SCS Tropaia Ceremony
We hope you will join us in honoring the outstanding faculty, students, staff, and alumni at the School’s 2025 Tropaia Ceremony on Tuesday, May 13 at 6:00 p.m. ET in historic Gaston Hall. A reception will immediately follow in Dahlgren Quadrangle.
This year’s awardees will be announced in the coming months. Below are last year’s awardees:
Spirit of Georgetown Award
Mary Delaney Fox
MPS in Public Relations & Corporate Communications
Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies
Outstanding Faculty Award: Casey Catherine Moore, Ph.D.
Outstanding Student Award: Andrew B. Gross
Graduate Liberal Studies
Outstanding Faculty Award: Supriya Goswami, Ph.D.
Outstanding Student Award: Katherine Cassidy Hilts,
Master of Arts in Liberal Studies
Outstanding Student Award: Tahina L. Montoya,
Doctor of Liberal Studies
MPS in Journalism
Outstanding Faculty Award: Liz Spayd
Outstanding Student Award: Long Nguyen
MPS in Public Relations & Corporate Communications
Outstanding Faculty Award: Laura Wilson
Outstanding Student Award: Mary Delaney Fox
MPS in Sports Industry Management
Outstanding Faculty Award: Janice Hilliard, Ph.D.
Outstanding Student Award: Tyra Wilson
MPS in Real Estate
Outstanding Faculty Award: Felipe Ernst
Outstanding Student Award: Jarad Brendan (JB) Gough
MPS in Human Resources Management
Outstanding Faculty Award: Shonna Waters, Ph.D.
Outstanding Student Award: Jessica Wojcik
MPS in Technology Management
Outstanding Faculty Award: John Steitz, J.D.
Outstanding Student Award: Bevely Awuor
MPS in Urban & Regional Planning
Outstanding Faculty Award: Kenneth Joh, Ph.D.
Outstanding Student Award: Charlotte Dreizen
MPS in Integrated Marketing Communications
Outstanding Faculty Award: Tim Ito
Outstanding Student Award: Ankita Singh
MPS in Design Management & Communications
Outstanding Faculty Award: Brian Kupersmit
Outstanding Student Award: Ellie Marschinke
MPS in Project Management
Outstanding Faculty Award: Steven V. DelGrosso
Outstanding Student Award: Erin Koppel
MPS in Emergency & Disaster Management
Outstanding Faculty Award: Brad Kieserman, J.D.
Outstanding Student Award: Carolyn Turkaly
EMPS in Emergency & Disaster Management
Outstanding Faculty Award: Jeffrey Stern, Ph.D.
Outstanding Student Award: Paula N. Verden
EMPS in International Emergency & Disaster Management
Outstanding Faculty Award: Hannah M. Vick, Ph.D.
Outstanding Student Capstone Impact Award: Malcolm Ford
MPS in Applied Intelligence
Outstanding Faculty Award: Donell Harvin, Dr.P.H.
Outstanding Student Award: Maya Fernandez-Powell
MPS in Cybersecurity Risk Management
Outstanding Faculty Award: Scott Rubin
Outstanding Student Award: Roxanna Barahona-Rozas
MPS in Higher Education Administration
Outstanding Faculty Award: Brad Phillips, Ed.D.
Outstanding Student Award: Mariam Lachin
MPS in Supply Chain Management
Outstanding Faculty Award: Rita Wells, Ph.D.
Outstanding Student Award: Carolyn Nice
Dean’s Service Awards
Marcel Bolintiam
Carolina Bonilla-Chernacov
Giles Crider
Dean’s Award for Faculty Excellence
Frederic Lemieux, Ph.D.
