Jack Ramza

Meet this year’s Hunter Brooks Watson Scholar, Jack Ramza

Each year, Syracuse University awards The Hunter Brooks Watson Scholarship to a young person who is working to make a positive impact on the world.

Jack Ramza – a senior studying accounting and advertising in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management and  Newhouse School of Public Communications — received the scholarship for the 2021-2022 academic school year.

Ramza’s journey began in 2018 when he was first introduced to the Blackstone LaunchPad — an entrepreneurship and innovation hub at Syracuse — after competing for the Hult Prize, a global competition that challenges students to tackle social issues through entrepreneurship.

Along with three team members, Ramza was invited to the regional competition in San Francisco where he pitched an idea of right-sized markets supplied by urban farming systems to combat high obesity rates and food deserts created when grocery stores have closed in inner cities.

Following the competition, Ramza became increasingly interested in community engagement and entrepreneurship.

“In a world where resources have become increasingly more inaccessible, cultivating an attitude of entrepreneurship can connect peoples’ motivation to make money with improving the lives of those within their local communities,” Jack says.

As the Syracuse University Hunter Brooks Watson Scholar, Ramza will be helping to organize the Hunter Brooks Watson Spirit of Entrepreneurship Awards at Syracuse University, an annual spring competition that awards funds to students who are launching start-up projects.

“I am honored to be carrying on Hunter’s passionate and entrepreneurial spirit by working with other inspiring and curious go-getters to make a positive societal impact,” Ramza says.

The Hunter Watson Scholarship was endowed by the Watson family to support a promising young student each year.