Spring 2022 Honors and Awards

HONORS and AWARDS
presented on
Thursday, May 5, 2022
at 4:00 p.m. 
in RITA 101

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WELCOME........................................................................ Dr. Sebastian van Delden, Dean

 

BIOLOGY............................................................................. Dr. Eric McElroy, Chair

 

Outstanding Student Award

 Elizaveta Bird

 Patrick Sydow

Joseph Brennan 

Hails Tanaka 

Hayley D'Alessandro 

Vi Truong 

Rowan Emerson 

Chloe Vandenberg 

Julia Hormann 

Rachel Wilkinson 

Charlotte Marchell 

 

 

Departmental Honors

 Toni Allison

 Julia Hopkins

 Adriana Apintiloaiei

Julia Hormann 

O'Brien Atkinson 

Lilly McGonegal 

Elizaveta Bird 

Paige Meyers 

Joseph Brennan 

Eva Patnoude 

Morgan Brown-Walker 

Rob Robino 

Kate Davis 

Kacey Smekrud 

Francesca Dellacqua 

Sarah Suber 

Scarlett Duncan 

Patrick Sydow 

Rowan Emerson 

Charles Taibi 

Faith Emetu 

Hails Tanaka 

Donya Farzam

Vi Truong

Brooke Harris

Rachel Wilkinson

 

Mary Louise Kurtnacker Memorial Award: Courtney Magelssen

 

CHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY..................................... Dr. Jim Deavor, Chair

 

Outstanding Student Award, Biochemistry

Sophia Gierszal 

Kimberly Sok

 

Departmental Honors

 Hussain Bhagat

Fabio Najjar 

Jayda Carroll-Deaton

Thomas Sinkway

Sophia Gierszal 

Kimberly Sok 

Raven King 

WeiJun VanLith 

 

American Institute of Chemists Award in Biochemistry: Fabio Najjar
American Institute of Chemists Award in Chemistry: Cahley Farrell
American Chemical Society, SC Section Outstanding Student: Sophia Gierszal
American Chemical Society Outstanding Student in Physical Chemistry: Fabio Najjar
American Chemical Society Outstanding Student in Biochemistry: Kimberly Sok
American Chemical Society Outstanding Student in Organic Chemistry: Sophia Gierszal
American Chemical Society Outstanding Student in Analytical Chemistry: Thomas Sinkway
Major Field Test Award: Fabio Najjar

 

COMPUTER SCIENCE............................................................ Dr. Renée McCauley, Chair

 

Outstanding Student Award, Computer Science

 Garrett Brenner

 Janneke Morin

Cormac Conahan 

Jacob Nash 

Steven Felesky 

Eric Pickford 

Annie Forgette 

Emma Steuer 

Reid Foster 

David Thompson 

Luke McGuire 

 

 

Outstanding Student Award, Computer Information Systems

Katie Chea 

 

Outstanding Student Award, Data Science

Emily Chafin 

 

Outstanding Student Award, Computing in the Arts

 Bryn Berry

 Samantha Ramsden

Annie Forgette 

Alex Tate-Moffo 

 

Outstanding Student Award, Master of Computer & Information Sciences

Hunter Ross 

Ashley Woods

 

Outstanding Student Award, Master of Data Science and Analytics

Hannes Greim 

 

Departmental Honors

 Carson Barber

 Janneke Morin

Garrett Brenner

Samantha Ramsden

Emily Chafin

Megan Simpson

Annie Forgette 

Alex Tate-Moffo 

 

Richard Crosby Computer Science Endowed Awards: Steve Ford and Alex Groves

 

GEOLOGY & ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCES..................... Dr. Tim Callahan, Chair

 

Outstanding Student Award

Jordan James 

Corinne Luksch 

Kesli Kruzel

Camille Sullivan

Mary Kule

Katherine Wells

Nathan Linder 

 

 

Departmental Honors

 Jordan James

Camille Sullivan

 

Department Chair’s Award: Jade Benson
Estwing Geology Field Research Award: Roxanne Buck
Geology BEAMS Research Award: Jordan James and Camille Sullivan

 

MATHEMATICS.................................................................... Dr. Elizabeth Jurisich, Chair

 

Outstanding Student Award

 Joseph Brennan

Chloe Mattila 

Terence Carey 

William Myrick 

Christian Collins

Kamryn Schemine

Michael D'Iorio

Hailey Sparks

Tyler Glynn

Olivia Staff

Riley Haas 

Calvin Widholm 

Jorge Limon Acevedo 

 

 

Susan Prazak Endowed Award for Future Teachers: Kamryn Schemine
The Ewa Wojcicka Mathematics Award: Chloe Mattila
The Scott Ward Award for Excellence in Mathematics: Joseph Brennan 
Harrison Randolph Calculus Award: Sydney Pearson
Best MASC Thesis Award 2021-2022: Brianna Brunson
Best MASC Graduate Assistant Award 2021-2022: Luke Vaughan

 

PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY.......................................................... Dr. Alem Teklu, Professor

 

Outstanding Graduate Award

Jacob Koenemann 

 

Departmental Honors

David Dorf

Zachary Smith

Jacob Koenemann

 

 

Outstanding Service Award: Lili Boss and Seth Zoppelt
Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award, Astronomy/Astrophysics: Zachary Smith
Outstanding Astronomy Teaching Assistant Award: Cameron Fish and Jacob Koenemann
The Harry E. Ricker, Jr. Award: Alexander Garber