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STUDENT ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// SPOTLIGHT THE RANNY B. CARDOZO, JR. 1978 AWARD IS AWARDED EACH YEAR TO "THE OUTSTANDING MEMBER OF THE JUNIOR CLASS WHO MOST EXEMPLIFIES RANNY B. CARDOZO'S ACADEMIC ENTHUSIASM, GENUINE CONCERN FOR FELLOW CLASSMATES, AND DYNAMIC PARTICIPATION IN CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES." JALIL BISHOP In May, junior Jalil Bishop of the men's track & field team was honored with The Ranny B.Cardozo, Jr. 1978 Award. This award recognizes the outstanding member of the Junior class who best exemplifies Ranny's academic enthusiasm, genuine concern for fellow classmates and dynamic participation in campus and community activities. Here is the speech delivered by Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson in announcing Jalil: Our 2013 recipient, Jalil Bishop, impressed the Cardozo selection committee with his intellectual passion and integrity, as well as his extracurricular commitment to tackling social justice issues both on and beyond campus. Jalil not only excels in his studies as a history major and education policy minor, but also seeks to understand and analyze the implications that classroom lessons have for his own life and our society. As a faculty member writes of Jalil, "I would rank Jalil within the top five percent of students that I have taught in terms of intellect, integrity, maturity, reliability and sense of social mission." Jalil is willing to think and rethink his ideas, and engage in both social critiques and selfcritiques "amid a student culture too often defined by conformity," as this same faculty member noted. Our recipient's academic enthusiasm extends to being a teacher and mentor. He served as a teacher's assistant at Harlem Children's Zone-Promise Academy II. He is currently the director of SEAD, Summer Enrichment at Dartmouth, an early college awareness program for underprivileged students. On campus, in addition to competing in track and field, Jalil seeks to foster a more welcoming community and inspire meaningful student dialogue about social justice. He has served as a UGA for firstand second-year students and the programming intern for the Office of Institutional Diversity and Equity. In a collaborative effort between IDE and the swim team, Jalil started a successful "Water Works" program to help students learn how to swim. He also works for the Admissions Office, where he is eager to answer prospective students' questions and make Dartmouth available to a broader range of high school students. Finally, Jalil has been involved in the Afro-American Society and will serve as president in the coming year. Jalil's genuine concern for fellow students is apparent in his commitment to building an inclusive, diverse community on campus. Jalil is deeply respected by peers and faculty for his genuine empathy. His nominators, including both faculty and members of the Class of 2013, spoke to Jalil's extraordinary rigor and passion as a scholar, his dedication to the Dartmouth community, and his "unwavering" commitment to challenging systems of inequality and oppression on campus and beyond. As a final reflection, one staff member said that Jalil was a "humble scholar athlete, engaged student leader, community servant, passionate learner … all that and it is a joy to be in his company!" For the reasons described above, and in recognition of his many achievements and contributions, I am very pleased to present the 2013 Ranny B. Cardozo, Jr. 1978 Award to Jalil Mustaffa Bishop. P E A K | S U M M ER 201 3 25 25