Awards Convocation
Every year, the College holds an Awards Convocation to recognize outstanding merit and achievement among students and faculty members. It is an honor to celebrate the award recipients that were announced on April 19, 2023.
You can review award recipients and societies below. Full award descriptions are available in the catalog on page 178.
| Award Title | Award Recipient |
|---|---|
| Achievement Award in Anthropology | Megan Steffes |
| Achievement Award in Art and Art History | Aftyn Reinwand |
| Achievement Award in Biology | Julia Scharinger |
| Achievement Award in Chemistry-Biology | Cormac Madigan |
| Achievement Award in Communication | Amanda Barlow, Madeline Clark |
| Achievement Award in Computer Science | Andrew Ratayczak |
| Achievement Award in Educational Studies (Elementary) | Emma Spalding |
| Achievement Award in Educational Studies (Secondary) | Mikayla Flyte |
| Achievement Award in Environmental Studies | Sebastian Egan |
| Achievement Award in Exercise Science | Larissa Rowley |
| Achievement Award in History | Andrew Dowling |
| Achievement Award in Physical Science | Cydney Pittenger |
| Achievement Award in Political Science | Parker Velte |
| Achievement Award in Psychobiology | Paige Nickel |
| Achievement Award in Psychology | Deana Johnson, Olivia Mandel |
| Achievement Award in Sociology | Alondra Castillo |
| Achievement Award in Spanish | Amanda Barlow |
| Achievement in Finance | Jonah DeCleene |
| Alumni Association Senior Award | Kiana Fall, Maythe Salcedo, Julia Scharinger |
| American Association of University Women Awards: Mary Eva Webster Junior Award | Katelynn Kruse |
| American Association of University Women Awards: Mary Eva Webster Senior Award | Julia Scharinger |
| Bruce Martz Endowed Music Award | Evan Jensen |
| Class of 1991 Award | Jacob Oppeneer |
| Clifford Crump, Phi Beta Kappa Award | Braeden Krueger, Aaliyah Robinson |
| David L. Harris Memorial Award (Student Senate) | Abigail Urbina |
| Deans' Award | Tamera Holland |
| Donald Bruening, Class of 1962, Prize | Andrew C. Faucher |
| Dr. Charles Nichols Award in Biology | Lily Lustig |
| Dr. Edwin W. Webster, Class of 1919, Scholarship (History) | Lauren Bahr, Aaron O’Halloran |
| Erroll B. Davis Minority Achievement Award | Esteban Borja Peña |
| Ethel E. Lyon '12 Graduate Scholarship In English | Jacqueline Hanson |
| Faculty/Staff Mentor Award | Assistant Professor of Biology Benjamin Grady |
| Franzen Center for Academic Success Outstanding Tutor Award | Cydney Pittenger |
| Guy and Maud Russell, Classes of 1911 and 1917, Chemistry Award | Caroline Flesch |
| Harry A. Cody, Jr., Class of 1933, Memorial Award in Military Science | Mitchell Lipinski |
| James Underkofler Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching | Associate Dean for Faculty, Ralph Hale Ruppert Distinguished Professor of History Rebecca Matzke |
| Jeff A. Thompson Award | Desmond Murphy |
| John Storzer Graduate Study Award | Tamera Holland |
| Lucile Mosling Grams Music Scholarship | Isaac Tomaschefsky |
| Lucy Smith Morris Shakespeare Prize (English) | Aftyn Reinwand |
| May Bumby Severy '08 Award | Associate Professor of Educational Studies Matthew Knoester |
| Milton H. Westhagen Award In Economics | Zacharias Olstinske, Jonah DeCleene |
| Pierre Guiet Prize in English | Kaitlyn Walas |
| Presidential Staff Award | Director of Residence Life Mark Nicklaus |
| Ripon College Mathematics and Computer Science Award | Benjamin McFarland |
| Samuel N. Pickard Award | Christian Schmidt, Kiana Fall |
| “Sarge” Peters Award (Military Science) | Jada Johnson |
| Senior Business Management Prize | Ryan Steffes |
| Senior Class Award | Associate Professor of History, Chair of History Department, Director of Environmental Studies Sarah Frohardt-Lane |
| Student Leadership Award | Kalan Narance, Maythe Salcedo, Levi Keen |
| Student Organization Leadership Award | Black Student Union (BSU), Asian Student Association (ASA), Alpha Chi Omega |
| The James M. Haney ’76 Communications Achievement Award | Amanda Barlow, Madeline Clark |
| The Peter Mattiacci '58 Award | Charles Schultz |
| Theatre Achievement Award | Rebecca Steinkamp |
| William Harley Barber Award (Physics) | Jacob Lange |