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Lewis S. Mills High School in Burlington is pleased to announce that senior Taylor M. Clark has been named a Scholar in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program (NMSC). Taylor is one of only 4,000 college-sponsored Merit Scholars nationwide. In February, Taylor received a letter from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation congratulating her on advancement to Finalist status, “When I learned I was a Finalist, I just embraced the moment for the tremendous honor that it is and was relieved I was still in the running to become a National Merit Scholar.” Then recently, Taylor was officially selected as the winner of the National Merit Fordham University Scholarship.
Sarah Vincent, Doug Girardot and Keara Hanlon (photo: America Media)
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Rev. Matthew F. Malone, S.J., president and editor in chief of America Media, announced today the selection of three graduating seniors from U.S. Jesuit colleges and universities to serve as the 2021-22 Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J., Postgraduate Media Fellows. This year’s fellows are:
Douglas Girardot: graduating senior, Boston College
Keara Hanlon: graduating senior, Boston College
Sarah Vincent: graduating senior, Loyola University Chicago
O’Hare fellows spend one year at America Media working on print, digital, audio and film projects while benefiting from mentoring and professional development opportunities. Fellows reside at Fordham University Lincoln Center, where they engage in a dynamic community in the heart of New York City, the media capital of the world.
Fordham University’s Lincoln Center campus. Photo: Jonathan71 via Wikimedia Commons.
Students at Fordham University are appealing a December court ruling that allowed the school to ban the anti-Zionist group Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) on campus seeking to take the case to the highest court in New York.
“We believe in the students’ right to organize for Palestinian rights and will support them every step of the way,” said Radhika Sainath, senior staff attorney at Palestine Legal, which petitioned the New York Court of Appeals on Friday along with other groups.
In 2015, Fordham’s SJP chapter was denied recognition after Dean of Students Keith Eldredge said he could not “support an organization whose sole purpose is advocating political goals of a specific group, and against a specific country, when these goals clearly conflict with and run contrary to the mission and values of the University.”
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Israeli Health Ministry Director General Hezi Levy has ordered his staff to prepare for the possibility of sending oxygen machines.
Eldredge added that “[S]pecifically, the call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions of Israel presents a barrier to open dialogue and mutual learning and understanding.”
Pro-Israel groups and Jewish advocacy organizations widely hailed Fordham’s decision at the time.
A protracted legal battle saw Fordham’s original decision overturned by a court order in August 2019. Fordham appealed court order in January 2020 , claiming that the university’s decision to ban SJP was based on the premise that a chapter of the group on campus was not in the “best interests” of Fordham’s students, according to Bob Howe, assistant vice president for communications.