2026 Honor Societies, Honors, and Awards

Additional congratulations are in order for our many students whose academic excellence resulted in additional achievements at the college level, or within their academic department.

National Honor Societies

Phi Beta Kappa

Members are signified by a stole bearing the Greek letters PBK and key.

Omicron Delta Epsilon (Economics)

Phi Alpha Theta (History)

Pi Delta Phi (French)

Pi Sigma Alpha (Politics)

Psi Chi (Psychology)

Sigma Delta Pi (Spanish)

Academic Department Honors and Awards

Biology

Frank G. Brooks Award to the Outstanding Senior Biology Major, Lewis Stephen Page
Frank G. Brooks Award to the Outstanding Senior Biology Major, Isabella Catherine Strauss

Biology/Chemistry

Frank G. Brooks Award to the Outstanding Senior Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Major, Sean Fischer Giffen
Frank G. Brooks Award to the Outstanding Senior Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Major, Ella Ann McLaughlin
Frank G. Brooks Award to the Outstanding Senior Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Major, Bailey Williams

Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry Award, Mahmoud Wael Elawady
Analytical Chemistry Award, Ian John Schilling
Chemistry Outstanding Senior Award, Seraphina Ann Schourek
Deskin Award, Cameron Lyn Reimers

Classical & Modern Languages

Cervantes Award in Spanish, Autumn N. Holmstrom
F. Alan DuVal Award in German, Alyza Marie Koppes
Grace Wormer-Mihailo Mihailovic Russian Award, DeVon J. White

Community & Public Heath

Senior Award for Excellence in Community and Public Health, Oriana McKanan

Computer Science

Senior Computer Science Student Achievement Award, Mahmoud Wael Elawady
Senior Computer Science Student Achievement Award, Mark Everett Smith

Earth & Environment

Herbert Hendriks Award to Outstanding Senior Geology Major, Emma E. VanSickle
Robert Black Award to Outstanding Environmental Science and Sustainability Major, Piper Lee Ravenscroft

Economics & Business

Charles M. Cochran Award, Carson Louis King
Richard and Laurine Kimmel Award, Tanatswa Michelle Hamadziripi

Education

Elizabeth Hutton-Thompson Passionate about Teaching Award, Audrey Rose Small
Gast Award in Elementary Education, Gavin Thomas Soukup
Gast Award in Elementary Education, Gwen Grace Westervelt
Gast Award in Secondary Education, Christian Gael Diaz
Gast Award in Secondary Education, Meredith Grace Sconce
Clyde C. Tull Prose Prize, Hannah Mae Kalbrener
John Branner Shackford Senior Award, Kylie Carolynn Berry
John Branner Shackford Senior Award, Hannah Mae Kalbrener
Recognition of Leadership in the Literacy Life of the College, Isabella Rose Leo
Recognition of Service to the Department of English and Creative Writing, DeVon J. White
Tom Garst Award for Excellence in Academic Writing, Hannah Mae Kalbrener

Gender, Sexualities, & Women's Studies

Senior Award for Excellence in Gender, Sexualities, and Women’s Studies, Kylie Carolynn Berry
Senior Award for Excellence in Gender, Sexualities, and Women’s Studies, Genny Davis

History

Carl Becker Award, Meredith Grace Sconce
Dean Gilliatt Award, Orion Pevehouse
Maxwell Miller Jr. Award, James A. Belding
May Montgomery Smith Award to the Outstanding Senior History Major, Christian Gael Diaz

Kinesiology

Kinesiology Department Community Engagement and Service Award, Audrey Rose Small
Kinesiology Department Impact Award, Rylee Kay VanDresar
Mary MacLeod Kinesiology Award for Outstanding Senior in Physical Education, Benjamin Fergot
Outstanding Student in Exercise Science, Heidi Lynn Jorgensen

Mathematics/Statistics

Ed Hill Statistics Senior Award, Ella Miranda Henze
Ed Hill Statistics Senior Award, Jack Calvin Rogers
Luther Claborn Memorial Award, Garrett Thomas Roehl

Physics & Engineering

Outstanding Senior Engineering Major, Mercedes Joy Chisholm

Politics

Charles J. Lynch Memorial Pre-Law Award, Meena Mae Johnson Barua
Clark H. McNeal Memorial Award, Sowelu Naantena
Jeff Beatty Memorial Award, Jayden Rose Chenoweth
Kathryn Bieber Weller Memorial Award, Brynn Rae Miroslavich

Psychology

Dominique Hudson Distinguished Service Award, Madeline Rose Ward
Kathryn L. McDermott Award, Elifsude Degirmenci
Kathryn L. McDermott Award, Wybie Violet Warmbold

Sociology & Anthropology

The Chris Carlson and Richard Peterson Senior Award for Applied Sociology, Monet Scott Roelle
The Winston and Margaret Ehrmann Senior Award for Excellence in Sociology, Hannah Lynn Koenighain

Theatre

Senior Award, Olivia Rose Sauer Dudziak
Senior Award, Chrysalis Paulina Goring
Senior Award, Jack Ryan Gross
Senior Award, Gabriel William LaFleur
Senior Award, Piper Lee Ravenscroft

All-College Honors

Summa Cum Laude

Magna Cum Laude

Cum Laude

Young Trustee

Mahmoud Wael Elawady

Senior Award

Veronica Joyce Schuchart