Academic Awards
Each spring, the Dean of the College, in collaboration with the various academic departments on campus, gives academic awards to worthy students based on merit, achievement, and overall contribution to the college. Some of these special awards are recognized with modest cash awards that are generated through several endowed academic award funds. Listed below are the 2011-2012 Academic Awards and recipients presented at the annual Academic Awards Dinner held on campus May 22, 2012.
Academic Achievement Awards | Interdepartmental Awards | Departmental Awards
Academic Achievement Awards
H.M. Kelly Award in the Sciences
David Yamaguchi
Clyde Tull Award in the Humanities
Sheldon Gaskell
Alice R. Betts Award
Grace Callahan
William Harmon Norton Award
Amanda Engel
Sutherland Dows Award
Christine Nguyen
Peterson Sisters’ Award
Suzannah Wood
C.O. Pauley Award
Nicole Koehnen
Arthur E. Lowell Award
Molly Abbattista
Class of 1907 Award
Setsen Altan-Ochir
S.L. Chandler Award
Kyle Decker
Yamaoka International Student Award
Setsen Altan-Ochir
Interdepartmental Awards
Madonna Cutsinger Award
Nicole Koehnen
Claire Solak
Frank G. Brooks Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Outstanding Senior Award
Megan Dibbern
Amanda Johnson
Frank G. Brooks Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Outstanding Junior Award
Leslie Smebak
Interdepartmental Honors in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Megan Dibbern
Robert Black Environmental Studies Award
Joe Harrity
John Mark Dean Environmental Studies Award
Elizabeth Broussard
Departmental Awards
Biology
Frank G. Brooks Outstanding Senior Award
Sophie Gaynor
Frank G. Brooks Outstanding Junior Award
Kara Middleton
Achievement in Biosciences Prize – Oxford University Press
Lauren Morris
Chemistry
CRC Press Freshman Chemistry Award
Thao Nguyen
Analytical Chemistry Award
Adam Jones
Physical Chemistry Award
Adam Jones
ACS Organic Chemistry Award
Theint Aung
Chemistry Outstanding Senior Award
Molly Sowers
Achievement in Chemistry Prize - Oxford University Press
Molly Sowers
Classical and Modern Languages
Grace Wormer Award for Excellence in Foreign Languages
Kali Henson
Samantha Reed
John M. Crossett Memorial Prize for Excellence in Classics
Cameron Clark
Eugene Elkins Award for Excellence in French
Eva Fisk
Grace Wormer-Mihailo Mihailovic Russian Award
Lauren Blum
F. Alan DuVal Award in German
Allison Rott
Cervantes Award in Spanish
Nicole Koehnen
Kim Meyer
Computer Science
First Year Computer Science Student Achievement Award
Paul Lambert
Senior Computer Science Student Achievement Award
Luke Korth
Adam Reed
Economics and Business
Don Cell Award
Chase Nowak
Charles M. Cochran Award
Tom Kirk
Ji Zhang
Richard and Laurine Kimmel Award
Katryna Rice-Krause
Education
Gast Award in Elementary Education
Megan Sloter
Matt Wilson
Gast Award in Secondary Education
Jonathan Crozier
Beth McCollum
Elizabeth Hutton-Thompson Passionate About Teaching Award
Joshua Atcher
English and Creative Writing
Recognition of Excellence in the Department of English and Creative Writing
Jacqueline James
Kathrine Stainbrook
Tull Prose Prize
Ginny Boyles
Barbara Gail Lieberknecht Award
Rebecca Hennesy
Winifred Van Etten Award
Claire Solak
Beth Ellsworth Award
Angela Miller
Academy of American Poets Prize
Claire Solak
Tom Garst Poetry Prize
Marika von Zellen
Tom Garst Award for Excellence in Academic Writing
Kelsey Hicks
Nicole Koehnen
John Branner Shackford Senior Award
Laura Lindsay
Marika von Zellen
John Branner Shackford Shakespeare Prize
Emily Wenger
English Departmental Honors
Kathrine Stainbrook
Geology
William H. Norton Geology Award to the Outstanding Junior Geology Major
Michael Barthelmes
Herbert Hendriks Award to the Outstanding Senior Geology Major
Chelsea Nissen
Gene Hinman Geology Award for Outstanding Geology Fieldwork
Angelique Gonzales
Paul Garvin Award to the Outstanding Sophomore Geology Major
Ni An
Amanda Houts
Geology Departmental Honors
Robin Drucker
Chelsea Nissen
History
May Montgomery Smith Award to the Outstanding Senior History Major
Mark Wyzgowski
Maxwell Miller Jr. Award
William Nation
Alice Gehant Absher Award
Nora Gilmore
Sarah Frances Bush Award
Ilana Rozin
Dean Gilliatt Award
William Caras
Carl Becker Award
Kirstin Anderson
Littell Statesmen’s Award
Catherine LiaBraaten
Kinesiology
Ray and Margaret Cook Award in Kinesiology
Kerbee Koehler
Kinesiology Departmental Honors
Brittney Bishop
Jenna Moraski
Mathematics
Mildred and Watson Davis Award
Amanda Brucker
Elmer E. Moots Award
Viet Do
Katryna Rice-Krause
Luther Claborn Memorial Award
Eza Enkhtaivan
Ed Hill Mathematics Scholars
Theint Aung
Olivia Cotton
Scott Hageman
Baiyang Huang
Eileen Lindstrom
Grace Swehla
Music
Aletha McCall Prize
Audrey Zannini
Elmer E. Moots Award
Daniel Schwarze
Philosophy
Elmer E. Moots Award
Erin McDonnell
Bruce T. Riley Award
Neil McCray
Philosophy Department Junior Book Prize
James Hoeffgen
Physics
Outstanding Physics Major Award
Suzannah Wood
Politics
Littell Statesmen’s Award
Kevin Johnson
Mark E. Hutchinson Jr. Memorial Award
Taylor Sedlacek
Kathryn Bieber Weller Memorial Award
Alyssa Zavislak
Charles J. Lynch Memorial Pre-Law Award
Monica Wang
John Cotton Brown Memorial Award
Molly Abbattista
Clark H. McNeal Memorial Award
Kalissa Holdcraft
Herbert A. Wilkinson Memorial Award
Axel Blocker
Maduff Civil Rights Award
Ariel Harris
Psychology
Kathryn L. McDermott Award
Rachel Wynn
Distinguished Service Award
Russell Borenstein-Burd
Departmental Honors
Tara Ohrt
Religion
American Bible Society Prize
Emily Kipper
Sarah Song
American Bible Society Christian Education Award
Aaron Mitchell
Julius and Erma Delaplain Knoblauch Award
Tony Immergluck
Ruth N. Anderson Harris Award
Kirsten Lasley
Agudas Achim Excellence in Judaic Studies Award
Lidia Pruente
Sociology and Anthropology
The Winston and Margaret Ehrmann Junior Award for Excellence in Sociology
Cassandra Barrett
The Winston and Margaret Ehrmann Senior Award for Excellence in Sociology
Eva Fisk
Levi Teitsworth
Excellence in Anthropology Award
Taylor Koch
Theatre and Communications Studies
Theatre Achievement Award
Osean Perez
Kayla Prestel
John Wilson