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.
2011 Award Recipients
President’s Achievement Award
2011 Recipients: Jasmine Marks and Beau Bradley
Distinguished Student Leadership Award
2011 Recipient: Santiago Morales
Hal Reichle Memorial Award
2011 Recipients: Abigail Hexamer and Rodney Jacobs
Nancy Moeller Award
2011 Recipient: Karen Lind
Ruth E. Skocic Scholarship
2011 Recipient: Lisa Bartlette
The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Award
2011 Recipient: Tiayra Matthews
Yuksel Ismail Scholarship in Humanities
2011 Recipient: Courtney Guelker
Mein Kind Brunhilde Award
2011 Recipient: Amelia Shrader
ODK National Leadership
2011 Recipients: Sarah Ahmed, Michael Bischoff, Rachel Bisker, Beau Bradley, Jontaya Culpepper, Rodney Jacobs, Lindsay Kuhn, Wenhao Li, Jasmine Marks, Claire McCarthy, Santiago Morales, Zachary Ott, Caitlin Pacheco, Matthew Ross, Melissa Santana, Rebecca Szanto, Kelly Taylor, Erica Templeton, Sydney Vore, Javonne Woodland, Ken Jon Yeong, Jamie Zychowski
Phi Beta Kappa
2011 Inductees: Shishir Adhikari, Madhumitha Balasubramanian, Ian Barton, Alicia Choo, Devon Gahr, Cortney Guelker, Radina Petkova
Alpha Society Graduating Seniors
| Shishir Adhikari Madhumitha Balasubramanian Ian Barton Rachel Bisker Carla Bold Debbie Bussinger Gerda Carlson Alicia Choo Karen Cover Philip D’Amico Elizabeth Ellis Devon Gahr Sharon Gmutza Derek Green |
Cortney Guelker Stacy Keene-Rosenthal Nicole King Lindsay Kuhn Wenhao Li Karen Lind Michael Lipkin Emilee Luckring Patricia Markel Bret Martell Claire McCarthy Samuel McCarthy Santiago Morales Patrick O’Neill |
Radina Petkova Elizabeth Prorok Stephanie Ratliff Heather Reboudo Mark Saienni Diana Salman Angela Savinda George Schatz Darin Scribner Derik Scribner Alyssa Sedlak Aimee Thompson Danielle Vancura Lisa Zamecnik |
Alpha Society Juniors, Sophomores and First-Years
| Zeerak Ahmed Michelle Allamon Laila Almassri Kathleen Andrea Manuel Angel Alzira Avelino Thomas Ball Lisa Bartlette Cara Battaglia Joyce Beeman Kathleen Behra Rick Bliss Shanna Boveington Juanita Bowe Maura Brett-Eiger Caitlyn Caldwell Michael Carey Alisa Cario Caroline Christoff Miriam Clarke Anthony Clemente Abigail Cohen Leigh Collier Roberta Coppedge Brendan Curtin Robert Danczak Grace D’Angelo Kathie Dickinson Edward Dubiel Alina Dvorak Leah Efferson Kelsey Flowers Allison Fox Abegel Freedman Jennifer Friedler Tomoyuki Fujimoto Kaylyn Gamertsfelder Devlin Geroski Jessica Gezymalla Alexander Gill Robert Glowacki Ryan Greenhill Jessica Gruden |
Tamara Guseman Kaitlyn Hale Michelle Hickox Laetitia Hight Maryann Hudak Richard Ivans Courtney Jennings John Jordan Kenneth Kall Julia Kantorik India Keller Sarah Kelly Chelsea Kerns Kritsinee Khowcharoen Connie Knop Samantha Kobus Elizabeth Kresse Sara Lazio Jessica Lenoir Hannah Lint Alexis Linton Monica Lucas Francesca Luppino Timothy Luttermoser Celeste Macklin Robert Maganja Matthew Margo Jasmine Marks Ashley Marsh Linda McConnell Anthony McElrath Cody McGill Ann McKee Robert Meeker Adam Miller Jennie Minor Tessianna Misko Amy Morton Rebecca Moseley Bryan Nemire Ellen Nicholson Alexandra Oleszko Megan Orosz |
Hannah Petcovic Rachel Petrack Rachael Purta Gurneet Raina Elise Randall Joseph Randolph Rachael Rengers Kimberly Riffle Eileen Russell Jacob Savel Haleigh Scherma Britain Scott Rachel Searle-White Victoria Sferra J Shaffer Randall Shearer Nitisha Shrestha Dustin Simpson Lydia Snyder Denise Soloman Zachary Sunderman Alexis Swanson Bonnie Sypolt Rebecca Szanto Joseph Taylor Erica Templeton Tyler Thomas Julie Thompson Matthew Thompson Ethan Tope Kara Vantaggi Courtney Wade Megan Wade John Wickersham Hin Yan Wong Yuting Ye Ken Jon Yeong Shane Young Michael Zielinski |
Academic Achievement Department Awards
Art Department
Alex and Tamara Brady Pendleton Best in show Award
2011 Recipient: Robert Weitzner
Paul A. Rochford Award for Excellence
2011 Recipient: Laila Almassri
Ellen Jagow Award for Painting
2011 Recipient: Shalimma Fadzl
Abigail Flint Award for Photography
2011 Recipient: Shanisha Fadzl
Award for Outstanding work by Freshman or Sophmore
2011 Recipient: Marissa Diliberto
Juror’s Mention
2011 Recipients: India Keller (book and collage), Kari Donahue (photography)
Art History Book Award
2011 Recipient: J.B. Henry
Biology Department Awards
James H. Barrow Scholarship in Biology
2011 Recipient: Timothy Luttermoser
Dwight. H. and Trudy Berg Scholarship
2011 Recipient: Ahn Tran
Eastman Kodak Company Awards
2011 Recipients: Ian Barton, Katrina Brungs, Jazmine Danner, Samuel McCarthy, Santiago Morales, Jillian Raber, Kimberly Sage
Grace Pickford Scholarship
2011 Recipients: Mary Catherine Hamilton, Claire McCarthy
Kelton Scott McMurray Memorial Scholarship
2011 Recipient: Matthew Jenior
Paul Smey Award in Biology
2011 Recipients: Tamara Guseman, Andrianna Stephens
Thomas E. Lingafelter Memorial Award
2011 Recipient: Lindsay Langenberg
Biomedical Humanities Department Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Medical Humanities
2011 Recipient: Vivianni Schillace
Outstanding Achievement in Medical Humanities as a Minor
2011 Recipient: Claire McCarthy
Outstanding Achievement in Biomedical Research
2011 Recipient: Andrianna Stephens
Chemistry Department Awards
Outstanding First Year Student and CRC Taylor/ Francis Publishing Award
Manuel Angel
Outstanding Sophomore Student
Adam Miller
Outstanding Junior Student
Milica Zivak
Outstanding Senior Student
George Shatz
Outstanding Senior Biochemistry Student
Aimee Thompson
Outstanding General Chemistry Student
Adam LaBenne
Outstanding Organic Students
Yuting Ye
Outstanding Inorganic Student
Samuel McCarthy
Outstanding Analytical Student
Kara Vantaggi
Outstanding PChem Student
Elvis Cudjoe
Outstanding Biochemistry Student:
Tessianna Misko
Outstanding Departmental Service:
Laurie Rich, Madhumitha Balasubramanian, Eileen Russell
Center for Engaged Ethics Award
Tom and Betty Nicolls First Year Ethics Essay Contest
2011 Recipients: Kaylyn Gamertsfelder (first place), Hin Yan Wong (second place), Conner Pitkin (third place)
Center for Integrated Entrepreneurship Awards
Fall Ideablitz TM Idea Competition
Recipients: Lisa Bartlette (first place), Karen Ising, John Jordan (second place), Artel Moreira, Caitlyn Ruese, Allison Steele (third place)
Spring Ideabuild TM Idea Competition
Recipients: Lisa Bartlette (first place), Simone Gabriela, Artel Moreira (sec- ond place), John Jordan (third place)
Computer Science Department Awards
Irina Lomonosov Award
2011 Recipients: Shanti Bramhacharya, Elizabeth Ellis
Angela Guercio Award
2011 Recipient: Brian Close
Herbert L. Jones Memorial Award in Mathematics
2011 Recipients: John Kesegich, Rachael Purta, Eric Wheeler
Hiney Mathematics Award
2011 Recipients: Shanti Bramhacharya, Brian Close, Elizabeth Ellis
Economics Management and Accounting Department Awards
Allyn A. Young Memorial Prize in Economics
2011 Recipients: Wenhao Li, Kritsnee Khowcharoen
Institute of Management Accountants Outstanding Accounting Student Award
2011 Recipient: Ashley Berecek
Robert Paul Ferguson Memorial Prize in Management
2011 Recipient: Sydney J. Vore
English Department Awards
Howard Seymour Bissell Scholarship Fund
2011 Recipient: Francesca Luppino
Carl R. Brown Memorial Scholarship
2011 Recipient: Beau Bradley
Lee and Irma Cannon Memorial Award
2011 Recipient: Maryann Hudak
Grace J. Chamberlain Prize in Creative Writing
2011 Recipient: Brendan Curtin
English Department Book Award
2011 Recipients: Ross Eaton, Joe Randolph, Alex Lavrisha, Diana Salman
Hiram College Writing Center Award
2011 Recipients: Chelsea Barattini, Derek Green
John S. Kenyon Memorial Award in English
2011 Recipient: Karen Cover
Richard C. Underwood Endowed Memorial Fund
2011 Recipient: Alisa Manna
Foreign Language Department Awards
Edith Scottron Miller Award
2011 Recipients: Jennie Catherine Minor, Torrie Jean Gerrett
>History Department Awards
Phi Alpha Theta
2011 Inductees: Leah P. Christopher, Corinne A. Cline, Richard A. Ivans, Yesuel Lee, Kyle J. Peters
Dorothy Garrett Martin Merit Award in History
2011 Recipient: J Shaffer
Russell L. Caldwell Memorial Research Award
2011 Recipient: Richard A. Ivans
Thomas Mark Pytel Award
2011 Recipient: Leah P. Christopher
Lindsay-Crane Center for Writing and Literature Awards
ECHO Student Literary Regional Competition
2011 Recipients: Gracie D’Angelo (first place, poetry), Caitlyn Caldwell (first place, creative nonfiction), Linda McConnell (second place, creative nonfic- tion), Alexis Linton (third place, fiction), Maryann Hudak (third place, cre- ative nonfiction), Sara Benedetto (honorable mention, creative nonfiction), Elizabeth McIntyre (honorable mention, po etry), Alexander Gill (honorable mention, fiction), Nick Sawatsky (honorable mention, fiction)
Fall Ralph and Marion G. Kroehle Contest for Creative Nonfiction
Recipients: Chelsea Barattini (first place), Chelsea Carbonell (second place), Chelsea Beabout (third place), Rebecca Moseley (honorable mention)
2011 Vachel Lindsay Poetry Prize
Recipients: Lauren Parker (first place), Maryann Hudak (second place), Michelle Allamon (third place), Brendan Curtin, Olivia Hess, Alex Gardner (honorable mentions)
2011 Barbara Thompson Contest for Short Fiction
Recipients: Alexander Gill (first place), Elizabeth McIntyre (second place), Sarah Pavolko (third place), Jennifer Friedler, Nick Sawatsky (honorable mentions)
Mathematics Department Awards
Erma Bouts Scholarship
2011 Recipient: Angela Savinda
Hiney Mathematics Award
2011 Recipients: Pasang Dorji, Jennifer Long
Herbert L. Jones Memorial Award in Mathematics
2011 Recipients: Ken Jon Yeong
Music Department Awards
Gertrude Frohring Award
2011 Recipient: Jasmine Marks
Oliver Vine Wilson Smoyer Award
2011 Recipient: Bobby Noel
Alice Crane Williams Award
2011 Recipient: Chris LaBenne
Mary A. Crawford Award
2011 Recipients: Molly Morgan, Mary Clinton
Clarence R. & Alice Seymour Bissell Award
2011 Recipient: Brian Shivers
Marcia Kenyon Bissell Award
2011 Recipients: Sarah Bee, Elizabeth Haase
Alice Seymour Bissell/Hiram Women’s Council Award
2011 Recipients: Molly Morgan, Angela Savinda, Tomoyuki Fujimoto, Elizabeth Haase
Andrew Hopkins Music Award
2011 Recipient: Eileen Russell
Nursing Department Awards
Academic Excellence in Nursing Award
2011 Recipient: Amanda Braham
Service & Leadership in Nursing Award
2011 Recipient: Meagan Storer
Summit/Portage District Ohio Nurses Association Award
2011 Recipient: Devan Stief
Delta Xi Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau, International Nursing Honor Society
2011 Recipients: Amanda L. Braham, Katie L. Oslin, Allison M. Plas, Samantha Skinner, Meagan L. Storer, Javonne R. Woodland, Kelly L. Baun, Amanda M. Bird, Kar Mun Ng, Lydia A. Woessner
Philosophy Department Awards
Eugene H. Peters Prize in Philosophy
2011 Recipient: Caroline Christoff
Political Science Department Awards
Departmental Honors
2011 Recipients: Diana Salman, Sarah Taddeo, Sarah Ahmed
Psychology Department Awards
Psi Chi Awards, National Honor Society in Psychology
2011 Inductees: Thomas Ball, Elsa Deutschbein, Megan Drake, Nicole Foisy, Dobromir Gospodinov, Joseph Hengoed, Jillian Raber, Rebecca Szanto, Danielle Vancura
Psychology and Philosophy Department Awards
The Thomas Wayne Grant Prize
2011 Recipient: Elisa Butler
Psychology and Sociology Department Awards
Jay Michael Schechter Scholarship
2011 Recipients: Thomas Mastroianni, Dobromir Gospodinov
Weekend College Awards
Galen J. Roush Scholarship
2011 Recipients: Joseph Borak, James Clay, Alexander Gardner, Karen Lind
Enos-West Scholarship
2011 Recipients: Sharon McElrath-Gmutza, Jeremy Bratnick
Athletic Department Awards
North Coast Athletic Conference Scholar-Athlete Award
2011 Recipients: Kristen Cooney (Softball), Ryan Greenhill (Men’s Soccer)
Donald M. Campbell Memorial Award
2011 Recipient: Glenn Campbell (Football)
Helen M. Petrosky Award
2011 Recipient: Shaina Bryan (Volleyball)
Charles A. Henry Award
2011 Recipient: Kritsinee Khowcharoen (Women’s Golf)
Herbert C. Matthews Memorial Award
2011 Recipient: Jessica Cowan (Women’s Basketball)