Augustana College Senior Honors Convocation 2017
The annual Senior Honors Convocation will begin at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 20, in Centennial Hall.
A reception will be held after the ceremony for honorees, faculty, parents and friends.
Program
Processional: Chris Nelson, College Organist
Welcome: Pareena Lawrence, Provost and Dean of the College and Professor of Economics
Athletics: John Delaney, Professor of Accounting, Faculty Athletics Representative
Student Government Association Awards: Sarah Funke, Vice President, Augustana Student Government Association
Mortar Board: Pareena Lawrence
Alpha Delta Sigma: Pareena Lawrence
Omicron Delta Kappa: Dan Lee, Professor of Religion
Departmental Awards and Honors: Department Chairs
President’s Address: Steven C. Bahls, President
Music Interlude
Sonata no. 3 in C Major, op. 2, no. 3
I. Allegro con brio
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Brian Hinkley ’17, piano
Honors Capstone Projects: Cyrus Zargar, Associate Professor of Religion
Lars Paul Esbjörn Award: Steven C. Bahls
Lincoln Academy of Illinois Student Laureate Award: Steven C. Bahls
Thomas F. Mayer Research Prize for Senior Inquiry in the Humanities: Jane Simonsen, Associate Professor of History and Women’s and Gender Studies
Class Honors: Pareena Lawrence
Phi Beta Kappa Awards: Laura Greene, Professor of English, President, Zeta of Illinois, Phi Beta Kappa
Closing Remarks: Pareena Lawrence
Recessional: Chris Nelson
Awards
*Knut Erickson Awards
Michael Daniels and Sophia Ries
Student Government Association Awards
*Outstanding Student Leader: Amanda Ico
*Outstanding Student Organization: Camp Kesem Global Engagement Team
Alpha Delta Sigma
Seniors Chloe Benson and Chelsea Mentado
Mortar Board: Seniors Carly Adams, Amie Badgett, Charles Bentley, Arielle Bloemer, Colleen Brown, Michael Carlson, Patrick Conniff, Samuel Dunklau, Jasmina Ejupovic, Bailey Englund, Marjorie Gerke, Jordan Gibb, Lizandra Gomez-Ramirez, Crystal Gray, Emily Grooms, Luther Grulke, Carli Hogan, Anne Hopkins, Lauren Johnson, Michelle Johnson, Claire Kepner, Elizabeth Kupar, Briana Lovell, McKenzie Mears, Irene Mekus, Brianna Meyer, Nadia Panasky, Paige Phelps, Kellen Price, Ali Rabeh, Jake Rancic, Christopher Saladin, Aaron Sieve, Nicolette Silwa, Kirby Stockwell, Jennifer Thai, Emmalynn Tully, Alexandra Watts and Alina Zabolotico
Omicron Delta Kappa: Seniors Carly Adams, Laura Beitler, DeAnna Bender, Charles Bentley, Nora Bosslet, Colleen Brown, Michael Carlson, Barrie Chileen, Krista Dawson, Camilo Duarte, Samuel Dunklau, Bailey Englund, Katrina Friedrich, Alyssa Froehling, Emily Grooms, Luther Grulke, Trang Ho, Rachel Jennings, Lauren Johnson, Claire Kepner, Brian Kuntz, Elizabeth Kupar, Mitchell Lewis, Brianna Meyer, Brittany Poyner, Aaron Sieve, Nicolette Sliwa, Alexandra Watts and Brenna Whisler
Departmental Honors and Awards
Accounting
*Outstanding Student in Accounting: Michael Daniels
*Students of Distinction in Accounting: Jordan Gibb, Amie Badgett, Trong Nguyen, Layne Porembski and Jiajun Wei
Art
*Augustana Art and Graphic Design Senior Award: Henry Roderick
*Paul A. Anderson Art History Scholars Award: Carli Hogan
*Dr. Donna Bergen and Dr. Thomas Madden Whistler Research Fellow Award: Carli Hogan and Erin Runde
Asian Studies
*Outstanding Senior Project in Asian Studies: Gage Meyers
Biology
*Biology Majors with Distinction: Carli Hogan, Amanda Ico and Sophia Ries
*Biology Majors–Honorable Mention: Daniel Herrera and Nicolette Sliwa
*Pre-Medicine Majors with Distinction: Luther Grulke and Michael Warhank
*Pre-Medicine Majors–Honorable Mention: Alexander Ahmann and Wade Smith
*Anderson Swedo Science Education Endowed Scholarship: McKenna Burns
*Bertil Gottfrid and Lorraine Ossian Anderson Endowed Scholarship: McKenna Burns and
Daniel Herrera
Business Administration
*Outstanding Senior Business Administration Majors: Amie Badgett and Michael Daniels
*Outstanding Senior International Business Administration Major: Erik Johnson
Honors in Business Administration: Amie Badgett, Austin Burant, Christina Clewlow, Michael Daniels, Amy Even, Jordan Gibb, Trang Ho, Anne Hopkins, Olivia Mayer, Trong Nguyen, Patrycja Piekarczyk, Brittany Poynor, Dominick Sullivan, Thomas Walker and iajun Wei
Chemistry
*American Chemistry Society Undergraduate Award in Organic Chemistry: Luther Grulke
Classics
*Award for Best Research by an Eta Sigma Phi Laureate: Christopher Saladin
Communication Studies
*Outstanding Senior Inquiry Award: Katherine Kelly
*Chad Meyer Endowed Scholarship: Samuel Dunklau and Tawanda Mberikwazvo
*Scott Alden Johnson Memorial Endowed Scholarship: Chloe Benson
Multimedia Journalism and Mass Communication
Illinois College Press Association Awards: Tawanda Mberikwazvo
Economics
*Tallgrass Capital Endowed Award: Luke Robinson
English
*Roald Tweet Scholar in English Studies: Alyssa Froehling
*Dorothy Parkander Scholar in English Studies: Nathan Payne
*Peggy Anderson Creative Writer: Emma Stough
Geography
*Illinois Geographical Society Senior Geographer Award: Sara Baugh
*Robin Hoffmann Award for Scholarship and Service: Barrie Chileen
Geology
Sigma Gamma Epsilon National Honor Society for the Earth Sciences: Sara Baugh, Barrie Chileen and Nicholas Misner.
History
*O.F. Ander Award for the Outstanding History Student: Christopher Saladin
*Cletus Melchior Award for Outstanding Future Educator: Joseph Carroll and Colette Salinas
*Daughters of Founders and Patriots Award for Outstanding Achievement in American History: Rashaun DeBord
*Mark Schwiebert Spirit of History Award: Kellen Price
Mathematics and Computer Science
*Donald E. McLaughlin Award for Excellence and Achievement in Computer Science:
Abigail Thomson
*Harry Nelson Award for Excellence and Achievement in Applied Mathematics: Ali Rabeh
Pi Mu Epsilon, National Honorary Mathematics Society: Laura Beitler, Austin Burant, Amiao Gao, Hussam Ibrahim, Ali Rabeh, Sophia Ries, Luke Robinson, Dominick Sullivan, Miles Wallin, Kyle Zeberlein
Music
*Presser Scholar: Brian Hinkley
Louise Nathanson Applied Lesson Award: Nathan Payne
Ruth E. Hagelin Scholarship: Elizabeth Kupar
Pi Kappa Lambda, Benjamin McKay and Anne Mitchell
Physics
*Physics Majors with Distinction: Ali Rabeh
*Physics Service Award: Jacob Herman and Lauren Johnson
Physics Research Award: Matthew Tuttle-Timm
Sigma Pi Sigma: Michael Carlson, Hussam Ibrahim, Lauren Johnson, Ryan McCarthy, Ali Rabeh, Matthew Tuttle-Timm, Kyle Zeberlein
Political Science
*Outstanding Political Science Majors: Gage Meyers and Christopher Saladin
*Departmental Leadership Award: Samantha DeForest-Davis
*Political Science Majors with Distinction: Samantha DeForest-Davis and Lizandra Gomez-Ramirez
Psychology
*Honors in Psychlogy: Emily Grooms and Kayla Jackson
Religion
*Outstanding Religion Major: Kelsey West
Sociology, Anthropology and Social Welfare
*Alpha Kappa Delta, International Sociology Honor Society: Lizandra Gomez-Ramirez, Logan Green, Karina Huerta, Brianna Meyer
Theatre Arts
*Augustana Endowment Society CAST Award: Joseph Oliger
Women’s and Gender Studies
*The Nancy Huse Award for Outstanding Women’s and Gender Studies Senior: Evan Marzahn
World Languages, Literatures and Cultures
German and Scandinavian Studies
Delta Phi Alpha, the German Honorary Society: Olivia Covert-Proctor
Spanish
*Louis C. Belby Award for Outstanding Achievement in Spanish: Raven Hoffman
*Mike D. Finnemann Award forOutstanding Senior Inquiry Project: Karina Huerta
*Barbara Olsen Herrarte Award for Outstanding Spanish for Professional Use Major: Viktoria Andonova
Honors Capstone Projects
Christopher Saladin: “From Thomas Jefferson to Donald Trump: The Recurring XenoArchetype
in American Politics and Government”
Advisor: Cyrus Zargar
Abigail Thomson: “Investigating Trust and Trust Recovery in Human-Robot Interactions”
Advisor: Forrest Stonedahl
Brianna Meyer: “A Country Without a Language is a County Without a Soul: How Language, Landscape, and Literature Define Irishness”
Advisor: Joseph McDowell
Irene Mekus: “Greek Identity, Past and Present, in the Quad Cities”
Advisor: Christopher Strunk
*Lars Paul Esbjörn Award: Gbadebo Balogun
*Lincoln Academy of Illinois – Student Laureate: Christopher Saladin
*Thomas F. Mayer Research Prize for Senior Inquiry in the Humanities: Christopher Saladin
Senior Honors
*(4.0 GPA or above) Emma Brutman and Monte Schwartz
(3.5 GPA or above)
Shawna Ables, Carly Adams, Alexander Ahmann, Austin Anderson, Viktoria Andonova, Katherine Aquandro, Amie Badgett, Amy Baldwin, Emily Barrios, Sara Baugh, Laura Beitler, DeAnna Bender, Chloe Benson, Camilla Best, Arielle Bloemer, Colleen Brown, Austin Burant, Alexa Caputo, Michael Carlson, Joseph Carroll, Barrie Chileen, Anwina Choknumtumnukit, Michael Clapp, Patrick Conniff, Olivia Covert-Proctor
Michael Daniels, Erienne Davis, Krista Dawson, Rashaun DeBord, Bryce Dibadj, Samuel Dunklau, Amanda Ebert, Bailey Englund, Amy Even, Jamie Fee, Monica Fiala, Katrina Friedrich, Alyssa Froehling, Sarah Funke, Allison Furr, Amiao Gao, Christian Garcia, Atticus Garrison, Marjorie Gerke, Jordan Gib, Lauren Goggin, Lizandra Gomez-Ramirez, Emily Grace, Logan Green, Mylaun Griffith, Emily Grooms, Luther Grulke, Jacob Hallendorff, Ginger Hamilton, Daniel Herrera, Brian Hinkley, Trang Ho, Michael Hoekstra, Raven Hoffman, Carli Hogan, Marisa Hollems, Anne Hopkins, Karina Huerta
Husam Ibrahim, Amanda Ico, Kayla Jackson, Rachel Jennings, Lauren Johnson, Michelle Johnson, Jacob Johnston, Maureen Joyce, Kallista Kamberos, Brittany Kellett, Lauren Kenning, Claire Kepner, Daniel Kole, Brian Kuntz, Elizabeth Kupar, Victoria Lason, Elena Leith, Jake Lewis, Myo Lin, Hannah Lohmeier, Alexandra Madison, Olivia Mayer, Ryan McCarthy, Benjamin McKay, McKenzie Mears, Omar Medina, Irene Mekus, Sara Melchoir, Brianna Meyer, Gage Meyers, Nicholas Miller, Anne Mitchell, Steven Mondloch, Hanna Mueller
Sara Naftzger, Amanda Nelson, Kjersten Nelson, Trong Nguyen, Lauren Nicholson, Haylee O’Donnell, Nicholas Orslini, Nadia Panasky, Lauren Pasetes, Nathan Payne, Paige Phelps, Soe Maung Maung Phone Myint, Patrycja Piekarczyk, Layne Porembski, Nicholas Prabhakar, Elizabeth Probst, Ali Rabeh, Jake Rancic, Sophia Ries, Luke Robinson, Tyina Ruiz
Christopher Saladin, Keila Saucedo, Aaron Sieve, Nicolette Sliwa, Emma Smith, Isaac Smith, Wade Smith, Ashley Stiver, Kirby Stockwell, Emma Stough, Dominick Sullivan, Jeffrey Thompson, Abigail Thomson, Emmalynn Tully, Matthew Tuttle-Timm, Rebecca Van Deventer, Kelly Walker, Thomas Walker, Michael Warhank, Alexandra Watts, Jiajun Wei, Cheryl Welte, Nathan Wendt, Kelsey West, Brenna Whisler, Josette White, Samuel Wilson, Alina Zabolotico, Kyle Zeberlein
Phi Beta Kappa
DeAnna Bender, Nora Bosslet, McKenna Burns, Joseph Carroll, Michael Clapp, Patrick Conniff, Monica Fiala, Katrina Friedrich, Alyssa Froehling, Lizandra Gomez-Ramirez, Logan Green, Luther Grulke, Brian Hinkley, Carli Hogan, Karina Huerta, Hussam Ibrahim, Amanda Ico, Kayla Jackson, Michelle Johnson, Claire Kepner, Elena Leith, Hannah Lohmeier, Olivia Mayer, Ryan McCarthy, Brianna Meyer, and Gage Meyers
Steven Mondloch, Kjersten Nelson, Nicholas Orslini, Nadia Panasky, Nathan Payne, Patrycja Piekarczyk, Elizabeth Probst, Ali Rabeh, Sophia Ries, Luke Robinson, Christopher Saladin, Collette Salinas, Aaron Sieve, Nicolette Sliwa, Emma Stough, Rebecca Strandberg, Abigail Thomson, Michael Warhank, Nathan Wendt, Brenna Whisler and Alina Zabolotico