A Celebration of
Scholarship and Service 

Tuesday, May 8, 2007
7:00 p.m.
Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts
Whittier College
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Keynote Address
WWHD: What Would Harry Do?
Laura McEnaney, Ph.D.
The Nadine Austin Wood Associate Professor of History
2006 Harry W. Nerhood Teaching Excellence Award Recipient 
 
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2007 Harry W. Nerhood Teaching Excellence Award
Sean Morris
Associate Professor of English Language and Literature
 
Robert M. Treser Sophomore Leadership Award
Martina Miles
Uddhav Nobuth

Key to the College
Jeff Miller
Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Marilyn Veich Award
 Sarah Morgan
Assistant Director of Student Activities

Richard B. Harvey Award
Jeanne Ortiz
Dean of Students

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2007 list of HONOREES
(Click on award categories below to directly access individual awardees,
or scroll down to see full list.)

Academic Achievement Awards

Departmental Awards
Humanities Division
Natural Sciences Division
Social Sciences Division
Interdisciplinary Programs

Service and Leadership Awards
College Leadership and Service Awards
Alianza de Los Amigos
Poet Leadership Awards

Dean’s List Spring 2006
Dean’s List Fall 2006

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Academic Achievement
Awards
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 Rhodes Scholarship Competition
Danielle Orner, Nominee
Megan Ruebsamen, Nominee 

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Molly Loesche, Nominee
Megan Ruebsamen, Nominee 

Marshall Scholarship
Erin Raisner, Nominee 

Richard M. Nixon Fellowship
Nicole Greer
Hansen Hunt

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Newsom Awards in Fiction and Poetry 

Fiction
First Place – Danielle Orner
Blazing Horizons 

Second Place – Matt Carney
Won’t You Please? 

Third Place – Michael Ettel
In Dreams

Honorable Mention – Lee Beltrand-Chan
Real Family

Poetry
First Place – Whitney Moore
There is no language that isn’t the Dharma 

Second Place – Andrea Orwoll
Necropolis 

Third Place – Georgia Faye Hirsty
Torn Work Clothes 

Honorable Mention – Michael Martin
I Married Jesus in a Parking Lot 

Honorable Mention – Casimir Keniski
American Dreamscape

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Departmental
Awards 
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    Humanities Division 

Art and Art History
Outstanding Students in Art and Art History
Meredith Davidson
Taylor McPartland
Desiree Stewart
Tricia Tongco

English Language and Literature
Outstanding graduates in English
Barbara Johnson
David Laine
Danielle Orner 

Scholarly Writing Prize in English
Lauren Stracner
The Post-coital Cigarette Before the Orgasm: The Postmodern Theories of
Jean Baudrillard and Jean-Francois Lyotard, Experienced Through
Jerzy Kosinski’s Being There and Graham Swift’s Waterland 

Freshman Writing Prize
First Place – Wren Saito
Genocide 2006: Failing Marks for Governments and the Media 

Second Place – Dorothy Tunnell
Consumer Culture: The Construct of Disposable America 

Third Place – Anthony Bursi
Hollywood Glamour Photography vs. the California Struggle 

History
Outstanding Graduates in History
Carlos Contreras
Megan Reubsamen

Modern Languages and Literatures
The Martin Ortiz Award for Academic Excellence in Spanish
Erin Raisner 

The Tara Molloy Service & Leadership Award in Spanish
Nancy Benuto

DISTINCTION IN FRENCH MAJOR
Lindsay Johnson
Laia Levine-Wilens 

Outstanding Students in French
Meredith Davidson
Laia Levine-Wilens 

Outstanding Student Leader in French
Deanna Adams 

Outstanding Student in research in french
Lindsay Johnson 

Music
Outstanding performance IN MUSIC
Eydie Aguilar 

OUTSTANDING leadership and service IN MUSIC
Eric Rivera

OUTSTANDING SCHOLARSHIP IN MUSIC
Quila Doyle 

Philosophy
DISTINCTION IN philosophy MAJOR
Seth Kutik
Tricia Tongco

Religious Studies
C. Milo Connick Award in Recognition of Outstanding Work in the Field of Religion
Patricia Pint 

DISTINCTION IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES MAJOR
David Stein 

Theatre and Communication Arts
Outstanding Student in Theatre
Napoleon Tavale 

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Natural Sciences Division 

Biology
Outstanding Biology Major
Jessica Carlson
Sarah Goldsberry
Sean Kark 

Outstanding Contribution to Biology
Rebecca Lybrand
Nicholas Scott 

Chemistry
The W. Roy Newsom Award in Chemistry
Marina N.A.K. Asiedu
Connor Tryon 

undergraduate Research Award in chemistry
Santosh Shah 

Environmental Science
Outstanding Graduate in Environmental Science
Mary Meraz

Mathematics
Pyle Mathematics Prize
Outstanding Graduate in Mathematics
Niraj Pant
Jacquelyn Rische 

Physics and Astronomy
Outstanding leadership award in Physics and Astronomy
Constantine Zaher Farah 

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Social Sciences Division 

Business Administration
Outstanding Graduate in Business Administration
Ashley Aceves 

Outstanding student in the Finance Concentration
Ashley Aceves 

Outstanding student in the International  Business Concentration
Scott Juber 

Outstanding Student in the Management Concentration
Denell Garcia 

Outstanding student in the Marketing Concentration
Mitchell Wong 

Murdy Writing Award
Ashley Aceves

Richard T. Clawson Service and Leadership Award
Shannon Gibson
Scott Juber 

Economics
Outstanding Student in Economics
Tatiana Mironova 

Education and Child Development
Outstanding Academic Achievement in Elementary education
Roberta Roy 

Outstanding Academic achievement in secondary education
Nicholas Scott

Outstanding Academic Achievement in Child Development
Victoria Kark 

Outstanding Research in Child Development
Amy Deihl
Erin Stranahan 

Kinesiology and Leisure Science
Outstanding  StudentS in Kinesiology and Leisure Science
Erika Breceda
Molly Loesche
Elyse Maru
Carrie Sherwood

Political Science
Ben G. Burnett/Pi Sigma Alpha Awards
for Outstanding Academic and Leadership
Contributions by Seniors
Erin Clancy
Donato Clay
Jane Franklin
Georgia Hirsty 

Psychology
distinction in psychology major
Moly Loesche
Tamara Marashlian
Leana Olague
Sheena Santos 

Excellence in Academic performance in Psychology
Molly Loesche
Leana Olague 

Excellence in Research in Psychology
Tamara Marashlian 

EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE IN PSYCHOLOGY
Levi Leon  

Whittier Psi Chi Review Award for Exemplary
Research and Writing in psychology
Brittany Kernagis
Leana Olague
Sheena Santos
Jessica Santoyo
Alexandra Sheldon

Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
Outstanding sociologist in political praxis
Francisco Javier Chabrán 

comparative cultures academic excellenc in Anthropology
Sarah Goldsberry 

academic excellence in anthropology
Cheryl Bucholtz
Robin Olmstead 

Outstanding contribution to anthropology
Francesca Rossi 

ACADEMIC DISTINCTION IN THE SOCIAL WORK MAJOR
Ana Sofia Cervantes 

Outstanding student in field education in social work
Kara Minnehan 

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION
Lisa Ibanez
Claire Victoria Loe

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interdisciplinary Programs 

Whittier Scholars
Outstanding Student in the Whittier Scholars Program
Alexander Haythorn 

DISTINCTION IN THE SELF-DESIGNED
WHITTIER SCHOLARS PROGRAM MAJOR
Katelyn Carman
Meredith Davidson
Crystal Eng
Kara Minnehan
Danielle Orner
Amelia Owens
Patricia Pint

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Service and Leadership Awards 
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Robert M. Treser Sophomore Leadership Award
Martina Miles
Uddhav Nobuth

College Leadership
And Service Awards 

Student Life Leadership Awards
Roberta Roy 

Student Life Community Service Awards
Tara O’Dea
Alex Sheldon 

Student Life Diversity Awards
Deana Adams
Sudeshna Majumdar

Alianza de Los Amigos 

Leadership Award
Astrid Bojorge 

Academic Achievement Award
Ashley Aceves 

             Poet Leadership Awards                 

                  Branden Boyer-White              Niraj Pant

                  Lynnzi Brianza                         Jacquie Rische

                  Rola Fakhoury                         Wren Saito

                  Mary Meraz                            Jessica Schlegel

                  Marcia Meyers                        Lauren Shellard

Kelsey Wuornos

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2007 Harry W. Nerhood Teaching Excellence Award
Sean Morris
Associate Professor of English Language and Literature

Key to the College Award
Jeff Miller
Assistant Professor of Mathematics 

Marilyn Veich Award
Sarah Morgan
Assistant Director of Student Activities

Richard B. Harvey Award
Jeanne Ortiz
Dean of Students

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Dean’s List Spring 2006