2024 Honor Societies, Honors and Awards

Additional congratulations are in order for our many students whose academic excellence resulted in additional achievements at the college level, or within their academic department.

National Honor Societies

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Phi Beta Kappa

Members are signified by a stole bearing the Greek letters PBK and key.

Omicron Delta Epsilon (Economics)

Pi Delta Phi (French)

MkpoutoAbasi Idorenyin James

Pi Sigma Alpha (Politics)

Psi Chi (Psychology)

Sigma Delta Pi (Spanish)

Academic Department Honors and Awards

Biochemistry

Frank G. Brooks Award to the Outstanding Senior Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Major: Payton Presley Douglass

Chemistry

Deskin Award: Payton Presley Douglass
Chemistry Outstanding Senior Award: Ryan Nicholas Mueller
Physical Chemistry Award: Ryan Nicholas Mueller
ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Outstanding Achievement Award: Ryan M. Zurick

Classical and Modern Languages

Cervantes Award in Spanish: Rachael Hartley
Cervantes Award in Spanish: Ashley Evan Mink

Computer Science

Senior Computer Science Student Achievement Award: Mac Coleman

Economics and Business

Richard and Laurine Kimmel Award: Brenna Sue Gordon
Don Cell Award: Indigo August Meads
Charles M. Cochran Award: Logan Odysseus Wells

Education

Gast Award in Secondary Education: Craig Vincent Morris
Gast Award in Elementary Education: Elaiah Rose Volin
Gast Award in Elementary Education: Hayle Sue Pillard
Gast Award in Secondary Education: Lu Irene Higgins

English and Creative Writing

John Branner Shackford Shakespeare Prize: India Smith
John Branner Shackford Senior Award: Isabella Jade Anderson
Tom Garst Award for Excellence in Academic Writing: Josie Anna Wulf
Tom Garst Award for Excellence in Academic Writing: Kadin Bryce Sorenson
Recognition of Excellence in the Department of English and Creative Writing: Kimberly Candice Maitland

Environmental Studies

Robert Black Environmental Studies Award: Breanna Elizabeth Methe
John Mark Dean Environmental Studies Award: Evelyn Ranier Kahl

History

May Montgomery Smith Award to the Outstanding Senior History Major: Olivia Vernelle Ferraro
Carl Becker Award: Anna Irene Newby

Kinesiology

Ray and Margaret Cook Award in Kinesiology: George Alec Charles Boldt
Mary MacLeod Kinesiology Award for Outstanding Senior in Physical Education: Ani’ja Symmone Simmons
Kinesiology Department Community Engagement and Service Award: Emery Conrad Bird
Ray and Margaret Cook Award in Kinesiology: MacKenzie Elise Macam

Mathematics and Statistics

Ed Hill Math Senior Award: Brodie P. McCuen
Ed Hill Statistics Senior Award: William Penn DeBlieck

Music

Hanawalt Vocal Music Prize: Emily Nicole Martyka

Physics and Engineering

Outstanding Senior Engineering Major: Brynn Elizabeth Schierenbeck

Politics

Littell Statesman Award: Luke Donald Baldwin
Herbert A. Wilkinson Memorial Award: Shayan Aslam Khan

Psychology

Kathryn L. McDermott Award: Harper Maren Linfield
Dominique Hudson Distinguished Service Award: Harper Maren Linfield

Sociology and Anthropology

Alfrieta Monagan Excellence in Anthropology Award: Donivan Joe Jones
The Winston and Margaret Ehrmann Award for Excellence in Sociology: Layla Re’shaun Powell
The Winston and Margaret Ehrmann Award for Excellence in Sociology: Tendall Lauren Weigand

Theatre and Dance

Senior Award: Anoushka Vaidyanathan
Senior Award: Josie Anna Wulf
Senior Award: Maxwell Selig Lundt
Senior Award: MkpoutoAbasi Idorenyin James
Senior Award: Evelyn Ranier Kahl
Senior Award: Richie Merrill Richardson

All-College Honors

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Summa Cum Laude

Magna Cum Laude

Cum Laude

With Distintion in the Major Field

Young Trustee

Kimberly Candice Maitland

Senior Award

Ken Roden