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Class of 2021 Academic Award Winners

June 16, 2021

National Awards

David L. Boren Scholarship

  • Tamar Furman ā€™21 of Texas
  • Julia Hablak ā€™21 of New Jersey
  • Saskia P. Holman ā€™21 of Texas
  • Natalia San Antonio ā€™21 of Pennsylvania
  • Anna Clarice West ā€™21 of California

Fulbright Scholarship

  • English Teaching Assistant in Botswana: Elicie Edmond ā€™21 of Delaware
  • English Teaching Assistant in Taiwan: Georgia Nelson ā€™21 of Connecticut

Thomas J. Watson Fellowship

  • Zijia Zhuang ā€™21 of China

Undergraduate Academic Prizes and Awards

The Gertrude Slaughter Fellowship

  • Helena Weigert Crusius '21 of California

The European Traveling Fellowship

  • Alma Sterling '21 of New York 

Hester Ann Corner Prize for Best Thesis Written in a Foreign Language

  • Stephanie Strevey ā€™21 of Missouri

Ā鶹ŹÓʵ Senior Essay Prize

  • Jiayi Loh ā€™21 of Singapore
  • Yupeng Wu ā€™21 of China

Thomas Raeburn White Scholarship

  • Marita Ferreira ā€™21 of Paraguay

Departmental Awards

Frederica de Laguna Award (Anthropology)

  • Lucy Bruemmer ā€™21 of South Carolina
  • Sonja Oā€™Brien ā€™21 of New York

Jane Wilkinson Arts Prize (Theater)

  • Nadia Kim ā€™21 of Republic of Korea

Distinguished Service in Biology

  • Chinyere Udokporo ā€™21 of Massachusetts

Anna Lerah Keys Memorial Prize (Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology)

  • Marcia Adams ā€™21 of the United Kingdom
  • Mira Yuan ā€™21 of New Jersey

Barbara Riley Levin Prize (Comparative Literature)

  • Zijia Zhuang ā€™21 of China

Bolton Senior Award (Growth and Structure of Cities)

  • Kai McGinn Fall ā€™20 of Pennsylvania

Hester Ann Corner Prize in Literature

  • Helena Weigert Crusius ā€™21 of California
  • Sindi Kaskaviqi ā€™21 of Albania

Katherine Stains Prize Fund in Classical Literature

  • Alix Gwynn Reed Galumbeck ā€™21 of Virginia

Pauline Jones Prize in French

  • Jacob Coleman HCā€™21 of Virginia

Emma Osborn Thompson Prize in Geology

  • Rebecca Britt ā€™21 of New York

Berle Memorial Prize in German Literature

  • Stephanie Strevey ā€™21 of Missouri

Elizabeth Duane Gillespie Fund for Scholarships in American History

  • Emma Burns ā€™21 of Utah

Helen Taft Manning Essay Prize in History

  • Marita Ferreira ā€™21 of Paraguay

Elinor Nahm Prize in Italian Language and LIterature

  • Grace Torsella ā€™21 of Pennsylvania

Tri-Co linguistics Department Outstanding Thesis Award

  • Mary Emma Hignite ā€™Fall 20 of Arkansas

Gridley McKim-Smith Award (Latin American, Iberian, and Latina/o Studies)

  • Zoe Garcia ā€™21 of Texas
  • Yesenia Mendez Pacheco ā€™21 of Texas

Anna Pell Wheeler Prize in Mathematics

  • NaiQi (Sandy) Chen ā€™21 of China

Charlotte Angas Scott Prize in Mathematics

  • Katie Coe ā€™21 of Pennsylvania

Mary Luise Cookson Prize in Mathematics

  • Ellen Lu ā€™21 of Tennessee and China

Gail Ann Schweiter Prize (Musics)

  • Katja Schmid-Doyle ā€™21 of New York

Elinor Nahm Prize in Russian Language and Linguistics

  • Lena Steinbach ā€™21 of Oregon

Elinor Nahm Prize in Russian Language and Culture

  • Kendra Allman ā€™21 of Pennsylvania
  • Julia Hablak ā€™21 of New Jersey

Subramanian-Linden Award for Academic Excellence (Sociology)

  • Emily George ā€™21 of Pennsylvania
  • Lauren Lattimore ā€™21 of New Jersey
  • Kate Packer-Dawley ā€™21 of California
  • Becca Pearlman ā€™21 of New Jersey
  • Jay Thomas ā€™21 of Texas

Subramanian-Linden Award for Community Service (Sociology)

  • Kate Packer-Dawley ā€˜21 of California
  • Grace Woo ā€™21 of New York

College Achievement and Service Awards

Community Building Honor Roll

  • Rem Aitbouchireb ā€™21 of Texas
  • Elia Anagnostou ā€™21 of Greece
  • Millicent Auma ā€™21 of Kenya
  • Khari Alexis Bowman ā€™21 of Tennessee
  • Rebecca Britt ā€™21 of New York
  • Janina Calle ā€™21 of New Jersey
  • Grace Cavenaugh ā€™21 of Oregon
  • Katie Coe ā€™21 of Pennsylvania
  • Katherine Davenport ā€™21 of Pennsylvania
  • Aakriti Dhital ā€™21 of Nepal
  • Emma Ecker ā€™21 of Massachusetts
  • Deborah Ekwale ā€™21 of Pennsylvania
  • Juliet Estremera Lacey ā€™21 of New Jersey
  • Jacqueline Fernandez ā€™21 of New Jersey
  • Ally Freemond ā€™21 of Illinois
  • Zoe Garcia ā€™21 of Texas
  • Reyna Gariepy ā€™21 of Arizona
  • Julia Goldsamt ā€™21 of New York
  • Lorna Jepkirui ā€™21 of Kenya
  • Ellen Lu ā€™21 of Tennessee and China
  • Vimbai Mawoneke ā€™21 of Zimbabwe
  • Ellis McCarver ā€™21 of Pennsylvania
  • Yesenia Mendez Pacheco ā€™21 of Texas
  • Joan Ndichu ā€™21 of Kenya
  • Georgia Nelson ā€™21 of Pennsylvania
  • Haley Nolan ā€™21 of Massachusetts
  • Lyncy Nyandoche ā€™21 of Kenya
  • Sonja Oā€™Brien ā€™21 of New York
  • Rihana Oumer ā€™21 of Massachusetts
  • Mayisha Rahman ā€™21 of Bangladesh
  • Jess Saludades ā€™21 of New Jersey
  • Natalia San Antonio ā€™21 of Pennsylvania
  • Veronica Sargent ā€™21 of Massachusetts
  • Junie Sok ā€™21 of Massachusetts
  • Alma Karen Sterling ā€™21 of New York
  • Chinyere Udokporo ā€™21 of Massachusetts
  • Elizabeth Warrick ā€™21 of Maryland
  • Claire Weeks ā€™21 of California
  • Dana Yang ā€™21 of New York

Dr. Hayley S. Thomas Prize in Diversity

  • Khari Alexis Bowman ā€™21 of Tennessee
  • Yesenia Mendez Pacheco ā€™21 of Texas
  • Chinyere Udokporo ā€™21 of Massachusetts

McPherson Undergraduate Award for Excellence

  • Khari Alexis Bowman ā€™21 of Tennessee
  • Reyna Lionila Gariepy ā€™21 of Arizona
  • Alma Karen Sterling ā€™21 of New York