Terry Alexander Award
Every year an undergraduate receives the Terry Alexander Award, honoring the mother
of Courtney Alexander, a Women's Studies major who graduated in 2006. Terry was diagnosed
with multiple sclerosis in 1982, and worked to raise awareness about the disease until
her death in 2006. This award is given annually to a graduating major in Women’s and
Gender Studies, who has completed the Gender, Sexuality, and Public Health track,
and is interested in a career in health care and/or health advocacy.

Award Recipients:
2009 Janice Lorenzana
2010 Diana Gonzalez
2011 Sarah Rooney
2012 Lindsay Maurin
2013 Jaclynn Chen
2014 Suhaira Choudhry
2015 Ascheley Charles
2016 Raven Dorsey
2017 Carinna Emilio
2018 May Navarra & Talissa Tejada
2019 Isha Joshi
2020 Nic Grima
2021 Lucy Gordon
2022 Zarya Shaikh
2023 Marcela Muricy
2024 Jonell Ashby
Carinna Emilio with the Alexander Family

Mary Jo Bona & May Navarra Jonell Ashby & Jenean McGee
Academic Excellence Award
2017 - Matthew Stern & Masooma Kazmi
2018 - Ashley Barry & Nicole Lado
2019 - Taylor Drost
2020 - Jessica Tom & Jeannette Blanchette
2021 - McKenzi Thi Murphy
2022 - Hayden Cuttone & Sabriya Saif
2023 - Emily Ferrante & Arwen Fluit
2024 - Samantha Aguirre & Julianna Goldman
Activism & Academic Excellence Award
2017 - Shaniza Nizam
2018 - Genevieve Ruzicka
2019 - Farzana Khan
2020 - Zach Davidson
2022 - Cassandra Skolnick & Sophia Garbarino
2024 - Devin Lobosco