Libraries Recognize Outstanding 2024 Student Employees with Awards
Syracuse University Libraries recognized its student employees with an awards celebration on April 17, 2024. The Libraries typically employ around 150 undergraduate and graduate students each year to contribute to the safety of our spaces, the quality and repair of our collections, provide service support to patrons and to our student entrepreneurs. Supervisors nominate student employees who have demonstrated dedicated service over time and significant contributions that have made a lasting impact on the Libraries.
The Libraries recognize these students through the generous support of Kathy and Stanley Walters, the family of Patricia Kutner Strait and the many donors to the Libraries Dean’s Fund.
“We highly value our library students whose enthusiasm and expertise enrich us daily. I recognize the critical role our student employees play,” said David Seaman, Dean of Libraries and University Librarian. “They often remain with us throughout their undergraduate and graduate studies at Syracuse University, becoming integral members of the Libraries community. We are profoundly thankful to Stanley and Kathy Walters and the family of Patricia Kutner Strait for establishing the endowments that enable these awards, and to the numerous contributors to the Dean’s Fund.”
2024 student award recipients and their respective Libraries departments are:
Kathy and Stanley Walters Student Employee Scholarship Awards
- Nia Bellamy ’24 (College of Arts and Sciences), Access & Resource Sharing
- Tiffani-Marie Fite ’24 (College of Arts and Sciences), Access & Resource Sharing
- Renee Kurie ’25 (S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications), Blackstone LaunchPad
- Alejandro Parra G’24 (David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics), Security & Facilities
- Olivia Russo G’24 (School of Information Studies), Information Literacy
- Sasha Solomon G’24 (School of Information Studies), Special Collections Research Center
- Aidan Turner ’24 (School of Architecture), Blackstone LaunchPad
Patricia Kutner Strait Student Scholarship Awards
- Kayleigh Ford G’24 (College of Arts and Sciences), Learning & Academic Engagement
- Isabela Izaguirre ’24 (College of Arts and Sciences), Preservation
- Andrew M. Kim ’24 (Martin J. Whitman School of Management), Blackstone LaunchPad
- Alan Malekar G’24 (School of Information Studies), Blackstone LaunchPad
- Katelyn Miller G’24 (College of Visual and Performing Arts), Special Collections Research Center
- Zion Smith ’24 (College of Visual and Performing Arts), Security & Facilities
Dean’s Commendations Awards
- Cole Cassano G’24 (School of Information Studies), Acquisitions & Cataloging
- Maguette Fall ’24 (David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics), Security & Facilities
- Dao Ming Lin ’24 (Martin J. Whitman School of Management), Security & Facilities
- Alexandria Luck G’25 (School of Information Studies), Research & Scholarship
- Motolani Oladitan ’24 (College of Arts and Sciences), Blackstone LaunchPad
- Adira Ramirez ’25 (School of Information Studies), Access & Resource Sharing
- Sarah Schreiber ’25 (College of Arts and Sciences), Blackstone LaunchPad
Honorable Recognitions:
- Emmanuel Adeniyi ’24 (College of Arts and Sciences), Security & Facilities
- Mariama Barry ’24 (School of Information Studies), Security & Facilities
- Kelvin Boakye ’24 (David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics), Security & Facilities
- Dylan Caskie G’24 (College of Arts and Sciences), Digital Scholarship Space
- James Harman ’25 (School of Information Studies), Access & Resource Sharing
- Ud Joseph ’24 (School of Information Studies), Blackstone LaunchPad
- Bintou Manneh ’24 (School of Information Studies), Security & Facilities
- Rebecca McCall G’24 (School of Information Studies), Information Literacy
- Duyen Pham G’24 (College of Visual and Performing Arts), Learning & Academic Engagement
- Kishan Rathor G’24 (School of Information Studies), Blackstone LaunchPad