HONORS
CONVOCATION
April 27, 2016
SPRING HONORS CONVOCATION
April 27, 2016
CHIMES
*WELCOME
Dr. Philip Ryken
President
*INVOCATION
Rev. Tim Blackmon
Chaplain
*Hymn 560: May the Mind of Christ My Savior
*SCRIPTURE READING:
Ephesians 2:1-10
Dr. Beth Felker Jones
Scholastic Honors Committee
ANNOUNCEMENT OF HONORS AND AWARDS
Dr. Stanton Jones
Provost
SCHOLASTIC HONOR SOCIETY PRESENTATIONS
Dr. John Vessey
Scholastic Honor Society
J. RICHARD CHASE AWARD
Dr. Lynn H. Cohick
Vice Chair of the Faculty
ALUMNI SENIOR SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
Mr. Kurt D. Tillman ’78
Past President, Wheaton College Alumni Association Board of Directors
WILLIAM F. AND RUTH BELL GRAHAM AWARDS
Dr. Philip Ryken
President
GIESER PRESIDENTIAL AWARD
Dr. Philip Ryken
President
FACULTY PROMOTION AND RETIREMENT
Dr. Stanton Jones
Provost
FACULTY ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Dr. Stanton Jones
Provost
*BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE
*Please stand
Dr. Dorothy F. Chappell
Dean, Natural and Social Sciences.
Dr. Edward Zimmerman
Conservatory of Music
HONORS AND AWARDS 2015-16
APPLIED HEALTH SCIENCE
Outstanding Major of the Year Award
Kyle Mellinger
Ruth Berg Leedy Teaching Assistant Award
Lucy Sleigh
Edward A. Coray Leadership Award
James Hoofnagle
LaVern Bjorklund Wellness Award
Danielle Domini
Jack L. Swartz Service Award
Elisabeth Sorenson
Kenneth S. Roughton Memorial Scholarship
Carolyn Holt
Donovan Kearns
ART
Nonword & Upward student juried art exhibition
Best of Show – Kara Shim
First Place – Sam Beattie
Second Place – Megan Shirley
Third Place – Lauren Wilhite
Linda Larson Bergwall Memorial Scholarship
Sarah Kaczka
President’s Art Commission award
Sam Beattie
Justin Dillenback
Lauren Wilhite
BIBLICAL AND THEOLOGICAL STUDIES
Baker Book Award
Elisabeth Sorenson
C. Hassell Bullock Award for Excellence in Hebrew
Carrie Bai
Samantha Skiens
Eta Beta Rho
National Hebrew Language and Literature Honor Society
Caleb Acker
Shin Lee
Erin Broderick
Matthew Norton
Theta Alpha Kappa
National Honor Society for Religious Studies and Theology
Abigail Amstutz
Jiani Sun
Samuel Jang
Carrie Bai
Luke Rynbrandt
Sarah DeGeus
Ben Bergstrom
Madison Touloukian
Matthew Cox
Collin Flake
Matthew Norton
Holden Thompson
Daniel Kraemer
Richard Moomjian
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BIOLOGY
Raymen and Ruth Johnston Family Endowed Scholarship Fund
Taylor L. Clemens
Jeremy A. Foster
Charles M. Nystrom
Russell Mixter Award
Jessica D. Cruise
Eunice Y. Lim
Daniel P. MacLachlan
David Bruce Memorial Research Award
Corbin J. Renkin
Department Honors
Jessica D. Cruise
Anne M. Davidson
Sarah E. Mudra
Corbin J. Renken
BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
Business and Economics Outstanding Student Award
Joshua Rowley
C. William Pollard Award for Business and the Liberal Arts
Taylor Schuster
Col. John L. Robertson USAF Scholarship Award
Kathleen Park
Dr. P.J. Hill Essay Award
First Place – Dylan Andres
Second Place – Skyler Aspegren
Third Place – Casey Balikian
CHEMISTRY
Drake Boyer
Gabriel Cheeley
Jessica Dagher
American Chemical Society Certificate
Jeffrey Ferreira
Andreas Geiger
Andrew Grorud
Rebecca Hyndman
Sara Kearney
Kayla Solstad
American Institute of Chemists Award
Spencer Hills
Bernard A. Nelson Prize for Organic Chemistry
Alison McMillan
Hanchett Prize for Chemistry Research
Andreas Geiger
Andrew Grorud
Paul M. Wright Prize and Medal for Physical Chemistry
Jessica Dagher
CRC Award for Top First Year
Virginia Larson
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CHRISTIAN FORMATION AND MINISTRY
Lawrence O. Richards Award
Katherine Heidengren
James G. Dixon, Jr. Internship Award
Caleb Jenkins
Engelmann Family Ministry Scholarship
Rachel Thomson
Kanakuk Kamp Counselor Scholarship
Tryg Veker
COMMUNICATION
Jonathan Blanchard Cook Oratorical Contest
First place – Basye Peek
Second place – Ariana Schmidt
Third place – Joseph Perry
Lambda Pi Eta
National Communication Honor Society
Aubree Ellifritz
Maelyn Hecox
Ellen Grace Gibson
Deborah Kim
COMMUNICATION (continued)
Pi Kappa Delta
Honor Society in Forensics
Mary Preston Austin
Liz Lengel
Aleksandr Glavnik
Sam Thompson
EDUCATION
Heather Pentecost
Andrew VanderMeer
Brady Woods
Robert Locke Cooke Memorial Scholarship
Sonja Davy
Dorothy B. Dixon Merit Scholarship
Hayley Rost
Emily Trowbridge
Helen McLendon Ewert Memorial Scholarship
Caleb Cochrum
Jon Frank
Krista Johnson
Krista Schuh
Elizabeth Kouwe Memorial Scholarship
Heidi Barkman
The Fadenrecht Memorial Scholarship
Sophia Lim
Daniela Lugo
Allie McDonald
Sarah Modolo
Elizabeth Tilley
Gunzburger Education Scholarship
Lindi Barkman
Daniela Moreno-Gonzalez
Jacob Vahle
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EDUCATION (continued)
Ann Haskins Education Scholarship
Nora Pahutski
Glori Schaafsma
Laura Smith
Timothy Education Scholarship
Erin Broderick
Andrew Chambers
Alex Neevel
Hye Won Kwon
ENGLISH
Lowell-Grabill Creative Writing Contest
Fiction, First Place— Emily Sargent
Second Place— Lydia Nelson
Third Place— Ciera Horton
Honorable Mention—Rebecca Fox
Creative Non-Fiction, First Place— Emily Sargent
Second Place— ChinHsin Esther Kao
Third Place— Aseye Agamah
Honorable Mention—Hunter Hambrick
Poetry, First Place— Shyanne Figueroa Bennett
Second Place— Anna Claire Gall
Third Place— Joshua Moreno
Honorable Mention—Namrata Geisinger
James G. Jameson Critical Essay Contest
Arts, Media, and Communication Division,
First Place — Abbie Brigham
Second Place — Paul Vermeesch
Third Place — Christopher Iacovetti
Humanities and Theological Studies Division,
First Place — Rebecca Ito
Second Place — Christopher Iacovetti
Third Place — Lauren Hawthorne
Natural and Social Sciences Division,
First Place — Drew Chambers
Second Place — Ariana Schmidt
Third Place — Ciera Horton
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
John Muir Award
Meagan Jackson
Johanna Depenthal
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Violet Bergquist Scholarship
Simon Campos
Kirsten Nitz
Edie Shaffer German Studies Scholarship
Evan Giesecke
Anni Kenyon
HEALTH PROFESSIONS
Ruth Kraft Strohschein Scholarship
(2015-2016) Sarah Mudra
(2016-2017) Mitchell McElroy
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HEALTH PROFESSIONS (continued)
The Great Physician Scholarship
(2015-2016) Kalei Hosaka
Sugarbaker Endowed Scholarship
Rachel Reamer
Jenna Mullins
Health Scholars Scholarship
(2015-2016) Josie Needs
(2016-2017) Maddy Dibble
(2016-2017) Christopher Lee
(2016-2017) Mitchell McElroy
(2016-2017) Rachel Reamer
(2016-2017) Grace Schonberg
HISTORY
Michael W. Chen
Nathan Heath
Phi Alpha Theta
National History Honor Society
Nathaniel G. Perrin
Frances A. Wilgus
Department Honors
Fidelia Renne
Award for Excellence in Computer Science
Leanne Miller
MATHEMATICS/COMPUTER SCIENCE
Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Teaching
Connor DeYoung
Angeline J. Brandt Memorial Award for Excellence in Mathematics
Emily Willson
MILITARY SCIENCE
Distinguished Military Graduates
Matthew Cox
Department of the Army Superior Cadet Award
Freshman— Justus Hanson
Sophomore— Will McKinnon
Senior— Stephen Yonke
George C. Marshall Award
Jonathan Lait
Senior Leadership Award
Matthew Cox
Junior Leadership Award
Will Otto
Sophomore Leadership Award
Kendall Jones
Freshman Leadership Award
David Parker
PHILOSOPHY
Phi Sigma Tau
National Honor Society in Philosophy
Joshua Fort
Dai Li
Department Honors
Michael Mullaney
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PHYSICS AND LIBERAL ARTS ENGINEERING
AAPT Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
Madeline Baltzer
Spencer Hills
Homer G. and Blanche C. Benton Scholarship
Sean Duke
Tim Henry
Young-ho Moon
Joseph Spradley Outstanding Physics Student Award
Matt Robertson
Physics Merit Scholarship
April Futch
Matt Robertson
Jennifer Ruda
Brayden Schott
Sigma Pi Sigma
National Physics Honor Society
David Broaddus
Matt Robertson
Wheaton Engineering Scholars Award
Kathleen Johnson
Department Honors
Madeline Baltzer
Emily Willson
POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Doug Beers Scholarship
Ashley Torok
Kristen Hermes
Bud Kellstedt Scholarship
Brent Westergren
Jordan Embree
Evan Giesecke
Richard Green
Annelise Herman
Pi Sigma Alpha
National Political Science Honor Society
Philip Kline
Jack Lausch
Henry Moree
Jody Oetzel
Fidelia Renne
Joshua Romero
Mark Sawyer
Ariana Schmidt
Department Honors
Joshua Romero
PSYCHOLOGY
Rachel Anstatt
Abigail Beck
Lauren Boughner
Maria Brands
Lindsay Chandler
Amy Early
Psi Chi
National Honor Society
Denise Faith Garcia
Christine Kim
Abby Laucella
Brandon Liu
Tyler Martawibawa
Adeline Ng
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Bradley Pitcher
Katherine Rogers
Amanda Short
Kelsey Wall
PSYCHOLOGY (continued)
Department Honors
Shengse Ruth Jeong
SOCIOLOGY & ANTHROPOLOGY
Ivan J. Fahs Student Paper Award
Sociology
First Place— Maurice Bokanga
Second Place— Bethany Thomas
Anthropology
First Place— Sarah Han
Second Place— Kalei Hosaka
Third Place— Anneliese Petersen
Alpha Kappa Delta
The National Sociology Honor Society
Kathryn Simpson
Madison Touloukian
Lambda Alpha
The National Anthropology Honor Society
Madeleine Brewster
Sarah Carlson
Joselyn Broadway
Alexa Dava
Laurel Bornman
Hannah Grove
Abigail Bowman
Hannah Gross
Hannah Cagle
Mikal Kirk
URBAN STUDIES
Kelli Manning
Nicole McNevin
Zackary Smiley
Jonathan Thornton
Patricia Wooldridge
Samuel A. Shellhamer Award in Urban Studies
Mark Sawyer
WHEATON CENTER FOR FAITH, POLITICS AND ECONOMICS (FPE)
Abigail Guidera
FPE Scholars
Luke Nelessen
Emma Allen
Kira Dittman
Jordan Embree
Evan Giesecke
FPE Intern Awards
Emily Hillstrom
Richard Ndekezi
Mark Sawyer
Ariana Schmidt
Alice Zhang
Izzy Smith
Tim Wruck
Honor Society lists reflect new inductees only.
CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
The Presser Foundation Scholarship
Wesley Newton
The Stella Russell Scholarship in Music
Elizabeth Kapitaniuk
Arekson Sunwood
The Stella Russell Conservatory Class Awards
Junior Class: Carl Jacobson
Sophomore Class: Maria Yeh
Freshman Class: Paul Cline
The Alton Cronk Award
James Ley
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CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC (continued
The B. Falkenberg Fogg Scholarship
HudsonTaylor Brown
The Pirsein Family Music Education Scholarship
Christopher DiMarco
The Virginia Stoner Scholarship
Elliot Franklin
The James & Sarah Williams Scholarship
Anna Leston
Lydia Saldanha
The Dr. H. William Nordin Voice Scholarship
Jennifer Judd
The Thomas Wilcox Voice Scholarship
Rebecca Rice
The Margarita Evans Vocal Award
Bethany Crosby
The Loraine Tallakson Searfoss Prize
Lydia Saldanha
The Lawrence Foster Memorial String Scholarship
Delaney Turner
The Alfred Green Student Prize
Hannah Novak
Emily Gilman
The Evalin Endowed Scholarship
Willey Lee
The Phemister Prize in Piano
Isaiah Shim
The Josephine Halvorsen Memorial Composition Prize
Young Min You
Ian Zanski
The Schultheis Composition Competition Award
Young Min You
The Percussion Award
Noel Streacker
The Youngberg Organ Award
Freeman Tucker
The John & Ruth Deitsch Fisher Music Fund
Will Schlueter
The Lester Wheeler Groom Organ Award
Freeman Tucker
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CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC (continued
The Class of 1987 Endowed Scholarship
Lukas Goodman
Gunnar Kuehl
The Ben Heppner Prize
Enoch Leung
The Leslie C. & Lillian A. Schultheis Scholarship Fund
Concerto Competition Area Winners
Delaney Turner
Claudia Finsaas
Elizabeth Kapitaniuk
Enoch Leung
The Chamber Music Area Competition Winners
Azaryah Baggott
Rachel Cirvencic
Aaron Policastro
Christina Schempf
Rachel Schneider
Arekson Sunwood
Delaney Turner
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FACULTY PROMOTIONS, TENURE, RETIREMENTS
Promotion from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
Mr. Jeremy Botts
Dr. Edward Davis
Dr. Winnie Fung
Dr. Matthew Milliner
Mr. Gregory Morrison
Dr. Benjamin Pyykkonen
Dr. Amy Reynolds
Dr. Tamara Townsend
Dr. Heather Whitney
Art
Psychology
Business & Economics
Art
Library
Psychology
Sociology & Anthropology
Foreign Languages
Physics
Promotion from Associate Professor to Professor
Dr.
Dr.
Dr.
Dr.
Dr.
Dr.
Jeffrey Barbeau
Carolyn Hart
Beth Felker Jones
Stephen Lovett
Gerald Root
Noah Toly
Biblical & Theological Studies
Conservatory of Music
Biblical & Theological Studies
Mathematics & Computer Science
Evangelism & Leadership
Urban Studies/Politics & Int’l Relations
Tenure
Mr. Jeremy Botts
Dr. Darcie Delzell
Dr. Richard Gibson
Dr. Sarah Hall
Dr. Matthew Lundin
Dr. Brian Miller
Dr. Benjamin Pyykkonen
Dr. Tamara Townsend
Art
Mathematics & Computer Science
English
Psychology
History
Sociology & Anthropology
Psychology
Foreign Languages
Emeriti
Dr. Kathryn Long
Dr. Scottie May
Mr. Joel Sheesley
History
Christian Formation & Ministry
Art
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WHEATON COLLEGE SCHOLASTIC HONOR SOCIETY CLASS OF 2016
Name
Abigail Ruth Amstutz
Madeline Baltzer
James Edward Barrett
Jamie Elizabeth Belsterling
Michaela Ariane Bylsma
Daniel M. Chung
Claire Elizabeth Colwell
Kathryn Clare Combs
Hannah Kristin Considine
Jessica Dawn Cruise
Jessica Nicole Dagher
Benjamin Davis Fasano
Tyler Alexander Garrett
Stephen Ryder Golz
Jessica Leigh Hawthorne
Kenya Ann Heard
Katherine Heidengren
Kalei Richard James Hosaka
Meagan Renae Jackson
Rachel Virginia Karsten
Amy Jung In Kim
Megan Caroline Koontz
Jacob Immanuel Kvasnicka
Abigael Elizabeth Lee
Micah Landry MacAskill
Christopher John McCauley
Alison Ann McMillan
Kyle Laing Mellinger
Leanne Miller
Alexa Joy Pontus
Sheridan Rose Prince
Lilianna Elizabeth Quiroa-Crowell
Fidelia Danielle Renne
Joshua James Romero
Emily Margaret Sargent
Ariana Mae Schmidt
Stephen Wesley Shannon
Kayla Solstad
Elisabeth Sorenson
Meghan Roanne Tabor
Madeline Marie Taylor
Jonathan Yee-Jon Tsen
Emily Joy Willson
Kelly Nicole Wilson
Major
Bible/Theology: Integrated
Physics
Economics
Business/Economics
Philosophy
Psychology
Geology
English, History
Bible/Theology: Integrated, Spanish
Biology
Chemistry: Biochem ACS
Bible/Theology: Biblical
International Relations, Economics
Economics
Bible/Theology: Theological, Philosophy with Bible/Theology
Economics
Christian Education & Ministry
Anthropology
Environmental Science: Biology
Elementary Education
Chemistry: Biochemistry
Business/Economics
Environmental Science: Geology
Elementary Education
Biology
Chemistry: Biochemistry
Mathematics, Chemistry
Applied Health Science
Ancient Languages, Computer Science
Business/Economics, Psychology
English: Writing
Anthropology
Political Science, History
Political Science
English: Writing, Psychology
International Relations, French
Psychology
Chemistry: Biochem ACS
Applied Health Science, Bible/Theology: Integrated
History
Business/Economics
Psychology
Mathematics, Physics
Environmental Science: Social Science
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