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Class of 2021 Academic Award Winners

June 16, 2021

National Awards

David L. Boren Scholarship

  • Tamar Furman ’21 of Texas
  • Julia Hablak ’21 of New Jersey
  • Saskia P. Holman ’21 of Texas
  • Natalia San Antonio ’21 of Pennsylvania
  • Anna Clarice West ’21 of California

Fulbright Scholarship

  • English Teaching Assistant in Botswana: Elicie Edmond ’21 of Delaware
  • English Teaching Assistant in Taiwan: Georgia Nelson ’21 of Connecticut

Thomas J. Watson Fellowship

  • Zijia Zhuang ’21 of China

Undergraduate Academic Prizes and Awards

The Gertrude Slaughter Fellowship

  • Helena Weigert Crusius '21 of California

The European Traveling Fellowship

  • Alma Sterling '21 of New York 

Hester Ann Corner Prize for Best Thesis Written in a Foreign Language

  • Stephanie Strevey ’21 of Missouri

±¬ΑΟΉΟ Senior Essay Prize

  • Jiayi Loh ’21 of Singapore
  • Yupeng Wu ’21 of China

Thomas Raeburn White Scholarship

  • Marita Ferreira ’21 of Paraguay

Departmental Awards

Frederica de Laguna Award (Anthropology)

  • Lucy Bruemmer ’21 of South Carolina
  • Sonja O’Brien ’21 of New York

Jane Wilkinson Arts Prize (Theater)

  • Nadia Kim ’21 of Republic of Korea

Distinguished Service in Biology

  • Chinyere Udokporo ’21 of Massachusetts

Anna Lerah Keys Memorial Prize (Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology)

  • Marcia Adams ’21 of the United Kingdom
  • Mira Yuan ’21 of New Jersey

Barbara Riley Levin Prize (Comparative Literature)

  • Zijia Zhuang ’21 of China

Bolton Senior Award (Growth and Structure of Cities)

  • Kai McGinn Fall ’20 of Pennsylvania

Hester Ann Corner Prize in Literature

  • Helena Weigert Crusius ’21 of California
  • Sindi Kaskaviqi ’21 of Albania

Katherine Stains Prize Fund in Classical Literature

  • Alix Gwynn Reed Galumbeck ’21 of Virginia

Pauline Jones Prize in French

  • Jacob Coleman HC’21 of Virginia

Emma Osborn Thompson Prize in Geology

  • Rebecca Britt ’21 of New York

Berle Memorial Prize in German Literature

  • Stephanie Strevey ’21 of Missouri

Elizabeth Duane Gillespie Fund for Scholarships in American History

  • Emma Burns ’21 of Utah

Helen Taft Manning Essay Prize in History

  • Marita Ferreira ’21 of Paraguay

Elinor Nahm Prize in Italian Language and LIterature

  • Grace Torsella ’21 of Pennsylvania

Tri-Co linguistics Department Outstanding Thesis Award

  • Mary Emma Hignite ’Fall 20 of Arkansas

Gridley McKim-Smith Award (Latin American, Iberian, and Latina/o Studies)

  • Zoe Garcia ’21 of Texas
  • Yesenia Mendez Pacheco ’21 of Texas

Anna Pell Wheeler Prize in Mathematics

  • NaiQi (Sandy) Chen ’21 of China

Charlotte Angas Scott Prize in Mathematics

  • Katie Coe ’21 of Pennsylvania

Mary Luise Cookson Prize in Mathematics

  • Ellen Lu ’21 of Tennessee and China

Gail Ann Schweiter Prize (Musics)

  • Katja Schmid-Doyle ’21 of New York

Elinor Nahm Prize in Russian Language and Linguistics

  • Lena Steinbach ’21 of Oregon

Elinor Nahm Prize in Russian Language and Culture

  • Kendra Allman ’21 of Pennsylvania
  • Julia Hablak ’21 of New Jersey

Subramanian-Linden Award for Academic Excellence (Sociology)

  • Emily George ’21 of Pennsylvania
  • Lauren Lattimore ’21 of New Jersey
  • Kate Packer-Dawley ’21 of California
  • Becca Pearlman ’21 of New Jersey
  • Jay Thomas ’21 of Texas

Subramanian-Linden Award for Community Service (Sociology)

  • Kate Packer-Dawley β€˜21 of California
  • Grace Woo ’21 of New York

College Achievement and Service Awards

Community Building Honor Roll

  • Rem Aitbouchireb ’21 of Texas
  • Elia Anagnostou ’21 of Greece
  • Millicent Auma ’21 of Kenya
  • Khari Alexis Bowman ’21 of Tennessee
  • Rebecca Britt ’21 of New York
  • Janina Calle ’21 of New Jersey
  • Grace Cavenaugh ’21 of Oregon
  • Katie Coe ’21 of Pennsylvania
  • Katherine Davenport ’21 of Pennsylvania
  • Aakriti Dhital ’21 of Nepal
  • Emma Ecker ’21 of Massachusetts
  • Deborah Ekwale ’21 of Pennsylvania
  • Juliet Estremera Lacey ’21 of New Jersey
  • Jacqueline Fernandez ’21 of New Jersey
  • Ally Freemond ’21 of Illinois
  • Zoe Garcia ’21 of Texas
  • Reyna Gariepy ’21 of Arizona
  • Julia Goldsamt ’21 of New York
  • Lorna Jepkirui ’21 of Kenya
  • Ellen Lu ’21 of Tennessee and China
  • Vimbai Mawoneke ’21 of Zimbabwe
  • Ellis McCarver ’21 of Pennsylvania
  • Yesenia Mendez Pacheco ’21 of Texas
  • Joan Ndichu ’21 of Kenya
  • Georgia Nelson ’21 of Pennsylvania
  • Haley Nolan ’21 of Massachusetts
  • Lyncy Nyandoche ’21 of Kenya
  • Sonja O’Brien ’21 of New York
  • Rihana Oumer ’21 of Massachusetts
  • Mayisha Rahman ’21 of Bangladesh
  • Jess Saludades ’21 of New Jersey
  • Natalia San Antonio ’21 of Pennsylvania
  • Veronica Sargent ’21 of Massachusetts
  • Junie Sok ’21 of Massachusetts
  • Alma Karen Sterling ’21 of New York
  • Chinyere Udokporo ’21 of Massachusetts
  • Elizabeth Warrick ’21 of Maryland
  • Claire Weeks ’21 of California
  • Dana Yang ’21 of New York

Dr. Hayley S. Thomas Prize in Diversity

  • Khari Alexis Bowman ’21 of Tennessee
  • Yesenia Mendez Pacheco ’21 of Texas
  • Chinyere Udokporo ’21 of Massachusetts

McPherson Undergraduate Award for Excellence

  • Khari Alexis Bowman ’21 of Tennessee
  • Reyna Lionila Gariepy ’21 of Arizona
  • Alma Karen Sterling ’21 of New York

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