2013 Honors Convocation
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS
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
UNDERGRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS
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
WHITTIER AWARDS IN PROSE & POETRY
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"
DEPARTAMENTAL AWARDS—HUMANITIES DIVISION
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
DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS—SOCIAL SCIENCES DIVISION
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
DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS—INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS
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
Recipient to be Announced
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