Prizes & Awards

John Kenneth ’64 and Georgia Sexton Kleinheksel Endowed Prize

This prize is awarded to two students who have distinguished themselves in academic achievement and campus leadership and service, and who exhibit ethical decision making and personal integrity. Inspired by the lives of his parents, John Kenneth Kleinheksel, class of 1964, and his wife, Georgia, established the prize in 2015 to honor and perpetuate his family legacy of personal achievement, community leadership, and service.

Recipients: Jane Lamona Price, Quentin M. Schane

Dr. Andrew Hunter Whiteford Prize in Museum Studies

Recipients: Olivia Ritze
James E. Lockwood Prize

Recipients: Enigma (Anya) Hubbard, Casper Voca
John W. Bennett Prize

Recipients: Marino Komai
William Simpson Godfrey Jr. Award

Recipients: Benjamin J. Erickson, Madeline Wilhelm

Ann M. Verville Scholar’s Award

Recipients: Corina M. Pope and Abisha Bhatta (biology); Chaitanya Bhatt (biochemistry)
Elizabeth W. Souter Award

Recipients: Simone de Montigny
Gertrude E. Sweet Award

Recipients: Vipassana Dhakal
J. Carl Welty Honor Award in Biology

Recipients: Abigail Blum
J. N. “Ding” Darling Award

Recipients: Thaddeus Skarr
LaVaughn and Bartholomew “Keck” Kunny Endowed Biology Scholarship

Recipients: Gene Abron, Malaika Parpart

Edward C. Fuller Award in Chemical Education

Recipients: Jane Lamona Price
First-Year Chemistry Achievement Award

Recipient: Anastasia Metz
John H. Nair Chemistry Award

Recipients: Judith Leigh Ellen Nichols
William J. Trautmann Award in Physical Chemistry

Recipients: Judith Leigh Ellen Nichols
“Free Radical” Award

Recipients: Alexandra Banks, Adam Wallman

Albert R. Topps Economics Award

Recipients: Hien (Julie) Bach
Elaine and Les McAllister Award in Economics

Recipients: Ellie Repinski
Lewis Severson Prize in Economics

Recipients: Katie Phan, Mukhammad Ali Shavkatov
Palmer Environmental Economics Prize

Recipients: Alejandra Ojeda Torres
Thomas N. Mathers Award in Economics

Recipients: Abhas Oli
Wall Street Journal Award

Recipients: Jack Harrison Alport

Academy of American Poets/Beloit Poetry Journal Award

Winner: Lydia Williams
David & Marion Stocking Prize

Winner: Vivian Kopka
James Leeson, Sr. Endowed Prize

Recipients: Levi Gallagher
Lois Wilson Mackey Creative Writing Prize

Winner: Madison Burdick
Margaret W. Baker Award

Recipients: Valerie Adams
Mary F. Hodge Endowed Writing Prize

Recipients: Quinn Annis
White-Howells Prizes in Poetry and Prose

Winners: Levi Neil Hansen (Poetry); Fiona Hughes (Prose)

Mineralogy Prize

Recipients: Maria Stone
Outstanding Teaching Award as a Laboratory Assistant

Recipients: Lia Dirks, Ivy Salmi-Perry
Richard C. Stenstrom Prize in Environmental Geology

Recipients: Simone de Montigny
Sarah Wallbank Memorial Prize in Geology

Recipients: Gene Abron
Walter S. Haven Geology Prize

Recipients: Simone de Montigny

Royal Bronson Way History Award

Recipients: Kendric Qian Chen
Sereno Taylor Merrill History Prize

Recipients: Zoe Goebbert
Yee Shee Wong Endowed History Prize

Recipients: Bridget Liebetreu Cort, Casper Voca

Charles Eugene Street Award for Excellence in Modern Languages

Recipients: Carlos Gonzalez, River Okada-Mulawka
Heather Elizabeth Lutton Award in Spanish

Recipients: Cooper Hal Rathmann
Richard Foster Street Memorial Endowed Award in French

Recipients: Vivian Kopka
Sonia Moncada Street Memorial Endowed Award in Spanish

Recipients: Cora Frances Aggie Aitken

Harry Rex Davis Departmental Prize for Political Science

Recipients: Corina M. Pope, Shylee Graff
Ivan McKinley Stone Prize for International Relations

Recipients: Veronica Victor Buketekete Kaluta
Jane Quisenberry Wirtz and W. Willard Wirtz Endowed Scholarship

Recipients: Keira Linton, Natalie Flores, Demir Kasapoglu (rising juniors);
Shobhita Bharadwaj, Cole Miller, Madeline Wilhelm (rising seniors)
Paul Pollock Memorial Endowed Prize

Recipients: Lyndall Breaux, Cole Miller, Madeline Wilhelm
Ruth Colman Peterson Prize in Political Science or International Relations

Recipients: Finn Waterman
Warner Mills Prize for the Skilled Practice of Politics

Recipients: Alejandra Ojeda Torres

Charles Grant Curtis Memorial Award for Excellence in Sociology

Recipients: Gisela Uribe
Donald “Doc” A. Summers Prize in Sociological Theory

Recipients: Christopher Dela Rosa Andaya Jr.
Joyce A. Summers Award

Recipients: Paige Lancaster
William L. Kolb Sociology Award

Recipients: Quentin M. Schane

Chavey Family Endowed Award in Dance

Recipients: Lily Niesen, Shannon E. Poole
George and Joyce Kammerer Outstanding Choreography Award

Recipients: Kierra Rayne Hoover, Vivian Kopka
Theatre and Dance Award for Outstanding Achievement in Performance

Recipients: Malaika Parpart
Theatre and Dance Award for Outstanding Achievement in Production

Recipients: Alister Murphy
Theatre and Dance Distinctive Contribution Award

Recipients: Chyler Smith, Kaela Johnson
Theatre and Dance Memorial Award

Recipients: Journey Beier, Gabriela Willis

Alliant Energy / Erroll B. Davis Jr. Achievement Award

Recipients: Richard McGregory
Charles D. Rosa 1898 Award

Recipients: Josslyn Coveny
Edward Fergus Award

Recipients: Gisela Uribe
Ferwerda Merit Scholars

Recipients: Armita Aghamiri, Magalí Abril Le Bas , Chaitanya Bhatt, Valeria Samaniego, Benjamin J. Erickson, Savanna Warthen, Kylie Wolff , Chloe Osborne, Dariya Kylyshpay, Blake Nelson, Lillianne McCully , Lia Dirks, Jasmine Kingsbury, Ben Schweit, Cameron Harper, Morgan Bailey Sheldon, Jacopo Tamburini, Iman Khan
Florence Yates Scobie Award

Recipients: Devin Riley Avis Cuffy-Bethel, Anna Dailey, Ella Silva
Grace and Laurence Ousley Award for Diversity and Inclusion

Recipients: Damila Hurn, Gisela Uribe
Jane Quisenberry & W. Willard Wirtz Prize for Public Service

Recipients: Gisela Uribe
John Hughes Student Entrepreneur of the Year

Recipients: Faiq Ahmad
John Kenneth ’64 and Georgia Sexton Kleinheksel Endowed Prize

Recipients: Jane Lamona Price, Quentin M. Schane
Joseph P. Kobylka Endowed Scholarship in Journalism

Recipients: Vivian Kopka
Sikandra Spain Memorial Endowed Award

Recipients: Veronica Victor Buketekete Kaluta
Student Excellence and Leadership Academic Excellence Award

Recipients: Jorge Maldonado
Student Excellence and Leadership Rising Star Award

Recipients: Rosa Vanessa Solis
Truesdell Student Leadership Award

Recipients: Gisela Uribe
Weissberg Human Rights Fellowship

Recipients: Ray Broad, Veronica Victor Buketekete Kaluta, Aislynn Patrick, Sandhya Pise, Gisela Uribe

Eta Sigma Phi

Inductees: Josephine Fenton
Mortar Board

Members: Momina Amjad, Alexandra Banks, Jeffrey Battle, Chaitanya Bhatt, Ray Broad, Anjeli Calderon, Jessalyn Coppe, Kaela Johnson, Caleb Stephen Lasher, Emily Katherine Lopez, Fatima Lopez, Kaila Nork, Corina Pope, Jane Lamona Price, Amelia Pullen, Samuel Slabaugh, Rosa Solis, Marcus Studinski, Gisela Uribe, Chelsea Woletz
Phi Beta Kappa

Members: Jack Alport, Julie Bach, Chaitanya Bhatt, Ray Broad, Ellie Debbert, Jacob Gaston, Sristi Halder, Veronica Kaluta, Ayane Kono, Aina Mallorqui Dalmau, Renee Nguyen, Francisco Orbezo Jr., Corina Pope, Amelia Pullen, Rosa Solis, Sol Ulaszek
Pi Sigma Alpha

Members: Josslyn Coveny, Shylee Graf, Veronica Kaluta, Bridget Liebetreu Cort, Lucy Monnig, Corina Pope, Samuel Shobert, Marcus Studinski
Psi Chi

Members: Margaret Ackah, Isabella Acosta, Jax Goodlow, Kitana Gulotta, Samantha Irwin, Ezekiel Kingsbury, Mateo Marek, Olivia Norquist, Kelly O’brien, Aleah Roesler, Samuel Shea, Arturo Silva, Mason Sorensen, Alex Yang

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