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The Rev. Bernard Osei Ampong, affectionately known as "Father Ben," does not just believe education is important. He believes it is the foundation of everything else we do. He is making combatting the drop-out rate in Ghana centerpiece of his research as a student in the College’s Doctorate in Executive Leadership (Ed.D.) Program.

Leadership is not an abstract construct for J. Carlos Cervantes. For much of his career, sound leadership quite literally meant the difference between life and death. Cervantes spent nearly three decades serving the nation in the U.S. Army, including multiple tours of duty in the Middle East. Now he is pursuing a Doctorate in Executive Leadership at Le Moyne. He hopes to use the skills he is developing to support his current work at the Syracuse Educational Opportunity Center.

Her grandparents' experiences during the famine known as the Holodomor sparked Lida Buniak’s interest in the burgeoning field of intergenerational trauma. Buniak discovered that trauma be passed down from one generation to the next, just as heirlooms, genetic conditions and physical characteristics can be. Now she is preparing to research this important topic as a student in Le Moyne's Doctorate in Executive Leadership (Ed.D.) Program.

Bryan Tran ’21 believes teaching is more than a profession. It is “a craft and a form of art that requires the use of your whole heart.” Bryan first felt the tug to become an educator when he was 11 years old. He planned lessons in math, history, science and English for his sister, Aimee, then 5, in their family’s home in Endicott, N.Y. Now he is preparing to serve as an English teaching assistant in Vietnam through the Fulbright U.S. Student program.

Isabela Fernandez's first foray into chemistry wasn't in the lab. It was in the kitchen. Seeing the ways in which different ingredients combined and interacted with one another captured her attention and drew her to study the science. Today Fernandez studying curcuminoids – which are found in turmeric and have been shown to possess a variety of anti-cancer properties – in the lab of Associate Professor of Chemistry Joseph Mullins, Ph.D., as a Clare Boothe Luce Research Scholar.

Eva Keohane ’21 is proof that, in life, plans are important, but so is flexibility and being open to new experiences. When Eva arrived on the Le Moyne campus in the fall of 2017, she envisioned studying biology and eventually becoming a physician assistant. Since then, she has discovered a love of chemistry that has led her to conduct chemistry research in the lab of Associate Professor of Chemistry Anna O'Brien, Ph.D., through the Clare Boothe Luce Research Program. Her next step will be to pur...

Marcella Christensen ’22, Arcela Balungaya ’22 and Alexis Ess ’22 recently put their heads together to tackle a problem that has long vexed the multibillion restaurant industry: namely how to make their processes more efficient, profitable and ecologically sound. Drawing on skills they learned in the classroom, the trio developed a new app that could revolutionize the way restaurateurs schedule employees, manage inventory and monitor customer service. Their ingenuity earned them Best Restaurant ...