Push to rename Woodrow Wilson Fellowship in honor of Ethan Posner
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrase “student government”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article reports on a campaign to rename the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship after Ethan Posner.
- The article says Posner, a sophomore Biophysics student who died on March 8, had received the three-year fellowship, which provides up to $10,000.
- The paper reported that friends Jason Shumsky and Arham Alam are leading the renaming campaign, and that more than 250 people had signed its support form by April 8.
- According to the article, Alam said Posner represented what the fellowship hoped its recipients would become, while Shumsky said Posner inspired others through his research and enthusiasm.
- The article adds that Posner’s family and professor Karen Fleming supported renaming the fellowship to preserve his legacy and honor his curiosity and research.
- The News-Letter reported that the Student Government Association voted unanimously to support renaming the fellowship in 2020, while the University’s Name Review Board is considering three proposals to replace Wilson’s name.
- The reporter writes that organizers plan to submit a formal proposal to the Name Review Board, and that a memorial service was scheduled for April 12.