Sixty-four inducted as McMurran Scholars

ISSUED: 23 April 2024
MEDIA CONTACT: Cecelia Mason

SHEPHERDSTOWN, WV - Shepherd University welcomed 64 new McMurran Scholars this year during the 63rd convocation on April 19. The 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. Colleen J. Nolan, retired professor of biology in the College of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Nursing, shared her thoughts.

Pictured (front row, l. to r.) are Brenna Fitzgerald, Boonsboro, Maryland; Kayli Barton, Inwood, West Virginia; Makayla Ambrose, Inwood, West Virginia; Savannah Garrett, Capon Bridge, West Virginia; Carson Green, Charleston, West Virginia; Tyler Burgee, Frederick, Maryland; Madelyn Hearn, Martinsburg, West Virginia; Abby Byers, Clear Spring, Maryland; and Kalin Gregg, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Second row, Braeden Bayne, Towson, Maryland; Audrey Elliott, Martinsburg, West Virginia; Sharice Hawthorne, Martinsburg, West Virginia; Hana Anderson, Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Annalise Jackson, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia; Lara Boné, Charles Town, West Virginia; Justin Gamble, New Market, Maryland; Storm Jarrott, Shepherdstown, West Virginia; and Julius Gamber, Middleway, West Virginia. Third row, Cecelia Bechtel, Beckley, West Virginia; Jessica Carey, Boyds, Maryland; Isabelle Glass, Hedgesville, West Virginia; Ronaida Ammari, Inwood, West Virginia; Liliana Adamo, La Plata, Maryland; Alexander Grabanstein, Ft. Ashby, West Virginia; Donovan Brown, Martinsburg, West Virginia; Shelby Fernatt, Elkview, West Virginia; Cara Hodge, Leesburg, Virginia; and Emily Hott, Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

Pictured (front row, l. to r.) are Brianna Martin, Harpers Ferry, West Virignia; Paige Mason, Williamsport, Maryland; Erica Keplinger, Williamsport, Maryland; Emma Norton, Martinsburg, West Virginia; Shenandoah Ragle, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia; Liliana Romero, Charles Town, West Virginia; Nevah Kramerage, Ranson, West Virginia; Michael Murphy, Morgantown, West Virginia; and Zoe Grim, Augusta, West Virginia. Second row, Jared Zutt, Gambrills, Maryland; Holly White, Leesburg, Virginia; Payton Radomsky, Forest Hill, Maryland; Lillian Robbins, Capon Bridge, West Virginia; Leah Shaw, Fairmont, West Virginia; Clara Monson, Martinsburg, West Virginia; Evan Posharow, Boonsboro, Maryland; and Carly Kidwell, Knoxville, Maryland. Third row, Skylar McAllister, Clear Spring, Maryland; Emily Ratliff, Romney, West Virginia; Amelia Wilcox, Mount Airy, Maryland; Abigail McCoy, Bunker Hill, West Virginia; Katie Keckler, Hagerstown, Maryland; Russell McClanahan, Cross Lanes, West Virginia; and Dayton Miller, Wardensville, West Virginia. Fourth row, Tristan Trigger, Charles West Virginia; Arabella McCloud, Kingwood, West Virginia; Alex Myers, Sharpsburg, Maryland; Andrew Scwier, Spring Mills, West Virginia; Carson Poffenberger, Morgantown, West Virginia; and Jayson Thorne, Inwood, West Virginia.

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 will be available on our Flickr page.

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