As Annaliese Neaman readied to take the stage at the Johns Hopkins School of Education 2024 Commencement, Saralynn Glass kissed her cheek.
“She said, ‘Mazel tov, sweetie. I’m so proud of you,’” Neaman remembers. “It was just the best moment. It felt so great to make that connection and be able to thank the Glasses in person.”
Neaman, Edu ’24 (MS), helped present the school’s Champions in Education Award to Saralynn and her husband, Sheldon, at this year’s commencement ceremony. Both hold graduate degrees from the School of Education — Sheldon’s earned in 1966 during his time as a psychiatry resident at Johns Hopkins Medicine and Saralynn’s in 1977 while she was simultaneously raising their family. Upon completing his residency, Sheldon remained at Hopkins as assistant director of Adolescent Psychiatry before starting a large outpatient mental health practice. Saralynn worked as both a counselor and psychotherapist.
Decades later, the Glasses have maintained their close ties to the School of Education. The pair endowed the Sheldon D. Glass and Saralynn B. Glass Counseling Scholarship in 2011. Since then, the scholarship has supported more than 50 students like Neaman.
