departmental, all-college and CCSGA, honorary organizations and fellowships
DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS
ANTHROPOLOGY, presented by Professor Mario Montaño
The Courtney Cusick Memorial Prize
The Courtney Cusick Memorial Prize was created in 2003 in memory of anthropology major Courtney Cusick, who died tragically in an automobile accident in January 2002, in the middle of her senior year. An avid and accomplished naturalist even before entering college, Cusick left her friends, fellow students, and professors impressed with her hunger for knowledge and dedication to serious academic study. The Cusick Prize is awarded for the outstanding senior paper in anthropology.
Recipient: Stacy Du Clos
ART, presented by Professor Ruth Kolarik
Outstanding Senior Art Studio Show Award
Recipient: Benjamin Foley
Outstanding Senior Art History Thesis Award
Recipient: Kara Smith
Mary Chenoweth Award
Mary Chenoweth taught art at Colorado College from 1957 through 1983. Professor Chenoweth, who died in 1999, is remembered not only as a dedicated artist, but also as a free spirit with a zany sense of humor. When she retired, members of the Class of 1983 and other friends established a fund in her honor. Each year a book is given to the graduating senior art major who best exemplifies Mary Chenoweth’s talent, spirit, and humor.
Recipient: Mary Kincannon
Craig Herst Arts Prize Scholar Award
The CHAPS award was established by family and friends in memory of Craig Herst, a member of the Class of 1989. In 1998, Herst died tragically of injuries sustained from a car accident which occurred shortly after his graduation from Colorado College. A gifted artist and sculptor whose work reveals surprising maturity and sophistication, Herst is remembered fondly as a very vibrant, athletic, and personally engaging young man with a promising future in the arts. The Craig Herst Arts Prize Scholar or CHAPS is awarded annually to a junior studio art major who embodies Herst’s passion for the arts and has demonstrated excellence during his/her career at Colorado College. The prize will support research or creative work, which may well be a part of the recipient’s senior show.
Recipient: Anne Maurer
The Kirsch Prize
The Kirsch Prize was established in memory of Edith Kirsch, professor of art at Colorado College from 1982 to 1994. It is awarded annually to an outstanding student for travel abroad to study the Italian or other European artistic traditions so dear to Professor Kirsch.
Recipient: Danika Conolly
ASIAN STUDIES, presented by Professor Joan Ericson
Excellence in Asian Studies
The Asian studies faculty wishes to honor its exceptional students with this prize, which celebrates their high academic achievement in Asian studies and their outstanding contributions to the success of this program.
Recipient: Keita Moore
BIOLOGY, presented by Professor Ron Hathaway
Richard G. and Reba Beidleman Award
Upon his retirement in 1988, after 31 years in the biology department, Professor Beidleman established this award from funds he received from the Burlington Northern Outstanding Teacher Award. The Beidleman Award is given annually to a student who has demonstrated, through classroom and fieldwork, the greatest potential for becoming a professional ecologist or field biologist. In 1990, after the tragic death of Professor Beidleman’s wife in an automobile accident, the biology department added Reba’s name to the award in recognition of her many contributions to environmental preservation in the Colorado Springs area.
Recipient: Rachel Wheat
Laboratory Biology Award
This award is made to a senior biology major whose interests and coursework are mainly in the area of laboratory-based biology. The criteria for selecting a recipient for this award are: grades in biology courses with a labobenratory component, performance in lab-based research, preferably for a senior thesis, and plans for post-graduate work or study.
Recipient: Sara Roggensack
Jason Wilkes Memorial Biology Award
The Jason Wilkes Memorial Award is intended to recognize an outstanding minority student majoring in biology. This award was started by LornaWilkes in memory of her beloved son, Jason Wilkes, Class of 1993, who died in a climbing accident at the start of his senior year at Colorado College, and his lifelong interest in nature and the environment.
Recipients: Alexandra Kennedy, Loren Rodriguez
Enderson Award in Conservation Biology
The Enderson Award in Conservation Biology honors Professor Jim Enderson, who joined the biology department in 1962, long before it was fashionable to call oneself a “conservation biologist.” Throughout his career, research centered on the precipitous declines of birds of prey, especially the peregrine falcon. He was the first to breed the temperate North American peregrine in captivity, a line used extensively in restoration of the western population. He served on several recovery teams and working groups for endangered species. At Colorado College he inspired students through independent projects to pursue careers from botany to ornithology, in the lab and in the field. In keeping with his scholarship and breadth as a biologist, the Enderson Award honors a junior or senior biology major who, in the opinion of the faculty, has shown commitment and productivity in an original research project in conservation biology. Candidates are eligible if their work has conservation implications, whether the focus is molecular, organismic, ecosystem, lab, or field.
Recipient: Quintana Baker
Mary Alice Hamilton Award in Biology
For many years the biology department has recognized the top graduating biology major with this award, which is based on academic performance within the biology department, undergraduate research, and prospects for a successful career in biology. After the retirement of Professor Mary Alice Hamilton from the department in 1977, the biology department renamed the biology award in Professor Hamilton’s honor to recognize her 27 years as a devoted faculty member in the department.
Recipients: Kirsten Becker, Justin Henceroth
Alfred W. Alberts Summer Research Prize
The Alfred W. Alberts Summer Research Prize is awarded to a deserving student who will conduct summer research in biochemistry or molecular biology.
Recipients: Han Yi, Nguyen Nguyen
CHEMISTRY, presented by Professor Ted Lindeman
First-Year Chemistry Award
This award consists of the latest edition of the “CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics,” and is given to the first-year student, regardless of major, who is deemed to have been the most outstanding student in chemistry in his or her first year. The handbook is supplied by the publisher, CRC Press, and has been given nationally for many years.
Recipient: Jordan DeGayner
William C. Champion Prize in Organic Chemistry
Professor Champion (CC 1959-1993) was loved by his colleagues and students for his knowledge of organic chemistry; his compassion as a teacher, advisor, and friend; and his high ethical standards. This award, in his memory, honors the most outstanding student in courses in organic chemistry (any combination of Chemistry 250, 251, 155, 255, 351, and 352) taken during the previous year.
Recipient: Branden Petrun
Merck Index Awards in Chemistry and Biochemistry
Each of these awards is given to a graduating senior, based on scholastic achievement respectively in chemistry and biochemistry. They are sponsored by Merck and Company, Inc., a major pharmaceutical company and publisher of the “Merck Index,” which is the handbook awarded. The award has been given nationally for many years.
Recipients, chemistry: Lee Pedzisa , Arron Wolk
Recipient, biochemistry: Jessica Hellyer
ACS Analytical Chemistry Award
This award goes to a junior who has excelled in analytical chemistry courses and whose plans for a science career promise further work in this field. The award, sponsored by the American Chemical Society analytical division, includes a subscription to the ACS journal Analytical Chemistry.
Recipient: Jay Emerick
Crecelius Family Research Award
This award was established by the Crecelius family: Daniel N. Crecelius ’59 and Anahid Tashjian Crecelius, and their daughter, Gia M. Crecelius (chemistry ’91). The award recognizes a chemistry or biochemistry student who has done extraordinary work in research. It is intended to assist the recipient with travel to present research results at a major professional meeting.
Recipient: *
CLASSICS, presented by Professor Owen Cramer
John Bryant and Miriam Gile Hartwell Prize
The prize was established in 1981 to honor students who have displayed unusual interest and ability in the study of the classics. Hartwell, a friend of the college staff and lover of the classics, graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Yale in 1900, received an M.D. from Harvard in 1904, and practiced surgery for many years in Colorado Springs. He married Miriam Gile, a daughter of Moses Clement Gile, professor of classics at CC from 1892 to 1916, whose name is perpetuated in a chair at the college.
Recipient: Lauren Rauch
Gile Hartwell Summer Travel Prize
This prize will fund a student’s travel to Italy or Greece.
Recipient: Tom Cleary
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE, presented by Professor Corinne Scheiner
Excellence in Comparative Literature
The comparative literature faculty wishes to commend its exceptional students with this prize. It thereby recognizes their high academic achievements in coursework, creativity in senior theses, as well as linguistic abilities and general personal contributions to the continuing success of this program.
Recipients: Tara Menon, Greer Schott
DRAMA AND DANCE, presented by Professor Tom Lindblade
Broadway Theatre League Award
In 1965 the Broadway Theatre League, in liquidating its assets, offered a donation to Colorado College indicating a preference that it be used to further drama on the campus. Since then, this award is given to an outstanding student or students in the drama and dance department.
Recipient: Rosemary Puloka
Pamela Riley Prize
During her 11 years at Colorado College, Pamela Riley taught and directed in the drama and dance department. Our students loved her because of her high performance standards, her infectious energy, her fearless dedication, and her warm good nature. The Pamela Riley Prize is given to the graduating senior who has contributed similar qualities of devoted service and excellence to our program.
Recipient: Ellen Smucker
ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS, presented by Professor Larry Stimpert
Kenneth J. Curran Award
The Kenneth J. Curran Award is the result of Curran’s deep commitment to the liberal arts ideal. It is given to the graduate in economics with the highest academic average in courses taken in the divisions of humanities and natural sciences, with a minimum of nine units outside the department of economics.
Recipient: Kyle Eriks
Kenneth J. and Elizabeth Hare Curran Award
The Kenneth J. and Elizabeth Hare Curran Award is given each year to the outstanding senior graduate in economics. The award is given in memory of Professor Kenneth J. Curran and his wife, Elizabeth Hare Curran. He was a beloved teacher of economics, chairman of the department, and dean of the college.
Recipient: Melanie Auguste
Robert William Kaye Prize
The Robert William Kaye Prize is presented to the outstanding economics major with strong performance in business courses. Robert Kaye was a business major in the Class of 1941. He served his country in World War II in the U.S. Marine Corps and was killed in action in March 1944. This award was established by the family and friends of Captain Kaye.
Recipient: Melanie Auguste
Robert E. Rubin Award in Political Economy
This award is given to the outstanding senior graduate in either American political economy or international political economy.
Recipient: Alex Brody
Robert E. Rubin Award in Mathematical Economics
This award is given to the outstanding senior graduate in mathematical economics.
Recipient: Michael Scheuer
ENGLISH, presented by Professor Regula Evitt
Evelyn May Bridges Poetry Awards
The Bridges prize for student poetry has been given for more than 60 years. The award honors Evelyn May Bridges, who, at age nine, published a poem about death that gained her national recognition. After Bridges died in early adolescence, her father endowed the Bridges poetry prize in her honor.
Recipient: Juna Rosales
Second Place – Olivia Wall
Third Place – Robin Walter
Adelaide Bender Reville Fiction Awards
These awards were established in 1982 by Paul Reville, a 1971 graduate of Colorado College, in honor of his mother. The prizes recognize the best stories submitted in the spring of each year to a committee of members of the English department.
Recipient: Rebecca Schwartz
Second Place – Anna Blackett
Third Place – Tara Menon
Frank Krutzke Senior Project Award
The Krutzke award was established in 1985 by a 1974 Colorado College graduate. It honors Frank Krutzke, who taught in the English department from1939 to 1973. Professor Krutzke taught American literature as his specialty, but he was famous for the breadth of his reading and interests. He exemplified the dedicated teacher, scholarly and humane. The Krutzke award honors the best critical (non-creative writing) senior essay.
Recipients: Emily Steffen & Alyse Oneto
The Colorado College Awards in Literature
Because of the generosity of an anonymous donor, the English department is able to give financial awards to students to complete independent literary projects of either a creative or critical/academic nature. These students must return to the college after their summer or block projects, and may be majors in any department. (This award was presented to the students at an earlier date.)
Recipient: Artemis Niederhoffer
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, presented by Professor Mike Taber
Outstanding Senior Academic Award in Environmental Science
This award is provided to honor that student showing unusual academic excellence as well as a strong commitment to environmental science.
Recipient: Alana Yurkanin
FEMINIST AND GENDER STUDIES, presented by Professor Tomi-Ann Roberts
McGee Prize in Feminist and Gender Studies
The McGee Prize in Feminist and Gender Studies honors the memory of Shannon McGee, who was a gifted and enthusiastic student, a passionate individual, and an ardent feminist.
Recipient: Nicole Dunnavant
FORENSICS, presented by Sim Butler
Apollonian Award
The Apollonian Award is presented annually to outstanding students in debate. It has been given since 1907 in honor of the Apollonian Debating Society, one of the first debate and oratorical societies in the western half of the United States. The award was endowed by an anonymous donor and is in the form of a cash prize.
Recipient: Julian Plaza
FRANCOPHONE AND MEDITERRANEAN STUDIES, presented by Professor Alistaire Tallent
Award in Excellence in French
Recipient: Susanna Walsh
Award in Excellence in Italian
Recipient: Cameron Todd
Jeanne Gibbs Memorial Award
Jeanne Gibbs was a 1962 graduate of the college who spent her junior year studying in France. Gibbs’s mother established the memorial award following Gibbs’s death in an automobile accident. The award is to be used in “some special way to enlarge or enhance a student’s experience in France.”
Recipients: Molly Morman, Albab Seifu
The Linda Hare Goddard 1977 Memorial Award
This honor is awarded to students in French and Italian who exhibit qualities of academic excellence and a high level of enthusiasm and curiosity toward the opportunity to study and experience life in a foreign country.
French – Katherine Touysinhthiphonexay
Italian – Melissa De Sole
GEOLOGY, presented by Professor Christine Siddoway
The William A. Fischer Special Recognition Award
The William A. Fischer Special Recognition Award is given on occasion to a senior geology major who has demonstrated unusual ability, breadth, and interest both in geology and in the broader liberal arts and sciences. The person selected will receive an engraved geology rock pick.
Recipient: Emily Reinsel
Estwing Outstanding Senior Geologist Award
Each year the Estwing Manufacturing Company of Rockford, Illinois, presents an award to an outstanding geology student at Colorado College for academic achievement and overall contribution to the geology department. The person selected will receive an engraved geology rock pick.
Recipient: Daniel Woodell
Association for Women Geoscientists Award
Each year the Denver Chapter of the Association for Women Geoscientists presents awards to the outstanding women geoscience students in colleges and universities throughout Colorado,Wyoming, and New Mexico. Certificates of merit will be awarded to the honorees at the chapter’s meeting in the Denver area. The person selected will also receive an engraved geology rock pick.
Recipient: Marie Hoerner
Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists Award
The Neal J. Harr Memorial Outstanding Student Award is made in recognition of exemplary scholastic achievement for the purpose of encouraging excellence in the field of earth sciences. Presentation at a regular RMAG luncheon meeting will include an engraved RMAG geology pick award for the outstanding senior-class geology student from each of 11 colleges and universities in Colorado.
Recipient: Peter Zion Klos
The Patricia J. Buster Research Scholarship
These scholarships, established in 2000 in honor of Patricia J. Buster ’33, support outstanding Colorado College students in undertaking original research in geology and related earth sciences.
Recipients: Eric Daniels, Marie Hoerner, Peter Klos, Emily Reinsel, Merril Stypula, Sarah Tolan, Daniel Woodell
Donald B. Gould Scholarship Award in Geology
Recipients: Jennifer Crittenden, Rowan Hill, Marie Hoerner, Robert Jacobsen II, Peter Klos
Darrell M. Putman Scholarship Award in Geology
Recipients: Jennifer Crittenden, Kirsten Gosch, Julia Nave, John Tolan
Philip J. McKenna Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists Scholarship
The purpose of this award is to support geologic studies in the Rocky Mountains and to reward excellence in geologic achievement. This scholarship was established to honor former RMAG member and petroleum geologist Philip J. McKenna by his family and colleagues. It is awarded to a rising senior in geology.
Recipient: Peter Klos
GERMAN, RUSSIAN, AND EAST ASIAN LANGUAGES, presented by Professor Bill Davis
Support is provided for a full year of study at these two German universities:
University of Göttingen Scholarship – Jamie Grasse
University of Regensburg Scholarship – Emma Bailey,
Erika Pirotte
Anne von Bibra Sutton German Scholarship
The Anne von Bibra Sutton German Scholarship is an award given each year to a student in good standing. Criteria include progress in German language and proficiency and interest in German life and letters. The award was established by Judge Leonard von Bibra Sutton in honor of his mother, who taught German in the 1930s at Colorado College.
Recipients: Preston Brasch, Nathan Dorff, Jennie Vader
Max Kade Award in German
The Max Kade Award in German is awarded to a student in good standing. Criteria include progress in German proficiency, knowledge of German literature, and interest in German life and letters. The award is made possible through funds from the Max Kade Foundation. Max Kade, a German immigrant, established the foundation to support and to further interest in German life and letters in the United States.
Recipient: Patrick Mueller
Japanese Language Award – Austin Smith
Chinese Language Award – Henry Sillin, Julie White
Excellence in German Award – Travis Garoutte
HEALTH PROFESSIONS, presented by Professor Ted Lindeman
Frank Henry John Figge Award
The Frank Henry John Figge Award was established in 1964 by Frank Henry J. Figge of the Class of 1927. Figge’s purpose in establishing this award was to recognize outstanding students at Colorado College at the earliest stages of their medical career. Figge was a distinguished medical scientist and author, and for many years was the chairman of the department of anatomy at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He was the editor and translator of the eighth and ninth English editions of the “Sobotta Atlas of Human Anatomy.” It is the latest edition of this excellent volume that is awarded each year to an outstanding Colorado College senior who has been accepted into medical school. The recipient of this award is selected in recognition for scholarship and exemplary performance in pursuit of a career as a physician.
Recipient: Jessica Hellyer
The Caduceus Award
The Caduceus Award is a community service and community activity award that is given by the health professions office for outstanding student involvement. This award is not given annually, but is given to honor the student who uses his or her innovation, creativity, overall character, and drive to make a difference on the campus and in the community. The Caduceus, the universal symbol of medicine, the wand of Hermes reaffirms our commitment to these ideals.
Recipient: Caitlin Mallory
HISTORY, presented by Professor Bryan Rommel-Ruiz
Clyde Augustus Duniway Prize
A Stanford University history professor turned administrator, Duniway served as president of the Universities of Montana and Wyoming, and Colorado College from 1917 to 1923. At Colorado College, his efforts to raise academic standards provoked a storm of student protest. The Duniway prize recognizes a history major’s strong achievement in history courses and contributions to the department.
Recipient: Brianna Buljung
Robert J. Cosgrove Historical Essay Prize
The Robert J. Cosgrove Historical Essay Prize recognizes distinguished historical research and writing by a history major.
Recipient: Matthew Zussman
MATHEMATICS, presented by Professor Fred Tinsley
Thomas Post Rawles Prize
The Thomas Post Rawles Prize is awarded each year on the basis of a competitive exam. The endowment for this fund was established in 1959 by Thomas H. Rawles in memory of his son, Thomas Post Rawles.
Recipient: Lung Li, Samuel Zemedkun
Florian Cajori Award
The Florian Cajori Award in mathematics has been awarded since 1986 on those occasions when the department judges a graduating major to have shown unusual achievement and interest in mathematics. The award is named in honor of Florian Cajori, a prominent mathematician and professor of mathematics at Colorado College from 1898 to 1918.
Recipient: Molly Moran
MUSIC, presented by Professor Richard Agee
Max Lanner Prize for Excellence in Instrumental Music
This award was established in honor of Professor Max Lanner, who taught at Colorado College from1946 to 1975, and was chair of the music department from1951 to 1968. Known nationally as a distinguished concert pianist, he performed widely in solo recitals, chamber music concerts, and as a soloist with orchestras, including five appearances with the Colorado Springs Symphony.
Recipient: Joanna Hyde
Marie Clough Gillis Award for Excellence in Vocal Music
This award was established in memory of Marie Clough Gillis, member of the Colorado College Class of 1918. The award was established in 1989 by her nieces in honor of her love of vocal music.
Recipient: Malka Haymer
David and Karen Smith Cowperthwaite Award for Excellence in Music
David Cowperthwaite was a member of the Colorado College Class of 1960 and his wife, Karen, was enrolled as a member of the Class of 1962 when they were killed by lightning during a mountain expedition in 1960. The David and Karen Smith Cowperthwaite Award for Excellence in Music was instituted by their parents in their memory in 1962, the year Karen would have graduated.
Recipients: Emily Bauer, Joanna Hyde
NEUROSCIENCE, presented by Professor Bob Jacobs
Arnold B. Scheibel Neuroscience Award
Annual award given for the outstanding neuroscience graduating senior.
Recipient: Kaeley Anderson
PHILOSOPHY, presented by Professor John Riker
J. Glenn Gray Award
J. Glenn Gray, who died in 1977, was a distinguished member of the Colorado College philosophy department for many years. He believed in the civilizing function of philosophical inquiry and dedicated his life to inculcating its values in his students. The J. Glenn Gray Award honors those students who share his passion for philosophy and best demonstrate his skill and sensitivity at philosophical analysis.
Recipient: Matthias Barker
PHYSICS, presented by Professor Stephanie DiCenzo
David and Karen Smith Cowperthwaite Award for Excellence in Physics
David Cowperthwaite was a member of the Colorado College Class of 1960 and his wife, Karen, was enrolled as a member of the Class of 1962 when they were killed by lightning during a mountain expedition in 1960. The David and Karen Smith Cowperthwaite Award for Excellence in Physics was instituted by their parents in their memory in 1962, the year Karen would have graduated.
Recipient: Matthew Chase
Wilbur Wright Memorial Prize
This award was established in memory of Professor Wilbur Wright, a student at Colorado College in 1938 and a member of the faculty from 1956 to 1984, for his contributions to the physics department, his many Colorado College students, and to the college community. This award is for a graduating physics major or majors who exemplify Wright’s standards and interests in physics and in academic work outside the department. That is, the award winner or winners should show an enthusiasm for the study of physics by hard work and achievement, though they need not have the highest GPA. Similar efforts in a discipline outside physics should show an understanding of the importance of the liberal arts for a science student.
Recipients: Genai Odhner, Thomas Johnson
POLITICAL SCIENCE, presented by Professor Robert Lee
Edith Bramhall Award
This award honors Edith Bramhall, who taught political science at Colorado College from 1920 to 1946. She was one of the first women to earn a Ph.D. in political science in the United States. The award is given annually to a student whom the political science faculty deem the outstanding scholar in the department.
Recipient: Ella Street
Fred Sondermann Award
This award honors Fred A. Sondermann, who taught in the political science department from 1953 to 1978. Professor Sondermann was noted not only for teaching and scholarship, but also for service to the Colorado Springs community. The award is given annually for overall achievement and contribution to the department.
Recipient: Caitlin Andrews
PSYCHOLOGY, presented by Professor Tricia Waters
William Arthur Blakely Memorial Award
The William Arthur Blakely Award is financed through funds provided by the family and friends of Blakely, who was a member of the psychology department from 1931 to 1959 and chair during most of that period. The award is presented to a student who shows exceptional promise for a career in psychology.
Recipient: Briana Cushing
Cornelia Manley Sabine Award
This award is presented annually to the outstanding graduating psychology senior on behalf of Cornelia Sabine ’49, a longtime supporter of Colorado College and the psychology department. This award serves as a tribute to Sabine, who has had a long and distinguished career in public service as a psychologist, working with both children and adults in Colorado. After receiving a bachelor’s degree in music from Northwestern University, Sabine and her husband, Paul,moved to Colorado Springs in 1947, where she obtained a B.A., magna cum laude, and an M.A. in human behavior from Colorado College. She subsequently earned an educational specialist degree from Stanford University, and became a licensed clinical psychologist in Colorado Springs, where she maintained a private practice for 30 years. Her advice to students is to use their knowledge of psychology to bring peace and understanding into relationships in our fractious modern world.
Recipient: Kelsey Patterson
RUSSIAN AND EURASIAN STUDIES presented by Professor Bill Davis
The Alexey Malyshev Russian and Eurasian Studies Award
The Alexey Malyshev Russian and Eurasian Studies Award honors a member of the Colorado College community whose contributions and leadership have strengthened the Russian and Eurasian studies program.
Recipients: Michelle Olson, Ksenia Shaporeva
SOCIOLOGY, presented by Professor Sandra Wong
Abbott Prize in Sociology
The Abbott Prize in Sociology honors the memory of W. Lewis Abbott who was a member of the Colorado College faculty from 1920 to 1949. Professor Abbott was stimulating in his teaching, controversial in his positions, and beloved and respected by his students and colleagues.
Recipients: Emily Schneider, Sophie Kauffman, Sarah Diefendorf
SOUTHWEST STUDIES, presented by Professor Anne Hyde
Joseph T. Gordon Prize in Southwest Studies
The Joseph T. Gordon Prize in Southwest Studies recognizes outstanding achievement in scholarship or creative expression by a Colorado College faculty member in Southwest studies. Gordon is a distinguished professor emeritus of Colorado College, who taught in the department of English and founded the Hulbert Center for Southwest Studies. His enthusiasm for and dedication to Southwest studies inspires faculty from numerous departments and interdisciplinary programs to pursue scholarly and creative work focused on this region. The prize was established in 2002 through the generosity of an anonymous donor. The winner is selected by the Southwest Studies Faculty Advisory Committee.
Recipient: Eric Perramond
SPANISH, presented by Professor Marie Daniels
Award in Excellence in Spanish
Recipient: Charlotte Santmeier
Felisa Llorente Award
This award was established in honor of Felisa Llorente, who was the unofficial “mother” of the Spanish house for many years. She was generous with her time and talents, helping students to improve their Spanish and feeding many of them, both physically and intellectually. Llorente made costumes for plays and supported all activities of the Romance languages department. She was a generous, warm-hearted woman who will long be remembered.
Recipient: Lynne Stahl
The Linda Hare Goddard 1977 Memorial Award
This honor is awarded to students in Spanish, French, and Italian, who exhibit qualities of academic excellence and a high level of enthusiasm and curiosity toward the opportunity to study and experience life in a foreign country.
Recipient: Naiara Posniak – Spanish
SPORTS SCIENCE, presented by Cindy Endicott, coordinator of Rehabilitation Services
The Mahony Award in Sports Medicine
Established in 2006, the Mahony Award in Sports Medicine honors the senior pre-med or allied health student who demonstrates academic achievement and clinical potential for a career in medicine or allied health. Established by team physician Thomas H. Mahony III,M.D. ’67 and wife Jan ’68, the award recognizes student dedication to and involvement with the college’s sports medicine program.
Recipient: James Comerford
* Student requested privacy