Academic Awards Announced on May Day

At May Day Convocation on Sunday, May 6, 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.

Fulbright Fellowships: Laura Brymer '07, Laura Kramer '07, Indira Neill '07, Hannah Reiss '07 and Elizabeth Rhoads '07

Thomas J. Watson Fellowship: Amanda Young '07

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship: Marisa Winkler '08

Harry S. Truman Scholarship: Tiffany Shumate '08

Academy of American Poets Poetry Prize for the best poem or group of poems: Eileen Talone '07

Honorable mention: Brittany Pladek '07 and Martha Fitzgerald '09

Seymour Adelman Prize for book collecting:

First Prize: Vanessa Poggioli '07

Second Prize: Christen Gore '07

Seymour Adelman Poetry Award: Elisabeth Schechter '08

Honorable Mentions: Darla Attardi, staff member; Elizabeth Catanese, graduate student in history of art; and Alison Cook-Sather, Associate Professor of Education

Jane Wilkinson Arts Prize for outstanding contributions in the arts: Marcelina Louisa Chavira '07

Bain-Swiggett Prize for the best single poem: Sarah Kemp '09

Honorable mention: Mary Kathryn Dean '10,Nicole Gervasio '10 and Eileen Talone '07

Berle Memorial Prize in German Literature: Elizabeth Kata '07, Indira Neill '07 and Talia Squires '07

Bolton Prize for excellence in the senior project in Growth and Structure of Cities: Jesse Pastore '07

Hester Ann Corner Prize for Distinction in French Literature: Nadine Huntington '07, Christin Mulligan '07 and Anna Tomasulo '07

Frederica de Laguna Award for a senior's Meritorious Academic Work in Anthropology: Elizabeth Newbury '07

Katherine Fullerton Gerould Prize in Creative Writing: Brittany Pladek '07

Honorable Mention: Eileen Talone '07

Anna L. Keys Memorial Prize in archaeology: Ashleigh Perry '07

Sheelah Kilroy Memorial Scholarship in English: Sarah Caldwell '08

Richmond Lattimore Prize: Brittany Pladek '07 and Lauren Dubowski '08

Martha Barber Montgomery Prize for special projects in the humanities: Unnati Pant '09

The Elinor Nahm Prizes:

In non-intensive first-year Italian: Arielle Seidman '10

In intensive first-year Italian: Christine Bourgeois '07

In Intermediate Italian: Gina Grantham '09

In Advanced Italian: Margaret Folcarelli '07 and Anna Dejdar '08

In Russian language and Linguistics: Jesse Stavis '07 (Haverford College)

In Russian literature and culture: Amanda Dahler '07

The Katherine Stains Prize in Classical literature: Elizabeth Shaw '07

Pauline Jones Prize in French: Carina Sandrini-Cook '09

Alexandra Peschka Prize for Imaginative Writing in Prose: Margaret Bohara '10

Honorable mention: Kira Gendlerman '10

Emma Osborn Thompson Prize in Geology: Kaitlin Friedman '07

Gail Ann Schweiter Prize: Rima Bishar '08

The Elizabeth Duane Gillespie Undergraduate Award: Stephanie Wujcik '08

Charlotte Angas Scott Prize for Excellence in Mathematics: Anna Gordon '07 and Kathryn Haymaker '07

Pauline Austin Adams Fund—Excellence in Anthropology: Margaret Sclafani '08 and Whitney Ale '08

Mary Louise Cookson Prize in Mathematics: Cara Petonic '07

Anna Pell Wheeler Prize for Excellence in Mathematics: Wen Gao '07 and Emily McNabb '07

Anne Kirschbaum Winkelman Literary Prize for the Most Outstanding Original Short Story: Rebekah Baglini '07

Honorable Mentions: Erika Carlson '08 and Christiane Merritt '07

The Dr. Hayley S. Thomas Prize in Diversity: Widade Deguerre '07, Kathy Huynh '09 and Jessica Rosenberg '07

Hanna Holborn Gray Fellowships: Whitney Ale '08, Nadia Barclay '08, Alexandra Byers '09, Lucy Edwards '08, Alexandra Fenton '08, Brittaney Golden '08, Elizabeth Hogenson '09, Fareesa Islam '08, Anna Mendoza '08, Katie Nagrotsky '08, Maeve O'Hara '08 and Stephanie Wujcik '08

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowships: Rachel Awkward '09, Jackie Castellanos '09, Sarah Khasawinah '09, Kira Montagno '09 and Erica Seaborne '09

Thomas Raeburn White Scholarship for Summer Language Study Abroad: Brittany Golden '08, Lauren Dubowski '08 and Shannon McPherson '09

Georgette Chapman Poindexter '81 Scholarship for Summer Study Abroad: Shannon McPherson '09

Mary Patterson McPherson Fund for Outstanding Community Service:

For the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: Mary Riggio, Clinical and Developmental Psychology

For the Undergraduate College: Rachel Francois '07, Sarah Mackin '07 andGilda Rodriguez '07

Maria L. Eastman Brooke Hall Memorial Scholarship, awarded to the member of the junior class with highest average: Milena Redzic '08

The Elizabeth S. Shippen Scholarship in Science: Kamila Nowak '08

TheElizabeth S. Shippen Scholarship in Language: Dena Feldman '08

The Charles S. Hinchman Scholarship: Megan Rowley '08, Aditi Vashist '08 

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