ISSUED: 26 April 2023
MEDIA CONTACT: Dana Costa
SHEPHERDSTOWN, WV — Shepherd University welcomed 55 new McMurran Scholars this year during the 62nd convocation on April 21. McMurran Scholar Award is the highest academic honor granted by Shepherd.
Since 2008, the convocation has included the Last Lecture by a retired or retiring professor sharing the wit and wisdom of the best in the higher education teaching profession. Dr. Desmond Lawless, retired, adjunct professor in the School of Recreation, Sport, and Exercise Sciences, shared his thoughts.
Pictured (front row, l. to r.) are Conner Brown, Ethan Baker, Ava Decatur, Breigh-Anne Glover, Dogari Boluwatife, Anna McDonald, Jennifer Burner, Audrey Chapman, and Josiah Kowalski, second row, Jamison Marceron, Madison Mertz, Faith Leisinger, Elisa Lemus, Taylor Linton, Elaina Bailey, Colt Malatt, and Sam Ellis, third row, Zachary Lathwell, Mikhaela Ferguson, Jacob Miner, Caroline Hosmer, Chloe Bailey, Brianna Enos, Brandt Hammond, Brady Fields, and Ethan Bevan.
Pictured (front row, l. to r.) are Leane Oppenhiemer, Braden Shaw, Matthew VanDuzer, Hannah Tucker, Amy Porter, and Elizabeth Wellings, second row, Sikara Sokel, Garrett Watcher, Lori Row, Catherine Vickers, Victoria Nichols, Summer Vorsteg, and Kristin Nichols, third row, Kristen Vernon, Summer D. Whetzel, Isabella Scafidi, Chelsea Wells, Skyler Trigger, Kala Sizemore, Stacy Stutler, and Kate Warren. Not pictured are Madeleine Absher, Taylor Cenate, Nathan Hodgkinson, Brenden Lewis, Treyton Sine, Paris Sokel, and Asa Thurman.
More information about McMurran Scholars is available on the McMurran Scholars website. You can watch the McMurran Scholars Convocation on our YouTube channel. Individual photos of Scholars who attended the convocation are available on our Flickr page.
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