Nine Students Among the 2025 Beloved Community Award Recipients.

In 2020, the college began a tradition of presenting the Beloved Community Awards. The first awards were for Inclusion, recognizing those who made significant contributions to creating an inclusive campus. In 2023, the Sycamore Community Engagement Award was added to acknowledge work that happens in communities beyond the college. .

Each year the campus community is asked to nominate students, staff, faculty, partner organizations, and members of the community to receive these well-deserved awards. Winners are selected from campus-wide nominations. Ursinus President, Robyn Hannigan and Vice President for Inclusion, Heather Lobban-Viravong will present the awards. 

The Sycamore Community Engagement Award were presented to:

Patrick Hurley - Professor and Chair, Environment and Sustainability/ Co-director, Robert and Shurley Knaefler Whittaker Environmental Research Station / Co-coordinator, Food Studies / Director, People and Urban Forest Research Program

The Bonner Program Senior Interns & Scholars in Service Leaders

• Nethmi Ediriweera ’25,
• Morgan McFarland ’25,
• Amaris Frink ’25,
• Remi Rosenthal ’25
• Lauren Gherman ’25
• Katy Dietrich ’25
• Julia Rosenthal ’25
• Laurel Stuempfle ’25
  
  
  

The Inclusion and Equity Awards will be presented to:

Student - Ashton Newswanger ’26

Community Partner organization Integrate for Good

The Beloved Community Celebrations and Awards Presentations and Reception took place on Tuesday, March 25,  in the Schellhase Commons.

Congratulations to all the winners of the Beloved Community Awards for 2025.