<h2>Student Honors Awards</h2><h3>Spring 2007</h3><p><span class="textbodybold">The College of Arts and Sciences offers 44 degree programs in the arts, humanities, and social and natural sciences. Faculty and students work closely together, allowing students the opportunity to conduct primary research with leaders who are recognized in their fields. We are proud of the achievements of our students including those recognized as the recipients of awards.</span></p><h3 style="color:red"><span class="head2a">Department of ANTHROPOLOGY</span></h3><p></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>The Bank of Edwardsville Award in Anthropology<br /></strong>Recipients:Lori Belknap and Leighann Jones</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Fred Voget Award in History and Theory of Anthropology<br /></strong>Recipients: Lori Belknap and Tara Holland</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Katherine Dunham Award in Anthropology<br /></strong>Recipients: Jamie Haines and Ernesto Rivera</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Mary Warren Bagley Rekas Memorial Scholarship<br /></strong>Recipient: Erin Marks</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Outstanding Student in Anthropology Award<br /></strong>Recipients: Jamie Berner, Linda Coats, Lacey Heflin, Sarah Linhart, and Shruti Patil</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Robin Brown Memorial Life Experience Award<br /></strong>Recipient: Jamie Haines</span></p><h3 style="color:red"><span class="head2a">Department of ART AND DESIGN</span></h3><p></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Art Service Club Award<br /></strong>Recipients: Rachel Hayes and Angela Malchionno</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Barbara Dyck Memorial Award for Textile Arts Graduate Student Award<br /></strong>Recipient: Erin Cork</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Carey G. Orness Award in Sculpture<br /></strong>Recipient: Mark Shumake</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>D.P.I.<br /></strong>Recipients: Amie Arseneaux and Amber Burtle</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Friends of Art Honors Award in Art Education<br /></strong>Recipient: Carin Slemer</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Friends of Art Honors Award in Art History<br /></strong>Recipient: Carie Smith</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Friends of Art Honors Award in Studio Arts<br /></strong>Recipients: Rebecca Barton, Jason Bly, Amber Davidson, Christine Holz, Greg Keital, and Alex Oslance</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Harold Kendal Award<br /></strong>Recipients: Rebecca Barton, April Pinegar, and Leia Zumbro</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Joseph A. Weber Art Education Award<br /></strong>Recipient: Shannah Burton</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Print Council<br /></strong>Recipients: Cole Davis and Albert Willis</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Rose Marie Sacchi Award<br /></strong>Recipient: Jacob Francois</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Thomas D. Gipe Sculpture<br /></strong>Recipient: Nathan Miller</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Wagner Association of Metalsmiths<br /></strong>Recipients: Michael Parrett, Lisa Jo Place, and Damia Smith</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Wagner Potters Association<br /></strong>Recipients: Eric Nauman and Brooke Noble</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>William Justin Brown Award<br /></strong>Recipient: Alex Oslance</span></p><h3 style="color:red"><span class="head2a">Department of BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES</span></h3><p></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Biological Sciences Senior Award<br /></strong>Recipients: Angela Basso, Bumsang Choi, Haeley Gardner, Shelly Godier, Ian Grinter, Timothy Hougland, Alex Kerber, Christina Lapen, Whitney Luebben, Ronald Newcomb, Jonathan Pirtle, Lane Richter, Kandace Roberts, Brett Schafer, Stephanie Schweppe, and Micael Wong</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>The Dr. Arthur C. Zahalsky Award for Excellence in Medical Technology<br /></strong>Recipient: Amy Blasdel</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Ella Ott Weisman Award in Biological Sciences<br /></strong>Recipient: Ronaqld Newcomb</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Dr. John LeBlanc Academic Excellence Award<br /></strong>Recipient: Angela Basso</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Michael R. Levy Memorial Award in Molecular Biology<br /></strong>Recipient: Tara Bradstreet</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Ollie Mae Williams Merit Award<br /></strong>Recipient: John Cutts</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>The Ruby Bratton Lions Club Award<br /></strong>Recipient: Christina Meilink Fisher</span></p><h3 style="color:red"><span class="head2a">Department of CHEMISTRY</span></h3><p></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Analytical Chemistry Award<br /></strong>Recipient: Tejendra Patel</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Bouman Award<br /></strong>Recipients: Nathan Motl, Silas Osiohwo, Fengrui Qu, and Jennifer Redding</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Donal G. Meyer Award for the Outstanding Student in Science and Mathematics<br /></strong>Recipient: Daniel Jacobsen</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Dr. Emil Jason Memorial Award in Chemistry<br /></strong>Recipient: Timi Parker</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Freshman Chemistry Achievement Award<br /></strong>Recipient: Eric Hellrung</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Graduate Research Award<br /></strong>Recipients: Bethel Asmelash, Michael Farris, Upendra Dahal, Nilusha Priyadarshani, and Fengui Qu</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Ollie Mae Williams Merit Award<br /></strong>Recipient: Timi Parker</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Outstanding Graduate Student Award<br /></strong>Recipients: Zahra Khedri and Nellie Shaul</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Outstanding Junior Chemistry Student Award<br /></strong>Recipient: Lindsey Hamilton</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Outstanding Senior Chemistry Student Award<br /></strong>Recipient: Nathan Motl</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Outstanding Student in Chemistry Award<br /></strong>Recipients: Caleb James Diericx, Meagan Saale, and Jacqueline Vogel</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Sigma Aldrich Co-op Scholarship<br /></strong>Recipient: Steven Chico</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Undergraduate Research Award Award<br /></strong>Recipients: Erica Beverlin, Isaac Corn, Jeff Crisman, Danielle Reed, and Julie Tarrant</span></p><h3 style="color:red"><span class="head2a">Department of ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE</span></h3><p></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>A. Edwin Grahm Memorial Award<br /></strong>Recipient: Shelley Houk</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Gary N. Murphy Memorial Award<br /></strong>Recipient: Andrew Crider</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Gertrude C. Drake Award for Excellence in Classical Language<br /></strong>Recipient: Michael Toje</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>The Mimi Zanger Memorial Award in Fiction<br /></strong>Recipients: Melissa K. Bevington, Katherine Davis and Ashley Luster</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Outstanding English Student Award<br /></strong>Recipient: Elizabeth Moore</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>William Carlin Slattery Memorial Award in Poetry or Drama<br /></strong>Recipients: Katherine Davis, Cassandra Howard, and Lony P. Less</span></p><h3 style="color:red"><span class="head2a">Department of FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE</span></h3><p></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>German American Society Distinguished Student in German Language Award<br /></strong>Recipients: Laura Lane Wiechert</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>German Cultural Society Outstanding Student in German Language Award<br /></strong>Recipients: Kathryn May Wolfe</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Distinguished Student in Italian Language Award<br /></strong>Recipients: Jenna Elizabeth Stoeber</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Helen D. Goode Memorial Scholarship<br /></strong>Recipients: Kelly A. Greathouse</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Italian American Club Outstanding Student in Italian Language Award<br /></strong>Recipient: Jorie Lee Nelson</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Outstanding Work in French Award<br /></strong>Recipients: Richard A. Newcom</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Outstanding Work in Spanish Award<br /></strong>Recipients: Nichole L. Goestenkors</span></p><h3 style="color:red"><span class="head2a">Department of GEOGRAPHY</span></h3><p></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Artex International Inc. Award in Geography<br /></strong>Recipients: Ramona L. Sheppard and Julie A. Tolly</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Geography Student Assistance Award<br /></strong>Recipients: Isaac J. Ferrie and Michele R. Pfaff</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Noble R. Thompson, III Student Award in Geography<br /></strong>Recipient: Miranda Lynn Yancey</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Susan York Memorial Award in Geography<br /></strong>Recipient: Kevin G. Rohling</span></p><h3 style="color:red"><span class="head2a">Department of HISTORICAL STUDIES</span></h3><p></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Laurine Morrison Award - Daughter of the American Revolution, Edwardsville Chapter<br /></strong>Recipient: Chris Oban</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Mary A. Maguire Dunnagen History/Philosophy Award<br /></strong>Recipient: Laura Johnson</span></p><h3 style="color:red"><span class="head2a">Department of MASS COMMUNICATIONS</span></h3><p></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Belleville News Democrat Mass Communications Journalism Award</strong><br />Recipient: Catherine E. Klene</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Bob Hardy Scholarship<br /></strong>Recipients: Zachary Groves and Holly Meyer</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Elmer C. Broz Award for Achievement in Journalism</strong><br />Recipient: Kathleen M. Ferrero</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>John Rider Graduate Achievement Award</strong><br />Recipient: Hannah C. Reinhart</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Judy Landers Creativity in Strategic Media Award<br /></strong>Recipient: Jayne Gallagher</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Kamil Winter Achievement Award</strong><br />Recipient: Jamie L. Kennedy</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Robert L. Emig Mass Communications Scholarship <br /></strong>Recipient: Tristan Denyer</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>St. Louis American Outstanding Student in Journalism Award</strong><br />Recipient: Julius M. Richardson</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>St. Louis Newspaper Guild Outstanding Student in Journalism Award<br /></strong>Recipient: Megan A. McClure</span></p><h3 style="color:red"><span class="head2a">Department of MATHEMATICS and STATISTICS</span></h3><p></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Andrew O. Lindstrum, Jr. Memorial</strong><br />Recipient: Justine Lunte</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Clellie Curtis Oursler Scholarship in Mathematics<br /></strong>Recipient: Jaime Lynn Cizek</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Ella Ott Weisman Award in Mathematics</strong><br />Recipient: Jennifer Schuette</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Florence A. Fanning Fund<br /></strong>Recipient: Jamie Czerny</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Gordon T. Chamness Memorial Award</strong><br />Recipient: Joshue M. Hockett</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Outstanding Math and Statistics Student Award</strong><br />Recipient: Danielle Bartolomucci</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Outstanding Student in Mathematics Award</strong><br />Recipient: Kayla Lynn Garrott</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Outstanding Student in Mathematics and Statistics</strong><br />Recipient: Patrick Zweigert, Jr</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>R.N. Pendergrass Graduate Student Scholarship Award</strong><br />Recipient: Vignon Sourou Oussa</span></p><h3 style="color:red"><span class="head2a">Department of MUSIC</span></h3><p></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Band Award</strong><br />Recipient: Zachary M. Simon</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Choral Award</strong><br />Recipient: Jenna M. Fritschle</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Dr. Dorothy E. Tulloss Music Education Award</strong><br />Recipient: Stephanie J. Ketchum</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Edwin B. Warren Collegium Musicum / Graduate Performance Award</strong><br />Recipient: Katrina J. Bradley</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Edwin Warren Memorial Scholarship Fund</strong><br />Recipients: Nicholas C. Jost, Matthew B. Newlin, Zachary M. Simon, and Catherine J. Wadhams</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Ernest A. Karandjeff Music Award</strong><br />Recipient: Rachel L. Brown</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Herbert Oberlag Music Scholarship</strong><br />Recipient: Heather E. Baxter</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Jazz Award</strong><br />Recipient: Cody A. Henry</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Jeffrie Davis Memorial Scholarship</strong><br />Recipient: Jenna M. Fritschle</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Jeri Sue Johnson Award in Music</strong><br />Recipient: James A. Hahn</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Joanne Gillig Kessler Award</strong><br />Recipient: Theresa Ireland</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>John F. Kiburz Honors Award in Flute</strong><br />Recipients: Linda F. Doby, Lindsay M. Dyer, and Lauren A. Klacko</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Joseph Gruber Memorial Music Teacher Student Award</strong><br />Recipient: Allison M. Wilson</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Kathy Bowman Brass Musician Scholarship Fund</strong><br />Recipient: Lauren Dufford</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Kenneth and Virginia Scroggins Memorial Jazz Scholarship </strong><br />Recipient: Corey Kendrick</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Leonard Van Camp Memorial Music Assistantship Award</strong><br />Recipients: Drew Schmidt and Allison Wilson</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Linda B. Warren Award in Voice</strong><br />Recipient: Matthew B. Newlin</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Marion Whitehead Award in Voice</strong><br />Recipient: Keith D. Wehmeier</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Mark Gerdelman Honors Award in Musical Composition</strong><br />Recipient: Michael S. Engelhardt</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>May Department Stores Music Scholarship Fund</strong><br />Recipients: James A. Hahn and Jisu Kim</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Orchestra Award</strong><br />Recipient: Heather E. Baxter</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Piano Performance Award</strong><br />Recipient: Kris G. Pineda</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Presser Award</strong><br />Recipient: Jessica Anderson</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Ruth Slenczynska Award</strong><br />Recipient: Kris G. Pineda</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Shari Wilson Memorial Award in Musical Excellence</strong><br />Recipient: Nathan J. Jatcko</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>String Awards in Music</strong><br />Recipient: Rachel E. Gamble</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Susan Slaughter Award in Trumpet</strong><br />Recipient: Jon A. Lepique</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Dr. Warren L. Brown Memorial Graduate Student Music Award</strong><br />Recipients: Robert B. Ayllon and Phillip A. Dunlap</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>William H. Tarwater Menorial Chairs Scholarship Award</strong><br />Recipients: Theresa Ireland and Kristen Lynch</span></p><h3 style="color:red">OFFICE of SCIENCE and MATHEMATICS EDUCATION (OSME)</h3><p></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Outstanding Future Biology Teacher</strong><br />Recipient: Stephanie Schweppe</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Outstanding Future Chemistry Teacher</strong><br />Recipient: Stephanie Mary Wirth</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Outstanding Future Mathematics Teacher</strong><br />Recipient: Jamie Czerny</span></p><h3 style="color:red"><span class="head2a">Department of PHILOSOPHY</span></h3><p></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Ober Honors Award in Philosophy</strong><br />Recipient: A. Bradley Duthie</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Robert A. Gray Memorial Award in Philosophy</strong><br />Recipient: Kyla Sweeney</span></p><h3 style="color:red"><span class="head2a">Department of PHYSICS</span></h3><p></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Ella Ott Weisman Award in Physics</strong><br />Recipients: Jeremy P. Wood and Gregory J. York</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Ik-Ju Kang Award in Physics</strong><br />Recipients: Nathan E. Motl and Daniel J. Probst</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Outstanding Physics Graduate Teaching Assistant</strong><br />Recipient: Daniel J. Probst</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Outstanding Student in Physics Award</strong><br />Recipient: Thomas P. Withee</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Physics Student Upperclassman Award</strong><br />Recipient: Adam B. Cherrington</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Physics Student Underclassman Award</strong><br />Recipients: Jenna L. Toennis and Jeremy P. Wood</span></p><h3 style="color:red"><span class="head2a">Department of POLITICAL SCIENCE</span></h3><p></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Lloyd "Curly" Harris Award in Government</strong><br />Recipients: Adrienne Powers and Mychal Voorhees</span></p><h3 style="color:red"><span class="head2a">Department of SOCIAL WORK</span></h3><p></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Department of Social Work Service Award</strong><br />Recipient: Dawn E. Schulte</span></p><h3 style="color:red"><span class="head2a">Department of SOCIOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE STUDIES</span></h3><p></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Artex International Inc. Award in Sociology</strong><br />Recipients: Karen Harvey and Kyle Suchomski</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Distinguished Student in Criminal Justice Award Award</strong><br />Recipient: Katie Davidson</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Karen Brown Memorial Scholarship</strong><br />Recipient: Sheri Scott</span></p><h3 style="color:red"><span class="head2a">Department of SPEECH COMMUNICATION</span></h3><p></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>David B. Valley Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award</strong><br />Recipient: Kristen A. Ruppert Leach</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>John W. and Eva M. Morgan Award in Speech Communications</strong><br />Recipient: Mychal A. Voorhees</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Robert B. Hawkins Graduate Award</strong><br />Recipient: Tamara M. Hastings</span></p><h3 style="color:red"><span class="head2a">Department of THEATER and DANCE</span></h3><p></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Ann B. Carlson Scholarship</strong><br />Recipients: Lynn M. Bobzin, Jamie D. Cox, Gregory M. Fenner, Janelle C. Richardson, Sara Lynn Trebing</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>FOTAD Alcine Wiltz Award in Dance</strong><br />Recipients: Lynn M. Bobzin, Meghan E. Fitzgerrel, Audrey R. Sierman, and Tyler Wesley Smith</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>FOTAD Curtains Up Theater Technical Award</strong><br />Recipient: Ryan P. Raica</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>FOTAD Peter Cocuzza Sr. Memorial Award for Musical Theater</strong><br />Recipient: Phillip C. Leveling</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>FOTAD William Best Award in Performance</strong><br />Recipients: Emily Rose Mollet, Anna M. Skidis, Dana M. Szarzynski, and Bethany J. Villines</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>FOTAD William Vilhauer Award in Design and Technical Theater</strong><br />Recipients: Melissa C. Blair, Ryan P. Raica, Sara Lynn Trebing, and Sarah E. Woodworth</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>George Lampman Award for Best Student in Design/Technical Theater</strong><br />Recipient: Melissa C. Blair</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Lisa Colbert Memorial Scholarship</strong><br />Recipient: Naila C. Runions</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Lynn Kluth Award for Best Student in Performance</strong><br />Recipient: Emma I. Peterson</span></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Richard Claridge Award for Best Student in Service to the Department</strong><br />Recipient: Jennifer A. Larsen</span></p><h3 style="color:red"><span class="head2a">WOMEN'S STUDIES</span></h3><p></p><p><span class="textbody"><strong>Martha Welch Women's Studies Student Award</strong><br />Recipients: Jamie Larson</span></p><p></p>