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Class of 2021 Academic Award Winners

June 16, 2021

National Awards

David L. Boren Scholarship

  • Tamar Furman โ€™21 of Texas
  • Julia Hablak โ€™21 of New Jersey
  • Saskia P. Holman โ€™21 of Texas
  • Natalia San Antonio โ€™21 of Pennsylvania
  • Anna Clarice West โ€™21 of California

Fulbright Scholarship

  • English Teaching Assistant in Botswana: Elicie Edmond โ€™21 of Delaware
  • English Teaching Assistant in Taiwan: Georgia Nelson โ€™21 of Connecticut

Thomas J. Watson Fellowship

  • Zijia Zhuang โ€™21 of China

Undergraduate Academic Prizes and Awards

The Gertrude Slaughter Fellowship

  • Helena Weigert Crusius '21 of California

The European Traveling Fellowship

  • Alma Sterling '21 of New York 

Hester Ann Corner Prize for Best Thesis Written in a Foreign Language

  • Stephanie Strevey โ€™21 of Missouri

Bryn Mawr Senior Essay Prize

  • Jiayi Loh โ€™21 of Singapore
  • Yupeng Wu โ€™21 of China

Thomas Raeburn White Scholarship

  • Marita Ferreira โ€™21 of Paraguay

Departmental Awards

Frederica de Laguna Award (Anthropology)

  • Lucy Bruemmer โ€™21 of South Carolina
  • Sonja Oโ€™Brien โ€™21 of New York

Jane Wilkinson Arts Prize (Theater)

  • Nadia Kim โ€™21 of Republic of Korea

Distinguished Service in Biology

  • Chinyere Udokporo โ€™21 of Massachusetts

Anna Lerah Keys Memorial Prize (Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology)

  • Marcia Adams โ€™21 of the United Kingdom
  • Mira Yuan โ€™21 of New Jersey

Barbara Riley Levin Prize (Comparative Literature)

  • Zijia Zhuang โ€™21 of China

Bolton Senior Award (Growth and Structure of Cities)

  • Kai McGinn Fall โ€™20 of Pennsylvania

Hester Ann Corner Prize in Literature

  • Helena Weigert Crusius โ€™21 of California
  • Sindi Kaskaviqi โ€™21 of Albania

Katherine Stains Prize Fund in Classical Literature

  • Alix Gwynn Reed Galumbeck โ€™21 of Virginia

Pauline Jones Prize in French

  • Jacob Coleman HCโ€™21 of Virginia

Emma Osborn Thompson Prize in Geology

  • Rebecca Britt โ€™21 of New York

Berle Memorial Prize in German Literature

  • Stephanie Strevey โ€™21 of Missouri

Elizabeth Duane Gillespie Fund for Scholarships in American History

  • Emma Burns โ€™21 of Utah

Helen Taft Manning Essay Prize in History

  • Marita Ferreira โ€™21 of Paraguay

Elinor Nahm Prize in Italian Language and LIterature

  • Grace Torsella โ€™21 of Pennsylvania

Tri-Co linguistics Department Outstanding Thesis Award

  • Mary Emma Hignite โ€™Fall 20 of Arkansas

Gridley McKim-Smith Award (Latin American, Iberian, and Latina/o Studies)

  • Zoe Garcia โ€™21 of Texas
  • Yesenia Mendez Pacheco โ€™21 of Texas

Anna Pell Wheeler Prize in Mathematics

  • NaiQi (Sandy) Chen โ€™21 of China

Charlotte Angas Scott Prize in Mathematics

  • Katie Coe โ€™21 of Pennsylvania

Mary Luise Cookson Prize in Mathematics

  • Ellen Lu โ€™21 of Tennessee and China

Gail Ann Schweiter Prize (Musics)

  • Katja Schmid-Doyle โ€™21 of New York

Elinor Nahm Prize in Russian Language and Linguistics

  • Lena Steinbach โ€™21 of Oregon

Elinor Nahm Prize in Russian Language and Culture

  • Kendra Allman โ€™21 of Pennsylvania
  • Julia Hablak โ€™21 of New Jersey

Subramanian-Linden Award for Academic Excellence (Sociology)

  • Emily George โ€™21 of Pennsylvania
  • Lauren Lattimore โ€™21 of New Jersey
  • Kate Packer-Dawley โ€™21 of California
  • Becca Pearlman โ€™21 of New Jersey
  • Jay Thomas โ€™21 of Texas

Subramanian-Linden Award for Community Service (Sociology)

  • Kate Packer-Dawley โ€˜21 of California
  • Grace Woo โ€™21 of New York

College Achievement and Service Awards

Community Building Honor Roll

  • Rem Aitbouchireb โ€™21 of Texas
  • Elia Anagnostou โ€™21 of Greece
  • Millicent Auma โ€™21 of Kenya
  • Khari Alexis Bowman โ€™21 of Tennessee
  • Rebecca Britt โ€™21 of New York
  • Janina Calle โ€™21 of New Jersey
  • Grace Cavenaugh โ€™21 of Oregon
  • Katie Coe โ€™21 of Pennsylvania
  • Katherine Davenport โ€™21 of Pennsylvania
  • Aakriti Dhital โ€™21 of Nepal
  • Emma Ecker โ€™21 of Massachusetts
  • Deborah Ekwale โ€™21 of Pennsylvania
  • Juliet Estremera Lacey โ€™21 of New Jersey
  • Jacqueline Fernandez โ€™21 of New Jersey
  • Ally Freemond โ€™21 of Illinois
  • Zoe Garcia โ€™21 of Texas
  • Reyna Gariepy โ€™21 of Arizona
  • Julia Goldsamt โ€™21 of New York
  • Lorna Jepkirui โ€™21 of Kenya
  • Ellen Lu โ€™21 of Tennessee and China
  • Vimbai Mawoneke โ€™21 of Zimbabwe
  • Ellis McCarver โ€™21 of Pennsylvania
  • Yesenia Mendez Pacheco โ€™21 of Texas
  • Joan Ndichu โ€™21 of Kenya
  • Georgia Nelson โ€™21 of Pennsylvania
  • Haley Nolan โ€™21 of Massachusetts
  • Lyncy Nyandoche โ€™21 of Kenya
  • Sonja Oโ€™Brien โ€™21 of New York
  • Rihana Oumer โ€™21 of Massachusetts
  • Mayisha Rahman โ€™21 of Bangladesh
  • Jess Saludades โ€™21 of New Jersey
  • Natalia San Antonio โ€™21 of Pennsylvania
  • Veronica Sargent โ€™21 of Massachusetts
  • Junie Sok โ€™21 of Massachusetts
  • Alma Karen Sterling โ€™21 of New York
  • Chinyere Udokporo โ€™21 of Massachusetts
  • Elizabeth Warrick โ€™21 of Maryland
  • Claire Weeks โ€™21 of California
  • Dana Yang โ€™21 of New York

Dr. Hayley S. Thomas Prize in Diversity

  • Khari Alexis Bowman โ€™21 of Tennessee
  • Yesenia Mendez Pacheco โ€™21 of Texas
  • Chinyere Udokporo โ€™21 of Massachusetts

McPherson Undergraduate Award for Excellence

  • Khari Alexis Bowman โ€™21 of Tennessee
  • Reyna Lionila Gariepy โ€™21 of Arizona
  • Alma Karen Sterling โ€™21 of New York