Award Recognition
Columbia Spirit
Senior Marshal
Emily Jo Lynn Phillips CC’26 studied neuroscience and behavior. She is being recognized for the Columbia Spirit award and as a Senior Marshal for her deep commitment to the campus community, serving as co-president of the American Medical Student Association, as president of the Columbia University Pep Band, and as director of the Global Health Education Committee for CU Global Health Equity & Medicine. Phillips also served as a TA in the Department of Psychology for three semesters and conducted research at the Lugo Lab, studying perinatal risk and resilience in the context of sleep and infant neurodevelopment. It is with great pride that she celebrates her graduation from Columbia University as a first-generation and rural student.
“To my parents and sisters, thank you for your unwavering support and belief in me and for always reminding me to take up space. To Tommy and Elisha, thank you for seeing me better than anyone could and always being a source of comfort. To my fellow first-generation and rural students, we deserve to be in spaces such as these. Anything is possible for us.”