Grinnell College Honors Recipients of 2018-19 Academic Awards and Recognitions

There are over 200 awards and recognitions bestowed on Grinnellians for their outstanding work during the course of their academic careers. Below is a list of the hardworking recipients of these honors.

Academic Awards

President’s Medal

Rebecca Oakley Hsiung

Andrew W. Archibald Prize for Highest Scholarship

Siri A. Bruhn

Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Chapter of Iowa

Elected as juniors: Hyun Hwan An, Jiayun Chen, Kai Gui, Lily Katherine Hamilton, Ga Hyun Lee, Maisie Grace Lewis, Nora Jane Madrigal, Linqing Peng, Joy Heejai Suh

Elected as seniors: Rachel Miranda Bass, Anna Boniecki Blinderman, Lily Bohlke, Mira Braneck, Allison N. Brink, Timothy Edwards Burnette, Charles Tucker Carr, Nicole Susan Carver, Danielle Paige Evans-Schreiber, Nicholas Kingsley-Pierre Foulon, Zoe Rosemarie Grubbs, Daria Ranee Guzzo, Shida Jing, Emma Marie Kalkowski-Farrand, Seung Ah (Ashley) Kang, Madaline Minuet Kirwin, Shuyan Li, Liangchen Liu, Margaret Louise Loery, Ningyi Lyu, Mayuko Maeda, Jongbeom Park, Jillian Grace Rix, Edward Glen Rosenblum, Zhiheng Sheng, Ellen Neshama Taylor, Rebecca Teske, Minh Ngoc Phuong Tran, Molly Anne Vornholt, Alec Wood, Naomi Rose Worob, Tianhao Zou

Neal Klausner Phi Beta Kappa Book Awards for Sophomores

Maisie Grace Lewis, Tianhao Zou

ACS Award in Analytical Chemistry

Christopher Emile Brunet

ACS Inorganic Chemistry Award

Thomas Francis Derrah

ACS Organic Award

Khoi Bao Luu

ACS Physical Chemistry Award

Linqing Peng, Junmian Zhu (2018)

ACS Polymer Chemistry Award

Hung Tien Vuong (2017)

Alumni Senior Awards

Rachel Miranda Bass, Bryce Patrick Lew

H. George Apostle Prize in Physics

Rachel Miranda Bass

Rachel M. Asrelsky ’89 Memorial Prize in Anthropology

Ania N. Chamberlin (2018), Kaya Joanne Prasad, Rayyon J. Robinson

Biological Chemistry Alumni Prize

Zhiye Lu

Sarah Boyer ’08 Community Service Fellowship

Naomi Rose Worob (2016)

Burkle Family Prize in Religious Studies

Emily Ann Jordan

Jeanne Burkle Award in Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies

Sarah Rosenberg McCarthy

CAMWS Award for Outstanding Accomplishment in Classical Studies

Jiayun Chen

Chemistry Alumni Prize

Junmian Zhu

Curd Award for Outstanding Instrumental Music Performance

Julia Rose Anderson (2016)

First Year Chemistry Achievement Award

Khoi Bao Luu, Nora Jane Madrigal

Gilbert DeBartolo ’69 Memorial Prize in Economics

Emma Leigh Foulkes, Cora Clair Walsh Touchstone

Luther Erickson Summer Research Fellowship Award

Christopher Emile Brunet, Rouxu Xia (2018)

Award for Excellence in Service to Students and Student Affairs

Tulah Lily Fuchs, Ekirikubinza Joshua Tibatemwa

Pamela Ferguson Endowed Prize in Mathematics

Libby Kay Farrell (2018), Cory Wyatt McCartan  (2018)

Merle Fischlowitz ’53 International Student Travel Fellowship

Mithila Iyer (2018)

Harold A. Fletcher Honor Scholarship

Charles Tucker Carr, Pieter Johannes Hansen, Kaitlyn Hess, Nicolette Echo Musachio

United States Fulbright Student Grant

Andrea Maria Baumgartel, Katherine Lee McDonald

Alternates: Cecilia Berta Qiao Bergman, Vivian Ray Cheslack

Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship

Rene Oswald Ayala (2018), Muhammad Ghoni Damanhuri (2017), Iridian Alexandra Guzman (2018), Kevin Nguyen (2018), Naomi Lindsey Runder (2017), Joy Heejai Suh (2017

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship

Rachel Miranda Bass (Honorable Mention, 2018), Timothy Edwards Burnette (Honorable Mention, 2018)

James Norman Hall 1910 Aspiring Writer Award

Steven Huy Thanh Duong (2018)

Inez Henely 1914 Memorial Prizes in Art

Bailey Marie Bagneris (Best in Show), Martin Samuel Chamberlin (merit, 2018), Lydia Grace James (merit, 2018), Sam Noelle Nakahira (merit), Elvira Nurmukhamedova (merit, 2018), Charlotte Rachel Richardson-Deppe (2018), Anna Antonina Tuchin (merit)

Hill Distingushed Award in Music

Anthony J. Fu (2017), Sean Emmett O'Reilly (2016, 2017), Suh Yeon Sophie Paek, Richard Tadamasa Tanimoto (2016), Molly Anne Vornholt (2016), Alec Wood (2018, 2019), Naomi Rose Worob (2016)

Alan R. Jones ’50 Travel Fellowship

Acadia Marie Broussard, John Henry Clark, Nicholas Kingsley-Pierre Foulon

Gus/Elsie Kallfass Prize for Excellence in German

Nicolas Herzberg

Ladies Education Society Awards

Ruth Cecilia Brindel, Acadia Marie Broussard, Hanna Danielle Kessel, Nora Jane Madrigal, Anna Antonina Tuchin, Keli Vitaioli

Beulah Bennett Loring 1887 Prize for Excellence in English

Steven Huy Thanh Duong, Hannah Hyunji Eom

Ralph A. Luebben Anthropology Prize

Nathaniel Gallo Crail, Anais Levin

Marshall Scholarship

Rachel Miranda Bass

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Recipients

Rene Oswald Ayala, Bailey Marie Bagneris, Kyle Lindsey, Tiffany Ann Matzas, Sam Noelle Nakahira

John M. Mohan Russian Study Award

Danica Bojovic, Maria Ciupka (2017, 2019), Karla Gomez, Molly Anne Vornholt (2017

Kathryn Mohrman ’67  MAP Fellowship

Farah Mohamed Omer (2018)

The Marie Nesbitt Promise Prize

Farah Mohamed Omer

Robert N. Noyce Senior Student Award

Anna Boniecki Blinderman, Madaline Minuet Kirwin, Gemma Maureen Nash, Anh Thu Tran Pham, Rachel Elizabeth Swoap

Maria Okey Prize

Emily Lopes Rhodes

Morris Parslow Award in French

Daniel Gray Streetman

Charles E. Payne Prize in History

Haley Jo Cutrone (2018), Kathryn A. Perry

Helena Percas De Ponseti Senior Prize in Spanish

Zoe Rosemarie Grubbs

Dennis Perri Spanish Award

Elizabeth Chason Lane

John Pfitsch Person of Integrity Award

Juliet Monet Torres (2018)

Psychology Excellence Prize

Nicole Susan Carver, Maisie Grace Lewis

James C. Randall ’94 Memorial Fellowship

Olivia Rose Schuette

Lorabel Richardson 1919 — Academy of American Poets Prize

Steven Huy Thanh Duong (2017, 2019)

Tom Arthur Rothschild Jr. ’94 Scholarship

Zhiye Lu

Lori Ann Schwab ’95 Prize for Community Service

Cecilia Berta Qiao Bergman, Nicholas Kingsley-Pierre Foulon

Seneca Prize in Classics

Nora Jane Madrigal

Linn Smith 1920 Prize for Excellence in Mathematics

Libby Kay Farrell

Smith Family Prizes for Outstanding Senior in Biological Chemistry

Seung Ah (Ashley) Kang

Smith Family Prizes for Outstanding Senior in Biology

Timothy Edwards Burnette, Ga Hyun Lee

Smith Family Prizes for Outstanding Senior in Chemistry

Vivian Ray Cheslack

Henry-York Steiner Prize in Art History

Jiayun Chen (third-year prize, 2018), Amelia Geser, Ellen Neshama Taylor (2018)

Henry-York Steiner Interdisciplinary Art History Prize

Jiayun Chen, Vivien Reda Makos

Henry-York Steiner Prizes for Fiction

Bailey Marie Bagneris (2nd), Steven Huy Thanh Duong, Hannah Hyunji Eom (Honorable mention, 2018), Lily G. Seibert (2nd), Anna Antonina Tuchin (2017, 2nd)

Henry-York Steiner Studio Art Prize

Anne Sophia Rogers (2018, 2019)

Steiner Memorial Prizes for Music Composition

Alec Wood (2018)

Steiner Memorial Prize for Music Research

Alec Wood (2018, 2019)

Elsie Stouffer 1924 Fellowship

Iridian Alexandra Guzman

Division of Student Affairs Purchase Prize

Vidushi Sinha, Sofia Mendez Subieta

SGA Purchase Prize

Elvira Nurmukhamedova (2018, 2019), Sofia Mendez Subieta

Joint OSA/SGA Purchase Prize

Ania N. Chamberlin (2018)

Adam M. Thornton ’81 Memorial Prize

John Seng Wang

Henry M. and Theresa P. Walker Endowed Prize for Excellence in Computer Science

Zachary John Susag

Joseph F. Wall ’41 Phi Beta Kappa Scholar's Award

Jiayun Chen, Dylan Charles Welch, Alec Wood

Joseph F. Wall ’41 Scholarship

Catherine Frances Cuddy, Emma Marie Kalkowski-Farrand, Madaline Minuet Kirwin, Keli Vitaioli, Naomi Rose Worob

Thomas J. Watson Fellowship

Steven Huy Thanh Duong

Ida Pilling Welch ’30 Book Award in History

Erik Martin Henderson, Sophia Gates Stern

Selden Lincoln Whitcomb 1887 Prize in Poetry

Steven Huy Thanh Duong (2018, 2019), Nicolás Herzberg (2nd)

Selden Lincoln Whitcomb 1887 Critical Essay

Jon R. Mehlhaus (2nd), Megan Perry Tcheng

John H. Worley Endowed Prize in Philosophy

Maria Ciupka

Louis Glenn Zirkle Memorial Prize in Sculpture

Martin Samuel Chamberlin, Anne Sophia Rogers (2018, 2019)

Tammy J. Zywicki ’93 Memorial Prize in Photography

Anne Sophia Rogers, Sofía Méndez Subieta (2018)

Tammy J. Zywicki ’93 Memorial Scholarship

Maly Erzsebet Marsters, Sofia Mendez Subieta (2018)

Awards in Men's Intercollegiate Athletics

Morgan Taylor ’26 Memorial Award for Outstanding Senior Athlete in a Single Sport, Representing a Team Sport

Ryan Slager

Morgan Taylor ’26 Memorial Award for Outstanding Senior Athlete in a Single Sport, Representing an Individual Sport

Benjamin Matthew Grubb

David Theophilus ’51 Memorial Award for Outstanding Senior Athlete in More Than One Sport, Representing a Team Sport

Andrew James Shults

David Theophilus ’51 Memorial Award for Outstanding Senior Athlete in More Than One Sport, Representing an Individual Sport

John Troester Lennon

Honor G Coaches Award

Vincent Povilas Curta

Honor G Scholastic Award

Charles Tucker Carr

George B. Critchett ’25 Service Award

Sean Emmett O'Reilly

Awards in Women's Intercollegiate Athletics

Grace McIlrath Parker 1911 Memorial Award for Outstanding Senior Athlete in a Single Sport, Representing a Team Sport

Gwen Antonia Holtzman

Grace McIlrath Parker 1911 Memorial Award for Outstanding Senior Athlete in a Single Sport, Representing an Individual Sport

Vrishali Sinha

Vidushi Sinha

Joyce Buck ’56 Award for Outstanding Senior Athlete in More than One Sport, Representing a Team Sport

Jordan Emillie Maddaus

Joyce Buck ’56 Award for Outstanding Senior Athlete in More than One Sport, Representing an Individual Sport

Cara Pan Yu Bresnahan

Honor G Coaches Award

Daria Ranee Guzzo

Honor G Scholastic Award

Lily Katherine Hamilton

Honor G Service Award

Jordan Emillie Maddaus