Jayce Hafner and President J. Timothy Cloyd CONWAY, Ark. (April 28, 2011) – Senior Jayce Hafner was awarded the 2011 President’s Medal at a special Honors Day Convocation today in Staples Auditorium.
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.
Hafner is an International Relations and Sustainable Communities major from Edinburg, Va. She will graduate with distinction in International Relations. Hafner also received the Ian T. King Prize in International Relations and was one of two recipients of the 2011 Walker Odyssey Fellowship.
Awards were also presented to students for departmental academic honors, graduate distinction, campus service, and sportsmanship.
“On this day we celebrate the achievements of many members of the collegiate community that have merited special recognition. It is our goal to recognize excellence and high achievement in a wide variety of endeavors,” said Hendrix College President Dr. J. Timothy Cloyd. “The aims of the College include purposes pursued in the classroom, in the laboratory, in the residence halls, and on playing fields. The diverse awards given today will bear witness to the College's dedication to accomplishment across a broad spectrum of activity.”
Awards presented at Honors Day Convocation include:
Residence Hall Awards
The Darrell G. Trotter Memorial Award (Couch Hall) – Peter James Bowhay Hanneman
The Jessie Embry Award (Galloway Hall) – Neelam Himansu Vyas
The Hardin Hall Outstanding Citizen Award – Anthony Reid Nail
The Captain W. W. Martin Award (Martin Hall) – Edward Hunter Owen
The Raney Hall Award – Amy Catherine Brame
The Violet Braly Award (Veasey Hall) – Hannah Elizabeth McWilliams
Jake Lee Mitchael was recognized for outstanding leadership in becoming the first President for the Apartments Council.
Student Organization Awards
The Alice Hines Award for Excellence in Multicultural Leadership and Service – Brandon Terrel Stegall
Hendrix College Leadership Scholar Award – Megan Leigh Andrews, Morgan L. Conine, James Paul Cosgrove, Anna Elizabeth Hiegel, Sean Mehl, Molly Gayle Miller, Natascha A. Morris, and Hunter Stoehr
The Betty F. Bumpers International Leadership and Fellowship Award – Alison Rene Selking
The Matt L. Ellis Volunteer of the Year Award – Michaela Fraser
Miller Center Service Scholars – Jacqueline Wells Hafner, Grady Stewart Morgan, Carol Grace Paulsen, and Emily Margaret Uhar
Intercollegiate Athletics and Intramural Awards
Hendrix Intramural Woman Athlete of the Year – Lauren Kristine DeLano
Hendrix Intramural Man Athlete of the Year – Samuel Ryan Bondurant and William Khammi Haden-Chomphosy
The Bob Courtway Leadership Award – Daniel Abernathy and Amelia Mansch Wildenborg
NCAA Woman of the Year Award – Heather Michelle Newell
The Carl Babcock Award for Leadership in Athletics – Christina Byler and Andrew Howard Kellum, Jr.
Departmental Academic Awards
Allied Health
Brooke Ann Monson will graduate with distinction in Allied Health.
American Studies
Heather Michelle Newell will graduate with distinction in American Studies.
Art
Service to the Department Award – Samantha J. Gullion
Alyssa Laurin Moran and Grady Stewart Morgan will graduate with distinction in Art.
Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
Daniel Gene Abernathy, Sinehan Burcu Bayrak, Hillary Taylor Box, Brian Keplinger, Brandon Michael Linz, Jonathan Kenton Tackett, Nathan Jean Taillac, Jadon Scott Wiese, and Heather Michelle Wilson will graduate with distinction in Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology.
Biology
Clark Biology Award – Adrienne Elise Norrell
Johnson Biology Award – Hayley Catherine Warsinske
The Albert M. Raymond AED Award – Jonathan Kenton Tackett. He is also graduating with distinction in Biology.
Earle A. Spessard Biology Award – Ethan Lee Gillette. He is also graduating with distinction in biology.
Keith Sutton Award – Catherine Nicole Myers. She is also graduating with distinction in biology.
Sarah Diane Eddy, Kevin Henderson O’Sullivan, and Kevin Vasant Patel will graduate with distinction in Biology:
Chemical Physics
Jeffrey Alexander Biles will graduate with distinction in Chemical Physics.
Chemistry
American Institute of Chemists Award and the American Chemical Society Inorganic Chemistry Award – Andrew Howard Kellum, Jr. He will be graduating with distinction in Chemistry.
Analytical Chemistry Award – Etienne Nzabarushimana
McHenry Chemistry Award –Cameron Cowgur Crane
John E. Stuckey First Year Chemistry Award –Emily Rose Cariker and Weizhi (Vivian) Dong
Rane Michael Dearing will graduate with distinction in Chemistry.
Economics and Business
Hendrix College Center for Entrepreneurial Studies Business Plan Competition –Jeffrey Alexander Biles and Carly Alexis Roark
E. W. Martin Memorial Accounting Award – Amelia Mansch Wildenborg. She will also be graduating with distinction in Economics and Business.
Frank Dicken McAlister Memorial Scholarship – Rachel Lee Froberg. She will also be graduating with distinction in Economics and Business.
Mosley Economics and Business Award – Katherine Marie Hunter. She will also be graduating with distinction in Economics and Business.
James C. Pruden Memorial Scholarship – Dana Ashleigh Amick
Eloise W. Raymond Masters Award – James Buchanan Ewing and Dzung Tri Nguyen
Mackenzie Charles Barnes, Seth Thomas Caldwell, Ani Patricia Johnson, Geoff Ryan Lomax, Christopher Curtis Poff, Jordan Carter Suydam, You Tian, and David Christopher Witten will graduate with distinction in Economics and Business.
Education
Hendrix College Early Childhood Education Award – Arika LaCheal Smith
Ruby Carroll Hughes Children’s Literature Award – Kelly Johanna Rappé
Robert W. Meriwether Secondary Education Award – Leah Marie Groat
English
Isaac Andrew Campbell Memorial Prize for Poetry – Amanda Blackmon
Robert L. Campbell-Walter A. Moffatt Award – Anna Broadwell-Gulde and William Repass
William H. Hughes Shakespeare Award – Tyler Alexander Schroeder
McCuistion English Prize – Tyler Alexander Schroeder
Kenneth Story Best Senior Thesis Award – Hannah Bakker-Arkema and Tyler Alexander Schroeder. They will also be graduating with distinction in English.
Mary Rebecca Clancy, Christopher Dale Eaton, Colleen Patricia Mayo, and Christopher Newman Wheat will graduate with distinction in English.
Environmental Studies
Katy Elizabeth Brantley, Taylor Courtney LaFortune, and Emily Margaret Uhar will graduate with distinction in Environmental Studies.
Foreign Languages
William Wolf Poff will graduate with distinction in Classics.
Leah Marie Groat and Alison Rene Selking will graduate with distinction in Spanish.
History
Larson Prize – Kelly Elizabeth Owen
T.S. Staples History Prize – Rachel Abigail Smith. She will also be graduating with distinction in History.
Richard B. Yates Prize – Stephen Roger Weingold. He is also graduating with distinction in History.
Alexander Vartan Melnykovych, Hunter Stoehr, and Blake Mackay Wicker will graduate with distinction in History:
Interdisciplinary Studies
Lana Michelle Allen will graduate with distinction in Political Theory.
Winston Andrew Haynes will graduate with distinction in Bioinformatics.
Katherine Roehm will graduate with distinction in Sustainable Development and Design.
Alex Garrett Schroller will graduate with distinction in Public Policy/Political Economy.
Hannah Swanson Sintek will graduate with distinction in Health Science and Policy.
Kinesiology
Leah Marie Groat will graduate with distinction in Kinesiology:
Mathematics and Computer Science
The Robert C. Eslinger Computer Science Award – Brett Andrew Geren, Winston Andrew Haynes and Whitney Lynn Maguffee. Brett will graduate with distinction in Computer Science and Whitney will graduate with distinction in Mathematics.
Hogan Mathematics Prize – Dana Carlton Callaway and William J. Porter. They will also graduate with distinction in Mathematics.
McHenry-Lane Mathematics Award – Vivian Dong, Sara Lynn Hales, and Grace Magdalene Trees
Parker Undergraduate Research Award – Winston Andrew Haynes
Gilbert Ndayambaje will graduate with distinction in Mathematics.
Matthew Emerson Demmler will graduate with distinction in Mathematics and Computer Science.
Music
Ashley R. Coffman Wind Ensemble Award – Sara Lynn Hales
Hendrix College Orchestra Award – Anthony Michael Cabrera
Robert McGill Choral Music Award – Lira Sultana
Philosophy
Robert G. Shoemaker Award – Andrew Zane Chesser. He is also graduating with distinction in Philosophy.
Brock McGrath and Brent Joseph Rowley will graduate with distinction in Philosophy.
Physics
The Joe G. Robbins Physics Award – Erik Gron Urban
William J. Porter, Alice Elizabeth Riley, and Anthony Jordan Sanfilippo will be graduating with distinction in Physics.
Politics and International Relations
W.C. Buthman Prize in Politics – Derek Dee Cash and Zachary Rovaldo Klein. They are also graduating with distinction in Politics.
Dr. I.L. Claude, Jr. International Studies Achievement Award – Zachary Rovaldo Klein
Ian T. King Prize in International Relations – Jacqueline Wells Hafner. She is also graduating with distinction in International Relations.
Brandon Matthew Ryan Scholarship in Politics and International Relations – Elias Alan Harpst
Dr. John A. Ziegler Law Award – Whitney Leigh Lovell
Susan Victoria Gammill will graduate with distinction in International Relations.
Wendell Thomas Cathcart, Sarah Anne Hill, Alexander Taylor Jones, and Christopher Lee Weaver will graduate with distinction in Politics.
Psychology
Margaret E. Fitch Award in Psychology – Anastacia Makhanova and Victoria Elizabeth Todd. They are also graduating with distinction in Psychology.
Sarah Elizabeth Bell, Jordan Michael Cacici, Gina Elise Gordon, Nora Taylor Granger, Wesley Ross Hewett, and Julia Miyoshi Shimada are graduating with distinction in Psychology.
Religious Studies
Moore Religion Award – Michelle Ann Stiles. She will graduate with distinction in Religious Studies.
Jordan Michael Cacici and Melody Ann Hill are graduating with distinction in Religious Studies.
Sociology / Anthropology
Ferris C. Baker Sociology Award – Michaela Glenday Fraser and Elizabeth Hale Morgan. They will also be graduating with distinction in Sociology/Anthropology.
Juanita D. Sandford Social Justice Award – Sarah Spencer and Emily Margaret Uhar. They will also be graduating with distinction in Sociology/Anthropology.
Ellen Brown Granger, Bethany Grove, Sarah Katie Jones, Jake Lee Mitchell, Alison Rene Selking, and Darcy Aimee Wilkins will be graduating with distinction in Sociology/Anthropology.
Theatre Arts and Dance
Rosemary E. Henenberg Scholarship – Nicholas Jason Rodriguez
Vivian Hill Drama Award – Kelly Laurel Attaway and Benjamin Taylor West. Benjamin is also graduating with distinction in Theatre Arts and Dance.
Ella Myrl Shanks Scholarship – Toriano Adaryll Hayward
Dr. and Mrs. F. Marion Tolleson Prize – Angela Kay Kathman
The Graham-Duncan Award – Laura Wells
Bennett Essay Prize – Emily Wilkinson Mitchell
Hendrix Murphy Foundation Awards
Sydnee Gibson Abernathy
Aonian Literary and Visual Art Competition in Literary Hybrids, Second Place, “Microwave Dinner” and Aonian Literary and Visual Art Competition in Poetry, Second Place, “Vinyl Record”
Mason Lee Boling
Aonian Literary and Visual Art Competitionin Prose, Honorable Mention, “The Trouble with Monsters”
Lauren Carrington Rowley
Aonian Literary and Visual Art Competition in Poetry, Honorable Mention, “Portrait”
Michael Daniel Chavez
Playwriting Competition, First Place, “Waking Up to You”
Olivia Lois Harrington
Aonian Literary and Visual Art Competition in Literary Hybrids, Honorable Mention, “Putter”
Jessica Danielle Hodges
Ten-Minute Play Competition, Honorable Mention, “Nevermore”
Katerina Elizabeth Landwehr
Aonian Literary and Visual Art Competition in Visual Art, Second Place, “Untitled”
Anthony Mitchell Lucio
Aonian Literary and Visual Art Competition in Photography, Honorable Mention, “Bicycle Thief”
Brennan Andrew McGinn
Aonian Literary and Visual Art Competition in Photography, First Place, “Tracks at Dusk”
Amelia Bernadette Michaels
Ten-Minute Play Competition, Third Place, “Blind Date”
Linsey Melissa Miller
Ten-Minute Play Competition, Honorable Mention, “Assassins”
Sabrina Anita Moore
Aonian Literary and Visual Art Competition in Photography, Second Place, “Thru (with) You”
Nicole Ashley Morgan
Aonian Literary and Visual Art Competition in Visual Art, Honorable Mention, “Spine”
Stewart Allen Morgan
Aonian Literary and Visual Art Competition in Visual Art, First Place, “Untitled”
Madeline Celine Newchurch
Playwrighting Competition, Second Place, “The Good Stuff;” and Ten-Minute Play Competition, Second Place, “How I Spent My Winter Break”
William Griffin Phillips
Ten-Minute Play Competition, First Place, “Decisions, Decisions”
Saleheen Salam
Aonian Literary and Visual Art Competition in Prose, Second Place, “Directions”
Charles Arnison Wallace
Ten-Minute Play Competition, Honorable Mention, “Clown White”
Timothy Adam Wojcik
Aonian Literary and Visual Art Competition in Literary Hybrids, First Place, “Frost;” Aonian Literary and Visual Art Competition in Poetry, First Place, “Fruit Juice;” Aonian Literary and Visual Art Competition in Prose, First Place, “Ideals”
2010 Walker-Odyssey Fellows
Claire Elizabeth Burns and Jacqueline Wells Hafner