2015-16 academic awards

Cornell College honored students with departmental and college-wide academic awards on Thursday, April 21. Congratulations on your achievements!  Photos of the event can be seen on Flickr here.

All college awards

Phi Beta Kappa

William Alexander
Emily Andrulis
Kenny Capesius
Michelle Dougan
Christopher Felt
Elizabeth Flick
Katie Gilbert
Danya Lebell
Phyo Lin
Ruby Linkhart
Christopher Machold
Houng Nguyen
Linh Nguyen
William Phillips
Justin Pruitt
Jessica Reed
Thomas Weiss
Alexandra Young
Anne Zegers

Mortar Board members for 2015-16

Theresa Dinh
Selena Erdman
Rachel Foster
Maggie Hogen
Mauricio Huertas
Sarah Johnson
Danya Lebell
Grace Leppink
Ruby Linkhart
Christopher Machold
Hayley McKie
Linh Nguyen
Anh Pham
Katelynn Raney
Jessica Reed
April Richards
Bailey Robb
Dakota Schee
Alison Sojka
Katherine Uhlenkamp
Thomas Weiss

Academic achievement awards

H.M. Kelly Award in the Sciences – Samantha Nadel
Clyde Tull Award in the Humanities – Talitha McGuire
Alice R. Betts Award – Rebecca Ritter
William Harmon Norton Award -Tristan Goodwin
Sutherland Dows Award – Emily Wenzel
Peterson Sisters Award – Samantha Barth
C.O. Pauley Award – Katharine Sayrs
Arthur E. Lowell Award – Carly Pierson
Class of 1907 Award – William Phillips
S.L. Chandler Award – Jillian Schulte
Yamaoka International Student Award – Thao Luu

Interdepartmental awards

Madonna Cutsinger Award – Hunter Dickson & Emily Wenzel
Frank G. Brooks Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Outstanding Senior Award – Hannah Bostwick & Justin Pruitt
Frank G. Brooks Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Outstanding Junior Award – Eric Daubach & Sydney Strunk
Robert Black Environmental Studies Award – Alexandra Young
John Mark Dean Environmental Studies Award – April Richards

Departmental Awards

Biology

Frank G. Brooks Outstanding Senior Award – Becca Lensing
Frank G. Brooks Outstanding Junior Award – Jeannette Guerra

Beta Beta Beta (biology honorary society)

Elizabeth Anderson
Madeleine Ball
Hannah Bostwick
Cris Fernandez-Reyes
Garrett Ginell
Maria Goodfellow
Joelle Holtman
Anna Jandt Auvil
Sarah Johnson
Bethany King
Brett Krull
Becca Lensing
Grace Leppink
Clint McDaniel
Rachel Moline
Julie Nguyet Minh Hoang
Tochukwu Nola Ihejirika
Justin Pruitt
Shuhan Reyes
Allison Samayoa
Halee Schomberg
Sydney Strunk
Arielle Watson
Alexandra Young

Chemistry

Chemistry Outstanding First-Year Student Award – Andrew Hanson & Stephanie Voller
Analytical Chemistry Award – Lizzy Davidson
ACS Organic Chemistry Award – Samantha Nadel
Achievement in Chemistry Prize – Oxford University Press – Jesse Sackett
Deskin Award – Bethany King

Classical and modern languages

Grace Wormer Award for Excellence in Foreign Languages – Katharine Sayrs
John M. Crossett Memorial Prize for Excellence in Classics – Evan Andersson
Eugene Elkins Award for Excellence in French – Vyjayanti Nair
Grace Wormer – Mihailo Mihailovic Russian Award – Yiyari De La Garza
F. Alan DuVal Award in German – Alex Sutton
Cervantes Award in Spanish – Emma Kaboli & Sydney Strunk

Delta Phi Alpha (German honorary society)

Alex Sutton
Katherine Uhlenkamp

Pi Delta Phi (French honorary society)

Cairo Eubanks
Katie Gilbert
Tochukwu Nola Ihejirika
Abrah Masterson
Katharine Sayrs
Maureen Sullivan

Sigma Delta Pi (Spanish honorary society)

Emily Andrulis
Jesse Applehans
Hannah Bostwick
Annie Broutman
Hana Martin
Christina Rueth
Halee Schomberg
Tess Wilner

Economics and business

Don Cell Award – Drew Finley
Charles M. Cochran Award – Thong Dang, Ngoc Nguyen, & Abubakar Shehu
Richard and Laurine Kimmel Award – Anh Pham

Omicron Delta Epsilon (economics honorary society)

Clint Allen
Jessica Applehans
Riley Bell
Michael Christiansen
Thong Dang
Polina Durneva
Drew Finley
Ellen Larson
Thao Luu
Husani Newbold
Aeint Thet Ngon
Linh Nguyen
Ngoc Nguyen
Robert O’Hayre
Anh Pham
Tyler Radke
Libby Schnoor
Abubakar Shehu
Akash Surti
Dawit Tsigie
Tess Wilner

Computer science

First-Year Computer Science Student Achievement Award – Nigel Ticknor
Senior Computer Science Student Achievement Award – Emily Andrulis

Education

Gast Award in Elementary Education – Madison Chicoine & Michelle Dougan
Gast Award in Secondary Education – Hana Martin & Alison Sojka
Elizabeth Hutton-Thompson Passionate About Teaching Award – Bri Carney

English and creative writing

Recognition of Excellence in the Department of English and Creative Writing – Laurel Fraser & Helen Waldmeir
Barbara Gail Lieberknecht Award – Maureen Sullivan
Recognition of Service to the Department of English and Creative Writing – Suleima Castaneda-Juarez & Janet Garcia
Winifred Van Etten Award – Robin Bulger & James Courville
Tom Garst Award for Excellence in Academic Writing – Jess Reed
John Branner Shackford Senior Award – Clare McCarthy
John Branner Shackford Shakespeare Prize – Elaine Brunson & Jessica Halter
Departmental Honors in English and Creative Writing – Elizabeth Flick, Janet Garcia, Clare McCarthy, Kaylee Wohlenhaus & Anne Zegers

Geology

William H. Norton Geology Award to the Outstanding Junior Geology Major – John Lewis
Herbert Hendriks Award to the Outstanding Senior Geology Major – Thomas Weiss
Gene Hinman Geology Award for Outstanding Geology Fieldwork – Elena Skosey-LaLonde
Departmental Honors in Geology – Thomas Weiss & Christopher Felt

Sigma Gamma Epsilon (geology honorary society)

Ryan Shanks
Thomas Weiss
Anne Zegers

History

May Montgomery Smith Award to the Outstanding Senior History Major – Evan Andersson
Maxwell Miller, Jr. Award – Kayla Boyd
Alice Gehant Absher Award – Zoie Sammons
Dean Gilliatt Award – Gwendolyn Morrison
Carl Becker Award – Aubrey Kohl
Littell Statesman Award – Bradley Kane
Sarah Frances Bush Award – William Phillips

Kinesiology

Ray and Margaret Cook Award in Kinesiology – Jessica Applehans

Mathematics and statistics

Mildred and Watson Davis Award – Julia Thome
Elmer E. Moots Award – Kean Johansen & Samantha Vetter

Music

Hanawalt Vocal Music Prize – Cassie Christianson
Martha Jane Tinder Edge Music Award – Emily Wenzel
Lloyd Oakland Music Award – Collin Smith
Eugene Devereaux Memorial Award – Amanda Mukozaka
Vera Kuntz String Award – Victoria Giordano
Elmer E. Moots Award – Tanner Nielsen
Helen Venn Award in Piano – Huong Quynh Anh Nguyen
Aletha McCall Prize – Sydney Pratt

Philosophy

Elmer E. Moots Award – Matthew Yafcak
Bruce T. Riley Award – Hunter Dickson
Philosophy Department Senior Book Prize – Jessica Reed & Bailey Robb

Physics

Outstanding Physics Major Award – Laura Wetzel

Politics

Littell Statesman Award – William Phillips
Mark E. Hutchinson, Jr. Memorial Award – Michael Christiansen
Kathryn Bieber Weller Memorial Award – Ashley Uphoff
Charles J. Lynch Memorial Pre-Law Award – Kenny Capesius
John Cotton Brown Memorial Award – Elissa Karim
Clark H. McNeal Memorial Award – Micah Hawker-Boehnke
Herbert A. Wilkinson Memorial Award – Glory-Lieb Tetuh
Maduff Civil Rights Award – Kahn Branch
Departmental Honors in Politics – Kenny Capesius

Pi Sigma Alpha (politics honorary society)

Jacob Bennington
Michael Christiansen
Sylvia Donahoo
Elissa Karim
Aubrey Kohl
Jacob Liphart
William Phillips
Katelynn Raney
Glory-Lieb Tetuh
Ashley Uphoff

Phi Alpha Delta (pre-law honorary society)

Micah Hawker-Boehnke
Sarah Johnson
Aubrey Kohl
Kaylee Wohlenhaus

Psychology

Kathryn L. McDermott Award – Danya Lebell
Dominique Hudson Distinguished Service Award – Gabe Flippo & Ruby Linkhart
Departmental Honors in Psychology – Andrew Crow

Psi Chi (national honor society in psychology)

Ashley Brodell
Brianna Bryant
Arturo Castillo
Marissa DeMeritt
Jessie Freeman
Kendall Glennon
Sandra Gomez
Maggie Hogen
Kyra Koehler
Danya Lebell
Linden Miles
Meghan Powers
Mariah Ravet
Shuhan Reyes
Enrique Smith
Ben Totman
Sol Wooten
Emily Wyler

Religion

American Bible Society Prize – Marty Foodim
Julius and Erma Delaplain Knoblauch Award – Chris Machold
Ruth N. Anderson Harris Award – Alix Zeligman
Ella Robinson Moles Award – Laurel Fraser
Agudas Achim Award for Judaic Studies Excellence – Hudy Serotta

Sociology and anthropology

The Winston and Margaret Ehrmann Junior Award for Excellence in Sociology – Alexandria DeSena
The Winston and Margaret Ehrmann Senior Award for Excellence in Sociology – Ruby Linkhart & Hayley McKie
Excellence in Anthropology Award – William Alexander & Maria Goodfellow

Alpha Kappa Delta (national honor society in sociology)

Alexandria DeSena
Ruby Linkhart
Hayley McKie
Anna Parrilli
Eliza Smith

Lambda Alpha (national honor society for anthropology)

William Alexander
Samantha Barth
Selena Erdman
Gabe Flippo
Maria Goodfellow
Muriel Grubb
Viviana Guajardo
Katherine Schmolke
Kristal Viera
Hannah Warner
Alix Zeligman

Theatre

Theatre Achievement Award – Sara Cooper & Jaszmyn Epps