Sara Nicole Abbazia
English major from Southport, Connecticut
Continuing a tradition that dates back to 1928, Connecticut College has selected 13 seniors to be honored as Winthrop Scholars.
The designation of Winthrop Scholar is the highest academic honor bestowed by the College. Reserved for students who demonstrate exceptional scholarship, the honor is named for John Winthrop the Younger, who founded the city of New London and served as governor of Connecticut.
Winthrop Scholars are also the first members of their class selected for membership in Phi Beta Kappa, the national honor society of undergraduate higher education.
“As Winthrop Scholars, you’ve succeeded not only at absorbing information and applying it, but also in orienting yourselves toward new ways of asking questions, new ways of looking at the world to better understand its problems and complexities,” Assistant Professor of Philosophy Lindsay Crawford told the scholars in a special electronic message of congratulations. “This new orientation, more than anything else, will be what guides you going forward as you encounter the many things in life that will call out to you for your attention and engagement.”
The impressive group includes a 2019 Critical Language Scholarship winner, a dancer who has performed at the Kennedy Center, four varsity athletes, an entrepreneur, and—for the first time in Conn’s history—not one, but two sets of twins.
English major from Southport, Connecticut
English major from Hamden, Connecticut
Dance major from Upper Nyack, New York
Gender, Sexuality and Intersectionality Studies major from Walpole, New Hampshire
Economics major from Mississauga, Ontario
Economics and Mathematics double major from Saco, Maine
Economics major from Slingerlands, New York
Economics major from Slingerlands, New York
English major from Westport, Connecticut
Economics and Government double major from Rehoboth, Massachusetts
Computer Science and Mathematics double major from Marblehead, Massachusetts
Government major from Marblehead, Massachusetts
Slavic Studies major from Rockfall, Connecticut