2024 Citation and Awards Reception Highlights
After the 2024 Citation and Awards Ceremony, friends of College Park Scholars gathered for a reception to commemorate the program’s thirtieth anniversary and to honor founding executive director, Nancy Shapiro, who recently retired as associate vice chancellor from the University System of Maryland. William E. “Brit” Kirwan, who was president of the University of Maryland, College Park when Scholars was conceived and launched, spoke warmly of Shapiro’s leadership and of the ambitious goals that led to the program’s establishment.
Scholars Honor Citation and Founders Circle Award Winners at Annual Ceremony
College Park Scholars, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the program's founding, honored the best and the brightest of its most recent Citation class at its most recent Citation and Awards ceremony. This tenacious class, filled with future changemakers and leaders, pushed through a challenging start to college that began during the pandemic to emerge as standouts in the classroom, in their communities, and at the University of Maryland.
Scholars Citation and Awards Ceremony
Each fall, we celebrate the accomplishments of Scholars in our recent citation class. Each program recognizes students for outstanding achievement and outstanding citizenship. In addition, several students are honored for exemplifying the founding ideals and values of College Park Scholars with our Founders Circle Awards and scholarships.
Farm to Table, UMD Style
Throughout the school year,Farm Manager Guy Kilpatric is the only staff member dedicated to Terp Farm full-time. He collaborates with CMREC staff led by Donald Murphy and relies on partnerships with volunteer groups that come each Saturday, such as the Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity, Terps for Change and College Park Scholars, including the Environment, Technology and Ecology program.
Jayden Nji
Five College Park Scholars Earn Philip Merrill Presidential Distinction
Eighteen outstanding graduating seniors at the University of Maryland are committed to a variety of causes and career goals, ranging from statistics and public policy to teaching.
CSG Sophomore has Op-Ed Published in Forbes ALL IN
Civic Engagement for Social Good sophomore Leah Gomes recently had her op-ed, "How Early Childhood Influences But Does Not Define Our Political Views," published in the ALL IN Forbes channel. Leah spent the summer as an intern with the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge and is currently an intern for their Civic Nations team.