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Scholar Holler Award

Each month the Center for Student Achievement recognizes an outstanding student for academic excellence. The student is highlighted on our website as a way to encourage other students to achieve their academic potential.

Faculty and staff are invited to nominate students for Scholar Holler. The nomination form should describe the student's academic accomplishments.

Scholar Holler Winners

  • September 2024 - Colleen McCann

     Colleen McCann

    Majors: Dual majors in Psychology and Communication

    Minor: Philosophy

    Hometown: Rehoboth, Delaware

    Words of wisdom: Let yourself try and let yourself care. You'll be amazed at what can happen.

    Dr. Suzanne Osman said, "I give Colleen McCann my strongest nomination for the Scholar Holler Award. Colleen was the top performing student in my PSYC 325 course during the Fall, 2023 semester, during which she showed great interest in my research lab and a strong intrinsic motivation to learn about the research process. That semester, she enthusiastically began working with me on a research project examining rape empathy, sexual victimization and identity, and has continued working with me since then. Her intellectual contributions have clearly demonstrated her unique independent ability to deeply process and synthesize the scientific literature, and skillfully express her thoughts and knowledge in her writing. Her work on this project led her to travel to Philadelphia last March and present at a professional conference, the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association (EPA). She also presented this work on campus at the Salisbury University Student Research Conference (SUSRC) in April. In addition, Colleen worked on writing this summer to co-author a manuscript, which is currently under review for publication with a professional journal. Colleen is now working on a second related project examining sexual assault acknowledgment and identity, which she plans to submit for presentation at the 2025 EPA meeting in NYC, and the 2025 SUSRC. I will also mention that Colleen has a dual major (Psychology and Communication), has a minor in Philosophy, has taken 19-21 credits over each of the past four semesters, has an incredibly impressive overall GPA, and belongs to the Psi Chi National Honor Society."