ERA Award Winners, Purple Key Inductees Announced

Each year, Emerson honors students, staff, and faculty with the Emerson Recognition & Achievement (ERA) Awards in a variety of categories, all of which celebrate campus leadership. This year’s ERA Awards Ceremony was postponed due to COVID-19, but the accolades were no less meaningful. Here are this year’s ERA winners:
- Student Spotlight Award: Tiana Perez-Toro ’22
- Lion Pride Award: Allie Dibiasie ’20
- Fraternity & Sorority Life Member of the Year: Hallie Parrott ’21
- Organization Advisor of the Year: Jake Freedman, Jewish chaplain/Hillel advisor
- Student Leader of the Year: Jarred Houston ’22
- Orientation Leader of the Year: Lily Scher ’20
- Resident Assistant of the Year: Grayson Pitt ’21
- Emersonian of the Year: Ann Zhang ’20
- Isabel Sanford Award: Danielle Jean-Baptiste ’21
- ERA Award of Distinction: Performing Arts Chair and Professor Bob Colby
In addition, 32 seniors and December graduates were inducted into the Purple Key Leadership Society. Members have demonstrated exceptional leadership and service, a strong commitment to civic engagement, and solid academic achievement:
- Jessica Braunstein ’20
- Sarah Breitbart Frischling ’20
- Katrina Chaput ’20
- Brian Danuff ’20
- Chassidy David ’19
- Cierra DeVos ’19
- Austin Franklin ’20
- Kathryn Garelli ’19
- Rachel Gaudet ’19
- Christopher Henderson-West ’20
- Parker Hughes ’19
- Sabrina Jacobs ’19
- Caroline King ’19
- Melissa Leslie ’19
- Rachel Levin ’19
- Kassiani Mamalakis ’20
- Tatiana Melendez ’20
- Angelika Menendez ’20
- Raz Moayed ’20
- Kate Nelson ’20
- Shafaq Patel ’20
- Nuria Pellicer ’19
- Julia Perry ’20
- Victoria Raschi ’19
- Talia Santopadre ’20
- Lily Scher ’20
- Katelyn Shappy ’19
- Sarah Tedesco ’19
- Jasmine Williams ’20
- Spencer Wright ’20
- Ann Zhang ’20
- Xun Zhuo ’19
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