2023
Departmental Awards
ANTHROPOLOGY
presented by Professor Sarah J. Hautzinger
H. Marie Wormington Award
The H. Marie Wormington Award in Anthropology was established in 1979 by Wormington and her husband, George D. Volk, to honor the outstanding graduating senior in anthropology. Wormington, who died in 1994, was a former curator of archaeology at the Denver Museum of Natural History and an adjunct professor at Colorado College. Her own distinguished career was devoted to the Paleo-Indian period of New World prehistory, but it was the couple’s desire to recognize student achievements in the discipline as a whole. The criteria for the Wormington Award are a high academic record, notable aptitude for and accomplishment in field research, leadership, participation in the department’s programs, and dedication to the discipline of anthropology.
Recipients: Mikaela Alexander, Albert S. Lo
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: Marco Barracchia
ART
presented by Professor Rebecca Tucker
Outstanding Senior Thesis in Architecture and Integrative Design
Recipient: Jacob Stuart Shichman
Outstanding Senior Thesis in Art Studio
Recipient: Sage Fabricant
Outstanding Senior Thesis in Art History
Recipient: Patricia Carter Davenport
Outstanding Senior Thesis in Museum Studies
Recipient: Kate Campbell Brush
Mary Chenoweth Award
Mary Chenoweth taught art at Colorado College from 1957 through 1983. She is remembered as a dedicated artist and free spirit whose generosity, enthusiasm, and wit enriched the lives of her students and colleagues. When she retired, members of the Class of 1983 and others established a fund in her honor. Each year, a book is given to the graduating senior art major who best exemplifies Professor Mary Chenoweth’s talent, spirit, and dedication to art.
Recipient: Kate Weissman
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 in a car accident that 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 their career at Colorado College. The prize will support research or creative work, which may well be a part of the recipient’s senior show.
First Place | Libby Lazzara
Second Place | Maren Greene
Third Place | Avery Carey, Rafi Donohoe, Kat Seessel
Edith Kirsch Prize
The Edith Kirsch Prize was established in memory of Edith Kirsch, a scholar of Italian art and professor of art at Colorado College from 1982 to 2004. It is awarded annually to a student for an independent project involving summer travel abroad to study works of art or architecture.
Recipient: Kasia M. Bednarski
CHEMISTRY and BIOCHEMISTRY
presented by Professor Margaret Daugherty
Otis A. and Margaret T. Barnes Departmental Service Award
This award was established in 1952 by the Otis A. and Margaret T. Barnes Trust in honor of the chemistry major who, in the judgment of the Chemistry Department faculty, has contributed the most in helping and furthering the chemistry program at Colorado College. It includes a one-year membership in the American Chemical Society.
Recipient: Anusha Vajrala
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 their first year. The handbook is supplied by the publisher, CRC Press, and has been given nationally for many years.
Recipients: Sasha Renton, Rebecca Willner, Ethan Wobus
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.
Recipients: Kinsey Clark, Leo Fries, Jacob Hams, Marley Lowe
Outstanding Senior Award in Biochemistry
This award is given to a graduating senior, based on scholastic achievement in biochemistry.
Recipient: Anusha Vajrala
Outstanding Senior Award in Chemistry
This award is given to a graduating senior, based on scholastic achievement in chemistry.
Recipient: Markus F. Bergstrom
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: Ollie C. Beland
ACS Physical Chemistry Award
This award is intended to recognize outstanding achievement by an undergraduate student in physical chemistry and is meant to encourage further pursuits in the field. The award, sponsored by the American Chemical Society Physical Chemistry division, includes a certificate from the ACS Division of Physical Chemistry, recognition on the Division‘s website and, a one-year complimentary membership to the Division of Physical Chemistry.
Recipient: Adam Keim
ACS Inorganic Chemistry Award
The award is intended to recognize achievement by undergraduate students in inorganic chemistry and to encourage further study in the field. The student nominee will have demonstrated excellence in inorganic chemistry at the undergraduate level based on any combination of research, coursework, and/or motivation / interest / dedication as defined by their nominating institution and should have future plans that include a career in chemistry. The award includes a certificate, letter of commendation from the Chair of the Division of Inorganic Chemistry, and a year membership to the Inorganic Division of ACS.
Recipient: Natalia Maahs
ACS Organic Chemistry Award
This award is intended to recognize a senior student who has displayed a significant aptitude for organic chemistry and to encourage further interest in the field. The award, sponsored by the American Chemical Society organic division, includes a certificate from the division chair, and a year membership to the Organic Division of ACS.
Recipients: Markus F Bergstrom, Anh Ngoc Minh Do
Crecelius Family Research Award in Chemistry
This award was established by the Crecelius family: Daniel N. Crecelius, Class of 1959 and Anahid Tashijan Crecelius, and their daughter, Gia M. Crecelius, (chemistry, Class of 1991). 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: Destiny Pena
Julia E. and Kenneth G. Bower Family Award in Chemistry and Biochemistry
This award supports a student in a faculty-mentored summer research project in environmental chemistry, archaeochemistry, art conservation, museology, or similar interdisciplinary areas within chemistry.
Recipient: Ashlyn Walker
CHINESE, GERMAN, ITALIAN, JAPANESE, AND RUSSIAN STUDIES
presented by Professor Joan Ericson
Excellence in German Award
Recipients: Caroline Claire Colis Livaditis, Alexander Yun Neumann-Loreck
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.
Recipient: Fargol Yeganeh Fathi
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: Jay Luckey
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.
Recipient: Mariia Glukhova
Award in Excellence in Italian
First Place | Lillie Gray
Second Place | Yazmine Adriana Garcia, Alondra Valdez
Japanese Language Award
Recipient: Lily J. Price
Chinese Language Award
Recipient: Theo Benjamin Cowart
CLASSICS
presented by Professor Richard Fernando Buxton
Dr. John Bryant and Miriam Gile Hartwell Classics 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: Caeleigh Georgia O’Connor
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
presented by Professor Corinne L. 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.
Recipient: Eleanor Blaise Miles
ECONOMICS and BUSINESS
presented by Professor Christina A. Rader
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.
Recipients: Mason Robert Davis, Alycia Annjeanette Supperstein
Robert E. Rubin International Political Economics Award
This award is given to the outstanding senior graduate in international political economy.
Recipient: Alexander Yun Neumann-Loreck
Robert E. Rubin Mathematical Economics Award
This award is given to the outstanding senior graduate in mathematical economics.
Recipient: Anil Dillon Jergens
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 and Business.
Recipient: Wiktoria Iga Grzech
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.
Recipients: Mason Robert Davis, Andrew Fresen, Wiktoria Iga Grzech, Jacob Stephen Smith
EDUCATION
presented by Professor Tina Valtierra
Outstanding Academic Achievement
The Outstanding Academic Achievement award is presented to the graduating education major whose academic achievements best reflect the department’s learning outcomes, as demonstrated by a minimum GPA of 3.5 in the major and a high-quality thesis. Further, this student consistently exemplified the department’s core values of inclusivity, communication, and collaboration during their time at Colorado College.
Recipient: Cat A. Krupka
Excellence in Undergraduate Research
The Excellence in Undergraduate Research award is presented to the graduating education major whose thesis meets scholarly expectations for peer-reviewed publication. This thesis reflects the department‘s examination of teaching and learning within economical, political, historical, and/or social frameworks. Such a thesis demonstrates excellent command of disciplinary writing conventions and deep familiarity with research methodologies and analytic techniques.
Recipient: Colleen Marie Campbell
Excellence in Graduate Research
The Excellence in Graduate Research award is presented to the master’s student whose thesis meets scholarly expectations for peer-reviewed publication. Such a thesis demonstrates excellent command of disciplinary writing conventions, appropriate application of action research methodologies, and a deep commitment to improving pedagogical practices in Pk–12 education.
Recipient: McKenzie Parsons
Award for Excellence in Teacher Education
The Education Department honors an exemplary teacher education candidate as they are about to leave Colorado College and enter the teaching profession. This award is to the student who best combines overall excellence in their academic and education programs with outstanding performance in student teaching.
Recipients: Olivia Hoffberger, Dyann Delee Powell
ENGLISH
presented by Professor Jared S. Richman
Evelyn May Bridges Poetry Award
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.
First Place | Julia Nichols
Second Place | Maeve Moran Goodrich
Third Place | Aasir Kimoni Chaga Mecca
Adelaide Bender Reville Writing Prizes
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 an outside reader chosen by the English Department.
Adelaide Bender Reville Prize for Creative Nonfiction
First Place | Pumehana Holmes
Second Place | Heidi Kaplan
Third Place | Katharine Kamio
Adelaide Bender Reville’s James Yaffe Prize for Fiction
First Place | Kendall Grace Accetta
Second Place | Alex L. Wollinka
Third Place | Charles Wehner-Ortega
Colorado College Grants in Writing
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.)
Recipients: Tess P. Greenhaw, Pumehana Holmes, Elias Mauno Jaynes, Leyla Kramarsky, Sean Michael McGonigle, AJ Metzger, Rowan Finn Mott, Kristen Richards, Lucy E. Soulliere, Natasha Thomas, Alex L. Wollinka
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 from 1939 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.
Recipient: Benjamin Henry Rosenberg, “Surpassing the Gothic: Memory, Trauma, and Transgression in Beloved and Frankenstein”
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
presented by Professor Lynne E. Gratz
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.
Recipients: Jessica Claire Hannebert, Nicholas William Hoch
Outstanding Senior Academic Award in Environmental Studies
This award is provided to honor that student showing unusual academic excellence as well as a strong commitment to environmental studies.
Recipients: Soumya Rose Keefe, Annabelle Elizabeth Sparks
Service Award in Environmental Studies
This award is given to that senior (or sometimes junior), who has given exemplary service to the program and community and who shows unusual promise to go on in the field.
Recipients: Filip Čarnogurský, Susanna Mirick
FEMINIST and GENDER STUDIES
presented by Professor Nadia Guessous
Shannon McGee Memorial 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: Pardes Galena Lyons-Warren
FILM AND MEDIA STUDIES
presented by Professor Dylan S. Nelson
Richard A. Lewis Memorial Film Award
The Richard A. Lewis Memorial Film Award is selected by faculty to recognize the best student film of the year. The Lewis Award was endowed by Estelle and Barton Lewis in 2002 to honor the memory of their son Richard, Class of 1975. The award serves to recognize exceptional student work as well as provide encouragement and support for future film projects. Numerous recipients of this award have gone on to become professional filmmakers.
First Place | Audrey Jacquelyn Colgin and Joshua Kalenga, “Kabwe ka Mukuba (Land of Smelting)”
Second Place | Brian DeLong, Charles Bennett Okun, and Gabriel Averroes Wright, “Love Bites”; and Maximilian Yong Becker, Daniel David de Koning, and Matthew Aaron Nesselrodt, “To the Moon and Back”
J. H. Edmondson Film Outreach Award
The J.H. Edmondson Film Outreach Award supports the high-quality work of committed student filmmakers by encouraging them to reach out to audiences beyond the college community. The award was established in 2012 through a seed donation by the Joseph Henry Edmondson Foundation, which is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life throughout Colorado’s Pikes Peak region and is steeped in the values of service, creativity, inquiry, and respect for community.
Recipients: Jadyn Leila Ashcraft, Simon Lockyer Broan, Sarah Elizabeth Kehaulani Higgins, and Cameron Beibit Howell, “Reunion”
Colorado College Documentary Exploration Award
This award acknowledges the power of documentary filmmaking to tell today’s most compelling stories. The Documentary Exploration Award enables qualified students from across the college to research and create character-driven documentary films that challenge their worldview. Awarded students explore personal, social, environmental, or cultural perspectives and tell stories with the potential to engage an audience. Alumni filmmakers mentor awarded students in their projects.
Recipients: Audrey Jacquelyn Colgin, Mags Dvorakova, and Fargol Yeganeh Fathi, “Immigrant Amnesia”; Yada Pongsirirushakun and Jasmine Volkaert, “Imagining a Utopia in the Dystopian Era of Thailand”; Niko J. Cvitanic and Julio Armando Duno González, “ESCAllArTÉ: A Live Documentary”; Cameron Beibit Howell and Cormac Joseph McCrimmon, “Saving the Samaná”
Telly Savalas and T. Christopher Boardman Memorial Award in Film and Media Studies
The Telly Savalas and T. Christopher Boardman Memorial Award in Film and Media Studies honors students who have made an outstanding contribution to building the film community at Colorado College, whether through academic engagement, creative excellence, or co-curricular service. The award was created with the support of Penelope Savalas Boardman, Class of 1983, in honor of the multi-faceted talents and indomitable spirits of her father, Telly Savalas, and her late husband, T. Christopher Boardman, Class of 1983.
Recipients: John Tobias Ellingwood, Margaret Ruth Goins, Cameron Beibit Howell
FRENCH
presented by Professor Michael F. O’Riley
Award in Excellence in French
Recipients: Lucas Donahue, Alyssa Kopczynski
Jeanne Gibbs Memorial Award for Study in France
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.”
Recipient: Alli C. Williams
GEOLOGY
presented by Professor Michelle L. Gevedon
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. The person selected will receive an engraved RMAG geology pick award.
Recipient: Cade A. Quigley
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. The person selected will receive an engraved geology rock pick and Certificate of Merit from AWG.
Recipients: Eugenie Haring, Grace Eleanor King
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: Zhilin Shi
Phillip J. McKenna Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists Award
This award 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 on the basis of academic achievement.
Recipients: Mackenzie Boyd, Emma Revenaugh
Donald B. Gould Scholarship in Geology
Scholarship for geology majors.
Recipients: Annie Breyak, Emma Revenaugh
Darrell M. Putman Scholarship
Scholarship for geology majors.
Recipients: Tirso Jesús Lara Rivas, Baxter Waltermire
Charles Rhoads 1959 Scholarship
Scholarship for geology majors.
Recipients: Clayton Francis Rodriguez Gould, Jack-Henry Kent
Hannigan Family Fund for Fieldwork
The Hannigan Family Fund for Fieldwork exists to benefit geology students who show considerable talent for geological fieldwork.
Recipient: Charlie L. Hite
Patricia J. Buster Research Scholarship
These scholarships, established in 2000 in honor of Patricia J. Buster, Class of 1933, support outstanding Colorado College students in undertaking original research in geology and related earth sciences.
Recipients: Eugenie Blake Haring, Jack-Henry Kent, Matthew Louis Semel, Zhilin Shi
Creager Fund
This award provides support for geology majors for such items as supplies for research projects, expenses related to presenting research at a conference, class field trip, or special program/field course.
Recipients: Mackenzie Boyd, Baxter Waltermire
HEALTH PROFESSIONS
presented by Jane M. Byrnes, Health Professions Advising Manager
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 their 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: Olamide Elizabeth Banjoko
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. This is given 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: Minh Chau Pham
Mahony Award in Sports Medicine
presented by Rich Bennett, Associate Athletics Director, Sport Performance and Well Being
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., Class of 1967, and wife Jan, Class of 1968, the award recognizes student dedication to and involvement with the college’s Sports Medicine Program.
Recipient: Katherine A Hatch
HISTORY
presented by Professor John R. Williams
Robert J. Cosgrove Thesis Prize
The Robert J. Cosgrove Thesis Prize recognizes distinguished historical research and writing for the best thesis paper.
Recipient: Margaret Kathleen Avis Hughes, “John Murray Spear’s New Motor: An Episode From the Edge of American Spiritualism”
Clyde E. 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: Elvia Star Estrella Goudriaan
MATHEMATICS and COMPUTER SCIENCE
presented by Professor Jane McDougall
Sophie Germain Award
The Sophie Germain Award honors a mathematics major who demonstrates an unusual commitment to the mathematics community and passion for the field.
Recipients: Olivia Sara Bouthot, Chang “Davidson” Cheng
Steven Janke Prize in Computer Science
Steven Janke is the founder of the Computer Science program at Colorado College. He retired in 2016 after decades of service and leadership in the department. This award is named in honor of his brilliant teaching and scholarship at Colorado College. The award is given to the graduating senior who best demonstrates unusual talent and achievements in computer science, an unusual breadth and depth of accomplishments, and high grades in computer science courses taken at Colorado College.
Recipients: Miranda Hunter, Maxwell Richard Fernandes Perozek, Daniel Phillip Lewinsohn
Grace Hopper Award in Computer Science
The Grace Hopper Award in Computer Science goes to a computer science major who demonstrates an unusual commitment to the computer science community.
Recipients: Lena Masako Fleischer, Joshua Kalenga
Florian Cajori Award
The Cajori Award in mathematics is named in honor of Florian Cajori, a prominent mathematician and professor of mathematics at Colorado College from 1898 to 1918. The award is given to the graduating senior who best demonstrates unusual talent and achievements in mathematics, an unusual breadth and depth of accomplishments, and high grades in math courses taken at Colorado College.
Recipients: Francisco C. Lopez, Emerson Brockman Worrell, Annika Zettl
Fearless Award
Awarded to the student who submits the best collection of summaries of Fearless Friday Talks.
Recipient: Henry Norman Jones
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
presented by Professor Olivia L. Hatton
Mary Alice Hamilton Award in Molecular Biology
For many years this award has recognized a top graduating biology major, which is based on academic performance, research, and prospects for a successful career in biology. After the retirement of Professor Mary Alice Hamilton from the Biology Department in 1977, the Biology Department named this award in Professor Hamilton’s honor to recognize her 27 years as a devoted faculty member in the department.
Recipient: Samuel Lee
Laboratory Award in Molecular Biology
This award is made to a senior molecular 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 laboratory component, performance in lab-based research, preferably for a senior thesis, and plans for post-graduate work or study.
Recipients: Melanie L Barksdale, Myriam Ortiz Isuiza, Amanda Na Young Yoo
Mary Magnusson and Ralph Gilmore Summer Research Grant
This award provides summer stipends for Colorado College students to engage in research in natural sciences during their undergraduate years. The research may occur in conjunction with a CC faculty member on campus or in the field. The stipend may be used to pay students for summer research or for research supplies.
Recipient: Patrick Hecht
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 chemistry or molecular biology. Awarded by the Chemistry and Molecular Biology departments.
Recipient: Patrick Hecht
MUSIC
presented by Professor Susan L. Grace
David and Karen 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: William Ananta Djakababa Broder, Lincoln S Grench
Max Lanner Prize for Excellence in Instrumental Music
This award was established in honor of Professor Max Lanner, who taught at Colorado College from 1946 to 1975, and was chair of the Music Department from 1951 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.
Recipients: Lincoln S. Grench, Neo Li, Forrest Tucker
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.
Recipients: Jacob William Lynn-Palevsky, Hunter D. Merriman, Caeleigh Georgia O’Connor, Holly Danielle Wenger
NEUROSCIENCE
presented by Professor Lori L. Driscoll
Shearn Award in Neuroscience
The Shearn Award in Neuroscience, named in honor of Psychology Professor Don Shearn, is awarded to an outstanding neuroscience thesis student chosen by the neuroscience advisors.
Recipient: Tongyan Sui
ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY and ECOLOGY
presented by Professor Rachel S. Jabaily
Richard 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: Zachary Roderick Ginn
Jason Wilkes Memorial Biology Award
The Jason Wilkes Memorial Award is intended to recognize an outstanding student of color majoring in biology. This award was started by Lorna Wilkes 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: Sophie Dua, Abigail C. Rivas, Yixin Xu
Enderson Award in Conservation Biology
The Enderson Award in Conservation in Biology was established by the department to honor Professor Jim Enderson at his retirement. Professor Enderson 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.
Recipients: Shane Thomas Berry, Dev Pressley Vyas
Mary Alice Hamilton Award in Organismal Biology and Ecology
For many years the Biology Department has recognized the top graduating biology major, which is based on academic performance, undergraduate research in both lab and field studies, and prospects for a successful career in biology. After the retirement of Professor Mary Alice Hamilton from the Biology Department in 1977, the department named this award in Professor Hamilton’s honor to recognize her 27 years as a devoted faculty member.
Recipient: Sarah Rose Senese
Laboratory Award in Organismal Biology and Ecology
This award is made to a senior organismal biology and ecology 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 laboratory component, performance in lab-based research, preferably for a senior thesis, and plans for postgraduate work or study.
Recipient: Yuyang Li
PHILOSOPHY
presented by Professor Marion E. Hourdequin
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. This award is supported by the J. Glenn and Ursula Gray Memorial Fund and honors those students who share Professor Gray’s passion for philosophy and best demonstrate his skill and sensitivity at philosophical analysis.Recipients: Shea Li Na Molloy Dombrowski, Cormac William Prior O’Brien
PHYSICS
presented by Professor Natalie M. Gosnell
David and Karen 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: Annika Zettl
Wilbur H. 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.
Recipient: Eli Mendel Asarch
POLITICAL SCIENCE
presented by Professor Dana E. Wolfe
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.
Recipients: Charlotte M. Furman, Meaghan Marie Hohman
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.
Recipients: Elsa Alnebeck, Madeline Louise Mollerus
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.
Recipients: Luca I. Pieretti, Emily Sulocha
Cornelia Manley Sabine Award
This award is presented annually to the outstanding graduating psychology senior on behalf of Cornelia Sabine, Class of 1949, a longtime supporter of Colorado College and the Psychology Department. This award serves as a tribute to Sabine, who 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 was to use their knowledge of psychology to bring peace and understanding into relationships in our fractious modern world.
Recipients: Olivia Hahnemann-Gilbert, Layla Ellen Hodge
RACE, ETHNICITY, AND MIGRATION STUDIES
presented by Professor Leland Tabares
Adrienne Seward and Victor Nelson-Cisneros Award in Race and Ethnic Studies
This award is presented to a student who has shown a commitment to deepen their understanding of the issues of race and ethnicity, as well as their complex social, economic, and epistemic ramifications in a national and transnational context.
Recipients: Colleen Marie Campbell, Mary Flynn Duggan
RELIGION
presented by Professor Pamela M. Reaves
Hastings Prize
The Hastings Prize was established in 1900 by a gift from Frederick R. Hastings, an architect of Colorado Springs. The prize is awarded to the senior writing the best thesis on the philosophical interpretation of religion.
Recipient: Jessica Ramsey Chapline
SOCIOLOGY
presented by Professor Chantal Figueroa
W.E.B. DuBois Award for Excellence in Sociology
The W.E.B. DuBois Award for Excellence in Sociology is awarded annually to a graduating senior who has excelled in their coursework and made significant contributions to the life of the department, the college, or toward social change in the wider community.
Recipients: Mazlyn Grace Gardner Freier, Sophia Kathleen Hennessy, Sydney Malia Lau
Daniel Patrick O’Connor Memorial Award in Social Justice
This award is named for Daniel Patrick O’Connor, Class of 1994, who had a special interest in civil rights and social justice, as well as a high regard for Colorado College. The award recognizes exemplary social justice related work (academic or applied) of graduating Sociology majors.
Recipients: Alanna Grace Jackson, Daniel Lo
SOUTHWEST STUDIES
presented by Professor Santiago I. Guerra
Joel P. Benezet Prize in Southwest Studies
The Joel P. Benezet Prize in Southwest Studies recognizes outstanding achievement in Southwest Studies by a graduating senior who has majored or minored in the program. The prize was established in 2003 through a bequest from Louis Benezet, a former president of Colorado College. The prize honors the memory of his son, Joel, who was killed in 1963 while enrolled as an undergraduate student at Dartmouth. Recipients of this award are selected by members of the Southwest Studies Program Faculty on the basis of academic record, quality of the senior thesis, and presence in the program.
Recipient: Olivia Gardiner Coutre
SPANISH and PORTUGUESE
presented by Professor Angela Castro
Award in Excellence in Spanish
This award is to recognize the excellent work on honor’s theses in the area of Hispanic studies.
Recipients: Lucy Jane Carlson-Krakoff, Sharmely Lopez, Annabelle Catherine Ward
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.
Recipients: Annette Leyva, Anayely Reyes-Trejo, Dylan Randall Wells
THEATRE AND DANCE
presented by Professor Mónica Sánchez
Pamela Riley Prize
During her 11 years at Colorado College, Pamela Riley taught and directed in the Theatre 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.
Recipients: William Edward Abel Burglechner, Albert S. Lo
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 theatre on the campus. Since then, this award is given to an outstanding student or students in the Theatre and Dance Department.
Recipients: Naomi Rose Ablao, Kiara Sonya Janez Butts
Award for Innovation in Performance Design
In 2014, the theatre and dance faculty members inaugurated an award in performance design for an outstanding student who has shown passion, innovation and dedication in theatrical design. The student also will have actively participated in the department’s productions and in the study of performance.
Recipients: Madison Marlyn Dillon, Holly Danielle WengerAll-College Awards
Abel J. and Lucy Phinney Gregg Award
presented by Kate S. Holbrook, Chaplain
In the first half of this century, Abel J. Gregg was a leader in the YMCA, an organization that sought to break down barriers and offer a new global vision. A strong proponent of higher education, Lucy Phinney Gregg earned her master’s degree at the age of 60 and served as mentor to countless undergraduate students. In their names, the college awards a prize to a student or students who have demonstrated academic excellence, critical religious interest, and a commitment to serve the community.
Recipients: Camila Espinosa-Short, William Leonard Holtz, Ommay Khyr, Antonio Sanchez, Vicente Taijeron, Elliot Triplett, Dafna Urovitch Williams
Henri “Skip” Meis 1963 Emerging Student Leader Award
presented by Allis Werkmeister, Campus Activities Specialist
This award is given to a sophomore or junior who is an outstanding up-and-coming student in the campus activities programs and has shown high academic accomplishment. Selection is based upon commitment to all aspects of campus programs, leadership within the various campus committees, and dedication to the co-curricular mission of the Campus Activities Office. This student demonstrates both active involvement in campus activities at Colorado College and the potential leadership to redefine and expand the programs themselves.
Recipients: Jessica Duran, Vicente Taijeron
Henri “Skip” Meis 1963 Outstanding Student Leader Award,
presented by Allis Werkmeister, Campus Activities Specialist
This award is given to the outstanding student in the campus activities programs. Selection is based upon commitment to all aspects of campus programs, leadership within the various campus committees, and a dedication to the co-curricular mission of the Campus Activities Office. This student has not only shown active involvement in campus activities throughout their career here at Colorado College, but has redefined and expanded the programs themselves.
Recipient: Olivia Gardiner Coutre
Blue Key Award
presented by Knowlton Beck
Awarded to a member of the faculty or administration who contributes significant time and effort to the student body of Colorado College, the Colorado College community, and the city of Colorado Springs.
Recipient: Gretchen Wardell
Bill Hochman Prize on War, Violence, and Human Values, with Emphasis on the Human Experience of War
presented by Professor John R. Williams
Awarded to the best student work illuminating war, violence, and human values with emphasis on the human experience of war.
Recipient: Alexandra (Sasha) Akinchina
Hank Bedingfield Award
presented by Lorea M. Zabaleta and Eli M. Jaynes
The Hank Bedingfield Award is in honor of Henry “Hank” Bedingfield, Class of 2022. During his years at Colorado College, Hank was a beloved member of and contributor to all of Cutler‘s incorporated publications in some way or another. He was a creative and talented journalist well-known on campus for his restaurant reviews and excellent news reporting. He was exactly what student journalists should be: brave, responsible, and completely dedicated. No area of student journalism at CC was left untouched by Hank. He was an incredible writer, editor, and, most importantly, friend. This award will go to a junior or senior that has served on the Cutler Board. It will be awarded in honor of their commitment to and talent for student journalism, in addition to their contributions to the people and community of Cutler.
Recipient: Ellen Slipp and Jerry Bedingfield accept posthumous award on behalf of Henry “Hank” Bedingfield ’22
Ruth Barton Award
presented by Lorea M. Zabaleta and Eli M. Jaynes
The Ruth Barton Award was established in 1996 to recognize Ruth Barton‘s dedication to student journalism at the college. In some years, it may be given to a member of the faculty, staff, or administration who contributes significant time and effort to student journalism at Colorado College. In other years it may be given to a student who has demonstrated excellence both in the academic study of journalism and in contribution to student publications.
Recipients: Professor Mónica Sánchez, Karen West
E.K. Gaylord Award
presented by Lorea M. Zabaleta and Eli M. Jaynes
This award was established in honor of E. K. Gaylord, a member of the Class of 1897 and president of the Oklahoma Publishing Company until his death in 1974 at the age of 101. Gaylord was a generous supporter of Colorado College during his lifetime and served for many years as a trustee of the college. Because of his own career in journalism, he took a special interest in student publications. For that reason, the E. K. Gaylord Award is given each year to a junior or senior for continuing contributions to Colorado College publications.
Recipient: Isabella Ingersoll
James Nevin Trissel Prize for Excellence in Book Studies
presented by Aaron Cohick
This prize is given annually to the junior or senior student exemplifying the goals of the Press at Colorado College to bring together visual, literary, and historical sensitivity in the making of compelling printed objects.
Recipient: Hongli Zeng 泓力
Barbara Whitten Prize for Women in the Natural Sciences
presented by Professor Michelle L. Gevedon
This prize is given to a woman student in the natural sciences who exemplifies Barbara Whitten’s model of achieving personal scientific excellence while helping others do the same. Personal scientific excellence is a combination of an excellent academic record in the natural sciences, and/or exceptional research in a scientific field. The recipient should also demonstrate a significant commitment to the advancement of women or underrepresented groups in the sciences through scholarly, community, pedagogical, or other work.
Recipient: Eugenie Blake Haring
Tashjian-Crecelius Family Prize for Women in Science
presented by Professor Lori L. Driscoll
The Tashjian-Crecelius Family Prize for Women in Science was established in 2002 by Daniel N. Crecelius (Class of 1959) and his wife, Anahid Tashjian Crecelius, in honor of Anahid’s mother Elize Tashjian and her deep commitment to women’s educational opportunities and achievement. The prize is awarded annually to a female student majoring in one of the natural sciences and an international student or student of color. The award supports meaningful scientific research or project to further understanding of the natural sciences. It recognizes and honors the work of women in the community of science.
Recipients: Andrea Garcia-Bretado, Victoria Rosa, Loza Tezera
Marianne Stoller Award
presented by Professor Tomi-Ann Roberts
Marianne Stoller taught in Colorado College’s Anthropology department for 29 years and helped found the college’s Southwest Studies program in 1980, the first regional interdisciplinary program in the country. Professor Stoller also served on the Board of Managers for the Woman’s Educational Society, also known as WES, a nonprofit that has supported Colorado College students since 1889 with scholarships, mentoring, and a sense of community. In support of WES, and as a native of the San Luis Valley, Professor Stoller helped organize and lead many tours of the southwest and other regions to raise funds for WES. In recognition of Marianne Stoller’s legacy, the Board of the Woman’s Educational Society presents this award to a graduating WES Scholar who is named the Marianne Stoller Scholar.
Recipient: Annabelle Elizabeth SparksAwards Presented by President L. Song Richardson
Ann Rice Memorial Award
Harold and Miriam Rice established the Ann Rice Memorial Award in 1950, after their only daughter died suddenly of a rare blood disease. Ann would have been in the class of 1954. She had been a first-year student at Colorado College, her mother’s alma mater, for only five weeks. When Harold passed away in 1986, the Ann Rice Memorial Award was endowed in perpetuity through his estate gift. The award continues to honor Ann’s memory each year through the selection of a female student from the junior class in recognition of her personal contributions to the college through dedication to the goals of a liberal arts education.
Recipient: Lexie Green
Dreamkeeper Award
This award is presented to a Colorado College student who has demonstrated an active commitment to addressing issues of multiculturalism and improving the quality of campus life for historically oppressed peoples. The award is a monetary scholarship and is awarded by the Office of the Residential Experience.
Recipient: Pumehana Holmes
Mary Stearns Barkalow Award
Each year the college’s professional housing staff selects a senior woman who has made significant contributions to residence halls and campus life through positions of leadership. Barkalow was head resident of Bemis Hall from 1934 until her retirement in 1958. Following her death, her family established this award and asked that recipients demonstrate a commitment to working for personal development of campus women through the agencies and organizations of the campus, demonstrate generosity and honesty in their work with other students, and demonstrate a sense of humor—all characteristics Barkalow manifested.
Recipient: Maddison Shay Schink
J. Juan Reid Award
Juan Reid was a 1932 graduate of the college. An excellent student and athlete during his undergraduate years, he continued to serve Colorado College for nearly half a century as a coach, dean of men, and director of alumni relations. Juan Reid wrote the official history of the college’s first 100 years, “Colorado College: The First Century, 1874–1974.” This award is presented to the senior best combining scholastic excellence and involvement in extra-curricular activities. Selection is made by the deans of the college and the vice president for student life.
Recipient: Dova Isabel Castañeda Zilly
Van Diest Award
The Van Diest Award was established in 1926 and is given to the outstanding male senior student-athlete who demonstrates sound character, scholarship, and citizenship. Recipients are selected by the Department of Athletics staff.
Recipient: Dylan Randall Wells
Laura Golden Award
The Laura Golden Award was established in 1981 and is given to the outstanding female senior student-athlete who contributes to the college through excellence in athletics, academics, and leadership, exemplifying the high standards set by former basketball coach and Hall of Famer Laura Golden. Recipients are selected by the Department of Athletics staff.
Recipient: Kate Campbell Brush
Crown-Goodman Presidential Scholarship
The Crown-Goodman Presidential Scholarship was established in 1990 to recognize the accomplishments of deserving Colorado College students. The selection of recipients is based on the students’ academic record and contributions to the total life of the college. These scholarships are intended to reduce the loan component of the recipients’ financial aid award in their senior year.
Recipients: Diana Buda, Lito R. Caballero, Jose Carpio, Tyler Chang, Ray T. Christy, Psalm Delaney, Chloe Fontenelle, Denise Geronimo, Katelyn J. Grealish, Isabella Hageman, Pumehana Holmes, Misbah Lakhani, Mia Leggatt, Lindsey Gulau, Lizbeth Lucero-Chavez, Peyton Marshak, Julia Nichols, Lauryn Pfrommer-Pease, Victoria Rosa, Tony G. Saenz, Olivia Towlen, Eric Uerling, Olivia XerrasJust World Awards Presented by President L. Song Richardson
Adrienne Lanier Seward Bold and Courageous Actions Award
This awardee is a CC student, staff member, faculty member, alum, or retiree who fosters and engages in crucial conversations, reaching across difference to find common ground and understanding, and taking bold and courageous actions to create needed change. This award is named for Professor Emerita of English Adrienne Seward, Packard Professor, Fulbright Scholar, and the first Black woman to be awarded tenure at Colorado College.
Recipient: Chloe Kathryn Brooks-Kistler
Val Veirs Environmental Justice Award
This awardee is a CC student, staff member, faculty member, alum, or retiree who is dedicated to protecting the natural environment and who champions environmental justice, one of the most pressing issues of our time. It is named for Professor Emeritus of Physics Val Veirs, who was a founder of the environmental program at CC and who used science to solve environmental problems and direct public policy toward science-based solutions.
Recipient: Professor Howard Drossman
Ken Salazar ʼ77 Stewardship Award
This awardee is a CC student, staff member, faculty member, alum, or retiree who works to solve challenging world issues including those outlined in the UN Sustainable Development goals: poverty; hunger; health and wellbeing; education; gender equality; clean water/sanitation; affordable and clean energy; work and economic growth; industry, innovation, and infrastructure; reduced inequality; sustainable communities; responsible consumption and production; climate action; the oceans and waterways; life on land; peace, justice, and strong institutions. It is named for Ken Salazar ʼ77, who as a lawyer, Colorado attorney general, U.S. senator, U.S. secretary of the interior, and U.S. ambassador to Mexico, has dedicated himself to protecting land, water, and people.
Recipient: Abby K. Maxman ’88
Margaret Liu ʼ77 Health Justice Award
This awardee is a CC student, staff member, faculty member, alum, or retiree who strives to ensure that all people have fair and equal access to health information, healthcare, a safe environment, and opportunities to be healthier. The award is named for Margaret Liu ʼ77, known as the “mother of vaccines.” Liu develops new vaccines and technologies and works with international groups to bring vaccines and immunizations to people without access to clean water or healthcare services.
Recipient: Delaney Grant Kenyon
Mike Edmonds Igniting Students‘ Potential Award
This awardee is a CC student, staff member, faculty member, alum, or retiree who encourages and mentors students to find their potential and pursue it. The award is named for Senior Vice President Mike Edmonds, who served as dean of students/vice president for Student Life for 30 years, collaborating across divisions to ensure students had opportunities to create an outstanding CC experience. As acting president from 2020-21, he was the college‘s first president of color.
Recipient: Avivah Polmer ’85Student Government Association Awards
Presented by Doré Young
CCSGA Involved Student of the Year Award
This award is given to the Colorado College student who CC students themselves feel has shown outstanding involvement in and service to the CC community at large. It is a student who, through involvement in various areas of student life, has actively tried to improve the atmosphere at Colorado College while maintaining the college’s high academic standards.
Recipient: Madison Marlyn Dillon
Involved Student Organization of the Year Award
This award is given to the student organization that students feel has made both the greatest impact on and the greatest contribution to the Colorado College community. This includes programming that positively affects both the campus and the community at large. It also encompasses contributions to the improvement of student life or the exploration of issues and problems relevant to all members of the campus community.
Recipients: Susanna Mirick, Cecelia Russell, Caroline Sandberg, and Ethan Stewart on behalf of the Sunrise Movement
Bob Pizzi Outstanding Advisor of the Year Memorial Award
Awarded to the faculty or staff member deemed by the students to be the most helpful advisor.
Recipient: Professor Aju Fenn
Lloyd E. Worner Teacher of the Year Award
No professional touches us as much as the teacher. From our childhood to our college graduations, we are aided and influenced by teachers. And of those, there are some who particularly influence our course in life, our choices, and our actions. Here at Colorado College, there are a great number of wonderful professors who have profound effects on students every day. With this award we wish to acknowledge one of the greatest of those. Students have chosen this professor based on the intelligence, caring, and exceptional qualifications that they bring to teaching.
Recipient: Professor Minho Kim
Dean Of The Faculty Teaching Awards
Presented by Vice President and Dean of the Faculty Emily M. Chan
Glenn Brooks Professorship for Innovation in Education
This professorship is awarded to an exemplary tenured faculty member whose approach to teaching best exemplifies and advances the core mission of Colorado College.
Recipient: Professor Carrie L. Ruiz
A.E. and Ethel Irene Carlton Professorship in Social Sciences
This professorship is awarded for outstanding scholarship and teaching in the Social Sciences.
Recipient: Professor Karen R. Roybal
Crown Family Endowed Professorship for Innovation in the Arts
This professorship is awarded to recognize the excellence of a faculty member whose teaching and creative work enhances the arts on campus through innovative approaches.
Recipient: Professor Dylan S. Nelson
Robert C. Fox Endowed Professorship
This professorship honors a tenured faculty member for teaching, scholarship, and service to the college across the campus community.
Recipient: Professor Jason M. Weaver
David and Lucile Packard Professorship
This professorship honors a faculty member for their sustained and exemplary teaching and scholarship, with special emphasis on college-wide contributions.
Recipient: Professor Heidi R. Lewis
Verner Z. Reed Professorship in Natural Sciences
This professorship honors a faculty for member their outstanding scholarship and teaching in the Natural Sciences.
Recipient: Professor Murphy G. Brasuel
Nancy B. and C. William Schlosser Professorship in the Arts
This professorship is awarded to a faculty member at the college for outstanding scholarship and teaching in the arts.
Recipient: Professor Aline Lo
Lloyd Edson Worner Distinguished Service Professorship
Awarded for college-wide leadership and service of an exemplary teacher-scholar.
Recipient: Professor Mike Taber
Dean of the Faculty Teaching Awards
Recipients: Professors Richard Fernando Buxton, Nickie Coomer, Joe Derdzinski, Eli J. Fahrenkrug, Sofia A. Fenner, Natalie M. Gosnell, Austin Hinkel, Najnin Islam, Dan Miska
Community Engagement Recognition Awards
Excellence in Community-Engaged Teaching
Honors a CC educator (faculty or staff) who has integrated teaching and learning with community-based work in meaningful, impactful ways.
Recipient: Tina Valtierra, Ph.D.
Excellence in Community-Engaged Research
Honors a CC researcher (faculty or staff) who has applied the knowledge of their discipline and their own expertise to the public good through community-engaged research.
Recipient: Srdja Popovic
Excellence in Community Engagement Award
Honors a CC staff of faculty member who collaborates with communities beyond the campus, modeling to students an ethic of community engagement. Preference given to those who engage other CC stakeholders, especially students, in that community work.
Recipient: Nancy Rios, Ph.D.
Outstanding Community Partner Award
Honors a community organization, association, or member who partners with CC in ways that meaningfully engage and develop members of our campus community.
Recipient: Food to Power
Community Organization Capacity Builder Award
Honors a student who has deeply committed to a community organization, meaningfully investing their skills and knowledge to advancing the mission of the organization.
Recipient: Peniel Owusu-Ansah
Community Collaborator Award
Honors a student who has engaged in meaningful relationship-building between communities on and off the campus, and in so doing best exemplifies commitment to communities of the Pikes Peak Region.
Recipient: Jessa Granata
Outstanding Student Initiative Award
Honors an excellent student-led collaboration that exemplifies and inspires thoughtful community engagement to other students. This could be a student-led organization, event, project, campaign, or partnership.
Recipient: CC Science Outreach
Campus Organizer
Honors a student who mobilizes diverse campus stakeholders toward addressing a community-based need and/or promoting an engaged campus culture.
Recipient: Kylie Orf
Public Problem Solver
This award is presented to a student who is a change-maker in social and/or environmental realms, working to produce solutions to real-world social, civic, or environmental challenges of our world.
Recipient: Luke Ortiz-Grabe
Advocacy and Activism Award
Honors a student who has championed a social or environmental issue though advocacy, awareness-raising, and/or activism.
Recipient: Rowan Finn Mott
Anabel and Jerry McHugh Director’s Award
Established in 1996, the Anabel and Jerry McHugh Director’s Award is presented to a graduating senior who has built the capacity of and advocated for the CCE.
Recipient: Gillian Lasher
Newman Civic Fellowship
Honors a student who stands out for their commitment to creating positive change in communities locally and around the world. Campus Compact provides fellows with training and resources that nurture their assets and passions and help them develop strategies for social change.
Recipient: Benjamin Murphy
Davis Projects for Peace
Honors students who design grassroots summer projects—anywhere in the world—which promote peace and address the root causes of conflict among parties.
Recipients: Cormac Joseph McCrimmon, Andres Madrigal, Manuel Uribe
Community Engaged Leaders
This distinction honors students who have developed into civic leaders committed to solving complex social issues. Community Engaged Leaders develop their civic capacities by adopting leadership roles within community-engaged work and implementing a senior capstone project that culminates their college experience and impacts the common good.
Recipients: Gillian Lasher, Maddison Shay Schink, Lindsey Smith
Community Engaged Scholars
This distinction honors students who have engaged in sustained, informed, and deliberate community engagement. Community Engaged Scholars have consistently engaged in community work throughout their undergraduate careers and have regularly made an effort to learn from and apply learning to engaged experience.
Recipients: Amelia Allen, Henry Byron, Mei-ji Fong, Jessica Claire Hannebert, Alanna Grace Jackson, Samuel Lee, Ann-Claire Lin, Kylie Orf, Saigopal Rangaraj, Diya Taylor
Bonner Fellows
This distinction honors students who have fulfilled a commitment to deep community engagement throughout their college career. Bonner Fellows participate in a wide variety of opportunities designed to develop their skills, knowledge, and leadership abilities while integrating all of these into work addressing community needs.
Recipients: Chloe Kathryn Brooks-Kistler, Filip Čarnogurský, Nicole Chavarria, Tamar Crump, Elvia Star Estrella Goudriaan, Jasmine Linder, Manu MacEdo, Sierra Moore, Juniper Wolf
Honorary Organizations
Alpha Kappa Delta
The International Sociology Honor Society
Danielle Bohart, Diana Buda, Jose Carpio, Emma Fowkes, Sophia Kathleen Hennessy, Peyton Hummel, Mariolivia Jimenez, Madeline Johnson, Megan Kelliher, Peniel Owusu-Ansah, Lauryn Pfrommer-Pease, Sophia Roback, Alonso Ríos Romero, Grace Tumavicus, Jocelyn Zuckerman
Phi Sigma Iota
The International Foreign Language Honors Society
Imani Allen, Lizzie Blaschke, Amy Cotter, Ellie Derry, Mazlyn Grace Gardner Freier, Claire Jennings, Jacob McDougall, Ellie Blaise Miles, Emma Popkin, Lily J. Price, Koli Razafindandy, Connor Rogers, Theo Snowdon, Peiper Thomas
Psi Chi
The International Honor Society in Psychology
Jan Alfaro, Knowlton Beck, Addison Dodge, Oliver Febbo, Soren Gessner, Isabella Hageman, Riley Hester, Huaixuan Huang, Anna Matsui, Luca I. Pieretti, Rhetta Power, Levi Solomon, Thomas Treadwell, Mariel Zech, Yanjia Zhao
Pi Mu Epsilon
National Honor Society in Mathematics
Porter Barnes, Edith Brazil, Cooper Doe, John Lê, Jingyi Liu, John Anthony Mastromarino, Daniela Santillan, Yousheng Tang, Zhiqi Yao
Scholarship & Fellowship Recipients
Gilman International Scholarship
Denise Geronimo, Elena Gober, John Lê, Sierra Moore, Vicente Taijeron
Critical Language Scholarship to Russia
Clara Matlack
Goldwater Scholarship
John Lê
Fulbright Research Award to Brazil
Jasmine Linder
Fulbright Research Award to Kenya
Kayla Fratt ʼ15
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award to Taiwan
Mariel Zech
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award to Colombia
Maddison Shay Schink
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award to Algeria
Samson Heyer ʼ22
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award to Jordan
Sophie Ramirez ʼ17
Erasmus Mundus Scholarship For Europubhealth+ Masters Programme
Marco Barracchia ʼ22
Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (Jet) Assistant Language Teaching Award
Tamar Crump
Princeton In Asia Fellowship to Singapore
Al Lo ʼ22
Truman Scholar
Maddison Shay Schink
Watson Fellowship
Maddison Shay Schink
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Josh Felton ʼ22, Evan Foster ʼ21, Kayla Fratt ʼ15
Coro Fellowship
Tom Byron