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Prizes & Awards
We extend our congratulations to all of the 2023 award recipients.
Erroll B. Davis, Jr. Achievement Award
The Erroll B. Davis, Jr. Achievement Award was created in 2006 by the Alliant Energy Foundation in honor of Mr. Erroll B. Davis Jr. and his years of leadership and service to the utility industry. It was his intention to recognize the outstanding scholarship and community service of undergraduate students from historically underrepresented groups.
Recipient: Allan Hernández Padron
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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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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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Charles D. Rosa 1898 Award
Recipient: Camille Ledoux
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Critical Language Scholarship
Finalist: Farah Tolu-Honary
Semi-finalist: Ariana Tolu-Honary -
Edward Fergus’96 Award
Recipient: Abril Lopez
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Erroll B. Davis, Jr. 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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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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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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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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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