Knox Stories
Distinguished Faculty Members Retire From Knox College
At the end of the 2023-24 school year, distinguished faculty members retired from Knox College.
Office of Communications
2 East South Street
Galesburg, IL 61401
At the end of each academic year, Knox faculty, staff, and students traditionally gather to recognize the achievements of students with a variety of academic awards. The recognition of student achievements covers three main categories: honor societies, awards and prizes for special accomplishments, and awards and prizes from academic departments.
All awards and recipients are listed below.
Phi Beta Kappa: Founded in 1776, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious scholastic honorary society, Phi Beta Kappa, recognizes “the principles of freedom of inquiry and liberty of thought and expression” that are the foundation of liberal learning. Only ten percent of the nation’s colleges and universities have a PBK chapter. The Delta Chapter of Illinois was founded at Knox College in 1916, the first chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in a liberal arts college in Illinois. Seniors and a small number of juniors distinguished for high academic achievement are elected annually.
Seniors (*Elected as a junior)
Bishakha Awale
Caleb Isaac Baird
Claudia April Virginia Basile
Katherine Elizabeth Bleyle
Tristan Garrett Blus
Kaitlyn McKenzie Cashdollar*
Carlos Miguel Claudio
Hannah Helaine Dixon
Charles Michael Ericksen
Hannah Marie Froming
Geneva Frances Gage
Hala M. Halabi
Ngoc Minh Bao Ho
Camryn Hidemi Hutchins
Caitlin Marie Johnson
Makenna Roye Kuecks
My Ho Huyen Le
Thao Qui Luong
Rose Ellen Marshall
Sarah Frances Nathan
Phan Ly Vy Nguyen
Anh Minh Phung
Omar Ishrat Qureshi
Sokcheatra Samrith
Leo Mars Schrater
Casimir Lawrence Stopa
Mia Ye
Lily Ann Zofkie
Elected
Claire Meier Dietz
Marin Grace Hart
Sarah Hoffmann-Weitsman
Alexis Taylor Riggs
Brandon Denman Roberts
Sage Josephine Yoerger
Psi Chi - National Honor Society in Psychology: Students are selected on the basis of academic achievement and interest in psychology as a science.
Rebecca Grace Baird
Siena Rose Adwere-Boamah
Audrey Grace Radford
Pi Sigma Alpha: the National Political Science Honor Society was founded in 1920 for the purpose of bringing together students and faculty interested in the study of government and politics.
New Inductees
Seniors
Katsuhiko Kishi
Beau Nelson
Elected
Rand B. Al Baka
Emma Elizabeth Curry
Harini Gunasekaran
Ashlynn Rayme Lenertz
Jenna Elizabeth Schweikert
Kasey Elaine Snyder
Sigma Xi - The Scientific Research Society: Membership in Sigma Xi is by invitation. The most promising young scientists and students with demonstrated research potential are invited to join as associate members.
Seniors
Rebecca Grace Baird
Hala Halabi
My Ho Huyen Le (Myrissa)
Roman Jakob Liedtke
Anh Kieu Tran (Kaitlyn)
Elected
Justin Douty
Finnegan Hautau
Shawn Lam
Bookfellow Library Prize: Marion Margarita Schweitzer
College Marshal: Amira Liaan Siddique
Dean Deborah Wing Award: Addison Anderson
Inman Fox Prize: Eric Eduardo Espinoza
John C. Weigel Prize: Jia Yi Self
Lincoln Laureate: Kayla Marina Hope
Outstanding Senior Award: Eeman Mushtaq Mahar
Pearl Harris Award: Amira Liaan Siddique
Philip Haring & John Houston Award: Mouhcine Oubih
James and Helen Huntington Johnson Prize: Eleanor Scout Lindenmayer
Howell Atwood Award: Hannah Froming, Abigail Spengler, Lua Powers, Sarah Nathan
Beverly Bender Scholar in Art: Wilder Julian Myslivy
Blick Art Materials Prize in Ceramics: Eli James Adamson
Blick Art Materials Prize in Drawing: Jori Alexandria Pilcher
Blick Art Materials Prize in Graphic Design: Zo Beju Evelyn Peterson
Beverly Bender Scholar in Sculpture: Ellen Simone Miller Garrett
Blick Art Materials Prize in Non-Traditional Media: Sydney Westreich
Blick Art Materials Prize in Painting: Leo Gene Dunn
Blick Art Materials Prize in Photography: Sydney Westreich
Blick Art Materials Senior Prize: Sydney Westreich
Elda Crichton Campbell Print Prize: Isabella Brennan
Isaac O. Peterson Studio Award: Eli James Adamson
Mikiso Hane Asian Studies Prize: Katherine Bleyle, Julia Maron
Alvah Peterson Biology Prize: Autumn Crow
Inn-Siang Ooi Prize: Chloe Rodeffer
Russell P. Sutton Prize in Organic Chemistry: Frances Ruth Hilliard, Jack Kennison Lubbs
Leland Harris Award in Chemistry: Laurelee Boon
ACS Illinois Heartland Local Section Collegiate Scholastic Award: Laurelee Boon, Garrett Trimble
ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Award: Carlotta Jacinta Horvath
ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Undergraduate Award in Inorganic Chemistry: Mark Thomas Frenster
ACS Division of Organic Chemistry: Laurelee Boon
ACS Division of Physical Chemistry: Laurelee Boon
General Chemistry Achievement Award: Emme Lynn Patton, Precious Mofiyinfoluwa Odejimi, Lance Jacob Miller, Ryudo Kawanami, Zoe Araceli Pav
Glenn M. Nagel Undergraduate Research Fund in Chemistry and Biochemistry: Maureen Schmid, Sahana V. Giri, Eileen Sheetz
Lawrence Prize in Greek: Kaitlyn Cashdollar, Jean Lux Patton
Lawrence Prize in Latin: Jia Self, Annika Jorgen Vagle
Paul’s Prize in Computer Science: Michael Fisher
John Hofsas Prize in Dance: Aicha Chehmani
Sylvia & Irwin Jaffe Memorial Prize: Lia Teresa Villanueva Mena
Vinton C. Johnson Prize: Mouhcine Oubih
Dr. Diana Beck Senior Honors Award: Myla Boyd, Katsuhiko Kishi, Evelyn Martinez
Nina Marie Edwards Memorial Award: Archi Nokrek
William E. Brady Fund in English Literature: Eva Fuller, Evelyn Martinez
Eugene & Ella Stewart Davenport Literary Award in Fiction: Claire Meier Dietz (1), Nathan Brenner Hill (2), Lila Siering (3)
Eugene & Ella Stewart Davenport Literary Award in Non-Fiction: Erin Kathleen Cosgrove (1), Marli Ann Messener (2), Claire Meier Dietz (3)
Eugene & Ella Stewart Davenport Literary Award in Poetry: Eleanor Wilhelmi (1), Jia Self (2), Avery Claire O'Brien (3), Marli Ann Messner, Jed Howard Bothe, Maya Lisa Gomez (Honorable Mentions)
Eugene & Ella Stewart Davenport Literary Award in Playwriting: Amarachukwu Agupugo (1), Josephine Silkowski Ludington & Natalie Rose Ivaniszek (2), Abigail Mary King (Honorable Mention)
Elizabeth Haywood English Award: Ezra Duma Alpasan
The Scripps Prize: Caitlin Johnson
Lorraine Smith Prize in English: Jed Howard Bothe
Beverly K. White & Friends Creative Writing Prize: Jed Howard Bothe
Howard A. Wilson Prize: Eva Fuller (1), Marli Ann Messner (2), Sage Lundquist (3)
Audrey Collet-Conard Prize: Jed Howard Bothe
Proctor Fenn Sherwin Short Story Award: Caitlin Johnson
Desmond Fortes Environmental Studies Prize: Leo Schrater, Cadence Irene Eischens
Lawrence L. DeMott Prize: Jacqueline Pavlovsky, Harvey Marlena Taylor
Sylvia and Erwin Jaffe Memorial Prize (Medical Sciences): Ashley Pearson
Dennis E. Donham Prize in History: Brandon Denman Roberts
Dorothy Inness Stanford Award: Sarah A. Borchert
Szold Prize in History: William David Gatesman
Robert F. Seibert Prize: Omar Qureshi
Theodore Hazen Kimble Memorial Award in Journalism: Ellen Simone Miller Garrett, Natalie Ivaniszek
Ida M. Tarbell Memorial Prize: Eleanor Scout Lindenmayer
Clark Mills Carr Prize in Mathematics: Dustin Cates, Alexis Taylor Riggs
Lorraine Smith Prize in French: Meridian Kamele'okekai Lattig
Lilly Lindahl Prize in German: Alex Lords
Sally Coleman Prize in Spanish Literature: Marina Hope
Don C. M. Bracker Award in Music: Corgan Blaise Ball
Clarence Hubert Johnson Award: Amira Liaan Siddique
Ruth Lockwood Goodsill Prize: Casey Blu Foubert
Lucile Sudbury Prize: Brandon Denman Roberts, Carlos Claudio
David Lowry Jazz Award: Garrett Raiden Sprinkle, Chieko Robin Ogiwara Dunham
Eric Martin Berg Memorial: Ian David Smith, Anne Kashiwagi, Chieko Robin Ogiwara Dunham, Jack Kennison Lubbs, Hannah L. Tannas, Ian Joseph Catanzaro
George Morel Memorial in Music: Amira Liaan Siddique
Janet Greig Post Prize in Music: Jasper Morgan
Peace and Justice Studies Student Prize: Markesha Jackson
Merritt H. Moore Prize in Philosophy: Athko Ehrnstein
Donald L. Benedict Student Research Award: Naysha Jain
Robert R. Mariner Family Research Award: Morgan Marie Hopkins
Smith Prize in Physics: Dustin Michael Cates, Matthew Troy Durdle
Dean Acheson Prize: Josie Spence
John W. Burgess Prize in Political Science: Caleb Baird
Proctor Fenn Sherwin Prize in First-Year Writing: Michaela-Ann Moorea Mueller
Robert Stevens Harper Prize for Graduate Study in Psychology: Juan Ramirez, Miranda Zuckerman
Robert Stevens Harper Prize for Outstanding Psychology Senior Research Poster: Hailey Bauchman, Goichi Suganuma
Edith Powers Van Dyke Memorial Award in Psychology: Rebecca Baird
Colton Prize for Excellence in Public Performance: Zion Quincy Clarke
Linda Elizabeth Karger Award in the Theatre Arts: Tristan Blus
Van Clute Prize: Amelia Walz
Jean Bloomquist McBath Memorial Production Award in Studio Theatre: Natalie Ivaniszek
David R. Arnold Research Award: Nellie Mae Mueller
William Fern Prize in Honor of Jeanne Zemek Bohn, Class of 1950, as part of the Artists, Scholars, Scientists, and Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow (ASSET) Program: Luna Solange Perkins
Steve Floyd Memorial Award as part of the Artists, Scholars, Scientists, and Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow (ASSET) Program: Archi Nokrek
Laszlo J. Nemeth Memorial Research Award as part of the Artists, Scholars, Scientists, and Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow (ASSET) Program: Amira Liaan Siddique
Charles & Arvilla Timme Fellowship Award: Abhyudaya Rajbhandari, Areesha Saif
Lizzy Warner Fund for Women in STEM as part of the Artists, Scholars, Scientists, and Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow (ASSET) Program: Sarah Hoffman-Weitsman
Mogbo Sustainability Fund as part of the Artists, Scholars, Scientists, and Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow (ASSET) Program: Teagan Elizabeth Springer
General ASSET Award, supported by the Richter Memorial Trust: Audrey Grace Radford
Published on June 06, 2022