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