2013-14 Academic Awards
Each year Cornell College recognizes student achievement with an awards celebration. The following students were honored at this year’s ceremony.
ALL-COLLEGE AWARDS
Phi Beta Kappa
Ni An Rebecca Hennesy Katryna Rice-Krause
Léonie de Jonge Amanda Houts Carlotta Ruffalo
Amanda Engel Jennifer Knox Yi Wang
Angelique Gonzales Liane Olson Ji Zhang
Mortar Board
Members for 2013-14
Ni An Jackie Havens Michael Reed
Miguel Ascencio Rachel Henning Katryna Rice-Krause
Rachel Aubry Julia Karvel Steven Robnak
Grace Callahan John Link Carlotta Ruffalo
Léonie de Jonge Amanda Martin Florencia Sadler
Leanna Doyle Tiffany Monreal Michael Simons
MacKenzie Dreeszen Liane Olson Alec Winzenried
Courtney Elahee Thomas Pitkin Audrey Zannini
Amanda Engel
Members for 2014-15
Setsen Altan-Ochir Jeremy Kaden Ariadne Penalva
Katlyn Arndt Stephanie Kerbel Lushana Peterson
Yasmin Bou Karim Rebekah Kurtz Allison Rott
Tanisha Canty Lydia Meece Raven Saunders-Duckett
Eleanor Cotton Thao Nguyen Katherine Sickelka
Amir El-Aswad Elizabeth O’Brien Shivani Suresh
Alyssa Hahn Kelly Oeltjenbruns Tianzi Zhang
Liz Jerkins Bridget Ollesch
Academic Achievement Awards
H.M. Kelly Award in the Sciences
Donna Warfield
Clyde Tull Award in the Humanities
Kat Sayrs
Alice R. Betts Award
Laura Wetzel
William Harmon Norton Award
Erin Newman
Sutherland Dows Award
Rose Reed-Maxfield
Peterson Sisters Award
Gerin Eaton
C.O. Pauley Award
Bridget Ollesch
Arthur E. Lowell Award
Caitlin Huff
Class of 1907 Award
Katie Gilbert
S.L. Chandler Award
William Phillips
Yamaoka International Student Award
Addy Dam
Interdepartmental Awards
Madonna Cutsinger Award
Laurel Fraser and Bridget Ollesch
Frank G. Brooks Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Outstanding Senior Award
Rachel Aubry
Frank G. Brooks Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Outstanding Junior Award
Katlyn Arndt and Bridget Ollesch
Robert Black Environmental Studies Award
Caitlin Huff
John Mark Dean Environmental Studies Award
Carlie Ruffalo
Interdepartmental Honors in International Relations
Jennifer Knox
Departmental Awards
Art and Art History
Biology
Frank G. Brooks Outstanding Senior Award
Nicaela Haig
Frank G. Brooks Outstanding Junior Award
Derek Hanson
Achievement in Biosciences Prize – Oxford University Press
Anh Lu
Beta Beta Beta (Biology Honorary Society)
Jarod Armenta Nicaela Haig Nicole Potter
Rachel Aubry Stacey Harrison Nolan Schillerstrom
Scott Casey Rachel Henning Slater Sharp
Eleanor Cotton Alexandria Leonhardt Nathan Spalding
Kyle Decker Lydia Meece Samantha Sparrow
Laura Ettlin Bridget Ollesch Leti Valencia
David Fischer Rebekah Ozga Alec Winzenried
Alyssa Hahn Ariadne Penalva
Chemistry
CRC Press First-Year Chemistry Award
Minh Ngoc Nguyen and Sydney Strunk
Analytical Chemistry Award
Jihang Wang
Physical Chemistry Award
Jihang Wang
ACS Organic Chemistry Award
Tianzi Zhang
Chemistry Outstanding Senior Award
Theint Aung
Achievement in Chemistry Prize – Oxford University Press
Theint Aung
Classical and Modern Languages
Grace Wormer Award for Excellence in Foreign Languages
Jennifer Knox
John M. Crossett Memorial Prize for Excellence in Classics
Jennifer Knox
Eugene Elkins Award for Excellence in French
Jadie Oldfield
Grace Wormer – Mihailo Mihailovic Russian Award
George Callaway
F. Alan DuVal Award in German
William Alexander
Cervantes Award in Spanish
Hannah Bostwick and Hana Martin
Departmental Honors in Classical Studies
Jennifer Knox
Delta Phi Alpha (German Honorary Society)
Angelica England Adel Huemiller Allison Rott
Paul German Ryan O’Malley Katherine Uhlenkamp
Pi Delta Phi (French Honorary Society)
Dannie Chen Elizabeth O’Brien Bryan Vortherms
Katie Gilbert Rose Reed-Maxfield Mary Willis
Rebekah Kurtz Carlie Ruffalo
Sigma Delta Pi (Spanish Honorary Society)
Hannah Bostwick Amanda Engel Christina Rueth
Yasmin Bou Karim Hana Martin Taylor Sedlacek
Annie Broutman Robert Porter Kendra Wisely
Grace Callahan Steven Robnak
Computer Science
First Year Computer Science Student Achievement Award
Theresa Dinh and Joe Sterchele
Senior Computer Science Student Achievement Award
Levi Scott
Economics and Business
Don Cell Award
Tiffany Monreal
Charles M. Cochran Award
Viet Do Catherine Mueller Yi Wang
Richard and Laurine Kimmel Award
James Thompson
Outstanding Achievement in Business Education Award: Successfully passed the Chartered Financial Analyst level 1 exam
Aung Ye Kyaw Linh Pham Dung Tran Ji Zhang
Outstanding Achievement in Business Education Award: Successfully passed the Society of Actuaries examinations
Viet Do and Yi Wang
Omicron Delta Epsilon (Economics Honorary Society)
Kang Chen Catherine Mueller John Srodulski
Kangwei Chen Aeint Ngon Pradeep Swar
Addy Dam Hoa Nguyen James Thompson
Bao-Chau Do Thao Nguyen Dung Tran
Viet Do Jadie Oldfield Tyler VanderGaast
Trang Hoang Lushana Peterson Kunyu Wang
Aung Ye Kyaw Linh Pham Yi Wang
Minh Le Martin Reimer Adam Westerby
Alexandria Leonhardt Katryna Rice-Krause Ji Zhang
Shengkun Li Benjamin Rosen Linchuan Zhang
Jennifer Loewen Richard Simkins Ruonan Zhang
Tiffany Monreal
Education
Gast Award in Elementary Education
Joseph Ihus and Jennifer Loewen
Gast Award in Secondary Education
Julie Alba and Michael Reed
Elizabeth Hutton-Thompson Passionate About Teaching Award
Grace Swehla
English and Creative Writing
Recognition of Excellence in the Department of Englishand Creative Writing
Matthew Jones and Emily Wenger
Tull Prose Prize
Thomas Cooke
Barbara Gail Lieberknecht Award
Laurel Fraser and Jessica Reed
Recognition of Service to the Department of English and Creative Writing
David Reischman
Winifred Van Etten Award
Sheldon Gaskell
Beth Ellsworth Award
Crystal Kephart
Academy of American Poets Prize
Carlie Ruffalo
Tom Garst Poetry Prize
Irene Herzig
Tom Garst Award for Excellence in Academic Writing
Hallie Koontz and Carlie Ruffalo
John Branner Shackford Senior Award
Rebecca Hennesy
Departmental Honors in English and Creative Writing
Amanda Engel Hallie Koontz
Rebecca Hennesy Carlie Ruffalo
Geology
William H. Norton Geology Award to the Outstanding Junior Geology Major
Scott Kottkamp
Herbert Hendriks Award to the Outstanding Senior Geology Major
Ni An Angelique Gonzales Amanda Houts
Gene Hinman Geology Award for Outstanding Geology Fieldwork
Nikki Ahline
Paul Garvin Award to the Outstanding Sophomore Geology Major
Thomas Weiss
Departmental Honors in Geology
Ni An Angelique Gonzales Amanda Houts
Sigma Gamma Epsilon (Geology Honorary Society)
Setsen Altan-Ochir Amanda Houts Ryan Shanks
Ni An Scott Kottkamp Thomas Weiss
Max Bertsos KJ Passaro Nicole Werling
Aaron Campbell Maggie Savage Stephanie Wheeler
Angelique Gonzales
History
Maxwell Miller Jr. Award
Curtis DeRemer
Alice Gehant Absher Award
Timothy Wiley
Sarah Frances Bush Award
Nora Fiona Gilmore
Dean Gilliatt Award
Evan Andersson
Carl Becker Award
Thomas Cooke
Littell Statesman Award
Mauricio Huertas
Kinesiology
Ray and Margaret Cook Award in Kinesiology
Stephanie Kerbel and Hannah O’Brien
Mathematics and Statistics
Mildred and Watson Davis Award
Viet Do
Elmer E. Moots Award
Joshua Lee and Nam Phan
Luther Claborn Memorial Award
Tanner Stirrat
Ed Hill Mathematics Scholars
Kang Chen Lainey Drevlow Alex Hubers
Shengkun Li Thao Nguyen Laura Wetzel
Music
Laura and Robert Sanderson Award
Eleanor Backman
Hanawalt Vocal Music Prize
Audrey Zannini
Lloyd Oakland Music Award
Stephen Smith
Vera Kuntz String Award
Kaitlynn Long
Elmer E. Moots Award
David Quintana
Philosophy
Elmer E. Moots Award
Jessica Reed
Bruce T. Riley Award
Bailey Robb
Philosophy Department Senior Book Prize
Rebecca Hennesy
Physics
Outstanding Physics Major Award
Theint Aung
Politics
Littell Statesman Award
Kelly Oeltjenbruns
Mark E. Hutchinson Jr. Memorial Award
Ariam Kiflemariam
Kathryn Bieber Weller Memorial Award
Katy Banks
Charles J. Lynch Memorial Pre-Law Award
Tanisha Canty
John Cotton Brown Memorial Award
Kenny Capesius
Clark H. McNeal Memorial Award
Thomas Cooke
Herbert A. Wilkinson Memorial Award
Martin Reimer
Pi Sigma Alpha (Politics Honorary Society)
Tanisha Canty Jennifer Knox Taylor Sedlacek
Kenny Capesius Claire McGuire Erinn Voas
Thomas Cooke Kelly Oeltjenbruns Kunyu Wang
Léonie De Jonge Martin Reimer Alec Winzenried
Ariam Kiflemariam Steven Robnak Linchuan Zhang
Phi Alpha Delta (Pre-law Honorary Society)
Alex Acunal Amir El-Aswad Benjamin Rosen
Narda Aldaco James Flanagan Florencia Sadler
Millie Alvear Aubrey Kohl Leonard Schlanger
Tanisha Canty Sandrine Louis-Jeune ShLonda Swanson
Dannie Chen Sarah Johnson Ray Feliz Taveras
Thomas Cooke So Young Park
Psychology
Kathryn L. McDermott Award
Tammy Aird Clara Kincaid Michael Simons
Distinguished Service Award
Dominique Hudson and Amanda Martin
Departmental Honors in Psychology
Amanda Martin
Psi Chi (National Honor Society in Psychology)
Tammy Aird Liz Jerkins Jess Noble
Kyle Decker Jeremy Kaden Ariadne Penalva
Leanna Doyle Z Kaza-Amlak Marco Renzi
Kristen Fernandez-Kong Tiffany Lawless Michael Simons
Anne Gaudet Lorri Leong Tyler Thorne
Lee Gaveras Amanda Martin Mary Willis
Angelica Hall Sami Miller Natasha Yancey
Religion
American Bible Society Prize
Bridget Ollesch
Julius and Erma Delaplain Knoblauch Award
Gerin Eaton
Ruth N. Anderson Harris Award
Yesenia Hernandez
Sociology and Anthropology
The Winston and Margaret Ehrmann Junior Award for Excellence in Sociology
Katy Krogstad and Rose Reed-Maxfield
The Winston and Margaret Ehrmann Senior Award for Excellence in Sociology
Liane Olson
Excellence in Anthropology Award
Lucee Rakowitz
Lambda Alpha (National Honor Society for Anthropology)
Alexis Atkinson Julia Karvel Lucee Rakowitz
Hayden Howard Linda Nguyen Shivani Suresh
Theatre
Theatre Achievement Award
Daniel Dempsey
