The Stephen Wise Award was founded in 1957 and is named for Rabbi Stephen Wise (1874-1949), a prominent religious leader and early champion for social justice and civil rights. Each year this award recognizes graduating seniors “who have greatly strengthened relationships among faith communities by their character, personality and leadership.”
2024 Recipients
Emma Koskovich – selected for her leadership in the Penn Catholic community and for her years of dedicated service at SPARC.
Rayane Taroua – selected for her commitment to interfaith dialogue and for her investment in our Muslim community.
Previous Recipients
| 2023 | Victoria Garcia |
| 2023 | Bailey Hanson |
| 2022 | Sarah Beth Gleeson |
| 2022 | Kamal Suleiman |
| 2021 | Cassandra Jobman |
| 2020 | Catherine Campbell |
| 2020 | Jackson Foltz |
| 2020 | Tafshena Khan |
| 2019 | Zuhaib Badami |
| 2019 | Elana Burack |
| 2019 | Aliya Farmanali |
| 2018 | Nayab Khan |
| 2018 | Madeline Gelfand |
| 2017 | Sophie Beren |
| 2017 | Gautam Nagaraj |
| 2017 | Chaz Smith |
| 2017 | Eric Tepper |
| 2016 | Aliza Caplan |
| 2016 | Andrea Muglia |
| 2016 | Aardra Rajendran |
| 2015 | Shira Papir |
| 2015 | Hanna Elmongy |
| 2014 | Anna Maria Garuccio |
| 2014 | Julie Berez |
| 2014 | Muhga Eltigani |
| 2013 | Alexandra Fuchs |
| 2013 | Sean Nadel |
| 2013 | Mohammed Hussain |
| 2012 | Maria Bellantoni |
| 2011 | Roxana Sahar Moussavian |
| 2011 | Ariel Benjamin Fisher |