Jenna M. Walmer, a resident of Mount Joy, received a $1,000 scholarship from Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) to attend graduate school at Syracuse University, College of Arts and Sciences, Syracuse, N.Y. This fall, Walmer is attending Syracuse University in pursuit of a doctorate in social psychology.
Walmer graduated from Bridgewater College in 2019 with a Bachelor of Arts in international studies. Walmer was a varsity swimmer for Bridgewater and broke three school records during her four years on the team. She was also involved with the swim program at a local YMCA as a lead age group coach. Walmer focused her undergraduate research on the Holocaust and genocide. She spent a month studying at Oxford University through Bridgewater's Flory Fellows program, studying under one of the world's leading Holocaust historians.
After graduating from Bridgewater, Walmer attended West Chester University, where she received a Master of Arts in Holocaust and genocide studies. She also received a Master of Science in psychology from West Chester. Her studies focused on analyzing Holocaust diaries to demonstrate how adolescent development acted as a form of resilience for the diarists. Additionally, she co-wrote a book on diary studies in higher education and was honored with the Graduate Student Association Award and Frederick Douglass Institute Award.
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