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Prizes & Awards
We extend our congratulations to all of the 2023 award recipients.
John W. Bennett’37 Award
Given to a student or students whose work has most advanced the use of anthropology to address community or world issues. This prize is awarded in honor of John W. Bennett’37, a pioneer in applied anthropology.
Recipient: Maij Sprenger-Otto
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Andrew H. Whiteford’37 Award
Recipients: Kiersten Faldet, Macie Janes
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James E. Lockwood’34 Award
Recipients: Evelyn Grace Manchester, Natalia Ramirez-Vang
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John W. Bennett’37 Award
Recipient: Maij Sprenger-Otto
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William Simpson Godfrey, Jr. Award
Recipients: Carter Browne, Paloma Petilos
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Ellen Malsch Memorial Prize in Art
Recipient: Chase C. Nelson
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Lucius Porter Prize in Asian Studies
Recipients: Mahala Berg, Victor Long-Sires
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Ann M. Verville Scholar’s Award in Biology
Recipients: Sarah (Sawyer) Foley (Biology), Anna Mae Williams (Biochemistry)
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Bartholomew Kunny Endowed Biology Scholarship
Recipients: Louis Benard, Riley Ponio, Thaddeus Skarr
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Elizabeth W. Souter Award
Recipient: Donald Charles Shriver
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Gertrude E. Sweet Award
Recipient: Sophia Papas
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J. Carl Welty Honors Award in Biology
Recipients: Edgar Raul Caracoza, Sofia Gaye Jeddeloh
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J. N. “Ding” Darling Award
Recipient: Rowan Kindred Mermel
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Edward C. Fuller Chemical Education Award
Recipients: Abigail Membrino, Alexandra Murphy, Alex Zeimetz
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First-Year Chemistry Achievement Award
Recipient: Ari Frisch
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John H. Nair Award
Recipients: Abril Lopez, Robert Lerch
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William J. Trautmann Endowed Prize in Physical Chemistry
Recipient: Laraib Irfan
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Critical Identity Studies Leadership Award
Recipient: Moon Sum
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Albert R. Topps Economics Award
Recipient: Louise Claussen
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Elaine and Les McAllister Award in Economics
Recipients: Maya A. Betzler, Sochea Chhay
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Lewis E. Severson Prize in Economics
Recipients: Katie Arnold, Jackson Raycroft
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Thomas N. Mathers Award in Economics
Recipients: Candis Dumaa Damtse, Jayitha Gaggenapally, Emilio Mendoza
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Wall Street Journal Award
Recipient: Gregory Nelson
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Clarence R. Von Eschen-Lysle H. Steele Endowed Education Award
Recipients: Deveroh Gray, Maxime Hall, Kristin Larson, Veeka Marie Malanchuk, Amanda Quiñónez, Madison Richeson, Jacob Shafer, Leilani Rae Schaller, Ariana Tolu-Honary, Kasandra Duran-Vazquez, Marlee Imani Young
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Martin G. Roessger Memorial Scholarship in Education
Recipient: Francisco Javier Orbezo Jr.
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Academy of American Poets/Beloit Poetry Journal Award
Winner: Casey Barasch
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David & Marion Stocking Prize
Winner: Grayson Thobe
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James S. Leeson, Sr. Prize
Recipient: Sam Doherty
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Lois Wilson Mackey’45 Endowed Prize in Creative Writing
Winner: Niana Rooney
Honorable Mention: Grayson Thobe -
Margaret W. Baker Prize Scholarship
Recipient: Julia Weber
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Mary F. Hodge Endowed Prize
Recipient: Grayson Thobe
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Nick Adams Short Story Contest Nominations
Recipients: Casey Barasch, Rut Jimenez, Grayson Thobe, Regan Thompson
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White-Howells Prizes in Poetry and Prose
Winners: Elena Nasser (Poetry), Rowan Wilson (Prose)
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Excellence & Leadership in Environmental Studies and Sustainability
Recipient: Martu J. Kollie
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Mineralogy Prize
Recipient: Geneva Helland
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Outstanding Teaching Award as a Laboratory Assistant
Recipient: Alyssa Fern Luna
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Sarah Wallbank Memorial Prize in Geology
Recipient: Kelsey Kay Engelke
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Walter S. Haven Geology Prize
Recipient: Isabel Johnson
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Horace White Classical Prize
Recipient: Sam Feldman
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William Porter Endowed Prize
Recipient: Jaelin Hensley
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Claudette Cummings Prize in Community Health
Recipients: Brock Stephen Bidwell, Amelia Wathen Engstrom, Suzanne Healy, Abril Lopez, Mateo Marek, Natalia Dominique Ortega, Dahlia Catherine Flaherty Shearer, Adam Wallman
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Royal Bronson Way Award in Non-Western History
Recipients: Mahala Berg, Lucian Krueger, Ariana Tolu-Honary
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Sereno Taylor Merrill History Prize
Recipient: Emrys Draper
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Conwell-Huffer Endowed Prize in Mathematics
Recipients: Sadeen Alsabbagh, Madeline Champeny-Johns
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Jackson J. Bushnell Mathematics Prize
Recipient: Renée Ngoc Phuong Nguyen
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The Barbara and Bill Haseltine Prize in Media Studies
Recipient: Allison OverKamp
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Charles Eugene Street Memorial Endowed Award in Russian or Modern Languages
Recipient: Matthew Mueller
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Heather Elizabeth Lutton Award in Spanish
Recipients: Thomas Glenn, Dahlia Catherine Flaherty Shearer
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Richard Foster Street Memorial Endowed Award in French
Recipient: Joshua Izzy Stern
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Sonia Moncada Street Memorial Endowed Award in Spanish
Recipient: Marcus Studinski
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Andy Boggs Memorial Award
Recipients: Asaiah Steward, William Henry Engel Peterson
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Banucci Music Award
Recipient: Justin White
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Eudora and William Shepherd Award in Voice
Recipient: Benjamin Jacob GaMi Xiong
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June Baker Award
Recipient: Aurora Strommen
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Barbara & Jeffrey Bartlett Prize in Philosophy
Recipient: Dorian Serra
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R. R. Palmer Teaching Fellowship in Physics
Recipients: Momina Amjad, Josh Laue, Daniel C. Mayhew III
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Walter S. Haven Physics/Astronomy Prize
Recipient: Laraib Irfan
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Harry Rex Davis Departmental Prize for Political Science
Recipient: Saumyaa Gupta
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Ivan McKinley Stone Prize for International Relations
Recipient: Elena Patilliet Posla
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Jane Quisenberry Wirtz and W. Willard Wirtz Endowed Scholarship
Recipients: Josslyn Coveny, Veronica Kaluta, Daniela Padilla, Joya Saxena, Sam VanderKolk
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Paul Pollock Memorial Endowed Prize
Recipients: Kitana Gulotta, Ezekiel Kingsbury, Camille Ledoux
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Ruth Colman Peterson Prize in Political Science or International Relations
Recipients: Saumyaa Gupta, Farah Tolu-Honary
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Warner Mills Prize for the Skilled Practice of Politics
Recipient: Moon Sum
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Guy Allen Tawney Prize
Recipients: Ray Broad, Levi Neil Hansen, Mare Richardson
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Walter Van Dyke Bingham Fellowship in Psychology
Recipients: Marianna Carus, Franccesca Graciela Mamani
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Charles Grant Curtis Memorial Award for Excellence in Sociology
Recipient: Autumn Green
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Donald A. Summers Prize in Sociological Theory
Recipient: Allan Hernández Padron
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Joyce A. Summers Award
Recipient: Shakira Wilson
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William L. Kolb Award
Recipient: Grace Gilmore
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Chavey Family Endowed Award in Dance
Recipients: Ava Parr, Kateri Renee Zitzelberger
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Delta Psi Delta Prize
Recipients: Bethany Yu
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Department of Theatre and Dance Award for Outstanding Achievement in Performance
Recipient: Autumn Green
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Department of Theatre and Dance Award for Outstanding Achievement in Production
Recipient: Kierra Rayne Hoover
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Department of Theatre and Dance Memorial Award
Recipient: Beatriz Gigante
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George and Joyce Kammerer Outstanding Choreography Award
Recipient: Serafina Tassi
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Theatre and Dance Distinctive Contribution Award
Recipient: Charles Voith
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Charles D. Rosa 1898 Award
Recipient: Camille Ledoux
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Critical Language Scholarship
Finalist: Farah Tolu-Honary
Semi-finalist: Ariana Tolu-Honary -
Delta Gamma/Kathryn C. Goodwin Memorial Prize
Recipient: Katherine Eckman
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Edward Fergus’96 Award
Recipient: Abril Lopez
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Erroll B. Davis Minority Achievement Award
Recipient: Allan Hernández Padron
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Ferwerda Merit Scholars
Recipients: Sol Ulaszek, Alex Zeimetz (Biochemistry); Louis Benard, Rowan Kindred Mermel (Biology); Alexandria Juve, Carter McEachran (Chemistry); Simone de Montigny, Lila Ryter (Geology); Maya A. Betzler, Prabaldeep Khare, (Mathematics); Rosa Vanessa Solis, Nathan Wilder (Computer Science); Momina Amjad, Laraib Irfan, Joshua Laue, Renée Ngoc Phuong Nguyen, (Physics)
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Florence Yates Scobie Endowed Prize
Recipient: Mariko Tanada
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Fulbright Scholars
Finalist: Ariana Tolu-Honary
Alternates: Autumn Green, Veeka Marie Malanchuk, Alexis Simone Ross, Farah Tolu-Honary -
Grace and Laurence Ousley Award for Diversity and Inclusion
Recipients: Jasmin Bowers, Shakira Wilson
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Grace L. Chamberlin 1898 Award
Recipients: Elena Patilliet Posla, Farah Tolu-Honary, Saumyaa Gupta
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Jane Quisenberry and W. Willard Wirtz Public Service Prize
Recipient: Autumn Green
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John Hughes Student Entrepreneur of the Year
Recipient: Fatumata L. Kaba
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John Kenneth’64 and Georgia Sexton Kleinheksel Endowed Prize for Distinguished Academic Achievement, Outstanding Campus Leadership, and Service
Recipients: Fatumata L. Kaba, Evan Zenger
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Joseph P. Kobylka Endowed Scholarship in Journalism
Recipient: Shylee Graf
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Professor Roxie Alexander Memorial Award
Recipient: Katie Phan
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Sikandra Spain’76 Memorial Endowed Award
Recipient: Farah Tolu-Honary
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Student Excellence and Leadership Academic Excellence Award
Recipient: Kiersten Faldet
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Student Excellence and Leadership Rising Star Award
Recipient: Javier Alejandro Cabrera
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Truesdell Student Leadership Award
Recipient: Franccesca Graciela Mamani
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Weissberg Human Rights Fellowship
Recipients: Saumyaa Gupta, Martu J. Kollie, Kristin Larson, Veeka Marie Malanchuk, Moon Sum, Farah Tolu-Honary
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Wisconsin Beta Chapter of Pi Beta Phi Award
Recipients: Laraib Irfan, Allison OverKamp
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Mortar Board
Members: Jagvi Dey, Abhey Singh Guram, Hasti Hairy, Allan Hernandez, Fatumata Kaba, Abbie Schmidt, Jo Simms, Tyler Spivey, Aspen Valentine, Anna Williams
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Phi Beta Kappa
Inductees: Nicolas Doret, Grace Gilmore, Saumyaa Gupta, Hasti Hairy, Allan Hernandez Padron, Francesca Mamani, Brianna Paez, Elena Patilliet, Abhishek Shekhar, Farah Tolu-Honary, Tianlong Wang, Anna Williams
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Phi Sigma Iota
Members: Michelle Carlin, Veeka Malanchuk, Farah Tolu-Honary, Victor Long-Sires
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Pi Sigma Alpha
Members: Louise Claussen, Saumyaa Gupta, Elen Patilliet, Moon Sum, Nati Ramirez-Vang, Farah Tolu-Honary
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Psi Chi
Members: Marianna Carus, Saumyaa Gupta, Franccesca Mamani
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Mortar Board
Members: Jagvi Dey, Abhey Singh Guram, Hasti Hairy, Allan Hernandez, Fatumata Kaba, Abbie Schmidt, Jo Simms, Tyler Spivey, Aspen Valentine, Anna Williams
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Phi Beta Kappa
Inductees: Nicolas Doret, Grace Gilmore, Saumyaa Gupta, Hasti Hairy, Allan Hernandez Padron, Francesca Mamani, Brianna Paez, Elena Patilliet, Abhishek Shekhar, Farah Tolu-Honary, Tianlong Wang, Anna Williams
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Phi Sigma Iota
Members: Michelle Carlin, Veeka Malanchuk, Farah Tolu-Honary, Victor Long-Sires
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Pi Sigma Alpha
Members: Louise Claussen, Saumyaa Gupta, Elen Patilliet, Moon Sum, Nati Ramirez-Vang, Farah Tolu-Honary
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Psi Chi
Members: Marianna Carus, Saumyaa Gupta, Franccesca Mamani