanidas Family

Scholarship

"In the future, I aspire to teach in an elementary school setting using the knowledge gained from my time at YSU. Then, I plan to obtain a Masters Degree in School Psychology from YSU."

Ciera DeCapitaYoungstown Lions Club Scholarship

“As a future special educator, I want to inspire and motivate my students to pursue their own dreams just as I have been taught to pursue mine. I would like to create a learning environment that supports diversity, and instills confidence and the desire to learn in each student.”

Alyssia SpringerHelen Edward Stoll Scholarship

"If a child can't learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn."

Alina AngelilliDolores Osberg Kreuzwieser

Educational Scholarship

“I am the building block to my future students. I plan to motivate and inspire these students so they can set goals and achieve success in their futures.”

Demetrianna AntonelliMargaret Zurrow Memorial

Scholarship in Education

"I plan to inspire young minds to develop a love a learning and I want to be a leader in the field of education."

Josiah BanksNASA-Ohio Space Grant Consortium Pre-Service Teacher

Scholarship

“In everything you enjoy, put all your heart into it because in the end your actions define who you are as a person.”

Samantha BasistaDolores Osberg Kreuzwieser

Educational Scholarship

"My dream as a teacher is to not only to educate students, but to inspire them to fullfill their dreams in any way possible."

Clyde BeaverAnjulie Fitzsimons Keegan Scholarship

“Education is an adventure that introduces the mystery and wonder of the world.”

Alyssa CastoDr. Pietro Pascale Scholarship

"I hope to inspire young children and help them reach their full potential and, to also live up to the teachers who inspired me."

Darnelle ClarkFrieda Chapman Award

First Lady Bird Johnson said it best, "Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them!" I desire to speak life into my students and cultivate their gifts and talents while simultaneously giving them enriching experiences that would empower them to want to change "their" world outside of our classroom. ”

Amelia CornellEdward F. & Mary Bradish Memorial

Scholarship

"The best teachers are those who show you where to look but don't tell you what to see."

Emily CunninghamMel & Dorna Haught Family

Scholarship in Education

"I wish to inspire students to accept challenges, face their fears, and learn that they all have the strength, ability, and worth to become successful."

Cara CuplerBartley & Sarah Doyle Scholarship

“My future aspirations include becoming a middle school teacher in the Mahoning valley and eventually furthering my education to obtain an administrative position.”

Rachel DavisAnjulie Fitzsimons Keegan

Scholarship

"I think we've all had at least one teacher that we can remember making a difference in our lives and education. I want to be that teacher."

Stephanie DavisDolores Osberg Kreuzwieser Educational

Scholarship

"In the future, I aspire to teach in an elementary school setting using the knowledge gained from my time at YSU. Then, I plan to obtain a Masters Degree in School Psychology from YSU."

Raeann DelFratteFrances A. Holliday Scholarship

"My aspiration for my future career in education is to teach middle school math and/or science. I want to provide my students with a solid foundation on these subjects, be open to all types of learning, and discover what intrigues each of my students to help expand their knowledge."

Rachel EmersonFrances A. Holliday Scholarship

"I plan to use the education I receive here at YSU to change the education and lives of my future students for the better."

Allison EnglishBartley & Sarah Doyle Scholarship

"I am striving to gain all of the knowledge in my years at YSU to be an effective and inspiring middle-grades teacher in Science and Language Arts. I would love to teach in Mahoning, Trumbull, or Columbiana county to help give back to the communities that have given me so much."

Lauran FergusonThomas & Ellen Fitzsimons Scholarship

"I believe that education is not just something you do. It is so much more than thirteen years of schooling, or hours of homework every night. It is a beacon of hope, a life-changing act, and a lifestyle."

Allison FortunatoDolores Osberg Kreuzwieser Educational

Scholarship

“My goals and aspirations for my future in education are to share my knowledge and skills with my future students in order to help each of them learn to their fullest extent. I hope to make a positive impact on my students the same way that my teachers made an impact on me, helping me to become the person that I am today.”

Diane GondaFrances A. Holliday Scholarship

"I want to help students discover the joy of learning."

Breanna GwirtzBartley & Sarah Doyle Scholarship

“In my future I plan to be a passionate high school physics or chemistry teacher. I plan to get my masters in geology to continue learning more about science.”

Amelina HermanRandall Kendall Scholarship

“I have big dreams when it comes to my future career goals and aspirations. I am passionate about many things, especially working with children. In the future, I would like to work with young children and give back to those in need in my community. But my most and only important wish right now is to accomplish and pursue a career in education.”

Michael HomseyThomas & Ellen Fitzsimons Scholarship

“My goal as an educator is to inspire, challenge and promote excitement in learning. I hope to accomplish. This goal from the teachers who inspired me to continue to achieve and grow.”

Megan HowardAnjulie Fitzsimons Keegan Scholarship

“I hope to work with students from all backgrounds both here and abroad. Above all, I want to share my love of learning with young children.”

Kayla KelshFrieda Chapman Award

My aspirations for my future career in education include teaching at a middle grade level and helping get the students involved in their community. One day I hope to teach at a university to inspire other to become educators.

Barry KimpelFrances A. Holiday Scholarship

"I aspire to equip students with the tools that allow them to develop the critical thinking skills that they will need to engage with the world around them."

Tori KolesarAnjulie Fitzsimons Keegan Scholarship

"After graduation, I plan to find a teaching position somewhere relatively close. My dream position would be in an early childhood setting, working with first or second graders."

Amanda LacuskyDr. Sarah Throop Scholarship

in Education"As a student, I struggled with my own education and overcoming hardships. As a future teacher, I wish to inspire students and to be there to help them every step of the way to become successful just as my teachers have for me."

Alyssa LanzoAnjulie Fitzsimons Keegan

Scholarship

“Education is not the filling of a vessel but the lighting of a flame.”Socrates

James MacGregorThomas & Evelyn Stephens

Scholarship“I'm trying to make my mark on this world. I'm not sure where this field will take me in my career, but I do know that educating students will be a large part of my future.”

Joseph MahoneyGeorge M. Wilcox Award

“My future teaching aspirations are based on two goals; building relationships with my students and having them invest in their own education.”

Christopher MarscoFrances A. Holliday Scholarship

"I want to be the best in my profession; Both as an instructor and as a leader of young and impressionable children."

Hallie McGeeWilliam Fitzsimons Scholarship

“I hope to be a High School English teacher!”

Lindsay MichaelBartley & Sarah Doyle Scholarship

“My future aspirations for my career in education are to find a job at a local elementary school as a first grade teacher. After awhile of teaching locally, my goal is to follow my dream of moving to North Carolina and from there further my teaching career by obtaining another elementary teaching position.”

Michael MillerThomas & Evelyn Stephens

Scholarship

“I hope to teach high school English and coach basketball, baseball, or track. I also plan to earn my Master's degree and eventually become a professor.”

Victoria MooreLena & Rudolph Centofanti

Scholarship

"My goal is to teach kids that anything is possible, and to equip them with the attitude, mentality, social, and intellectual tools necessary to achieve their goals."

Marissa MrazThomas & Ellen Fitzsimons

Scholarship

"I know that a career in education can help me achieve my goal in life: to make just one small difference in the world.”."

William PalmaDolores Osberg Kreuzwieser Educational

Scholarship

"I want to continue my education at YSU and upon graduation I would like to teach 2nd grade at a local elementary school while coaching track. and field."

James PluchinskyDolores Osberg Kreuzwieser

Educational Scholarship

“As a future educator I will strive to motivate, challenge and encourage young minds to think outside the box.”

Erika PraterAntonette Santangelo Memorial

Scholarship

“As a future teacher, I hope to instill good character in my students. Also, to create in them an excitement towards learning.”

Korinne SackelaBartley & Sarah Doyle Scholarship

"After graduating in December of 2017, I intend to find a job somewhere around this area. I aspire to work in an early childhood setting, preferably in Kindergarten, working specifically with kids who have special needs. "

Andrea SequinThomas & Ellen Fitzsimons Scholarship

“I was born to be that teacher who inspires her students to dream, discover their creativity, interests, and talents and to guide them to fulfill their greatest potential as an individual.”

Kylee ShafferFrances A. Holliday Scholarship

"My aspirations for my future career are to give children a positive outlook on education and inspire my students to become life-long learners as well as make a great impact in their lives."

Ahmed SuttonMcCullough Williams Jr.

Scholarship

"I aspire to be the best educator that I can be by allowing my students to see the possibilities for them to be successful and using that vision to be the best they can be."

Miranda TimminsBartley & Sarah Doyle Scholarship

"My goal is to inspire students to create a world all of their own. Creativity is a terrible thing to waste."

Mariah TomoAnjulie Fitzsimons Keegan

Scholarship

“In 2017 I will graduate with my Bachelors degree in Early Childhood Education. I aspire to return to YSU to receive my Masters degree in Educational Administration.”

Rachel VallasThomas & Ellen Fitzsimons

Scholarship

“My aspirations for my future career in education involve teaching in a k-3 setting and eventually becoming an educational psychologist.”

Rebecca VanVoorhisJohn Abdoo Scholarship

"I want to be a role model for my future students and promote the arts in education in any way possible."

Chelsee VentersRobert & Judith A. Back

Scholarship "I believe that every student has the ability to learn. It is my job as a future educator, to make my students aware of their strengths and to have confidence in their abilities."

Heidi WagnerJohn Yalch Scholarship

"In returning to school to become a teacher, I have been an example to my son and to my nieces, that education and hard work are the most important pieces to a successful life. As a teacher, I will advocate for students that EVERY person can live a successful life."

Yvonne WestThomas & Ellen Fitzsimons

Scholarship

“I can’t wait for the opportunity to inspire and be inspired by the next generation with creativity, knowledge, and imagination.”