Cornell College’s annual Academic Awards Dinner was held on Thursday, May 22, where students were recognized for their individual academic achievements.
ALL-COLLEGE AWARDS
Phi Beta Kappa
Jessica Allison Julia Kamenetzky Nathan Olafsen
Teresa Beary Erin Masimore Daniel Pedersen
Rebecca Birkhofer Megan Michalski Michelle Penn
Veronica Czastkiewicz Amy Moenning Kristina Pontarelli
Alexandra Gore Jill Moses Kristyn Rodzinyak
Jada Hallengren Margaret Obermann Leslie Tweeton
Mortar Board
Jessica Allison Shana Hollis Heather Roth
Rebecca Birkhofer Julia Kamenetzky Katherine Sullivan
Margaret Burgdorf Peter Lehr Kerri Timmerman
Sasha Burnett Elsa Leoncini Rachel Tjaden
Chelsea Coyne Elizabeth Lueck Emili Vondrak
Garrett Feddersen Julius Marapachi Amanda Wallace
Katherine Frank Amy Moenning Nicole Wanty
John Gammons Jill Moses Kathryn Ward
Alexandra Gore Margaret Obermann Saydra Wilson
Jada Hallengren Nathan Olafsen Elise Wood
Rene Hilbach-Barger Michelle Penn
Academic Achievement Awards
H.M. Kelly Award in the Sciences
Victoria Levasseur
Clyde Tull Award in the Humanities
Katie Carty
Alice R. Betts Award
Jeanna Kadlec
William Harmon Norton Award
Sarah McNutt
Sutherland Dows Award
Kristina Pontarelli
Peterson Sisters’ Award
Leslie Tweeton
C.O. Pauley Award
Kelsey Feser
Arthur E. Lowell Award
S. Leigh Heathcote
Class of 1907 Award
Rachel Spriggs
S.L. Chandler Award
Annie Schneider
Yamaoka International Student Award
Zarnigar Zahra
INTERDEPARTMENTAL AWARDS
Madonna Cutsinger Award
Jeanna Kadlec
Kristina Pontarelli
Frank G. Brooks
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Outstanding Senior Award
Jada Hallengren
Jill Moses
Nate Olafsen
Frank G. Brooks
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Outstanding Junior Award
S. Leigh Heathcote
Megan Michalski
Kristina Pontarelli
Honors in Ethnic Studies
Stephanie Lampkin
DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS
Art
Richard and Laurine Kimmel Award
Emily Isenberg
Art Departmental Honors
Lucy Boone
Biology
Frank G. Brooks Outstanding Senior Award
Nicole Wanty
Frank G. Brooks Outstanding Junior Award
Patrick Kelly
Achievement in Biosciences Prize – Oxford University Press
Alister Caddy
Beta Beta Beta
(Biology Honorary Society)
Jessica Allison Christopher Handke Michalene Otis
Julia Anderson Charles Hay Kristina Pontarelli
Jennifer Bays Patrick Kelly Joseph Reed
Rebecca Birkhofer Brian King Benjamin Rees
Laura Blythe Avraham Kolel Arno Reichel
Pavla Brachova Emmanuel Koli Nate Schueller
Alex Carlson Kevin Lawrence See-yin So
Nakyda Dean Sean Lehman Emily Stecklein
Michelle Ellison Pete Lehr Kaylee Steffel
Garrett Feddersen Jillian Liu Elizabeth Von
Tyler Fick Ian McNish Nicole Wanty
Rachael Floyd Megan Michalski Katie Ward
John Gammons Jill Moses Jay Welvaert
Kirsten Gierach Meghan Naber Saydra Wilson
Abiy Girma Allison Nappe Erin Witek
Enrique Gonzales-Moore Adam Norton Mikelle Wortman
Jada Hallengren Nathan Olafsen
Chemistry
CRC Press Freshman Chemistry Award
Ellie Hutchison Emerald Phyu
Analytical Chemistry Award
Kristyn Rodzinyak
Physical Chemistry Award
Kristyn Rodzinyak
ACS Organic Chemistry Award
C.J. Ronhovde
Chemistry Outstanding Senior Award
Teresa Beary
Classical and Modern Languages
John M. Crossett Memorial Prize for Excellence in Classics
Thomas Schmolke
Eugene Elkins Award for Excellence in French
Sarah McNutt
Grace Wormer – Mihailo Mihailovic Russian Award
Michelle Penn
F. Alan DuVal Award in German
Johnathan Clogg Nicole Wanty
Cervantes Award in Spanish
Mariel Cañas Michalene Otis Brett Spangler
Departmental Honors in Spanish
Mariel Cañas Rachel Leach
Delta Phi Alpha
(German Honorary Society)
Johnathan Clogg Jessica Strains
Erin Masimore Nicole Wanty
Pi Delta Phi
(French Honorary Society)
Kaitlin Foster Elizabeth Lueck Audrey Saunders
Abiy Girma Sarah McNutt Emily Vinci
Laura Heft Amanda Piell Paul Worrell
Elsa Leoncini
Sigma Delta Pi
(Spanish Honorary Society)
Autumn Allen Chelsea Fikar Michalene Otis
Teresa Beary Charles Fox Kristina Pontarelli
Sasha Burnett Elise Hogue Atanas Siakolov
Mariel Cañas Rachel Leach Brett Spangler
Chelsea Coyne Laura Murnin
Computer Science
First Year Computer Science Student
Achievement Award
Jennifer Chang Sarah Gilliland
Senior Computer Science Student
Achievement Award
Justin Brown
Economics and Business
Don Cell Award
Vitaly Shmel’kin
Charles M. Cochran Award
Jamie Adams
Zarnigar Zahra
Joanna Loewen
Richard and Laurine Kimmel Award
Emily Burnham
Education
Gast Award in Elementary Education
Rachel Leach Rachel Tjaden
Gast Award in Secondary Education
Stephen Crane Erin Masimore
Brian Bernard Award for Excellence in Teaching
Anthony Cozzi
English
English Department Recognition of Excellence
Jessica Jones
Tull Prose Prize
Andrew Fowler
Barbara Gail Lieberknecht Award
Jenelle Sombret
Beth Ellsworth Award
Erin Casey
Winifred Van Etten Award
Nathan Sacks
Lane Poetry Prize
Shawna Anderson
Academy of American Poets Prize
Stephanie Schmeling
John Branner Shackford Senior Award
Alexandra Gore Margaret Obermann
John Branner Shackford Shakespeare Prize
Nicholas Creal
Tom Garst Poetry Prize
Margaret Obermann
Tom Garst Award for Excellence in Academic Writing
Margaret Obermann
English Departmental Honors
Alexandra Gore
Geology
William H. Norton Geology Award
Rebecca Ellerbroek
Gene Hinman Geology Award
Adam Willett
Herbert Hendriks Geology Award
Kristopher Rhodes
History
May Montgomery Smith Award to the Outstanding Senior History Major
Amy Moenning
Maxwell Miller Jr. Award
Eric Hayes
Alice Gehant Absher Award
Kate Mendenhall
Dean Gilliatt Award
Jeremiah Junker
Carl Becker Award
Stephanie Schmeling
Littell Statesman Award
Jeffrey Boyle
Sarah Frances Bush Award
Jennifer Brown
James Boyce History Award
Stephanie Lampkin
History Departmental Honors
Stephanie Lampkin
Kinesiology
Ray and Margaret Cook Award in Kinesiology
Amanda Jepson
Mathematics
Mildred and Watson Davis Award
Jessica Strains Sean Lucio Tolentino
Elmer E. Moots Award
Jakub Czaja Rachel Spriggs
Ed Hill Mathematics Scholars
Patricia Canales
Jennifer Chang
Fadzai Fungura
Charles Hay
Myka Peterson
Kyle Roberts
Greg Sowers
Rachel Spriggs
Music
Aletha McCall Prize
Paige Hardie
Hanawalt Vocal Music Prize
Matthew Roberts
Martha Jane Tinder Edge Music Award
Joanne Crowley
Lloyd Oakland Music Award
Jacob Wood
Elmer E. Moots Award
Kassandra Smith
Helen Venn Scholarship in Piano
Kyle Davy
Eugene Devereaux Memorial Award
Hans Hinrichsen
Vera Kuntz String Award
Anna Yeagle
Julian Bern Music Award
Benjamin Mosetick
Music Departmental Honors
Joni Rice
Pi Kappa Lambda
(Music Honorary Society)
Joni Rice
Philosophy
Elmer E. Moots Award
Jenna Meyers
Bruce T. Riley Award
Jordan Stacey
Philosophy Department Senior Book Prize
Laurie Rice
Phi Sigma Tau
(Philosophy Honorary Society)
Heather Bhimull Paul Miller Laurie Rice
Caitlin Ewing Michael Mulholland Kyle Schmidt
Joseph Gaytan Joni Rice Leslie Tweeton
Physics
Outstanding Physics Major Award
Julia Kamenetzky
Politics
Littell Statesman Award
Leslie Tweeton
Mark E. Hutchinson Jr. Memorial Award
Jeanna Kadlec
Kathryn Bieber Weller Memorial Award
Madeline Roche
Charles J. Lynch Memorial Pre-Law Award
Sarah McNutt
John Cotton Brown Memorial Award
Amber Fricke
Clark H. McNeal Memorial Award
Jessica Morton
Herbert A. Wilkinson Memorial Award
Zarnigar Zahra
Maduff Civil Rights Award
Amber Fricke
Pi Sigma Alpha
(Politics Honorary Society)
Vincent Anderson Katherine Frank Michelle Penn
Elizabeth Bennett Amber Fricke Madeline Roche
Henry Brand Laura Heft Matthew Shimanovsky
Trevor Cipriano Seth Henson Vitaly Shmel’kin
Johnathan Clogg Jeanna Kadlec Katherine Sullivan
Chelsea Coyne Leslie Tweeton
Jeffrey Curran Brian Kovac Olga Vovk
Veronica Czastkiewicz Sarah McNutt Nicholas Wondra
Caitlin Ewing Jessica Morton Zarnigar Zahra
Garrett Feddersen Mara Oda
Phi Alpha Delta
(Pre-law Honorary Society)
Elizabeth Bennett Sean Lehman Quinlan Purkey
Emily Burnham Christopher Marzen Madeline Roche
Mackenzie Case Sarah McNutt Audrey Saunders
Trevor Cipriano Yuri Mitchell Benjamin Sebers
Francis Dixson Jessica Morton Lance Sharp
Heather Fransen Michael Mulholland Jordan Stacey
Amber Fricke Matthew Mundell Leslie Tweeton
Jeanna Kadlec Michelle Penn Kasun Wijegunawardana
James Klobucar
Psychology
Kathryn L. McDermott Award
Jessica Allison
Distinguished Service Award
Heather Roth Kerri Timmerman
Psychology Departmental Honors
Shannon Eres Jada Hallengren
Psi Chi
(National Honor Society in Psychology)
Jessica Allison David Kugler Heather Roth
Julia Anderson Megan Moran Madison Satterfield
Rebecca Birkhofer Jill Moses See-yin So
Sasha Burnett Michael Mulholland Cayla Techlin
Claire Davis Katherine Read Kerri Timmerman
Patricia Gonzalves Megan Regel Jennifer Turner
Jada Hallengren Emma Reicks Breanna Uetz
Jessica Heston Laurie Rice Elizabeth Wessling
Shana Hollis
Religion
American Bible Society Prize
Daniel Pedersen
American Bible Society Christian Education Award
Lindsay Tallman
Julius and Erma Delaplain Knoblauch Award
Alison Scharmota
Ruth N. Anderson Harris Award
Alison Scharmota
Ella Robinson Moles Award
Daniel Pedersen
Vernoff-Epstein Family Memorial Award
for Excellence in Judaic Studies
Alison Scharmota
Sociology and Anthropology
The Winston and Margaret Ehrmann
Junior Award for Excellence in Sociology
David Kugler Rebecca Sullens
The Winston and Margaret Ehrmann
Senior Award for Excellence in Sociology
Jennifer Cline Matthew Mundell
Excellence in Anthropology Award
Nathan Olafsen Nicole Wanty
Lambda Alpha
(National Honor Society for Anthropology)
Paul Appel Stephanie Lampkin Maggie Rudick
Ashley Boots Emily Lewis Caroline Sang
Alexandra Gore Danielle Merriman Nicole Wanty
Candice Kociemba Nathan Olafsen Trisha Williams
Theatre and Communications Studies
Theatre Achievement Award
Ellen Kirk
Cate O’Brien
Charlie Thurston