This award was established by Nan and Carol Barash and their families in honor of their mother, Marian Barash Coppersmith. Consideration for this scholarship shall be given to all full-time undergraduate students who are currently enrolled or are planning to enroll in the College of the Liberal Arts, who are majors or minors in the the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS), who are women, and who have achieved superior academic records or who manifest promise of outstanding academic success.
Recipients of this award will receive a monetary award that will be disbursed to their bursar account and will have their name appear on a permanent plaque housed in the WGSS departmental area.
Each scholarship shall be awarded for one academic year and may be renewed for subsequent years providing the recipient continues to meet the conditions of eligibility and funds are available.
Previous Recipients:
2022 Madison Jack and La Keisha Wade
2021 April Hannon
2020 Louisa Soohoo
2019 Lily Murray
2018 Azniv Nalbandian and Kayla Bert
2017 Emily Cromell and Chelsea McGhee
2016 Elizabeth Catchmark
2015 Melissa McCleery
2014 Stephanie Wain
2013 Naeisha Dashaun Witcher
2012 Leslie Sotomayor
2011 Elizabeth Murphy
2010 Reva Baylets
2009 Sarah O’Donald
2008 Nikki Hatza
2007 Mallorie McCue and Dionna Shinn
2006 Julia Carp and Jocelyn Fitzgerald
2005 Kaitlin Chrobocinski and Danielle Conrad
2004 Amy Denholtz and Aimee Kumer
2003 Laura Baker and Jackie Hunt
2002 Heneryatta Ballah and Lauren Pilmick
2001 Jessica Herzog and Alissa Wisnouse
2000 Jennifer Barberio and Sarah Moore
1999 Kate Kleba