2013 Honors Convocation
Carnegie Junior Fellows Program
Poonam Narewatt, nominee
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Matthew Anson, finalist Deyla Curtis, nominee Joshua De Bets, finalist Brianne Kamaladin, nominee Joseph Larrea, nominee Mario Obando, finalist Amber Orozco, nominee Kristina Shaw, awardee Meghan Wolf, nominee
Mitchell Scholarship Poonam Narewatt, nominee
Teach for America Brianne Kamaladin Jacob Novick
Don '50 and Virginia Baudrand Fellowship in Chemistry Tammy Le
Center for Collaboration with the Arts Mellon Fellowship Adam Lubliner Agustin A. Mares Kara Mavers Alexa Pegues
DAAD Undergraduate Scholarship Jose Guadalupe Gutierrez
Education Reform Now Summer Advocacy Fellow Karen Montufar-Federico
Gilman International Scholarship Ridwan Aksad Ajita Harrison Brytnee Miller Angela K. St. Pierre
HHMI-SMART Fellowship Ivette Alonso Hope Cohen Molly Cunningham Nathan Kleponis Zach Ouderkerken
Fletcher Jones Undergraduate Fellowship Alyssa Fluss Jonathan Gregg Andrew Jimenez Marissa Meyer Patrick Hoguet Norton Hayden Schmidt Claribel Solorio
Keck Undergraduate Fellowship Jenniffer Jennings Julia Elizabeth Marino Amiya Moretta Melanie Joanne Pong Carlee Shults Angela K. St. Pierre
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Mikel Guereca John Paul Paniagua Kenia Saldana Jaimis Ulrich Faraz Zaerpoor
National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Undergraduate Fellowship Program Gabriela Arana Wiliama Sanchez
Richard M. Nixon Fellowship William Hougan
Richard M. Nixon Presidential Inauguration Fellowship Daniel Jacob Kulick Carlee Shults
James R. Parks Prizes
Cody H. Allman Lauren S. Ho Bryson K. Kihara William O'Malley Christopher H. Sekiguchi
James R. Parks Fellowship Joseph De La Torre
Janet L. Roberts '64, M.D. Fellowship in Biology Brianna Ahn Sarah Meuwissen
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) and Internships
Tino Alvarez, Inroads Internship Anastasia Bergara, Worcester Polytechnic Institute REU in Industrial Mathematics and Statistics Breann De Santiago, Summer Internship Program, John Hopkins University Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Andrew Jimenez, NIH/NIDDK STEP-UP Vicki Mercado, Pepperdine University, REU in Biology Mario Obando, UC Irvine Summer Research Fellowship Tiffany Reyes, Texas A&M REU in Image and Signal Analysis Carlee Shults, NSF-HERO Program Clark University Graduate School of Geography
Udall Scholarship Melanie Joanne Pong, nominee
Whittier Fellowship for Underrepresented Students in the Sciences Juan Carlos Garcia Samantha Rodriguez
Yao Yuan Sze Fellowship in Kinesiology Alexa Wright
PROSE First Place - Jessica Miller "Allen's Day Off" Second Place - Elizabeth Reitzell "Peaches on Adderall" Third Place - Victor Vargas "3 Fables and a Resurrection"
POETRY
First Place - Jessica Miller, "Fragments of Now" Second Place - Harriet Enenmoh, "Blackholes" Third Place - Carsen West, "Brother, Sister" Honorable Mention
Harriet Enenmoh - "Maybe" Jessica Miller, - "Inside a Bottle" Elizabeth Reitzell - "If Man Reads Braille then She is Mute and He is Blind"
ART AND ART HISTORY
Outstanding Students in Studio Art Davis Gerber Katie Jenkins-Moses
Outstanding Student in Art History Elizabeth Dollmeyer
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Outstanding Graduates in English Joshua De Bets Christina Gunning Charlotte San Juan
Scholarly Writing Prizes in English First Place - Joshua De Bets "On the Lips of Whispering Men: The Quest for Authority and Truth in Lord Jim" Second Place - Christina Gunning "What do We Do With the Children? Victorian Attitudes towards Childhood in Treasure Island and Peter and Wendy?" Third Place - Jessica Miller "Dangerous Dualisms in H.G. Wells' The Island of Dr. Morea'u"
First-Year Student Writing Prizes
First Place - Rachel Tegenkamp, "Sugar, SPICE, and Everything Nice: Ingredients to Blending Feminism and Pop Music" Second Place - Collin McDowell, "H.O.B.B.I.T.: A Comprehensive Plan for Preventing Genocide" Third Place - Katherine Lazo "Choice of Eternity"
HISTORY
Outstanding Graduates in History Mario Obando Gema Ramila Stephen Santos Meghan Wolf
Paul Moore '68 and Allison Moore-Smith Teaching Scholarship Recipients Hannah Colvin
MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
The Martin Ortiz '48 Award for Academic Excellence in Spanish Erin Bartholomew Jessica Meza
The Tara Molloy Service and Leadership Award in Spanish
Lizeth Felix Sanchez
Outstanding Student in Chinese Joseph Larrea
Outstanding Student in French Sheila Sierra
MUSIC
Outstanding Performance in Music Marisol Gomez Crystal Lam
Outstanding Creativity in Music Kelli Miyahira Jillian Ralls
Outstanding Potential in Music Michael Willrich
Outstanding Leadership in Music Xenia Arriola
Outstanding Scholarship in Music Anna Cornejo Stella Gordon
PHILOSOPHY
Outstanding Students in Philosophy Jessica Miller Natalie Smythe
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
C. Milo Connick Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Religious Studies Martin Palacios
THEATRE AND COMMUNICATION ARTS
Outstanding Student in Theatre Veronica Love
DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS—NATURAL SCIENCES DIVISION
BIOLOGY
Outstanding Students in Biology Natalie Hole Margaret Steele
Outstanding Contribution to the Biology Department Manuel Cruz
Outstanding Contribution in Research Hena Garcia Natalie Hole Akosua Nkwantabiisa
CHEMISTRY
The W. Roy Newsom Award in Chemistry Carolyn Mukai Pedro Perez
Undergraduate Research Award in Chemistry Miles Kubota Gustavo Quintana
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Outstanding Graduate in Environmental Science Amanda Edwards
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Outstanding Graduate in Environmental Studies Amber Orozco
MATHEMATICS
Pyle Mathematics Prize Outstanding Graduate in Mathematics Lane White
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Outstanding Student in the Accounting Concentration Glenn Lam
Outstanding Graduate in Business Administration Michael Olmstead
Outstanding Student in the Finance Concentration Alexandra Coon
Outstanding Student in the International Business Concentration Michael Olmstead
Outstanding Student in the Management Concentration Ramon Bueno
Outstanding Student in the Marketing Concentration Taylor Ayres
John A. Murdy Writing Award Taylor Ayres
Richard T. Clawson Service and Leadership Award Paige Richmond
ECONOMICS
Outstanding Graduate in Economics Lizeth Felix Sanchez
EDUCATION AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Outstanding Academic Achievement in Education Chelsea Pomfret
Outstanding Service in Education Cristina Alcaraz Stephanie Carmona Jacob Novick
Outstanding Academic Achievement in Child Development Miriam De Dios
Outstanding Research in Child Development Christine Verduzco
Outstanding Service in Child Development Nicholas Delgado
KINESIOLOGY AND NUTRITION SCIENCE
Outstanding Student in Kinesiology and Nutrition Science Aiko Araki
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Ben G. Burnett/Pi Sigma Alpha Award for Outstanding Academic and Leadership Contributions by a Senior Kathryn Jenkins-Moses Poonam Narewatt Meghan Wolf
PSYCHOLOGY
Outstanding Students in Psychology: Academics Michelle Kilpatrick Parker Longwell Lynnea Palazzolo Joshua Perese
Outstanding Students in Psychology: Scholarship Hollie Almeria Ashley Terich Kimberly Welch
SOCIOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY, AND SOCIAL WORK
Charles J. Browning Prize in Sociology Alyssa Hillegaart
Outstanding Students in Sociology
Rachel Few
Alyssa Hillegaart
Outstanding Student in Sociological Praxis Sean Kerr
Outstanding Student in Anthropology Alexandra Bassett
Outstanding Student in Social Work Rufus Osby
Outstanding Student in Field Education in Social Work Stephanie Carmona Cristina Alcaraz
Outstanding Contribution to the Social Work Profession Rufus Osby
GENDER AND WOMEN'S STUDIES
Outstanding Students in Gender and Women's Studies Brenda Juarez Gema Ramila Elizabeth Uribe
GLOBAL AND CULTURAL STUDIES
Outstanding Contribution to the Major Dylan Conroy
WHITTIER SCHOLARS PROGRAM
Outstanding Students in the Whittier Scholars Program Chelsea Pomfret Katie Reynolds
WHITTIER COLLEGE WRITING PROGRAM
Outstanding Service to the Writing Program Yamila Perez Allison Rohrer
SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP AWARDS
Broadoaks Service to Children and Families Award Christine Verduzco
Robert M. Treser Sophomore Leadership Award Tino Alvarez
Student Life Leadership Awards Alyssa Barrios Wiliama Sanchez
Student Life Community Service Awards Amanda Edwards Rebecca Raya Victoria Savage
Student Life Diversity Awards Damaris Dubon Brianne Kamaladin
Student Life Emerging Leader Awards Tino Alvarez Andrew Tejada
ALIANZA DE LOS AMIGOS
Leadership Award Amber Orozco
Academic Achievement Awards Mario Obando Joshua Perese
PRESIDENTIAL AWARDS
Award for Inspiring Faculty-Student Collaboration on Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Professor Kathy Barlow
Award for Outstanding Advising of First-Year Students Professor Christina Scott
ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF WHITTIER COLLEGE
Key to the College Award Recipient to be Announced
Marilyn Veich Award
Recipient to be Announced
Richard B. Harvey Award
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