Awards Made to Students at May Day Convocation

At May Day Convocation on Sunday, April 30, President Nancy J. Vickers announced the winners of a host of awards made to Bryn Mawr students. The list of more than 50 awards and scholarships includes honors bestowed by Bryn Mawr as well as those given by outside organizations. The complete list of awards follows.

Outside Awards to Students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 

Whiting Fellowship in Humanities: Jennifer Bird, in History of Art; Zlatan Gruborovic, in History of Art; Valeriya Kozlovskaya, in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology

The Samuel H. Kress Foundation Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize Fellowship: Sandra Lucore, in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology

M. Andreades Honorary Fellowship for extraordinary academic accomplishments: Stella Theodoraki-Kunitaki, in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology

Spitzer Fellowship for study at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens : Angela Ziskowski, in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology

Pierre C. Fraley Scholarship from the Alliance Française de Philadelphie: Ruth Zohrer, in French

Beinecke Scholarship from the Sperry Fund: Jessica Sisk, in Greek, Latin & Classical Studies

Graduate Study Scholarship from the Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst for study at the Institut für Byzantinistik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich : Benjamin Anderson, in the History of Art

Jacob K. Javits Fellowship: Marie Gasper-Hulvat, in History of Art

Geraldine Marren Fellowship funded by the American Association of University Women Scholarship for 2006-07: Sofia Ginzberg, in Psychology

Hebrew Immigration Aid Society Scholarship: Jenny Ratnovsky, in Psychology

2005-06 Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism grant funded by Homeland Security: Virginia Zimmerman, in Psychology

Fulbright-Hays Fellowship for 2006 Summer Russian Language Teachers Program in Moscow: Jane Shaw, in Russian

American Council of Teachers of Russian Fellowship funded by the U.S. Department of State for 2006 summer study in Vladimir, Russia: Billie Jo Stiner, in Russian

Outside Awards to Undergraduate Students and Alumnae

Fulbright English Teaching Assistantships: Jodi Eisenberg '06, to teach in Spain, and Katherine Klenn '06, to teach in South Korea

Thomas J. Watson Fellowship: Chadia Bel Hamdounia '06

Beinecke Memorial Scholarship: Laura Sockol '07

Prizes and Awards Given by Bryn Mawr College

Academy of American Poets Poetry Prize for the best poem or group of poems: Elizabeth Catanese '06

Honorable mentions: Natasha Pettit '06 and Emily Ambash '08

Seymour Adelman Prize for book collecting:

First Prize: Melody Brandston '08
Second Prize: Meridel Newton '06

Seymour Adelman Poetry Award: Eileen Talone '07

Jane Wilkinson Arts Prize for outstanding contributions in the arts: Natalie Bishar '06 and Kate Patchett '06

Bain-Swiggett Prize for the best single poem: Chloe Barnett '06

Honorable mentions: Eileen Talone '07 and Kathleen Myers '07

Berle Memorial Prize in German Literature: Abigail Bruhlmann '06 and Rebekah Rich '06

Bolton Prize for excellence in the senior project in Growth and Structure of Cities: Rheanna Bensel '06 and Jordan Teel '06

Hester Ann Corner Prize for distinction in Literature: Christine Bourgeois '08

Frederica de Laguna Award for a senior's meritorious academic work in Anthropology: Madeleine Neiman '06

Friends of the Bryn Mawr College Libraries Student Fine Art Award: Jeanette Neuner '08

Katherine Fullerton Gerould Prize in Creative Writing: Sarah Kemp '09

Honorable Mention: Chloe Barnett '06

Anna L. Keys Memorial Prize in Archaeology: Rebecca Hahn '07

Sheelah Kilroy Memorial Prize in English: Christin Mulligan '07

Richmond Lattimore Prize for poetic translation: Lauren Dubowski '08 and Alex Yao '08

Martha Barber Montgomery Prize for special projects in the humanities: Amanda Pollock '07

The Elinor Nahm Prizes:

In nonintensive first-year Italian: Simona Radu '09

In intensive first-year Italian: Emma Shaw '09

In intermediate Italian: Wendy Smolen '07

In Italian language and literature: Flicka Michaels '07 and Laurel Pellegrino '08

In Russian literature and culture: Christina Krushen '08

In Russian language and linguistics: Anne Camm Smith '07

The Katherine Stains Prize in classical literature: Ariel Singer '06

Pauline Jones Prize: Briana Feston '06

Elisabeth Packard Art and Archaeology Prize: Arianna Vogt '07

Alexandra Peschka Prize for imaginative writing in prose: Alice Bryson '09

Honorable mentions: Mandy Yu '08 and Lauren Eisenbrey '09

Laura Estabrook Romine Fellowship in Economics: Ashwini Sebastian '05 for graduate study in economics

Gail Ann Schweiter Prize: Hillary Smith '06

The Elizabeth Duane Gillespie Undergraduate Award: Natalie Wide '07

Charlotte Angas Scott Prize for excellence in Mathematics: Nicole Benfold '06

Pauline Austin Adams Fund for excellence in Anthropology: Jennifer Officewala '06

Anna Pell Wheeler Prize for excellence in Mathematics: Kirsten Kemp '06

Anne Kirschbaum Winkelman Literary Prize for the most outstanding original short story: Rebekah Baglini '07

Honorable Mentions: Lauren Eisenbrey '09 and Jodi Eisenberg '06

The Dr. Hayley S. Thomas Prize in Diversity: Alnisa Bell '06, Heather Davis '06 and Samantha Martinez '07

Summer Internships from the following funds have been awarded:

Daria Cheremeteff Fund: Astha Shrestha '08

Nadia Ann Mirel Internship: Hannah Upp '06

Sheila Gamble Cook Fund: Jillian Brown '09, Jessica Browning '09, Catherine Down '09, Shayna Israel '08, Michelle Kasza '07 and Angela Seah '07

Green Grant Fund: Julia Eddy '07 and Sarah Khasawinah '09

Jean Slovatkin Picker and Gale Picker Fund: Dea Markova '08 and Vijaya Thakur '08

Dance Study Grant: Marcelina Chavira '07

Barbara Rubin Award for nonprofit internships for research or study abroad: Anna Mendoza '08

Ariadne Solter Fund: Samrina Sattar '08

Summer Arts Internship Fund: Anabel Armenta '07

Laura Van Straaten Fund: Kelly Barnes '07

Harris Wofford Fund: Kathlyen Dorsin '07

Jentes Family Internship Fund: Holly Gaiman '07

Bryn Mawr College grants for summer internships have been offered to:

Britt Fremstad '08
Lauren Jasie '08
Liz Plunkett, '07
Sheena Reed '08
Fatima Siad '08

Hanna Holborn Gray Internships were awarded to:

Laura Brymer '07
Kathy Fazekas '07
Emelin Gasparrini '07
Elizabeth Kata '07
Sarah Lynch '07
Kathleen Myers '07
Shelley Nash '07
Jessie Pastore '07
Kaari Pitts '07
Hannah Reiss '07
Gilda Rodriquez '07
Megan Rowley '08
Jennifer Wagner '07
Lauren Zimmerman '07

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowships were awarded to:

Dinu Ahmed '08
Shafiquah Berry ' 07
Catherine Farman '08
Rachel François '07
Wisambi Loundu '07
Sarah Mackin '07
Paula Mans '08
Sheena Reed '08
Edisa Rodriguez '07
Tiffany Shumate '08

Undergraduate Scholarships

Thomas Raeburn White Scholarship for summer language study abroad: Laura Kane '07 and Celeste Richardson '07

Georgette Chapman Poindexter '81 Scholarship for summer study abroad: Ashley Dawkins '08

Mary Patterson McPherson Fund for Outstanding Community Service:

For the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: Crystal Fritz, in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology

For the Undergraduate College: Diane Gibfried '06, Katherine Pioli, '06 and Mridula Shankar '06

Maria L. Eastman Brooke Hall Memorial Scholarship — awarded to the member of the junior class with the highest grade point average: Kathleen Maffai '07 and Rachel Usala '07

The Elizabeth S. Shippen Scholarship in Science: Daniela Miteva '07

The Elizabeth S. Shippen Scholarship in Language: Elizabeth Kata '07 in German and Medieval Studies.

The Charles S. Hinchman Scholarship, given to a member of the junior class for work of special excellence in her major subject: Wen Gao '07, an A.B./M.A. candidate in Mathematics.

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