Hendrix College honored students for exemplary academic achievement, campus leadership, and community service at the 2012 Honors Day Convocation on Thursday, April 26, in Staples Auditorium.

The 2012 President’s Medal was awarded to Colin Weir Hoy ’12, a neuroscience major from Baton Rouge, La.

The President’s Medal is presented each year to that student who best exemplifies the highest ideals of the College. Criteria include excellence in scholarship, outstanding citizenship, and service to the community.
Departmental Academic Awards
Art

William Clay Lentz’12 – Service to the Department Award. Will is graduating with distinction in art.

Courtney Lea Johnson ’12 and Carmen Alexandria Thompson ’12 will also graduate with distinction in art.
Biochemistry/Molecular Biology

The following students will be graduating with distinction in biochemistry/ molecular Biology:

Eric Michael Cockman ’12
Blake Allen Haller ’12
Nicholas Dalton Heathscott ’12
William Shelton Hyatt ’12
Hoai Trang Thi Nguyen ’12
Malena Ann Outhay ’12
Arthur C. Stewart ’12

Biology

Wyatt Dillon Blankenship’12 – Clark Biology Award. Dillon is also graduating with distinction in biology.

Lenore Therese Doumas’12- Johnson Biology Award. Tess is also graduating with distinction in biology.

Linsey Melissa Miller ’12 – Albert M. Raymond AED Award

Malena Ann Outhay ’12 and Avery Dawn Roller ’12 – Earle A. Spessard Biology Award. Avery is also graduating with distinction in biology.

Ashley Rose Redo ’12 – Keith Sutton Award. Ashley is also graduating with distinction in biology.

The following students are also graduating with distinction in biology:

Mary Kathryn Allison ’12
Anna Cathlyn Giles ’12
Jasmine Lee Haller ’12
Duncan Elliott Keegan ’12
Charis Nicole Lorenz ’12
Justin Michael McLawhorn ’12
Kimberly Elizabeth Pollard ’12

Chemistry

Laura Katherine Plummer’12 – American Institute of Chemists Award. She is also graduating with distinction in chemistry.

Meredith Kathryn Miles ’12 – Analytical Chemistry Award

Conerd Kristopher Frederickson ’12 – Inorganic Chemistry Award and graduating with distinction in chemistry.

Ann London Greenaway ’12 and Sarah Elizabeth Thompson ’12 – McHenry Chemistry Award. Annie will be graduating with distinction in chemistry. Sarah will be graduating with distinction in chemical physics.

Laura Katherine Klasek ’13 – Robert W. Shideler Chemistry Award

Thomas Ples Spradley ’14 – John E. Stuckey First Year Chemistry Award.

Michael Winslow Gardner ’12 is also Graduating with Distinction in Chemistry
Economics and Business

Innocent Sano Bushayija’13- Robert F. Baker, Jr. Prize in Economics

Dana Ashleigh Amick ’12 – E. W. Martin Memorial Accounting Award. Ashleigh will also be graduating with distinction in economics and business.

Mollie Elizabeth Long’13 – Frank Dicken McAlister Memorial Scholarship

Conerd Kristopher Frederickson ’12 and Erin Elizabeth Kurtz ’12 – Mosley Economics and Business Award. Erin will also be graduating with distinction in economics and business.

Erik Dean Honkonen ’13 – James C. Pruden Memorial Scholarship

Christopher Curtis Poff ’12 and Amelia Mansch Wildenborg ’12 – Eloise W. Raymond Masters Award

The following students are graduating with distinction in economics and business:

Rachel Lee Froberg ’12
Nathan Ryan Harr ’12
Jordan Rachelle Henderson ’12
Collin Andrew Sitler ’12
Theodore Clemente Smoyer ’12
Alexander Stephen Wilkinson ’12

Education

Megan Elizabeth Pearce ’12 – Hendrix College Early Childhood Education Award

Amanda Jane Dolph’12 – Robert W. Meriwether Secondary Education Award
English Studies

Trevor Dawson Trietsch ’12 – Isaac Andrew Campbell Memorial Prize for Creative Writing Thesis. Trevor will also be graduating with distinction in English.

Brennan Kathleen Tapp ’14 and Rachel Bernadette Thomas ’14 – Robert L. Campbell-Walter A. Moffatt Award

Laura Katherine Klasek ’13 – William H. Hughes Shakespeare Award

Caufield Carpenter Schnug ’12 – McCuistion English Prize. Caufield will also be graduating with distinction in English.

David Aaron Moskowitz ’12 – Kenneth Story Best Senior Thesis Award

The following students are graduating with distinction in English:

Sydnee Gibson Abernathy ’12
Lauren Ashley Bowden ’12
Heather Michelle McPherson ’12
Laura Anne Podd ’12
Elizabeth Jane Pond ’12
William Hayes Shell Taylor ’12

Environmental Studies

The following students will be graduating with distinction in environmental studies:

Wyatt Dillon Blankenship ’12
Andrew Jameson Carty ’12
Eva Lorraine Englert ’12
Karl K. Heinbockel ’12
Dana Marie Rumph ’12
Ellen Marie Waggoner ’12

Foreign Languages

The following students will be graduating with distinction in classics:

Claiborne Magnant Christian ’12
Donald Conn Daniel ’12

Heather Michelle McPherson ’12 will be graduating with distinction in French.

Daniel Forrest Gibbens-Rickman will be graduating with distinction in German.
History

Hillary Downes Hale ’14 – Larson Prize

Andrew Chase Crawford ’12 – T.S. Staples History Prize. Chase will also be graduating with distinction in history.

James Patrick Linder ’12 – Richard B. Yates Prize

The following students will be graduating with distinction in history:

Kent Alan Dunson ’12
Ian James Evans ’12
Rachel Ann McLemore ’12
Benjamin Joel Thomas ’12

Interdisciplinary Studies

The following students are graduating with distinction in interdisciplinary studies:

Adam Ross Crocker ’12 (Applied Mathematics)
Colin Weir Hoy’12 (Neuroscience)
Allison Naifeh Sauls ’12 (Urban Studies)

Kinesiology

The following students will be Graduating with Distinction in Allied Health:

Erin Marie McKinney ’12
Allison Ann Mosley ’12

The following students will be graduating with distinction in kinesiology:

Brittiny Jean Casteen ’12
Andrew Ryan Thames ’12

Mathematics and Computer Science

Alexander David Koeppel’12 – Robert C. Eslinger Computer Science Award. Alex will also be graduating with distinction in computer science.

Hannah Marie Flatau ’12 and Luke Harris Kressin ’12 – Hogan Mathematics Prize. Both Hannah and Luke will be graduating with distinction in mathematics.

Quan Trung Nguyen’15- McHenry-Lane Mathematics Award

Casey Wilson Wynn’12 – Parker Undergraduate Research Award. Casey will also be graduating with distinction in mathematics

The following students will be graduating with distinction in computer science:

Rebecca Ann Emrick ’12
John Smurrage Sudyka ’12

Music

Aaron Rice’13- Ashley R. Coffman Wind Ensemble Award

Gary Robert DeClerk ’15 – Hendrix College Orchestra Award

Conner Patrick McMains ’12 – Robert McGill Choral Music Award
Philosophy

Hannah Marie Flatau ’12 and Hannah Frances Hudspeth ’12 – Robert G. Shoemaker Award. Hanna Flatau is also graduating with distinction in philosophy.

The following students will be Graduating with Distinction in Philosophy:

Eleanor Jayne Gilmore-Szott ’12
Thomas Randolph Holt ’12
Kendall Starr Lewellen ’12

Physics

Weizhi Dong ’14 and Matthew Vincent Gammill ’13 – Joe G. Robbins Physics Award

The following student will be graduating with distinction in physics:

Fidele Bingwa ’12
Julian Louis Giller ’12
Pierre Celestin Urisanga ’12

Politics and International Relations

Zachary Alexander Hale ’12, Robert Alanson Lord ’12, and Morgan Alexis Shelburne ’12 – Ian T. King Prize in International Relations. They are also graduating with distinction in international relations.

Emily Mae Woodell ’12 – Brandon Matthew Ryan Scholarship in Politics and International Relations

The following students will be graduating with distinction in international relations:

Elias Alan Harpst ’12
William Earl Rankin ’12

Psychology

The following students are Graduating with Distinction in Psychology

Haley H. Aaron ’12
Hannah Marie Allee ’12
Elizabeth Rose Cox ’12
Courtney Michelle Graves ’12
April Nicole Sizemore ’12
Jennifer Michelle Smith ’12
Mika Claire Smith ’12

Jennifer Kathleen Lenow ’12 and Tessa Claire Vuper ’12 – Margaret E. Fitch Award in Psychology. They are also graduating with distinction in psychology.
Religious Studies

Genevieve Lauer Nesom’12 – Moore Religion Award. Genevieve is also graduating with distinction in religious studies.

The following students will also be graduating with distinction in religious studies:

Olivia Lois Harrington ’12
Kathleen Malone Peacher-Ryan ’12
Paul Bradley Richards ’12

Sociology/Anthropology

Christine Margaret Walsh’12 – Ferris C. Baker Sociology Award. Christine will also be graduating with distinction in sociology/anthropology.

Shelby Nicole Howlett ’12, Maya Ilana Lemon ’12, and Alison Jane Pope ’12 – Juanita D. Sandford Social Justice Award. They will also be graduating with distinction in sociology/anthropology.

The following students will be graduating with distinction in sociology/anthropology:

Maria Elizabeth Balduf ’12
Hannah Jane Carmack ’12
Elizabeth Austin Foster ’12
Kyriane Ilona Johnson ’12
Nicole Ashley Morgan ’12
Marissa Leasanne Moyer ’12
Anna Jacquelyn Ragni ’12

Theatre Arts and Dance

Abigail Victoria Garcia-Lucas ’14 – Rosemary E. Henenberg Scholarship

Jacob Russell Halpern Weitzman ’12 and Toriano Adaryll Hayward’12 – Vivian Hill Drama Award. Tory and Jacob are also graduating with distinction in theatre arts and dance.

Victoria Ashley Wood ’13 – Ella Myrl Shanks Scholarship

Emily Albright Frost ’13 – Dr. and Mrs. F. Marion Tolleson Prize

Hannah Elizabeth Brown’12 and Hannah Frances Hudspeth’12 – Graham-Duncan Award

Nicholas Jason Rodriguez ’12 will be graduating with distinction in theatre arts and dance.
2012 Walker Odyssey Fellowships

Jennifer Leigh Baker ’12 and Rose Elizabeth Thompson’12
Residence Hall Awards

Maitri Mahesh Shah ’14 – Jessie Embry Award (Galloway Hall)

Blake Edward – Hardin Hall Outstanding Citizen Award

Ethan Michael Ake’13- Captain W. W. Martin Award (Martin Hall)

Katherine Grace Arnold’14 – Raney Hall Award

Kerry Anne Moon ’14 – Violet Braly Award (Veasey)

Bradford Stephen Martins ’13 -Apartment Council Outstanding Leadership and Service Award
Student Organization Awards

Cassandra Latrice Brown ’12, Laura Anne Turvey ’12, Daniel Byrch Williams ’12 – Alice Hines Award for Excellence in Multicultural Leadership and Service

Lauren Davis ’12, Samantha Deragowski ’12, Grace Dubiskas ’12, Elle Gilmore-Szott ’12, Hannah Hudspeth ’12, Rachel McLemore ’12, and Avery Roller ’12 – Hendrix College Leadership Scholar Award

Daniel Forrest Gibbens-Rickman’12 – Betty F. Bumpers International Leadership and Fellowship Award

Robert Alanson Lord’12 – Dr. I.L. Claude, Jr. International Studies Achievement Award

Rachel Elizabeth Robbins’12 – Matt L. Ellis Volunteer of the Year Award

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