Cornell College
Mount Vernon, Iowa
ACADEMIC AWARDS
CELEBRATION
APRIL 26, 2018
Cornell College
Academic Awards Celebration
2017-18
Welcome and
Presentation of Awards: R. Joseph Dieker, Vice President
for Academic Affairs and
Dean of the College
ALL-COLLEGE AWARDS
Phi Beta Kappa
Jennifer Davis Mara McLaughlin
Anthony Delgado Pimental MariKate Murphy
Hunter Dickson Samantha Nadel
Alfred Eiji Braceros Husani Newbold
Gabriella Ferro Hannah Robertson
Tristan Goodwin Libby Schnoor
Althea Greer Jillian Schulte
Nina Kahn Caitlin Stieber
Elissa Karim Maureen Sullivan
John Kintz Julia Thome
Mortar Board Members for 2017-18
Hunter Dickson Elissa Karim
Gabriella Ferro Mara McLaughlin
Kendall Glennon Rebecca Ritter
Sabine Hahn Hannah Robertson
Amy Harrison Nadia Salman
KateLynn Hohman Julia Thome
Charlotte Imlach
Academic Achievement Awards
H.M. Kelly Award in the Sciences
Eric Medenblik
Clyde Tull Award in the Humanities
Aaron Schoenmaker
Alice R. Betts Award
John Engelbrecht
William Harmon Norton Award
Samuel Halladay
Sutherland Dows Award
Annika Leitch Lodge
Peterson Sisters Award
Allison Krull
C.O. Pauley Award
Jamie Rhoads
Arthur E. Lowell Award
Martin Rosenfeld
Class of 1907 Award
Jillian Schulte
S.L. Chandler Award
Chandra Xu
Yamaoka International Student Award
Nozomi Hoya
INTERDEPARTMENTAL AWARDS
Madonna Cutsinger Award
Nicola Etter
Caitlin Tobin
Frank G. Brooks
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Outstanding Senior Award
Gabie Campbell
MariKate Murphy
Frank G. Brooks
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Outstanding Junior Award
Julia Eastham
Aidan Litt
Robert Black
Environmental Studies Award
Mari Dettweiler
John Mark Dean
Environmental Studies Award
Ylana Padgett
DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS
Biology
Frank G. Brooks Award to the Outstanding Biology Major
Libby Anderson
Kelly Mickael
Laurel Whittingham
Beta Beta Beta
(Biology Honorary Society)
Libby Anderson Aidan Litt
Sydney Cooper Kelly Mickael
Kaylee Crouse MariKate Murphy
Marin Dettweiler Huong Quynh Anh Nguyen Marisa Flores Christy Ralston
Ben Garcia Rebecca Ritter
Garrett Ginell Shay Rule
Sabine Hahn Auston Sack
Erin Heflin Caitlin Stieber
Anna Jandt-Auvil Stephanie Voller
Nina Kahn Cole Yorgensen
Lucas Larson
Chemistry
General Chemistry Award
Solomon Ogbevire
John Regis
Analytical Chemistry Award
Samantha Nadel
Organic Chemistry Award
Brendan Langmack
ACS Division of Organic Chemistry
Outstanding Achievement Award
Charlotte Imlach
Chemistry Outstanding Senior Award
Caitlin Stieber
Deskin Award
Jennifer Aguayo
Victor Martinez
Classical and Modern Languages
Grace Wormer Award for Excellence in Foreign Languages
John Kintz
John M. Crossett Memorial Prize for Excellence in Classics
Rachel Renaud
Eugene Elkins Award for Excellence in French
Maimouna Dia
Grace Wormer – Mihailo Mihailovic Russian Award
Vaughn Zittle
F. Alan DuVal Award in German
Tristan Goodwin
Cervantes Award in Spanish
Jason Patino
Kaci Yost
Delta Phi Alpha
(German Honorary Society) Melissa Drew
Pi Delta Phi
(French Honorary Society)
Finley Cowlishaw Sara Renaud
Sara Crook Maureen Sullivan
Sigma Delta Pi
(Spanish Honorary Society)
Ethan Berube Lizzie Mombello
Elizabeth Coghlan Jason Patino
Luke Connelly Kaci Yost
Amber Jerson
Computer Science
First-Year Computer Science Student
Achievement Award
Asher Muse
Senior Computer Science Student
Achievement Award
Anthony Delgado Pimentel
Economics and Business
Don Cell Award
Husani Newbold
Charles M. Cochran Award
Pietro Amado
John Engelbrecht
Makoto Ono
Richard and Laurine Kimmel Award
Amber Frazier
Omicron Delta Epsilon
(Economics Honorary Society) Pietro Amado Haley Harmon
Taylor Axelson Emma Meyer
Ethan Berube Husani Newbold
Joseph Bloom Robert O’Hayre
Ujjesa Dhanak Makoto Ono
Polina Durneva Libby Schnoor
Amber Frazier Yudong Zhang
Austin Green
Education
Gast Award in Elementary Education
Ellie Burshtyn
Vicky Ocampo
Gast Award in Secondary Education
Charlie Anderson
Derek Wrage
Elizabeth Hutton-Thompson Passionate About Teaching Award
KateLynn Hohman
English and Creative Writing
Academy of American Poets Prize
Addie Pacha
Barbara Gail Lieberknecht Award
Addie Pacha
Caitlin Tobin
John Branner Shackford Senior Award
Hannah Robertson
Maureen Sullivan
John Branner Shackford Shakespeare Prize
Jacob Sheehan
Recognition of Excellence in the Department of
English and Creative Writing
Jessica Halter
Amanda Kucera
Recognition of Service to the Department of
English and Creative Writing
Chace Huntzinger
Charlotte New
Tom Garst Award for Excellence in Academic Writing
Brad Kane
Thomas Schulte
Tom Garst Poetry Prize
Katrina Stroud
English and Creative Writing
Tull Prose Prize
Addie Pacha
Winifred Van Etten Award
Emma Jean Meyer
Elise Salsman
Departmental Honors in English and Creative Writing
Jessica Halter
Hannah Robertson
Maureen Sullivan
Geology
William H. Norton Geology Award to the Outstanding
Junior Geology Major
Kira Fish
Paul Garvin Award to the Outstanding
Sophomore Geology Major
Zoe Kane-Preissing
Cali Pfleger
History
May Montgomery Smith Award to the
Outstanding Senior History Major
Amy Harrison
Maxwell Miller, Jr. Award
Tim Haynes
Alice Gehant Absher Award
Elizabeth Coghlan
Dean Gilliatt Award
Connor Smith
Carl Becker Award
Hayden Dzurisin
Littell Statesman Award
Emma Cochrane
Sarah Frances Bush Award
M. E. Scoonover-Nelson
Kinesiology
Ray and Margaret Cook Award in Kinesiology
Nina Kahn
Mary MacLeod Kinesiology Award for Outstanding
Senior in Physical Education
Sarah Schimanski
Kinesiology Department Community Engagement
and Service Award
Trever Green
Mathematics and Statistics
Mildred and Watson Davis Award
Eli Hartman
Elmer E. Moots Award
Allison Eikenberry
Amelia Gunnelson
Luther Clayborn Memorial Award
Julia Thome
Edward Hill Mathematics Scholar
Kasper Kittredge
Music
Hanawalt Vocal Music Prize
Ethan Ellis
Martha Jane Tinder Edge Music Award
Tommy Guess
Lloyd Oakland Music Award
Tommy Guess
Vera Kuntz String Award
Ylana Padgett
Elmer E. Moots Award
Raquel Ruiz
Helen Venn Award in Piano
Chandra Xu
Aletha McCall Prize
Audrey Adamson
Julian Bern Music Award
Houng Lam Quynh Nguyen
Pi Kappa Lambda Award
Collin Smith
Philosophy
Elmer E. Moots Award
Nicola Etter
Bruce T. Riley Award
Alexis Dettbarn
Philosophy Department Senior Book Prize
Hunter Dickson
Matthew Turyn
Physics and Engineering
Outstanding Introductory Physics and Engineering Student Award
Austin Donatone
Sam Halladay
Rachel Wadkins
Outstanding Physics Major Award
Sam Cieszynski
Outstanding Engineering Major Award
Nicholas Bieno
Politics
Littell Statesman Award
Shecharya Flatte
Mark E. Hutchinson, Jr. Memorial Award
Kenna Dunham
Kathryn Bieber Weller Memorial Award
Josie O’Connor-Miller
Charles J. Lynch Memorial Pre-Law Award
Jacob Bennington
John Cotton Brown Memorial Award
Maya Peske
Clark H. McNeal Memorial Award
Jack Beaumaster
Herbert A. Wilkinson Memorial Award
Suleiman Shehu
Jeff Beatty Memorial Award
Anne Liberko
Maduff Civil Rights Award
Maimouna Dia
Departmental Honors in Politics
Elissa Karim
Mara McLaughlin
Pi Sigma Alpha
(Politics Honorary Society)
Katherine Baker Elissa Karim
Jack Beaumaster Anne Marie Liberko
Kayla Boyd Danny Lojkovic
Melissa Drew Mara McLaughlin
Kenna Dunham Maya Peske
Shecharya Flatte Suleiman Shehu
Tristan Goodwin Brittany Wellman
Psychology
Kathryn L. McDermott Award
Alfred Eiji Braceros
Dominique Hudson Distinguished Service Award
Chloe Rossier
Psi Chi
(National Honor Society in Psychology)
John Bogucki MariKate Murphy
Dylan Davison Peyton Ort
Kenna Dunham Jason Patino
Alfred Eiji Braceros Jamie Rhoads
Kendall Glennon Shelby Ridenour
Sandra Gomez Elisabeth Sage
Kamryn Hogan Ben Totman
Religion
American Bible Society Prize
John Kintz
Julius and Erma Delaplain Knoblauch Award
Talitha McGuire
Ruth N. Anderson Harris Award
Hunter Dickson
Ella Robinson Moles Award
Kaci Tobin
Agudas Achim Award
Noah Stern
Sociology and Anthropology
The Winston and Margaret Ehrmann
Award for Excellence in Sociology
Nicola Etter
Madison Evans
Lizzie Mombello
Excellence in Anthropology Award
Mara McLaughlin
Alpha Kappa Delta
(National Honor Society in Sociology)
Kendra Aquino Mara McLaughlin
Nicola Etter Lizzie Mombello
Madison Evans Conor Moore
Lambda Alpha
(National Honor Society for Anthropology)
Jocelyn Aguilar Mara McLaughlin
Morgan Brim Rachel Renaud
Eliana Burshtyn Jillian Schulte
Amy Harrison
Theatre
Outstanding First Year Recognition Award
Elizabeth Koetz
Robbie Littlefield
Dance Achievement Award
Emelie Ahrendsen
Special Senior Recognition
Galbraith Williams
Senior Award
Amanda Bentz
Anna Genrich
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