Congratulations to the following Kalamazoo College students who received awards during the 2024 Senior Awards Ceremony on Saturday, June 15, at Stetson Chapel. The awards include all academic divisions, prestigious scholarships and special non-departmental awards.
Fine Arts Division
Art and Art History
Lilia Chen Award in Art
- Julia Holt
- Carolyn Ingram
- Kieya Kubert-Davis
- Brett Austin Manski
- Lillian Mattern
- Brooklyn Mohr
- Ileana Oeschger
- Suha Qashou
- Hannah W. Schurman
- Gabriel Sharp
- Maria Tripodis
Michael Waskowsky Prize
- Ana Garcia
Music
Lillian Pringle Baldauf Prize in Music
- Drake Butcher
- Molly Kohl
Music Department Certificate of Distinction
- Lindsey Baker
- Jonah Beurkens
- Julia Holt
- Sharon Huang
- Melody Kondoff
- Jacob Macks
- Abigail Nelson
- Grace Ryan
- Keegan Sweeney
Fan E. Sherwood Memorial Prize
- Molly Kohl
Theatre Arts
Ruth Scott Chenery Award
- Brooklyn Moore
Modern and Classical Languages Division
Chinese
Chinese Outstanding Achievement Award
- Lindsey Baker
- Indigo Corvidae
- Julia Holt
- Elizabeth Nestle
Classical Studies
Clara H. Buckley Prize for Excellence in Latin
- Nick Wilson
Departmental Prize in Greek
- Nick Wilson
Provost’s Prize in Classics
- Georgios Gkolois
- Julia Holt
French and Francophone Studies
Alliance Francaise Prize in French
- Liz Ballinger
German Studies
Joe Fugate Senior German Award
- Kelley Akerley
Japanese
Japanese National Honor Society College Chapter
- Shannon Courtney Abbott
- Griffin Gheen
- Donovan Greene
- Victor Guerra Lopez
- Kieya Kubert-Davis
- Richard Sakurai-Kearns
- D.J. Schneider
- Christopher Van Alstine
- Olivia Wolfe
Spanish Language and Literatures
The Senior Spanish Award
- Osman Amaya
- Gabriel Coleman
- Katie Garcia
- Michael Abraham Hume
- Jayden Thurmond-Oliver
Humanities Division
American Studies
David Strauss Prize in American Studies
- Clare Wren Catallo-Werner
- Alejandra Lemus
Critical Ethnic Studies
Cassandra Solis ’16 Prize in Critical Ethnic Studies
- Hillary Husson Bawab Yousif
English
Gail Griffin Prize
- Jessalyn Vrieland
Bruce E. Mills Award
- Sofia Rowland
Elwood H. and Elizabeth H. Schneider Prize in English
- Char Nieberding
Mary Clifford Stetson Prize
- Elliot Mrak
Dwight (1929) and Leola Stocker Prize
- Curtis Bell, Jr.
- Olivia Grace Tessin
- Madison Elisabeth Walther
Charles Lewis Williams Jr. Award
- Ava Fischer
History
James Bird Balch Prize in American History
- Eleanor Harris
History Department Award
- Alejandra Lemus
Philosophy
Hodge Prize in Philosophy
- Anna Budnick
- Nikolas Krupka
Department of Philosophy Prize
- Anna Budnick
- Nikolas Krupka
- Lina Moghrabi
Religion
Marion H. Dunsmore (1920) Memorial Prize in Religion
- Iris Chalk
Natural Sciences and Mathematics Division
Biology
H. Lewis Batts Prize
- Quinn X. Collins
- Allison M. Sokacz
The Biology in Liberal Arts Prize
- Hannah W. Schurman
Frances Diebold Scholar Award
- Mahum Khan
- Anna Dolores Murphy
- Hannah W. Schurman
- Allison M. Sokacz
William E. Praeger (1922) Prize in Biology
- Anna Dolores Murphy
Chemistry
American Chemical Society Certified Degree in Chemistry
- Jordyn Alise Andrews-Wilson
- Lindsey Baker
- Anthony Berkimer
- Sam Ewald
- Ella Kelly
- Blake Kelsey
- Arman Khan
- William Patrick Linehan
- Roman Ramos
- Mirella Villani
American Chemical Society Undergraduate Student
- Holly Bowling
Annual Undergraduate Award in Analytical Chemistry
- Ella Kelly
Annual Undergraduate Award in Inorganic Chemistry
- Sam Ewald
Annual Undergraduate Award in Organic Chemistry
- Jordyn Alise Andrews-Wilson
- Lindsey Baker
Annual Undergraduate Award in Physical Chemistry
- Anthony Berkimer
Outstanding Chemistry Student from Kalamazoo College
- Jordyn Alise Andrews-Wilson
Kurt Kaufman Fellows
- Jordyn Alise Andrews-Wilson
- Madeleine Coffman
- Sam Ewald
Lemuel F. Smith Award
- Roman Ramos
Computer Science
Provost’s Prize in Computer Science
- Sara Elfring
Mathematics
Clarke Benedict Williams Prize
- Matthew Nelson
- Xavier Silva
Physics
John Wesley Hornbeck Prize
- Jonah Beurkens
- Sam Ewald
- Matthew Nelson
Physical Education Division
George Acker Award
- Steven Shelton
Mary Long Burch ’61 Award
- Madelaine Hurley
C.W. “Opie” Davis (1928) Award
- Gabriel Vidinas
Hornet Athletic Association Award
- Harrison Poeszat
Knoechel Family Award
- Timothy Karubas
Tish Loveless Award
- Hannah Heeren
Lauren Rosenthal ’13 Memorial Prize
- Savera Rajendra-Nicolucci
Catherine A. Smith ’82 Prize in Women’s Athletics
- Madison Nichole Barch
Social Sciences Division
Economics and Business
William G. Howard (1867) Memorial Prize
- Andreas Nile Fathalla
- Lukas Hultberg
- Blagoja Naskovski
- Sydney Pickell
Provost’s Prize in Economics
- Emma Hahn
- Blagoja Naskovski
Robert and Karen Rhoa Prize in Business
- Andreas Nile Fathalla
- Steven Kloosterman
- Christian Paul Kraft
Robert and Karen Rhoa Prize for Outstanding SIP
- Christian Paul Kraft
Political Science
E. Bruce Baxter ’64 Memorial Award
- Claire F. McCall
- Mason Purdy
William G. Howard (1867) Memorial Prize
- Maeve Crothers
Eugene P. Stermer ’50 Award in Public Administration
- Camran Stack
Psychology
Marshall Hallock Brenner ’55 Prize
- Taina Perez
Xarifa Greenquist Memorial Psychology Department Award
- Emily Braunohler
- Madison Hope Pisano
Richard D. Klein ’53 Senior Award in Psychology
- Marquisha James
- Ana Abigail Ramirez
- Leah Ramirez
- Rojina Timsina
Richard D. Klein ’53 Senior Impact Award in Psychology
- Emma Quail
- Megan Walczak
Donald W. VanLiere Prize in Psychology Coursework
- Morgan Fischer
- Madison Grace Talarico
Donald W. VanLiere Prize in Psychology Research
- Anna Budnick
- Rojina Timsina
Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Catherine A. Smith ’82 Prize in Human Rights
- Ryan Gabrielle Drew
Lucinda Hinsdale Stone Prize in Women’s Studies
- Margaret Perry
College Awards
Alpha Lambda Delta Maria Leonard Senior Book Award
- Julia Holt
Gordon Beaumont Memorial Award
- Jordyn Alise Andrews-Wilson
- Anum Khan
- Rojina Timsina
Henry ’36 and Inez Brown Award
- Madison Nichole Barch
- Brynna Garden
- Rylie Kipfmueller
- Brett Austin Manski
Virginia Hinkelman Memorial Award
- Ana Abigail Ramirez
Babette Trader Campus Citizenship and Leadership Award
- Brynna Garden
Maynard Owen Williams (1910) Memorial Award
- Olivia Depauli
- Victor Guerra Lopez
- Isabelle Hawkes
- Luisa Fernanda Ruiz
- Megan Walczak
- Andre Walker, Jr.
Fellowships and Scholars
Caroline Ham ’48 Scholars
- Vanessa Cardenas
- Nikolas Krupka
- César Anthony Soria
F. W. and Elsie L. Heyl Scholars
- Jordyn Alise Andrews-Wilson
- Lukas Bolton
- Madeleine Coffman
- Emily Hazel Haigh
- Bijou Hoehle
- Xavier Silva
Marilyn LaPlante Civic Engagement Scholars
- Rylie Kipfmueller
- Rhys Koellmann
- Sydney M. Lenzini
- Angeles Munoz Horta
- Ana Abigail Ramirez
Senior Leadership Recognition Award
- Shannon Courtney Abbott
- Shahriar Akhavan Tafti
- Darsalam Amir
- Jordyn Alise Andrews-Wilson
- Lindsey Baker
- Liz Ballinger
- Madison Nichole Barch
- Isabel Chiang
- Quinn X. Collins
- Michael Abraham Hume’
- Madelaine Hurley
- Ann Marie Johnston
- Ella Kelly
- Blagoja Naskovski
- Alexandra Noel
- Jeremiah Ohren-Hoeft
- Margaret Perry
- Ana Abigail Ramirez
- Ali Randel
- César Anthony Soria
- Ella Kay Szczublewski
- Gabriel Vidinas
- Emmeline Grace Fucao Wendel
- Olivia Wolfe
Jerry Sherbin Fellowship
- Sydney Salgado
Stephanie Vibbert ’03 Civic Engagement Scholar
- Rojina Timsina
French Government Teaching Assistantship
- Maxine Koos
- Megan Walczak
Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship
- Julia Holt
- Teresa Lucas
- Alexandra Noel
- Danielle Treyger
Spanish Government Teaching Assistantship
- Ali Randel
- Andre Walker, Jr.
Honors in the Major Department
Anthropology and Sociology
- Sydney M. Lenzini
Art and Art History
- Ana Garcia
- Julia Holt
- Carolyn Ingram
- Kieya Kubert-Davis
- Ileana Oeschger
- Maria Tripodis
Biochemistry
- Jordyn Alise Andrews-Wilson
- Madeleine Coffman
- Madelaine Hurley
Biology
- Katherine Loretta Black
- Samantha Major
- Eva Metro-Roland
- Anna Dolores Murphy
- Oliver Rubin
- Hannah W. Schurman
- Allison M. Sokacz
- Hannah Marie Willit
Business
- Holly Bowling
- Andreas Nile Fathalla
- Farah Ghazal
- Steven Kloosterman
- Christian Paul Kraft
- Sydney Pickell
Chemistry
- Lindsey Baker
- Sam Ewald
Computer Science
- Rowan Cook
- Sara Elfring
Economics
- Emma Hahn
- Lukas Hultberg
- Blagoja Naskovski
English
- Sofia Rowland
- Jessalyn Vrieland
- Ariana Zito
History
- Eleanor Harris
- Rylie Kipfmueller
- Alejandra Lemus
Mathematics
- Matthew Nelson
- Xavier Silva
Music
- Molly Kohl
Philosophy
- Anna Budnick
- Nikolas Krupka
Physics
- Jonah Beurkens
- Sam Ewald
- Matthew Nelson
Religion
- Iris Chalk
- Mason Purdy
- Sydney Salgado
Spanish Language and Literatures
- Olivia Depauli
- Molly Kohl
- Megan Ploucha
- Danielle Treyger
- Madison Elisabeth Walther
Members of Phi Beta Kappa
- Kelley Akerley
- Shahriar Akhavan Tafti
- Jordyn Alise Andrews-Wilson
- Liz Ballinger
- Jenna Beach
- Katherine Loretta Black
- Jonah Beurkens
- Madeleine Coffman
- Ryan Drew
- Andreas Nile Fathalla
- Morgan Fischer
- Nikhil Gandikota
- Aliza Garcia
- Sophia Haas
- Emma Hahn
- Emily Hazel Haigh
- Lukas Hultberg
- Madelaine Hurley
- Ella Kelly
- Mahum Khan
- Rhys Koellmann
- Teresa Lucas
- Lina Moghrabi
- Anna Dolores Murphy
- Blagoja Naskovski
- Matthew Nelson
- Elizabeth Nestle
- Sydney Pickell
- Megan Ploucha
- Roman Ramos
- Hannah W. Schurman
- Steven Shelton
- Xavier Silva
- Allison M. Sokacz
- Camran Stack
- Danielle Treyger
- Maria Tripodis
- Ifeoma Princess Uwaje