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.
The Bank of Edwardsville Award in Anthropology
Recipients: Bryan Clemons
Katherine Dunham Award in Anthropology
Recipients: Jamie Haines, Ceara Horsley,Leighann Jones and Ernesto Rivera
Mary Warren Bagley Rekas Memorial Scholarship
Recipient: Lori Belknap
Outstanding Student in Anthropology Award
Recipients: Kayla Kromer, Angela Cooper and Abdul Ursani
Robin Brown Memorial Life Experience Award
Recipient: Jamie Berner
Art & Design Department Award
Recipients: June Farley and Mark Shumake
Barbara Dyck Memorial Award for Textile Arts Graduate Student Award
Recipient: Erin Cork
David Huntley FOA Founder's Award in Art
Recipient: Brooke Noble
Friends of Art Auction
Recipient: Sandy Miller
Friends of Art Auction (Don F. Davis)
Recipient: Aimee Arseneaux
Friends of Art Auction (Robin W. Brown)
Recipients: Erin Cork
Martha Holden Endowment
Recipients: Jon McMillan
Rose Marie Sacchi Award
Recipient: Matthew Dickey
Shari Helgen-Huntley Memorial Award in Printmaking/Graphic Design
Recipients: Sharon Bean
Thomas D. Gipe Sculpture Award
Recipient: Ilene Berman and Dana Hildebrand
Wagner Association of Metalsmiths Award
Recipients: Rebecca Barton and Molly Douglass
Wagner Potters' Association Award
Recipients: Will Rimel
William Justin Brown Memorial Award
Recipients: Brianna Ruppert
Biological Sciences Senior Award
Recipients: Joshua Billington, Tara Bradstreet, Andrew Callahan, Chelsie D. Carlton, Daniel Chartrand, Ashley Federico, Lydia Freed, Chelsea Kilhoffer, Jennifer Laquet, Mallory Miller, Shruti Patil, Victor Pinones, Felicia Scaggs and Steven Wann
The Dr. Arthur C. Zahalsky Award for Excellence in Medical Technology
Recipient: Audrey York
Ella Ott Weisman Award in Biological Sciences
Recipient: Jennifer Laquet
Dr. John LeBlanc Academic Excellence Award
Recipient: Michael Wong
Michael R. Levy Memorial Award in Molecular Biology
Recipient: Lydia Freed and Steve Wann
Paul J. Campisi Award
Recipient: Patricia Trautmann
Ollie Mae Williams Merit Award
Recipient: Omara Ousley
Math & Science Outstanding Student of the Year
Recipient: Whitney Luebben
Analytical Chemistry Award
Recipient: Salauddin Khondaker
Chemical Education Award
Recipients: Andrew Ribbing
Donal G. Meyer Award
Recipient: Lindsey Hamilton
Dr. Emil Jason Memorial Award in Chemistry
Recipient: Ashia Small
Graduate Teaching Award
Recipient: Tejendra Patel and Danielle Reed
Graduate Research Award
Recipients: Tremylla Johnson, Hongli Li and Uvege Dona Nilusha Priyadarshani
Outstanding Freshman Award
Recipient: Kimber Barrett
Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Recipients: Upendra Dahal and Fengrui Qu
Outstanding Junior Chemistry Student Award
Recipient: Daniel Banks
Outstanding Senior Chemistry Student Award
Recipient: Lindsey Hamilton
Outstanding Student in Chemistry Award
Recipients: Ryan Beelman, Jordan Bell, Eric Hellrung and Harry Zollars
Physical Chemistry Award
Recipient: Brian Schutte
Sigma Aldrich Co-op Scholarship
Recipient: Daniel Chartrand
Thomas Bouman Memorial Research Scholarship
Recipient: Lindsey Hamilton, Tremylla Johnson, Ashia Small and Darci Trader
Undergraduate Research Award
Recipients: Whitney Luebben and Neha Parikh
A. Edwin Graham Memorial Award
Recipient: Elizabeth Wood
Gary N. Murphy Memorial Award
Recipient: Jacob Carlson
Gertrude C. Drake Award for Excellence in Classical Language
Recipient: Nancy Staples
The Mimi Zanger Memorial Award
Recipients: Joshua Tyler
Outstanding English Student Award
Recipient: Elizabeth Moore
Paul J. Campisi Award
Recipient: James K. Goltz
William Carlin Slattery Memorial Award in Poetry or Drama
Recipients: Cassandra Howard and Heath Luster
Distinguished Student in Italian Language Award
Recipients: Michael Pilato
German American Heritage Society Distinguished Student in German Language Award
Recipients: Shelly Morrison
German Cultural Society Outstanding Student in German Award
Recipients: John Love
Gladys Oney Griffen German Scholarship
Recipients: Lindsay Myers
Helen D. Goode Memorial Scholarship
Recipients: Jason Hurst
Italian American Club Outstanding Student in Italian Language Award
Recipient: Ashleigh Angelly
Outstanding Student in Chinese Award
Recipients: Taunya K. Dillow and Meagan E. Seale
Artex International Inc. Award in Geography
Recipients: Michael Farrara and Emily Prince
Charles Hess Graduate Student Award in Geography
Recipients: Kusumakar Bhusal
Geography Department Award
Recipients: Frank Nguyen and Diedra Weaver
Geography Student Assistance Award
Recipients: Charles Yeager
Robert Koepke Graduate Student Award in Geography
Recipients: Valerie Eachus
Robert Mendelson Graduate Student in Geography Award
Recipients: Ramona Sheppard
Noble R. Thompson, III Student Award in Geography
Recipient: Thad Marks
Ruby Bratten Lions Club Award
Recipients: Eric J. Wellelman
Susan York Memorial Award in Geography
Recipient: Jennifer Glaubius
The Herbert H. Rosenthal Memorial Award
Recipient: Julie Cline
Mary A. Maguire Dunnagan History-Philosophy Award
Recipient: Cynthia Kiser
Outstanding Student in Historical Studies Award
Recipient: Julie Klein, Rob Rogers and Mark Rosenkoetter
Timothy P. Fischer Award in Historical Studies
Recipient: Julie Cline
Weiss History Award
Recipient: Rebecca Hackett
Barbara Regnell Leadership in Media
Recipient: Ilene Sanders
Belleville News Democrat Mass Communications Journalism Award
Recipients: Megan McClure
Bob Hardy Scholarship (Broadcast Journalism)
Recipient: Catherine Klene
Elmer C. Broz Award for Achievement in Journalism
Recipient: Maggie Rhynes
John Regnell Media Policy & Law Award
Recipient: Anna Dunn
The Jack Shaheen Media Image Award
Recipient: Holly Meyer
John Rider Graduate Achievement Award
Recipient: Alfred Tom Atwood
John Rutherford Ott Award
Recipient: Maggie Rhynes
Judy Landers Creativity in Strategic Media Award
Recipient: Margaret Frost
The Kamil Winter Achievement Award
Recipient: Valerie Martinez
Press Club of St. Louis Honors Day Award
Recipient: Matthew Schroyer
Robert L. Emig Mass Communications Scholarship
Recipient: Michelle Lach
St. Louis American Outstanding Student in Journalism Award
Recipient: Jacob Boone
St. Louis Newspaper Guild Award
Recipient: Anthony Patrico
Andrew O. Lindstrum, Jr. Memorial Award
Recipient: Robert Wachtel
Argosy Casino Award in Math & Statistics
Recipient: Justine Lunte
Clellie Curtis Oursler Senior Scholarship in Mathematics
Recipient: Steven Atteberry
Florence A. Fanning Fund
Recipient: Shae Westendorf
Gordon T. Chamness Memorial Award
Recipient: Jaime Cizek and Amy Sidwell
Matthew Samsel Graduate Fellowship
Recipient: James Munden and Vignon Oussa
Ott Family Award in Math and Statistics
Recipient: Natalie Langenfeld
Outstanding Math & Statistics Student
Recipient: Kyle Lawson
Outstanding Senior in Math
Recipient: Anthony Scoles
R.N.Pendergrass Scholarship
Recipient: Yu Han, Yi Liu and Ian Wanda
Dr. Dorothy E. Tulloss Music Education Award
Recipient: Lindsay Dyer
Edwin B. Warren Musicum/Graduate Performance Award
Recipient: Linda Doby
Warren Brown Memorial Graduate Student Award
Recipient: Linda Doby, Cody Henry and Natalie Pannier
Edwin B. Warren Memorial Scholarship
Recipient: David Ikard
Ernest A. Karandjeff Award
Recipient: Joseph Welch
Graduate Award in Music Education
Recipient: Sheri Stewart
Joseph Gruber Memorial Music Teacher Student Award
Recipient: Jenna Fritschle
Jazz Award
Recipient: Nathan Jatcko
Jeffrie Davis Memorial Scholarship
Recipient: James Geppert
Jeri Sue Johnson Scholarship
Recipients: Matthew Newlin
John F. Kiburz Honors Award in Flute
Recipient: Linda Doby, Lindsay Dyer and Lauren Klacko
Kathy L. Bowman Brass Musician Scholarship
Recipient: Brian Birch
Kenneth and Virginia Scroggins Memorial Jazz Scholarship
Recipient: Martin Morrison
Leonard Van Camp Memorial Music Assistantship Award
Recipients: Emily Ottwein
Linda B. Warren Award in Voice
Recipient: Curtis Cave
Marian Whitehead Award in Voice
Recipient: Emily Ottwein
May Department Stores Music Scholarship
Recipients: Keith Wehmeier and Joshua Williamson
Myra Lee Rogier Lesiak Memorial Scholarship
Recipient: Andrew Asadorian, Laura Guse, Bryanna Murphy and Lorie Van Cleve
Herbert Oberlag Music Scholarship>
Recipient: Zachary Stegman
Piano Performance Award
Recipient: Jessica Anderson
Ruth Slenczynska Award
Recipient: Jessica Anderson
The Shari Wilson Memorial Award for Musical Excellence
Recipient: Zachary Stegman
SIUE Band Award
Recipient: Joshua Williamson
SIUE Concert Chorale Scholarship
Recipient: Keith Wehmeier
SIUE Orchestra Development Fund
Recipients: Lauren Dufford
String Awards in Music
Recipients: Andy Hainz
Susan Slaughter Award in Trumpet
Recipients: Jon Lepique
William H. Tarwater Memorial Chair's Scholarship
Recipients: Zachary Stegman and Ryan Thompson
Outstanding Future Biology Teacher
Recipient: Stephanie Schweppe
Outstanding Future Chemistry Teacher
Recipient: Andrew McGarrahan
Outstanding Future Mathematics Teacher
Recipient: Justine Lunte
Ben Obers Honors Award in Philosophy
Recipient: Meredith Burkart
Robert A. Gray Memorial Award
Recipient: Aric Kreeger
Dr. Ik-Ju Kang Award in Physics
Recipients: Rajendra Shrestha and Thomas Withee
Outstanding Graduate Student in Physics
Recipient: Seongheon Kim
Outstanding Physics Student Award
Recipient: Adam Cherrington
Outstanding Teaching Assistant in Physics
Recipient: Delores Alber, Esra Demir-Shaalan and Wael Abueideh
Physics Department Underclassman Award
Recipients: Daniel Banks
Lloyd "Curly" Harris Award in Government
Recipients: Elizabeth Kerwin and Emily Siemer
John B. Eiserle Memorial Award Fund
Recipients: Joseph F. Avellone
Department of Social Work Scholarship
Recipient: Shimere Harrington
Esther Ott Estes Award
Recipients: Brianna Fritsch
Graduate Student Award
Recipients: Darren Dunahee
Regulus & Gilmore Social Work Student Award
Recipients: Misty Jones
Undergraduate Student Award
Recipients: Stephanie Young
Artex International Inc. Award in Sociology (Employment Relations)
Recipients: Laurie Estilette
Artex International Inc. Award in Sociology (General Sociology)
Recipient: Amanda Gochanour
Distinguished Student in Criminal Justice Award
Recipient: Christopher Flake
David B. Valley Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
Recipient: Rachel Price
Department of Speech Communication Award
Recipients: Jill Dupy
Robert W. Hawkins Graduate Award
Recipient: Desiree Bennyhoff
John W. and Eva M. Morgan Award in Speech Communications
Recipient: Amy Zentgraf
Ann E. Carlson Scholarship
Recipients: Derrick DaVault, Janelle Richardson and Scott Rocca
Curtains Up Theater Technical Award
Recipients: Evan Rooney
FOTAD Alcine Wiltz Award in Dance
Recipient: Rachel Mumford, Audrey Sierman and Emily Taul
FOTAD William Best Award
Recipient: Maggie Conroy, Acacia Moll and Dana Szarzynski
FOTAD William Vilhauer Award in Design and Technical Theater
Recipients: Sarah Jacobsen, Sara Trebing and Sarah Woodworth
FOTAD George Lampman Award for Best Student in Design & Technical Theater
Recipient: Sarah Woodworth
FOTAD Lynn Kluth Award for Best Student in Performance
Recipient: Gregory Fenner
FOTAD Outstanding Dance Student
Recipient: Lynn Bobzin
FOTAD Richard Claridge Award for Best Student in Service to the Department
Recipient: Andrew Riedemann
St. Louis Theatrical Brotherhood Award in Technical Theater
Recipient: Scott Rocca
Martha Welch Women's Studies Award
Recipients: Cassandra McCallister
