Celebrating 20 Years of the Incentive Awards Program at the University of Maryland

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AWARD WINNERS The JENNIFER F. LEWIS MEMORIAL AWARD was created to honor one of our former scholars who lost a six-year battle with cancer in 2008, after a remarkable but brief life. Jennifer ’06 showed academic prowess and was also involved in campus life and deeply committed to social justice and civil rights issues; she wanted to make them her life’s work. Each year, we recognize a graduating senior who captures her spirit and who has made an impression on the Incentive Awards community—a student with impeccable character who demonstrates exemplary qualities and who embodies the ideals of the program as Jennifer did. Through the years, we have selected 13 students as recipients of this award—for their unwavering commitment to the program and for serving as models for others to follow. The highest honor bestowed on an Incentive Award student, the Jennifer F. Lewis Memorial Award is accompanied by a financial gift from the family foundation created in her memory. Our heartfelt thanks go to all recipients for their dedication to IAP. Randal Brewer Williams, first recipient of the Award, with Jennifer’s mother, Casandra Rendleman-Hall, in 2009. Isaiah Bell receiving the 2016 Jennifer F. Lewis Memorial Award.

JENNIFER F. LEWIS MEMORIAL AWARD WINNERS

Randal Brewer Williams ’10

Isaiah Bell ’16

Amara Sillah ’10

Jessica Nolasco ’17

Brittany Atkinson ’11

Chukwuma Odigwe ’18

Djuan Short ’12

Katherine Medina ’19

Nancy Canales ’13

Taylor-Omaree Smith ’19

Davian Morgan ’14

Roger Arangorin, Jr. ’21

Charmaine Wilson-Jones ’15

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