Students, faculty, and staff came together in the McShane Campus Center’s Great Hall at Rose Hill on April 3 to celebrate this year’s Beacon Exemplar Award recipients. Created by the United Student Government in 2019, these awards are a special way for students to thank the faculty and staff who go above and beyond for the Fordham community. Students nominate recipients by sharing personal stories that reflect how faculty and staff have positively shaped their time at Fordham.
Congratulations to the 2025 Beacon Exemplar Award recipients, honored in the following categories organized by students:
Academic Affairs
Aniko DeLaney, Mathias Klang, Sara Wilkerson
Deans and Administrators
Rachel Annunziato, Michele Burris, Arielle Duran, Keith Eldredge, Omar Elnawawy, Angela Flynn, Cathy Gonzalez, Ashala Jones, Rachel Kartiganer, Mark Less, Maura Mast, Catharine A. McGlade, Esther Morgan, Brittany Perez, Christopher Rogers, Lexi Spera, Tania Tetlow
Dining Services
Emmanuel Acheampong, Juan Adames, Brandon Austin, Tyrone Beau, Udaya Bharatha Hettiarachchi, Estella Mile, Machin Mojica, Sheeka Wilson, Hongjun Wang
Facilities
Yodelka Salcedo
Faculty
Thomas Beck, Ernest Butcher, Rose Dara, Diane Detournay, Sandra Eerhart, Diane Fariello, Kaare Gjaldbaek, Michael (Zhe) Guo, M. Gaby Hurtarte Leon, Peter Johnson, Beth Knobel, Gage Krause, Hill Krishnan, Mohammad Nejad, Michael Peppard, Justin Pool, Marie-Ange Rakotoniaina, Vicente Rubio, Lise Schreier, Dawn Silvestri, Meg Stapleton Smith, Angelina Tallaj, Nicholas Tampio, Barry Wilner, Tim Wood
