Cornell College’s annual Academic Awards Dinner was held on Thursday, May 21, where students were recognized for their individual academic achievements.
ALL-COLLEGE AWARDS
Laura Blythe S. Leigh Heathcote Kristyn Rodzinyak
Emily Burnham Amanda Jepson Audrey Saunders
Erin Casey Jeanna Kadlec Stephanie Schmeling
Shannon Claxton Danielle Merriman Rachel Spriggs
Kelsey Feser Megan Michalski Jessica Strains
Jeremy Frank Jessica Morton Leslie Tweeton
Amber Fricke Kristina Pontarelli Zarnigar Zahra
Mortar Board
Members for 2008-09
Ashley Behaunek David Kugler Jessica Strains
Heather Bhimull Meggan Macomber Rebecca Sullens
Henry Brand Kate Mendenhall Brittany Szczepanik
Alex Carlson Danielle Merriman Cayla Techlin
Joanne Crowley Jenna Meyers Jennifer Turner
Caitlin Ewing Megan Michalski Leslie Tweeton
Amber Fricke Jessica Morton Josiah Wagoner
Patricia Gonzalves Kristina Pontarelli Lindsay Wieland
S. Leigh Heathcote Katherine Read Nicholas Wondra
Amanda Jepson Kristyn Rodzinyak Zarnigar Zahra
Bryon Kroger Stephanie Schmeling
Members for 2009-10
Paul Appel Sean Lehman Kevin Pickhard
Brittany Atchison Nicholas Light Kyle Roberts
Jennifer Bays Erin McNeill Madeline Roche
Jennifer Brown Allison Nappe Cicily Ronhovde
Emily Burnham Janet Northey See-yin So
Shannon Claxton Adam Norton Rachel Spriggs
Laura Dudgeon Mara Oda Elizabeth Von
Kirsten Gierach Kristin Paczosa Olga Vovk
Jeanna Kadlec Claire Parrish Mikelle Wortman
Academic Achievement Awards
H.M. Kelly Award in the Sciences
Neal Klauer
Clyde Tull Award in the Humanities
Megan Dibbern
Alice R. Betts Award
Victoria Levasseur
William Harmon Norton Award
Marie Glackin
Sutherland Dows Award
Christopher Handke
Peterson Sisters’ Award
Kevin Pickhard
C.O. Pauley Award
Jenelle Sombret
Arthur E. Lowell Award
Adam Norton
Class of 1907 Award
Amanda Johnson
S.L. Chandler Award
Thu Ra
Yamaoka International Student Award
Mandip Sibakoti
Madonna Cutsinger Award
Sarah McNutt
Jenelle Sombret
Frank G. Brooks Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Outstanding Senior Award
S. Leigh Heathcote
Megan Michalski
Kristina Pontarelli
Frank G. Brooks Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Outstanding Junior Award
Christopher Handke
Cicily Ronhovde
Honors in Ethnic Studies
Amber Fricke
Honors in International Relations
Nicholas Wondra
Art
Richard and Laurine Kimmel Award
Rebecca Ellerbroek
Art Departmental Honors
Sarah Henson Katelynn McAllister Danielle Merriman
Biology
Frank G. Brooks Outstanding Senior Award
Patrick Kelly
Frank G. Brooks Outstanding Junior Award
Laura Blythe
Achievement in Biosciences Prize – Oxford University Press
Pavla Brachova
Beta Beta Beta (Biology Honorary Society)
Jennifer Bays Amanda Jepson Jesse Owen
Courtney Behrens Patrick Kelly Kristina Pontarelli
Laura Blythe Brian King Joseph Reed
Pavla Brachova Avraham Kolel Benjamin Rees
Margot Brobst Randy Lanosga III Arno Reichel
Nicholas Campbell Kevin Lawrence Nate Schueller
Alex Carlson Sean Lehman Abby Schultz
Michelle Ellison Victoria Levasseur See-yin So
Jeffrey Evans Jillian Liu Kaylee Steffel
Rachael Floyd Ian McNish Rachel Tracey
Dana Friend Brianna Medrano Alisa Vickrey
Phillip Gallagher Megan Michalski Elizabeth Von
Kirsten Gierach Meghan Naber Jay Welvaert
Christopher Handke Allison Nappe Erin Witek
Charles Hay Adam Norton Mikelle Wortman
Allie Jagielo
Chemistry
CRC Press Freshman Chemistry Award
Sophie Gaynor
Amanda Johnson
Analytical Chemistry Award
Don Bladt
Physical Chemistry Award
S. Leigh Heathcote
ACS Organic Chemistry Award
Megan Dibbern
Deskin Award
Meggan Macomber
Chemistry Outstanding Senior Award
S. Leigh Heathcote
Classical and Modern Languages
Grace Wormer Award for Excellence in Foreign Languages
Elise Hogue
John M. Crossett Memorial Prize for Excellence in Classics
Andrew Moeller
Eugene Elkins Award for Excellence in French
Paul Worrell
Grace Wormer – Mihailo Mihailovic Russian Award
Courtney Butler
F. Alan DuVal Award in German
Jessica Strains
Cervantes Award in Spanish
Autumn Allen Julia Tanguay
Departmental Honors in German
Jessica Strains
Delta Phi Alpha (German Honorary Society)
Jessica Morton Jessica Strains
Pi Delta Phi (French Honorary Society)
Lizzie Adinoff Laura Heft Emmy Slocum
Jeff Anderson Hannah Martin Emily Vinci
Suzi Enoch Sarah McNutt Andrea Weed
Eva Fisk Audrey Saunders Paul Worrell
Sigma Delta Pi (Spanish Honorary Society)
Autumn Allen Elise Hogue Andrew Rasmussen
Pavla Brachova Laura Murnin Atanas Siakolov
Monica Brown Kristina Pontarelli Brett Spangler
Caitlyn Dye Juana Ramírez Julia Tanguay
Chelsea Fikar
Computer Science
First Year Computer Science Student Achievement Award
Liz Davis Sean McKenna
Senior Computer Science Student Achievement Award
David Baur Myka Peterson
Economics and Business
Don Cell Award
Vincent Anderson
Charles M. Cochran Award
Nicholas Light
Kevin Pickhard
Bradley Shrago
Richard and Laurine Kimmel Award
Anica Vujanic
Omicron Delta Epsilon (Economics Honorary Society)
Vincent Anderson Joanna Loewen Benjamin Sebers
Jamie Bernthal Khoi Luu Nicholas Tripp
Emily Burnham Yuri Mitchell Olga Vovk
Jeffrey Curran Mara Oda Anica Vujanic
Griffin LaDew Kevin Pickhard Zarnigar Zahra
Nicholas Light Audrey Saunders
Education
Gast Award in Elementary Education
Lisa Kowalke Brianna Wallace
Gast Award in Secondary Education
Jeffrey Boyle Casey Korn
English
English Department Recognition of Excellence
Emma Egner Jeremiah Junker
Recognition of Service to the Department of English
Erin Casey
Tull Prose Prize
Nathan Sacks
Barbara Gail Lieberknecht Award
Katie Carty Brooke Smith
Winifred Van Etten Award
Jeanna Kadlec
Lane Poetry Prize
Tony Immergluck
Academy of American Poets Prize
Tony Immergluck
John Branner Shackford Senior Award
Jeremy Frank
John Branner Shackford Shakespeare Prize
Monica Brown
Tom Garst Poetry Prize
Alexander Lempke
Tom Garst Award for Excellence in Academic Writing
Jenelle Sombret
English Departmental Honors
Erin Casey Jessica Morton Nathan Sacks
Geology
William H. Norton Geology Award
Kelsey Feser
Gene Hinman Geology Award
Elizabeth Erickson
History
May Montgomery Smith Award to the Outstanding Senior History Major
Stephanie Schmeling
Maxwell Miller Jr. Award
Claire Parrish
Alice Gehant Absher Award
Beth Perlman
Dean Gilliatt Award
Zoe Sigman
Carl Becker Award
Eric Hayes
Littell Statesman Award
Andrea Weed
History Departmental Honors
Stephanie Schmeling
Kinesiology
Ray and Margaret Cook Award in Kinesiology
Laura Dudgeon
Mathematics
Mildred and Watson Davis Award
Greg Sowers
Elmer E. Moots Award
Amanda Johnson Lauren Morris
Luther Claborn Memorial Award
Rachel Spriggs Benjamin Thompson
Sarah Frances Bush Award
Elizabeth McCollum Kyle Roberts
Ed Hill Mathematics Scholars
Jenna Cangialosi
Jennifer Chang
Paige Hardie
Charles Hay
Raghav Kunnawallam
Greg Sowers
Music
Laura and Robert Sanderson Award
Rebecca Swartz
Hanawalt Vocal Music Prize
Philip Eschweiler
Martha Jane Tinder Edge Music Award
Joshua Atcher
Lloyd Oakland Music Award
Andrew Tham
Elmer E. Moots Award
Tara Ohrt
Helen Venn Award in Piano
Kyle Davy
Eugene Devereaux Memorial Award
Tessa Smith
Vera Kuntz String Award
Anna Yeagle
Julian Bern Music Award
Benjamin Mosetick
Philosophy
Bruce T. Riley Award
Matthew Shimanovsky
Philosophy Department Senior Book Prize
Alex Williams
Phi Sigma Tau (Philosophy Honorary Society)
Heather Bhimull
Joseph Gaytan
Leslie Tweeton
Politics
Littell Statesman Award
Jeanna Kadlec
Mark E. Hutchinson Jr. Memorial Award
Mackenzie Case
Charles J. Lynch Memorial Pre-Law Award
Madeline Roche
John Cotton Brown Memorial Award
Sarah McNutt
Clark H. McNeal Memorial Award
Quinlan Purkey
Herbert A. Wilkinson Memorial Award
Andrew Patzke
Maduff Civil Rights Award
Brittany Atchison
Departmental Honors
Amber Fricke
Leslie Tweeton
Pi Sigma Alpha (Politics Honorary Society)
Vincent Anderson Jeanna Kadlec Quinlan Purkey
Brittany Atchison Madeline Roche
Elizabeth Bennett Brian Kovac Matthew Shimanovsky
Jamie Bernthal Sarah McNutt Vitaly Shmel’kin
Henry Brand Yuri Mitchell Leslie Tweeton
Trevor Cipriano Jessica Morton Olga Vovk
Jeffrey Curran Nathan Mundell Nicholas Wondra
Amber Fricke Mara Oda Zarnigar Zahra
Phi Alpha Delta (Pre-law Honorary Society)
Shawna Anderson Andrew Hill Madeline Roche
Emily Burnham Jeanna Kadlec Audrey Saunders
Mackenzie Case Sean Lehman Benjamin Sebers
Lisa Chen Albert Lin Lance Sharp
Trevor Cipriano Christopher Marzen Jordan Stacey
Brandon Crawford Sarah McNutt Annika Strombom
Francis Dixson Yuri Mitchell Leslie Tweeton
Kelli Ford Jessica Morton Eli Wade-Scott
Heather Fransen Meredith Price Kasun Wijegunawardana
Amber Fricke Quinlan Purkey
Psychology
Kathryn L. McDermott Award
Katherine Read
Distinguished Service Award
David Kugler
Psychology Departmental Honors
Katherine Read Jennifer Turner
Psi Chi (National Honor Society in Psychology)
Jennifer Boaz David Kugler See-yin So
Henry Brand Randy Lanosga III Ashley Stillman
Shannon Claxton Jillian Liu Cayla Techlin
Claire Davis Megan Moran Jennifer Turner
Brette Deaton Katherine Read Breanna Uetz
Katie Gieszler Emma Reicks Elizabeth Von
Patricia Gonzalves Madison Satterfield Elizabeth Wessling
Emma Jacobs Kelly Siglin Erin Witek
Kristin Jauch
Religion
American Bible Society Prize
Alida Ogren-Gunderson
Julius and Erma Delaplain Knoblauch Award
Jenna Meyers
Ruth N. Anderson Harris Award
Lindsey Peterson
Ella Robinson Moles Award
Kaitlin Foster
Agudas Achim Excellence in Judaic Studies Award
Elizabeth Klaus
Sociology and Anthropology
The Winston and Margaret Ehrmann Junior Award for Excellence in Sociology
Emily Burnham
The Winston and Margaret Ehrmann Senior Award for Excellence in Sociology
David Kugler Rebecca Sullens
Excellence in Anthropology Award
Candice Kociemba Danielle Merriman
Lambda Alpha (National Honor Society for Anthropology)
Paul Appel
Jennifer Bays
Allyn Glenn-Burns
Candice Kociemba
Erin McNeill
Danielle Merriman
Theatre and Communications Studies
Theatre Achievement Award
Tillean Grey
Tyler Jacobson
Alex Williams