JAYCHELE NICOLE
RECOGNITION

A FEW THINGS I’M PROUD OF.

Awards, features, speaking and moments that have marked the journey so far.

Jaychele holding her Emerging Alumni Leader Award at the Bentley Alumni Conference.
AWARDS + HONORS

Recognition.

Emerging Alumni Leader Award

Bentley University · 2026
Selected as the graduating senior honoree from the award’s largest applicant pool to date.

Falcon Society

Bentley University · 2025
Bentley’s highest honor society, recognizing leadership, service and scholarship.

NASPA Catch a Rising Star

2× recipient · 2024
Massachusetts and Region I levels.

MCC Outstanding Service Award

Bentley Multicultural Center · 2025

Tri-Alpha

First-Generation College Student Honor Society

CRN Women & Diversity in Channel Awards

Graduate/Apprentice of the Year, Vendor/Distributor Finalist · 2024
Representing Extreme Networks.

Academic + creative honors

Excellence in Brand Design Award · 2026
Dean’s Scholar · Four years
5× President’s List · 3× Dean’s List
FEATURED IN TWO BOOKS

My story, in print.

Unbossed: How Black Girls Are Leading the Way book cover
Broadleaf Books · 2022

Unbossed: How Black Girls Are Leading the Way

Khristi Lauren Adams

Featured in the dedicated chapter “Mobilizing for Change: The Adaptive Leadership of Jaychele Nicole Schenck.”

EXPLORE THE BOOK
Black Girls Unbossed: Young World Changers Leading the Way book cover
Beaming Books · 2022

Black Girls Unbossed: Young World Changers Leading the Way

Khristi Lauren Adams

Also featured in the illustrated companion book for young readers, introducing a younger audience to the stories of young Black changemakers.

EXPLORE THE BOOK
SPEAKING + APPEARANCES

Putting a point of view in the room.

Jaychele delivering the student keynote at Bentley’s 40th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast

40th Annual MLK Breakfast · Student keynote · 2026

Delivered a student keynote at the 40th anniversary of Bentley University’s longest-running racial equity and social justice event. The annual breakfast has drawn more than 400 students, alumni, faculty, staff and community members.

READ BENTLEY’S FEATURE

Bentley University · Guest teaching

Guest taught the Social Problems course across six consecutive semesters, connecting culture, identity, business and the moment.

INVITE JAYCHELE TO SPEAK
FILM + CREATIVE RECOGNITION

Wrestling with Whiteness.

A documentary exploring the experience of being Black within professional wrestling, featuring perspectives connected to WWE, AEW and TNA.

Best Youth Director
Newark International Film Festival · 2022

Official Selection
Student World Impact Film Festival

WATCH THE DOCUMENTARY EXPLORE THE WORK
FELLOWSHIPS + PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Where I’ve grown.

Emma Bowen Foundation

Fellow · 2024 + 2025

T. Howard Foundation

Final Talent Pool Member · 2024

Mediahub

Rising Talent Mentorship Program · 2024

Google

Project Management Certificate · 2023
THE PRESS ARCHIVE

A story still unfolding.

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