CONWAY, Ark. (April 25, 2019) – Hendrix College students received
honors for outstanding academic achievement, citizenship, and service today at
the 2019 Honors Day Convocation in Staples Auditorium.
“Thank you for all you have done at Hendrix and congratulations
on all your achievements,” said Hendrix President Bill Tsutsui in his address
to the students. “We all feel a great deal of pride in you and your
accomplishments. We’ve all seen how hard you work and how much you care, about
your academic pursuits, about co-curricular activities, about the world in
which we live, and about the community we have at here at the College.”
Kirin “Sai” Techawongtham ’19, a psychology major from Bangkok,
Thailand, was awarded the President’s Medal, which is presented each year to the
graduating student who best exemplifies the highest ideals of the College.
Criteria include 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.
Techawongtham said she was surprised to receive the award. “I
thought about it, but I didn’t really expect it,” she said. Following
commencement, she will take a gap year, spending the first half applying to
graduate schools and perhaps volunteering or working at an internship. For the
second half of that year, she plans to attend an intensive residential independent
training program for the blind. Her long-term plan is to become a mental health
counselor.
Before announcing the student honors, Hendrix Provost Dr. Terri
Bonebright presented two awards to faculty members.
Dr. Leslie Zorwick, professor of psychology, received the 2018-2019
United Methodist Church Exemplary Teaching Award, which recognizes a faculty
member who demonstrates excellence in teaching; civility and concern for
students and colleagues; commitment to value-centered education; and service to
students, the institution, and community.
Dr. Laura MacDonald ’09, a biology professor, received the
Carole Herrick Award for Excellence in Academic Advising, which recognizes
high-quality academic advising, including contributions in advising that help
students formulate and achieve their intellectual, career, and personal goals.
View photos from the convocation
[NOTE: Please notify news@hendrix.edu if there are any mistakes or
omissions in the list of award winners. Questions related to graduation with
distinction should be directed to the Registrar: registrar@hendrix.edu.]
Residence Hall Award Recipients
- Alex Lambert – The Darrell G. Trotter Memorial Award (Couch
Hall)
- Alexandria Smith – The Jessie Embry Award (Galloway Hall)
- Jacob Buchanan – The Hardin Hall Outstanding Citizen Award
- John David Holaway – The Captain W. W. Martin Award (Martin
Hall)
- Morgan Akers – The Raney Hall Award
- Maddie Clendening – The Violet Braly Award (Veasey)
- Grishma Patel – The Apartment Council Outstanding Leadership and
Service Award
- Graham Anderson – The Houses Council Award
Student Organization Award
Recipients
- John Tran – The Betty F. Bumpers International Leadership and
Fellowship Award
- Emily Harris – The Dr. I.L. Claude, Jr. International Studies
Achievement Award
- Ginny Greer – The Mary Melekian Richardson Award for Outstanding
Achievement in Student Congress, Model UN, or Mock Trial
- Isabella Crang – The Matt L. Ellis Volunteer of the Year
Award
- Grishma Patel – The Alice Hines Award for Excellence in
Multicultural Leadership and Service
- Mohammad Ali, Jamie Jennen, and Justin Lockhart – The Student
Impact Award
- Committee On Gender and Sexuality – The Student Organization of
the Year Award
- Jalin Parry and Roshaneh Ali – The Quiet Leader Award
- Megan Cassingham – The Sustainability Fund Service Award
- Grace Featherston – The Ellis Arnold Award for Outstanding
Campus Leadership
- Brock Sullivan – The Danny Powell Service Leadership Award
The Bennett Essay Prize
- Leyton Elyse Gassaway – “The Price of Justice: A Critique of the
Ethics of Forced Arbitration”
Departmental Academic Award
Recipients
Art
- Katie Bell and Greta Kresse – The Don and Camilla Marr Endowed
Art Scholarship
- Chantal Danyluk – Graduating with Distinction in Art
Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
- Sarah Glass – The Bruce W. Haggard Award
- Jacob Belding, Tanner Cooper, Sydnee Curry, Brett Daiger, Katy
Divino, Michaela Edwards, Sarah Gilmour, Sarah Glass, Connor Griffin, Hailey Hayes, Jack
Jenkins, Luke Lefler, Amber Melcher – Graduating with Distinction in
Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
Biology
- Claire Nissen – The Albert M. Raymond AED Award
- Hanna Liebermann and Sofia Varriano – The Dr. G. Thomas Clark
Biology Award
- Savannah Draud – The Johnson Biology Award
- Allison Monroe – The Earle A. Spessard Biology Award
- Kaersti McLellan – The Keith Sutton Award
- Nathan Andress, Lindsey Barrett, Sam Byrd, Savannah Draud, Jacob
Idec, Hanna Liebermann, Kaersti McLellan, Brendan Midkiff, Allison Monroe, Brock Sullivan, Sofia Varriano,
Eberle Yarborough, Maggie Young – Graduating with Distinction in Biology
Chemistry
- Katy Divino – The Teague Service Award
- Rachel Stewart – The John E. Stuckey Award in First Year
Chemistry
- Savannah Wiegel – The Robert W. Shideler Chemistry Award
- Aubrey Brink – The Analytical Chemistry Award
- Reece Mitchell – The Physical Chemistry Award
- Morgan Dasch – The American Institute of Chemists Award
- Megan Cassingham – The McHenry Chemistry Award
- Megan Cassingham – The American Chemical Society’s Inorganic Chemistry
Award
- Megan Cassingham, Morgan Dasch – Graduating with Distinction in
Chemistry
Classics
- Katy Divino, Trenna Lemons, Rebecca Levin – Graduating with
Distinction in Classics
Economics and
Business
- Steffan Bonilla – The Frank Dicken McAlister Memorial
Scholarship
- Larissa Ndimbira – The James C. Pruden Memorial Scholarship
- Jalin Parry and Melissa Pizza – The Mosley Economics and
Business Award
- Alex Reynolds – The E. W. Martin Memorial Accounting Award
- Ivan Burrell and Annika Patterson – The Eloise W. Raymond
Masters Award
- Holden Branscum, Dominic Dachille, Annalise Kellner, Jalin
Parry, Melissa Pizza, Alex Reynolds, Hayden Seay, Emily Stockalper, Shea
Trombka – Graduating with Distinction in Economics and Business
English
- Phineas Chapman, Zelda Engeler-Young, and MiKayla Millard – The
Robert L. Campbell-Walter A. Moffatt Award
- Michelle Ashmore, Peyton Coffman, and Susannah Stubbs – The
Isaac Andrew Campbell Memorial Prize for Creative Writing
- Marlee Bird and Susannah Stubbs – The McCuistion English
Prize
- Abby Lynch and Marchelle Williams – The Kenneth Story Best
Senior Thesis Award
- Roshaneh Ali, Marlee Bird, Disheanna Brown, Peyton Coffman, Trey
Dyer, Abby Lynch, Susannah Stubbs –
Graduating with Distinction in English
Environmental
Studies
- Luke Lefler, Hanna Liebermann, Rachel Partridge, Maggie Young –
Graduating with Distinction in Environmental Studies
French
- Trenna Lemons, Meredith Warren – Graduating with Distinction in
French
German
- Emily Harris – Graduating with Distinction in German
Health Sciences
- Joshua Beggs – The Jim Kelly Award
- Joshua Beggs, Ryan Brady, Jared Goff, Hannah Moore – Graduating
with Distinction in Health Sciences
History
- Rachel Chenault – The Larson Prize
- Beth Norman and Baker Wells – The James Jennings Prize
- Ginny Greer and Rachel Partridge – The Richard B. Yates Prize
- Liam Edwards, Ginny Greer, Beth Norman, Rachel Partridge, Baker
Wells – Graduating with Distinction in History
Mathematics and
Computer Science
- Allen Bogoslavsky and Keegan Vacanti – The McHenry-Lane
Mathematics Award
- Kate Sanders – The Parker Undergraduate Research Award
- Will Brabson and Jacob Hines – The Hogan Mathematics Prize
- Callahan Hirrel – The Robert C. Eslinger Computer Science
Award
- Will Brabson, Jacob Hines, Daniel Sweeney – Graduating with
Distinction in Mathematics
Music
- Jalin Parry – The Hendrix College Chamber Orchestra Award
- Jon Dale Nichols – The Ashley R. Coffman Wind Ensemble Award
- Michaela Edwards – The Hendrix Choir Student Recognition Award
- Avery Kennedy – The Robert McGill Endowed Scholarship
Neuroscience
- Ben Curry, Moira Moore –
Graduating with Distinction in Neuroscience
Odyssey Program (recognizing students who, by commencement, will
have completed experiences in all six of the Odyssey categories and shown an
exemplary achievement of the Odyssey learning goals)
- Ryan Brady, Cordell Campbell, Caitlin Camper, Brett Daiger,
Alice Fan, Jacob Idec, Amanda Jimerson, Rebecca Levin, Justin Lockhart, Johnny
Martinez, Kaersti McLellan, Anna Reckling, Meraj Sayyed, Jun Shin, Sai
Techawongtham, Hueseng Xiong – Graduating with Distinction in Odyssey
Philosophy
- Jon Moore – Graduating with Distinction in Philosophy
Physics
- Andrew King – The Joe G. Robbins Physics Award
- Ryan Bullis, Dylan Mitchell, and Katherine Parham – The Richard
Rolleigh Undergraduate Research Award
- Jacob Hines, Jon Dale Nichols, Katherine Parham – Graduating
with Distinction in Physics
Politics and
International Relations
- Henry Edwards – The Brandon Matthew Ryan Scholarship in Politics
and International Relations
- Eliot Peterson – The Dr. John A. Ziegler Law Award
- Hannah Burdette – The W.C. Buthman Prize in Politics
- Meredith Warren – The Ian T. King Prize in International
Relations
- Graydon Carter, Maxfield Hancock, John Tate, Alex Tiller,
Meredith Warren – Graduating with Distinction in International Relations
- Noah Adams, Blythe Bull, Hannah Burdette, Cordell Campbell, Wes
Hance, Meraj Sayyed – Graduating with Distinction in Politics
Psychology
- Elise Fry – The Margaret E. Fitch Award in Psychology
- Alex Berner, Kyle Christenson, Elise Fry, Caroline Lee, Justin Lockhart,
Adrienne McGooden, Lisa Ngo, Abby Rains, Mary Staton, Gray Stewart, Kirin
Techawongtham, Emily Waller – Graduating with Distinction in Psychology
Religious Studies
- Sam Coker, Laura Durham, and Abbey Maynard – The Moore Religion
Award
- Caitlin Camper, Sam Coker, Laura Durham, and Abbey Maynard –
Graduating with Distinction in Religious Studies
Sociology/Anthropology
- Anna Reckling – The Ferris C. Baker Sociology Award
- Sam Lewis and Cora McCain – The Juanita D. Sandford Social
Justice Award
- McKenzie Cresswell, Baylee Jennings-Wells, Sam Lewis, Cora
McCain – Graduating with Distinction in Sociology/Anthropology
Spanish
- Joshua Beggs, Brett Daiger, Kaersti McLellan, Jon Dale Nichols,
Everett Roddy – Graduating with Distinction in Spanish
Theatre Arts and
Dance
- Emily Gardner – The Rosemary E. Henenberg Scholarship
- Peter Grant – The Ella Myrl Shanks Scholarship
- Jenna Bracas and Rachel Partridge – The Dr. and Mrs. F. Marion
Tolleson Prize
- Grace Featherston – The Graham-Duncan Award
- Rachel Allmon – The Vivian Hill Drama Award
- Rachel Allmon – Graduating with Distinction in Theatre Arts and
Dance
About Hendrix College
A private liberal arts college in Conway, Arkansas, Hendrix
College consistently earns recognition as one of the country’s leading liberal
arts institutions, and is featured in Colleges That Change Lives: 40
Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges. Its academic
quality and rigor, innovation, and value have established Hendrix as a fixture
in numerous college guides, lists, and rankings. Founded in 1876, Hendrix has
been affiliated with the United Methodist Church since 1884. To learn more,
visit www.hendrix.edu.