Phyllisa McEwan '06 Prize

Virginia Bacheler, associate professor emerita in communication, established the Phyllisa McEwan ’06 Prize to honor the memory of Ms. McEwan by recognizing an outstanding student in the Department of Communication at SUNY Brockport.

Phyllisa McEwan was an adult student at Brockport who majored in Communication and was active with Brockport’s theater productions. She worked for the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center and started a consulting business with a former Brockport adjunct faculty member. She passed away in 2009.

The award in her memory recognizes a student who embodies the personal characteristics she displayed, including care and understanding of young children, empowerment of women, and building women’s self-esteem.

Qualified applicants for the Phyllisa McEwan ’06 Award are students accepted in the Department of Communication at Brockport at either the undergraduate or graduate level, who demonstrate academic progress and success, financial need, as well as care and understanding of young children, empowerment of women, and building self-esteem in women.