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.

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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 2025 Bryce Dershem

MJ and Maylene JonellandJenean

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

2025 - Gianna Montante & Natalia Wong

Activism & Academic Excellence Award

2017 - Shaniza Nizam

2018 - Genevieve Ruzicka

2019 - Farzana Khan

2020 - Zach Davidson

2022 - Cassandra Skolnick & Sophia Garbarino

2024 - Devin Lobosco

2025 - Brianna Chavez & Athena Wilkinson