Image Initiative, Inc. announces scholarship in honor of late SU employee
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The scholarship will be awarded on an annual basis, and recipients are eligible to renew the award based on good academic standing. The application is currently open and will close April 15.
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A Syracuse-based group that aims to support young women of color in the community announced a new scholarship for students in Syracuse City School District in honor of a Syracuse community member and university staff member who died in 2020.
The Image Initiative, Inc., partnered with Steppin’ in Style, created the Dr. Bridget L. Lawson I.M.A.G.E Scholarship, which will be awarded to young women of color who identify as African-American, African, Caribbean or Latinx, according to the organization’s website. Recipients will be high school graduates of the Syracuse City School District who plan to pursue either part- or full-time college education, vocational, technical or trade school or other certificate programs.
The scholarship will be awarded on an annual basis, and recipients are eligible to renew the award based on good academic standing, according to the scholarship’s website. The application is currently open and will close April 15.
Bridget L. Lawson, a former SU employee who died on Sept. 22, 2020, was an assistant director of the Syracuse Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Engagement. Before that, she also served as SU’s coordinator of academic services for the Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program.
Lawson received her bachelor’s degree in human services from Cazenovia College and a master’s in social work from SU. She was near completion of her doctorate in cultural foundations of education in the School of Education, according to a 2020 SU News release. The university conferred her the degree posthumously.
Lawson was remembered for her advocacy for students and her service to the Syracuse community.
“Dr. Lawson was grounded in the beliefs of sisterhood, scholarship, and service to her community,” the scholarship’s website reads. “Dr. Lawson was not only committed to creating academic and career success, diverse and equitable experiences, but she was also committed to social justice activism. She was exemplary of what it means to be in service to one’s community.”
Published on February 11, 2022 at 9:37 pm
Contact Francis: btang05@syr.edu | @francis_towne
