CONWAY, Ark. (April 30, 2015) – Hendrix students were honored for outstanding academic achievement, citizenship, and service today at the 2015 Honors Day Convocation in Staples Auditorium. 

Ples Spradley '15 was awarded the President’s Medal, presented each year to that student who best exemplifies the highest ideals of the College, including excellence in scholarship, outstanding citizenship, and service to the community. Each year's recipient of the President's Medal is named by the President of the College upon the recommendation of a nomination group.

Awards were also presented for academic achievement, residence life service, and campus leadership.

“Our goal is to recognize excellence and high achievement in a wide variety of endeavors,” said Hendrix Provost Dr. Terri Bonebright. “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 bear witness to the College's dedication to accomplishment across a broad spectrum of activity.”

Academic Awards

Art

• Zoe Rose Barton '15 and Mark Christian Woodard '15 – Service to the Department Award
• Hannah Raquel Gallegos '16 and Grace Nicole Oxley '15 – Don and Camilla Marr Endowed Art Scholarship
• Graduating with Distinction in Art – Mallory Elizabeth Glick '15, Elizabeth Lee Rogers '15, and Kathryn Faye Skorija '15

Biochemistry/Molecular Biology

• Graduating with Distinction in Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology: Jonathan James Bauer-Erickson '15, Matthew Ryan Bell '15, Matthew Joseph Christie '15, Vlad Dumitru Gamalie '15, Caroline Lee Dunn '15, Lettie Anne Hattabaugh '15, Dalton Vance Hoose '15, Paige Carolyn Johnson '15, Martha Lee Kellems '15, Samantha Tarantino Kennedy '15, Meghan Anne McFadden '15, Kelsi Renee McClure '15, Samia Fahim Nawaz '15, Lindsey Renee Orgren '15, Laura Ruth Price '15, Allen Michael Smith '15, Ples Spradley '15, Jessalyn Elise Tackett '15, Aline Umuhire-Juru ’15, and Carrie Shinyi Yang '15
• Ples Spradley '15 and Aline Umuhire-Juru '15 – Bruce W. Haggard Award

Biology

• Charli Nicole Davis '15 – Dr. G. Thomas Clark Biology Award
• Jillian Francesca del Sol '15 and Zofia Renata Knorek '15 – Johnson Biology Award
• Elizabeth Anne Goodwin-Horn '15 – Keith Sutton Award
• Sowmya Sivakumar ’15 – Albert M. Raymond AED Award
• Austin Michael Wofford '16 – Earle A. Spessard Biology Award
• Graduating with Distinction in Biology: Charli Nicole Davis '15, Jillian Francesca del Sol '15, Elizabeth Anne Goodwin-Horn '15, Sydney Lynn Sichenze Haldeman '15, Zofia Renata Knorek '15, Hanna Elisabeth Smashey '15, Austin Michael Wofford '15

Chemistry

• Cory Alana Ziegler '15– American Chemical Society’s Inorganic Chemistry Award
• Mackenzie Woestman Krone '15 – American Institute of Chemists Award
• Linda Allena Hancock '15 – Analytical Chemistry Award
• Kacey Kirsten Hight '15 – McHenry Chemistry Award
• Stephanie Vianey Hernandez '15 – Teague Service Award
• Graduating with Distinction in Chemistry – Mackenzie Woestman Krone '15, Kerry Anne Moon '15, Cory Alana Ziegler '15

Economics and Business

• Morgan Brooke Fires '15 and Sara Jean Lind '15 – E. W. Martin Memorial Accounting Award
• Joseph Pride Korkames '16 – Frank Dicken McAlister Memorial Scholarship
• Shelby Catherine Massey '15 and Peiyu Wang '15 – Mosley Economics and Business Award
• Daniel Robert Imbro '16 – James C. Pruden Memorial Scholarship
• Giang Nguyet Han Le '14 – Eloise W. Raymond Masters Award
• Graduating with Distinction in Economics and Business – Judith Marie Brown ’15, Morgan Brooke Fires '15, Charlotte Pauline Kraaijenbrink '15, Sarah Jean Lind '15, Shelby Catherine Massey '15, Cannon Matthew Schrank '15, Elizabeth McKinley Sparling '15, Peiyu Wang '15

Education

• Matthew Vincent Gammill '15 – Robert W. Meriwether Secondary Education Award

English

• Christian Rene Leus '18 and David Tate '18 – Robert L. Campbell-Walter A. Moffatt Award
• Daniel Grear '15 and Kenna Tuggle '15 – Isaac Andrew Campbell Memorial Prize
• Steven Lawrence Hulsey '16 – William H. Hughes Shakespeare Award
• Anna Leigh Reine '15 – Kenneth Story Best Senior Thesis Award & the McCuistion English Prize
• Graduating with Distinction in English – Reed Colin Brewer '15, Daniel Grear ’15, Andrew Philip LeMay '15, Emma Orlicek Paul '15, Anna Leigh Reine '15, Blair Lindsey Schneider '15, and Reid Emerson Zarker '15

Environmental Studies

• Graduating with Distinction in Environmental Studies: Susan Dale Burton ’15, Nathaniel Lee Crockett '15, Charli Nicole Davis '15, Elisa Paz Rivera '15

Foreign Languages

• Graduating with Distinction in French: Leah Tindal Harkey '15
• Graduating with Distinction in Spanish: Zoe Rose Barton '15, Susan Dale Burton '15, Matthew Joseph Christie '15, Beatrice Claire Collins '15, Lindsay Carole Drillette '15, Jessica Leigh Gavin '15, Hannah Baley Hill '15, Caroline O’Neil Nester '15, Victoria Alejandra Resendez '15, Blair Lindsey Schneider ’15, Thomas Ples Spradley '15, Joelle Alana Tackett '15

History

• Michala Joy Roberts '17 – Larson Prize
• Jessica Leigh Gavin '15 – T.S. Staples History Prize
• David William Harris '15 – Richard B. Yates Prize

Interdisciplinary Studies

• William Thomas Siebenmorgen '15 – Graduating with Distinction in Classics
• Bailey Ann Harper '15 – Graduating with Distinction in Ecological Art
• Natalie Evelyn Skinner '15 – Graduating with Distinction in Environmental Science

Kinesiology and Health Sciences

• Cassandra Stevens Taucher '16 – Jim Kelly Award
• Graduating with Distinction in Kinesiology – Coral Jinright '15, Lauren Nicole Shklanko '15, Mary Savannah Skaggs '15, Kay Laura Collins '15, Katey Lynn Havens '15, Robert Borden Sheets '15, Cassandra Stevens Taucher '15

Mathematics and Computer Science

• Yuli Hong '18 – McHenry-Lane Mathematics Award
• Quan Trung Nguyen '15 and Gary Robert DeClerk '15 – Hogan Mathematics Prize
• Andrew Luke Evans '15 – Parker Undergraduate Research Award
• Rebecca Anne Perez '15 and Stephen Kyle Wilshusen '15 – Robert C. Eslinger Computer Science Award
• Graduating with Distinction in Mathematics – Gary Robert DeClerk '15, Graham Elliot Empey '15, Andrew Luke Evans '15, Quan Trung Nguyen '15
• Graduating with Distinction in Computer Science – Buzurgmehr Steve Arjmandi ’15, Luke Austin Lasley '15, Andrei Ndindabahizi '15, Rebecca Anne Perez '15, Bryan Gron Urban '15, Stephen Kyle Wilshusen '15, Mark Christian Woodard '15

Music

• Gary Robert DeClerk '15 – Hendrix College Chamber Orchestra Award
• Bernard Ronald Smith '15 – Ashley R. Coffman Wind Ensemble Award
• Hannah Elisabeth Smashey '15 – Robert McGill Choral Music Award
• Graduating with Distinction in Music – Hannah Elisabeth Smashey '15

Philosophy

• Thomas Alexander Koen '15 and Austin Robert Nelson '15 – Robert G. Shoemaker Award
• Graduating with Distinction in Philosophy – Anna Fulton Jolliff '15

Physics

• Alexander Curtis Jones '16 and Karthik Venkata Garimella '16 – Joe G. Robbins Physics Award
• Graduating with Distinction in Physics: Weizhi Dong '15, Konstantin Joachim Gruenwald '15, Anna Elizabeth Pittman '15, Anna Leigh Reine '15, Xuanhua Wang ’15

Politics and International Relations

• Austin Robert Nelson '15 and Nigel Paul Halliday '15 – Dr. John A. Ziegler Law Award
• Austin Robert Nelson '15 – W.C. Buthman Prize in Politics
• Lila Michelle Coco '15 – Ian T. King Prize in International Relations
• William Bartlett Wortham '16 – Brandon Matthew Ryan Scholarship in Politics and International Relations
• Graduating with Distinction in International Relations – Anne Valentine Boyer '15, Lila Michelle Coco '15
• Graduating with Distinction in Politics – Jessica Leigh Eakin Himes '15, Austin Robert Nelson '15, Elizabeth McKinley Sparling '15

Psychology

• Graduating with Distinction in Psychology – Wadzanayi Nicole Chickungwa ’15, Kathleen Gillispie '15, Jessica Leigh Eakin Himes '15, Cathryn M. Johns ’15, Anna Fulton Jolliff '15, Mary Elizabeth McNally '15, Serena Kaye Murphy ’15, Caroline O’Neil Nester '15, Emma Isabel Rivera '15
• Serena Kaye Murphy '15 – Margaret E. Fitch Award

Religious Studies

• Tessa Daley Cook '15 and Anne Ogden Vogt '15 – Moore Religion Award
• Graduating with Distinction in Religious Studies – Tessa Daley Cook '15, Haley Elizabeth Hervey '15, Virginia Marie Kelling '15, Hope Danielle Montgomery ’15, and Anne Ogden Vogt '15

Sociology/Anthropology

• Kelsey Elizabeth Atwood '15 and Mary Loralyn Conner '15 – Ferris C. Baker Sociology Award
• Mitchel Clinton Griffin '15 and Caleb Andrew William Moen '15 – Juanita D. Sandford Social Justice Award
• Graduating with Distinction in Sociology/Anthropology – Kelsey Elizabeth Atwood '15, Mary Loralyn Conner '15, Mitchel Clinton Griffin '15, Michaela Ann Larabee '15, Audrey Marie Morrow '15, Lauren Nelson '15, Kathryn Faye Skorija '15

Theatre Arts & Dance

• David Austin Rodgers '16 – Rosemary E. Henenberg Scholarship
• Robert Anthony Durante '15 – Vivian Hill Drama Award
• Melissa Nicole Rooney '16 – Ella Myrl Shanks Scholarship
• Konstantin Joachim Gruenwald '15 and Brittany Dawn Webb '15 – Dr. and Mrs. F. Marion Tolleson Prize
• Vvdaul Rashaad Holloway '16 and Lindsey Renee Orgren '15 – Graham-Duncan Award
• Graduating with Distinction in Theatre Arts and Dance – Megan Elizabeth Barker '15, Robert Anthony Durante '15

Farai Musariri '16 received the Bennett Essay Prize.

Residence Hall Awards

• Ryan Thomas Rose '17 – Darrell G. Trotter Memorial Award (Couch Hall)
• Pratheepa Ravikumar '17 – Jessie Embry Award (Galloway Hall)
• Olivier Kwizera '17 – Hardin Hall Outstanding Citizen Award
• Barrett Connor Goodwin '16 – Captain W. W. Martin Award
• Amelia Holland Grayson '17 – Raney Hall Award
• Ava Graves '18 – Violet Braly Award (Veasey Hall)
• Elizabeth Hannah Kasper '15– Apartment Council Outstanding Leadership and Service Award
• Jonathan James Bauer-Erikson '15 – Houses Council Award

Student Organization Awards

• Shereen Mariam Moufarrej '15 and Mary Elizabeth Soule Rodrigue '16 – Betty F. Bumpers International Leadership and Fellowship Award
• Thomas Ples Spradley '15 – Dr. I.L. Claude, Jr. International Studies Achievement Award
• Kelsey Elizabeth Atwood '15 – Matt L. Ellis Volunteer of the Year Award
• Giang Do Ha “Jill” Nguyen '15 – Alice Hines Award for Excellence in Multicultural Leadership and Service
• William John O’Brochta '15 and Elisa Paz Rivera '15 – Student Impact Award
• KHDX (Hope Danielle Montgomery '15 station manager, Katelyn R. Casper '16, Anna Colleen McCorquodale '16, and Jay Scottie Stanley '17 – Student Organization of the Year
• Lindsay Samantha Mindlin '15 and Blair Lindsey Schnieder '15, Hsin-Ping Wang '16 – Quiet Leader Award
• Graham David Senor '15 – Danny Powell Service Leadership Award

About Hendrix

Founded in 1876, Hendrix College is a national leader in engaged liberal arts and sciences education. This year, Hendrix was named the country’s #1 “Up and Coming” liberal arts college and #8 in the nation for “Best Undergraduate Teaching” by U.S. News and World Report. Hendrix is featured in the 2015 Fiske Guide to Colleges, Forbes magazine's list of America's Top Colleges, the 2014 Princeton Review’s The Best 378 Colleges, and the latest edition of Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think about Colleges. Hendrix has been affiliated with the United Methodist Church since 1884. For more information, visit www.hendrix.edu.