Honoring our students’ outstanding work
Each spring the Hiram College community gathers to honor all that our students have accomplished throughout the year. Various departments hold picnics, barbecues and award presentations to recognize and celebrate the work they have done. The festivities culminate in the campus-wide Honors Convocation, where we continue the tradition of handing out some of our community’s most prestigious awards.
2012 Award Recipients
President’s Achievement Award
2012 Recipients: Amy Morton and Shane Young
Distinguished Student Leadership Award
2012 Recipient: Jasmine Marks
Hal Reichle Memorial Award
2012 Recipients: Caleb Lemmo and Amy Morton
Nancy Moeller Award
2012 Recipient: Bianka Sinkfield
The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Award
2012 Recipient: Steve Brown and La’Reshea Hunter
Yuksel Ismail Scholarship in Humanities
2012 Recipient: Jennie Minor
ODK National Leadership
2012 Recipients: Steve Brown, Cody McGill, Amy Morton, Alexander Singer, John Steele, Rebecca Szanto, Demetria Anderson
Phi Beta Kappa
2012 Inductees: New Student Members : Leah P. Christopher, Maryann M. Hudak, Francesca L. Luppino, Rachael A. Purta, Allison E. Steele, Erica C. Templeton, Ken J. Young, Milica Zivak; Alumnus Member : John N. Mager III, Ph.D., Class of 1992
Alpha Society Graduating Seniors
| Thomas Ball Cara Battaglia Michael Carey Maureen Carroll Caroline Christoff Miriam Clarke Grace D’Angelo Kevin Deidrick Alina Dvorak Alexander Gill Moira Glover Alan Greathouse Tamara Guseman Joseph Hengoed Michelle Hickox Maryann Hudak Richard Ivans |
John Jordan Kenneth Kall India Keller Kritsinee Khowcharoen Connie Knop Samantha Kobus Elizabeth Kresse Sara Lazio Alexis Linton Francesca Luppino Timothy Luttermoser Jasmine Marks Linda McConnell Ann McKee Jennie Minor Tessianna Misko Rebecca Moseley |
Sara Natera Alexandra Oleszko Sarah Pavolko Rachael Purta Kimberly Riffle Eileen Russell Rachel Searle-White J Shaffer Nitisha Shrestha Zachary Sunderman Alexis Swanson Jeremiah Swetel Bonnie Sypolt Rebecca Szanto Erica Templeton Kara Vantaggi Ken Jon Yeong Milica Zivak |
Alpha Society Juniors, Sophomores and First-Years
| Caitlin Adams Zeerak Ahmed Michelle Allamon Le’Asia Allen Laila Almassri Manuel Angel Lisa Bartlette Emily Beeman Joyce Beeman Kathleen Behra Renee Bellis Rachel Bernstein Jessica Berube Rick Bliss Patricia Bohls Juanita Bowe Brian Bowser Sulochana Bramhacharya Maura Brett-Eiger Rachel Buckley Loan Bui Jessica Buttitta Caitlyn Caldwell Alisa Cario Niccole Catlett Tshering Choden Anthony Clemente Benjamin Coll Leigh Collier Sarah Condon Brendan Curtin Robert Danczak Wendy Dicks Kate Dlugosz Edward Dubiel Leah Efferson Zachary Fiest Tiffany Foster Rachael Fowler Abegel Freedman Courtney Freyhauf Tomoyuki Fujimoto Kaylyn Gamertsfelder |
Ashley Gat Devlin Geroski Jessica Gezymalla Robert Glowacki Shannon Govern Ryan Greenhill Jessica Gruden Jonathan Hall Diontely Harper Kathleen Harth Laetitia Hight Nan Hu Kayla Hunter Meghan Huntley Stephany Judd Julia Kantorik John Kesegich Carly Kidner Christine Kindel Rachelle Kovacic Ryan Kuhar Lisa Lantagne Sharon LaPore Jessica Lenoir Monica Lucas Robert Maganja Rachel Major Tiffany Marchewka Matthew Margo Ashley Marsh Brooke Mayle Anthony McElrath Cody McGill Megan McNulty Robert Meeker Carol Milani Adam Miller Ariel Minardi Elizabeth Moore Samantha Morford Amy Morton Bryan Nemire Ellen Nicholson |
Megan Orosz Hannah Petcovic Rachel Petrack Salena Ramsey Elise Randall Joseph Randolph Donald Reedy Mary Regalado Dawn Richards Ellen Rochford Jacob Savel Haleigh Scherma Owen Schoeniger Monica Schultz Victoria Sferra Sydney Shawgo Randall Shearer Kristy Sheer Hannah Shrader Alen Siljak Rachelle Simmers Robin Singleton Jonathan Sitosky Lydia Snyder Majdal Sobeh Abigail Staysa Lorraine Stringer Tyler Thomas Julie Thompson Matthew Thompson Ethan Tope Brianna Trivelli Courtney Wade Jonathan Warren Chad White John Wickersham Brian Wilbur Hin Yan Wong Miranda Wright Yuting Ye Shane Young |
Academic Achievement Department Awards
Art Department
Alex and Tamara Brady Pendleton Best in show Award
2012 Recipient: Elizabeth Gress
Paul A. Rochford Award for Excellence
2012 Recipient: Patrick Mehen
Ellen Jagow Award for Painting
2012 Recipient: Dawn Richards
Abigail Flint Award for Photography
2012 Recipient: Michelle Crowl
Award for Outstanding work by Freshman or Sophmore
2012 Recipient: Niesha Zeigler
Juror’s Mention
2012 Recipients: Kristen Cooney, Bryan Kinches, Lydia Snyder
Art History Book Award
2012 Recipient: Michael Fanara
Biology Department Awards
James H. Barrow Scholarship in Biology
2012 Recipient: Thomas Lacerda
Dwight. H. and Trudy Berg Scholarship
2012 Recipient: Bryan Nemire
Eastman Kodak Company Awards
2012 Recipients: Andrew Burns, Alex Butcher, Miriam Clarke, Anthony Clemente, Tamara Guseman, Laurie Rich, Kathryne Rumora, Lacey Zerner
Grace Pickford Scholarship
2012 Recipient: Allison Steele
Kelton Scott McMurray Memorial Scholarship
2012 Recipient: Ariel Pund
Paul Smey Award in Biology
2012 Recipient: Eileen Russell
Thomas E. Lingafelter Memorial Award
2012 Recipient: Sarah Stevens
Biomedical Humanities Department Awards
Carol Donley Scholarship Award
2012 Recipient: Jessica Gruden
Best Overall Contributions to Senior Capstone
2012 Recipients: Toby Gerez, Tamara Guseman
Chemistry Department Awards
Outstanding First Year Student and CRC Taylor/ Francis Publishing Award
Tiffany Marchewka
Outstanding Sophomore Student
Michelle Bezek
Outstanding Junior Student
William Novak
Outstanding Senior Student
Elvis Cudjoe
Outstanding Senior Biochemistry Student
Tammy Guseman
Outstanding General Chemistry Student
Sarah Condon
Outstanding Organic Student
Jessica Gruden
Outstanding Inorganic Student
Adam Miller
Outstanding Analytical Student
Milica Zivak
Outstanding PChem Student
Eileen Russell
Outstanding Biochemistry Student:
Robert Glowacki
Outstanding Departmental Service:
Elvis Cudjoe, Laurie Rich
Lubrisol Scholarship
David Klecyngier
Center for Engaged Ethics Award
Tom and Betty Nicolls First Year Ethics Essay Contest
2012 Recipients: Majdal Sobeh (first place), Marshal Sarginger (second place), Kelly Scott (third place)
Center for Integrated Entrepreneurship Awards
Fall Ideablitz TM Idea Competition
Recipients: Harrison Dickerhoof, Oliver Dickerhoof, Christian Dowdy, Isaiah Gwynn, Tiffany Shields (first place), Dario Pelemis, Jeff Schofield, Jayveer Sodiwal (second place), Claudia Allen, Maryann Frank, Elidia Hernandez, Kyle Meggas, Curtis Webster (third place)
Spring Ideabuild TM Idea Competition
Recipients: Stefan Babb, Rufin Sime, Alejandro Ruiz, Jameal Welcome (first place), Anthony Marchi, Gurneet Raina (second place), Rodney Jacobs (third place)
EEC’s IdeaLabs TM Regional Competition
Representing Hiram: Elidia Hernandez, Kyle Meggas, Curtis Webster
Communication Department Awards
Lambda Pi Eta
2011-2012 Inductees: Sarah Bee, Kimberly Bushek, Natasha Elder, Elizabeth Gress, Kristen Cooney, Francesca Luppino, Alisa Manna, Brittany Milite, Annie Reagan, Alexandra Singer, Zachary Sunderman, Erica Templeton, Jamie Zychowski
The Russell L. Caldwell Memorial Research Award
2012 Recipient: Natasha Elder
Computer Science Department Awards
Irina Lomonosov Award
2012 Recipient:Rachael Purta
Angela Guercio Award
2012 Recipient: Cody Depew
Herbert L. Jones Memorial Award in Mathematics
2012 Recipient: Justin Wisniewski
Hiney Mathematics Award
2012 Recipients: Cody Depew, Rachael Purta
Economics Management and Accounting Department Awards
Allyn A. Young Memorial Prize in Economics
2012 Recipients: Michael Carey, Kritsnee Khowcharoen
Institute of Management Accountants Outstanding Accounting Student Award
2012 Recipient: Kaitlyn Hite
Institute of Internal Auditors Outstanding Accounting Student Award
2012 Recipients: Kaitlyn Hite, Jeffrey Skingel (Certified Management Accountant), Cory Turner, Shelby Warrens
Robert Paul Ferguson Memorial Prize in Management
2012 Recipient: Shaina Bryan
English Department Awards
Howard Seymour Bissell Scholarship Fund
2012 Recipient: Caitlyn Caldwell
Carl R. Brown Memorial Scholarship
2012 Recipient: Joseph Randolph
Grace J. Chamberlain Prize in Creative Writing
2012 Recipient: Nick Sawatsky
English Department Book Award
2012 Recipients: Molly Ackerman, William Applebee
Hiram College Writing Center Award
2012 Recipient: Rebecca Szanto
John S. Kenyon Memorial Award in English
2012 Recipients: Maryann Hudak, Francesca Luppino
Richard C. Underwood Endowed Memorial Fund
2012 Recipients: Devlin Geroski, Matthew Margo
Foreign Language Department Awards
Lee and Irma Cannon Memorial Award
2012 Recipients: Jennie Catherine Minor
History Department Awards
Phi Alpha Theta
2012 Inductees: Thomas C. Ball, Elsa R. Deutschbein, Vanessa L. Jakse, J L. Shaffer, Julie A. Thompson, and Ethan Tope
Dorothy Garrett Martin Merit Award in History
2012 Recipient: Julie A. Thompson
Lindsay-Crane Center for Writing and Literature Awards
ECHO Student Literary Regional Competition
2012 Recipients: Maryann Hudak (first place poetry), Linda McConnell (first place fiction), Maryann Hudak (first place creative nonfiction), Sarah Pavolko (second place fiction), Robert Maganja (second place creative nonfiction), Bonny Kessinger (third place fiction), Alexander Gill (third place creative non fiction), Alexander Gill (runner up fiction), Matt Margo (honorable mention in poetry)
Fall Ralph and Marion G. Kroehle Contest for Creative Nonfiction
Recipients: Nick Sawatsky (first place), Sarah Pavolko (second place), Alexander Gill (third place), Michelle Allamon (honorable mention), Francesca Luppino (honorable mention)
Vachel Lindsay Poetry Prize
Recipients: Sarah Pavolko (first place), Nathan Hollaway (second place), Grace D’Angelo (third place), Olivia Hess, Margaret Henry (honorable mentions)
Barbara Thompson Contest for Short Fiction
Recipients: Nick Sawatsky (first place), Chelsea Beabout (second place), Sarah Pavolko (third place), Brendan Curtin (honorable mention), Devlin Geroski (honorable mention)
Geoffrey H. Stamm Prize in Formal Poetry
2012 Recipient: Maryann Hudak (Stamm Prize)
Mathematics Department Awards
Erma Bouts Scholarship
2012 Recipient: Zachary P. Mertens
Hiney Mathematics Award
2012 Recipients: Michael N. Carey, Sambid K. Wasti, Ken Jon Yeong
Herbert L. Jones Memorial Award in Mathematics
2012 Recipient: Jennifer M. Long
Music Department Awards
Gertrude Frohring Award
2012 Recipient: Jasmine Marks
Oliver Vine Wilson Smoyer Award
2012 Recipient: Bobby Noel
Alice Crane Williams Award
2012 Recipient: Chris LaBenne
Mary A. Crawford Award
2012 Recipient: Donald Daley
Clarence R. & Alice Seymour Bissell Award
2012 Recipient: Brian Shivers
Marcia Kenyon Bissell Award
2012 Recipients: Alexis Alvarado, Sydney Shawgo
Alice Seymour Bissell/Hiram Women’s Council Award
2012 Recipients: Alexis Alvarado, Chris LaBenne, Jasmine Marks, Brian Shivers
Andrew Hopkins Music Award
2012 Recipient: Brian Shivers
John M. Watson Senior Prize in Music
2012 Recipient: Donald Daley
Nursing Department Awards
Academic Excellence in Nursing Award
2012 Recipient: To Be Announced May 12 at Pinning Convocation
Davina Gosnell Award Service & Leadership in Nursing Award
2012 Recipient: To Be Announced May 12 at Pinning Convocation
Summit/Portage District Ohio Nurses Association Award
2012 Recipient: To Be Announced May 12 at Pinning Convocation
Delta Xi Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau, International Nursing Honor Society
2012 Recipients: Lindsay Cajka, Roberta Coppedge, Rebecca Crum, Leah Hunter, Hannah Lint, Megan Orosz, Amelia Shrader
Mein Kind Brunhilde Award
2012 Recipient: Leah Hunter
Philosophy Department Awards
Eugene H. Peters Prize in Philosophy
2012 Recipient: Rachel Petrack
Political Science Department Awards
Departmental Honors
2012 Recipient: Joseph Dowling
Psychology Department Awards
Psi Chi Awards, National Honor Society in Psychology
2012 Inductees: Kelly Dunegan, Leah Efferson, Steven Frame, Tamara Guseman, Carly Kidner, Harrison Klucher, Hin Yan Wong, Roseann Zychowski
Psychology and Philosophy Department Awards
The Thomas Wayne Grant Prize
2012 Recipient: Thomas Ball
Psychology and Sociology Department Awards
Jay Michael Schechter Scholarship
2012 Recipients: Leah Efferson, Jeron Harris, Hin Yan Wong
Weekend College Awards
Galen J. Roush Scholarship
2012 Recipients: Heather Gerrets, Ann McKee, Jeremiah Swetel
Enos-West Scholarship
2012 Recipients: Brian Koher, Ellen Nicholson, Joseph Taylor
Ruth E. Skocic Scholarship
2012 Recipient: Lisa Bartlette
Athletic Department Awards
North Coast Athletic Conference – Myrtis E. Herndon Award
2012 Recipient: Kristen Cooney (Softball)
North Coast Athletic Conference – William H. Hollinger Award
Ryan Greenhill (Men’s Soccer)
Donald M. Campbell Memorial Award
2012 Recipient: Ryan Greenhill (Men’s Soccer)
Helen M. Petrosky Award
2012 Recipient: Shaina Bryan (Volleyball)
Charles A. Henry Award
2012 Recipient: Ariel Pund (Volleyball)
NCAC Woman of the Year (Hiram’s nominee)
2012 nominee: Kritsinee Khowcharoen (Women’s Golf)
