Sociology Scholarships and Awards

Caitlin Matthews, 2019 Beaudry Award Recipient

She is a Sociology and Criminology major with a double minor in Political Science and Peace, Justice and Human Rights, as well as being an Arrupe Scholar. This award is given to the graduating student who has been voted by the graduating class as most deserving of this honor. During her four years at John Carroll, she demonstrated leadership in a variety of capacities, including through Campus Ministry, as a CSSA Student Liaison, and Chairing the Fatima Food Drive. Her commitment to Jesuit values was clear in her participation on the immersion experience to Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota in 2017, and as she served as a student coordinator to the US-Mexico Border immersion in 2018. She has also been a participant and student coordinator of the Carroll Ballers program, which consisted of building relationships with kids in the Juvenile Detention Center. Finally, she completed the Shepherd internship, a poverty studies internship, in Atlanta, GA at a homeless services agency and has continued her commitment to people experiencing homelessness through her current internship at the West Side Catholic Center. Caitlin has made the Dean’s List all seven semesters during her time at Carroll and is a member of Alpha Kappa Delta, the International Honor Society of Sociology, For her capstone project in the Arrupe Scholars program she worked to create a panel analyzing the legal issues of the immigration system, and she will be presenting on this project at Celebration of Scholarship this spring. She also presented on the Carroll Ballers program at the 2018 National IMPACT Conference, historically the largest annual conference focused on the civic engagement of college students in community service, service-learning, community-based research, advocacy and other forms of social action.

KTB English, 2018 Beaudry Award Recipient

KTB is a double major in Sociology & Criminology and Peace, Justice & Human Rights, and a part of the Arrupe program. This award is given to the graduating student who has been voted by the graduating class as most deserving of this honor. KTB has led and served in a variety of ways. KTB has served as a member of CSSA’s Student Leadership Team, leading service as well as Jesuit Day of Service and Living the Mission Day. During the past four years, KTB has been a co-chair for the Fatima Family Food Drive, a food drive that feeds 150 families with a Thanksgiving meal and a week’s worth of groceries every November. She held a position on the Students for Social Justice Executive Board, and is a Tour Guide. KTB's commitment to Jesuit values is clearly demonstrated as she has participated in four immersion experiences throughout her time at John Carroll, the first to Immokalee, the second to El Salvador and her third and fourth to Honduras. She served Campus Ministry as the liturgy intern and Fair Trade Intern, and has continued her involvement through Carroll Faith Communities and various retreats such as the Guidance Retreat, Crossroads Retreat, Manresa 30, Manresa 32 and Manresa 34. During the summers, she interned at DeSales Service Works in Camden, NJ after her freshman year, CrossRoads Ministry in Louisville, KY after her sophomore year, and Catholic Community Connection in Cleveland after her junior Year. KTB is a wonderful student who connects her academic research to various advocacy projects, including the Mock Border Wall and a Food Security advocacy project. She was a presenter at Celebration of Scholarship in 2017 and will be presenting her research on Transnational Gangs this spring at the 2018 Celebration of Scholarship. KTB is currently completing her senior academic internship at US Together, a refugee resettlement agency in Cleveland Heights. She was the recipient of the 2017 Ohio Campus Compact Charles J. Ping Service Award, which honors undergraduate students for their leadership and contributions to community service and service learning throughout Ohio. KTB encountered social justice issues in Cleveland as a member of Youth for Justice, We the People, Carroll Ballers and as a volunteer at Catholic Charities and the Fatima Family Center. Finally, KTB was recognized by Mayor Frank Jackson for her work with fellow students on food insecurity in the Hough Neighborhood.

Adam Chaney ’17, (Sociology major) He is an Arrupe scholar and the recipient of the 2016 Charles J. Ping Student Service Award in recognition of his outstanding leadership, advocacy work, and commitment to service both on John Carroll University’s campus and beyond presented by Ohio Campus Compact. His service commitment has totaled more than 160 hours. He has also worked as co-chair of the Workers’ Rights Committee in the group, Students for Social Justice, where he designed an educational campaign advocating for worker rights and fair wages. To read more articles on him simply click the following link:

Wins Charles J. Ping Student Service Award

Grace Donnelly ’16, (Double major: Sociology, and Peace, Justice, and Human Rights) She was recently named a Beaudry Award Finalist. Grace is the recipient of the Campion Award for Service in the spring of 2014 and the Ohio Campus Compact Charles J. Ping Student Service Award and Serretta Saylor Legacy Grant in the spring of 2015. Grace has been on the National Steering Committee for the organization Fair Trade Campaigns since 2013 to establish JCU as a Fair Trade University. After graduation, Grace plans to commit to a year of service with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps and plans to go to graduate school for public policy. To read more articles on her simply click the following link:

Marina Giannirakis ’17, (Sociology and Criminology major) She is an Arrupe scholar and also one of the 2016 recipients of the Campion Scholarship. Marina is a member of the Students for Social Justice Group, co-chair of the Human Trafficking committee, a leader of the Cleveland Neighborhood Project, the vice-president of her sorority, and one of six students who was selected to serve as on the Center for Service and Social Action student leadership team. Marina was one of four students selected to participate in the 2015 Shepherd Internship Program. To read more articles on her simply click one the following link: