The College of Arts and Sciences recognizes the scholastic and creative achievements of our outstanding students.
James D. Collins/Outstanding Senior Awards
Each April, the College of Arts and Sciences recognizes outstanding seniors. Students are nominated by faculty members in their disciplines. Each department chooses one student, a graduating major in their program, to receive the award annually using its own criteria and procedures.
Nominations must be received by the office of the dean by February 21. A candidate must have 90 or more undergraduate hours by that time. Winners of the award receive an engraved college medallion.
- Diamond Hardiman, African American Studies
Written Testimonial - William Critchley-Menor, American Studies
Written Testimonial and Video - Katherine Donald, Biology
Written Testimonial and Video - Sravya Ainapurapu, Chemistry
Written Testimonial and Video - Sofia Hingorani, Communication
Written Testimonial and Video - Vahdeta Suljic, Computer Science
Written Testimonial - Ashleigh Montgomery, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Written Testimonial - Raymond Moylan, English
Written Testimonial - Bailey McCulloch, Fine and Performing Arts
Written Testimonial and Video - Alice Yu, Health Care Ethics
Video - Téa Erickson, History
- Julia Griffin, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Written Testimonial and Video - Sravya Ainapurapu, Mathematics and Statistics
Written Testimonial - Scott Lee, Neuroscience Program
Written Testimonial - Jordan Glassman, Philosophy
Written Testimonial - Robert Sienkiewicz, Physics
Written Testimonial - Caleb L. Logan, Political Science
Written Testimonial and Video - Shruthi Boggarapu, Psychology
Written Testimonial - Nina Kaiser, Sociology and Anthropology
Written Testimonial and Video - Samuel Agra, Theological Studies
Written Testimonial and Video - Sarah Cerkvenik, Women's and Gender Studies
CAS Distinguished Dissertation Award Winner
- Beth Petitjean
CAS Distinguished Dissertation Award Honorable Mention
- Yvonne Klein
- Michael Hahn
CAS Distinguished Thesis Award Winner
- Hannah Fitterman Harris
CAS Distinguished Thesis Award Honorable Mention
- Teresa Baraza Piazuelo
- Hiroki Yuda
Pre-Commencement Awards
The College of Arts and Sciences recognizes graduating students who are members of honorary societies and who are recipients of special departmental awards at our pre-commencement ceremony each May. We are proud of our graduates’ participation in a wide variety of activities and recognize their success not only in the classroom but on campus, in the community and in the world.
Department/Program Awards
The departments and programs in the College of Arts and Sciences recognize the outstanding
work of
their students.
Collins Award Winner and Co-Recipient of the Karla Scott Award for Excellence
in African American Studies
Co-Recipient of the Karla Scott Award for Excellence
in African American Studies
Collins Award Winner
Dr. Judith Z. Medoff Undergraduate Teaching Award
- Andruw Wittels
- Nadia Sirajuddin
Undergraduate Research Awards
- First Place, Dr. Elizabeth J. Keath
- Second Place, Em Miller
- Third Place, Jordan Hathaway
Biology Outstanding Senior Award
Biology Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award
- Zhaolian Lu
Biology Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award
- Rebecca Girresch
Collins Award Winner
American Institute of Chemists Outstanding M.S. Chemistry Award
- Scott Grady
American Institute of Chemists Outstanding Ph.D. Chemistry Award
- Chelsea DeLeon
Carol M. and Joseph R. Franks Doctoral Graduate Student
- Katie Sanders
Royal Society of Chemistry Certificate of Excellence - M.S. in Chemistry
- Mohammad Kader
Royal Society of Chemistry Certificate of Excellence - Ph.D. in Chemistry
- Miranda Adams
CRC Press Chemistry Achievement Award - M.S. in Chemistry
- Michael Armbruster
CRC Press Chemistry Achievement Award - Ph.D. in Chemistry
- Murthy Chintala
Collins Award Winner
Kathleen Farrell Outstanding Graduate Student Award
- Shelby Zima
- Jovana Vukanic
- Gordon Connaghan
- Chase Enright
Lambda Pieta
- Emerson Armstrong
- Kathleen Murphy
- Margaret Murphy
- Jacob Brandon Wierson
- Shelby Zima
Collins Award Winner
EAS Collins Award Winner
Brill Award to the Outstanding Senior in Geosciences. This award recognizes the contributions made to the department by Emeritus Professor Kenneth Brill. Conferred on a graduating student with exemplary records of academic achievement and involvement with the undergraduate program.
- Graduate: Mary O'Connell
Collins Award Winner
Walter Ong Award
- Carol Hogan-Downey
Lucien Fournier Award
- Kathry Polizzi
Joe Weixlmann Award
- Natalie Whitaker
FPA Outstanding Senior Award
Collins Award Winner
Collins Award Winner
- Téa Erickson
Thomas P. Neill Dissertation Award
- Beth Petitjean
LLC Outstanding Senior Award
Collins Award Winner
PI MU Epsilon
- Wedad Albarbi
- Salah Alshabhi
- Samira Jabry
- Christian Verghese
- Yunge Wang
Andrews Award
- Simon McCreary-Ellis
Outstanding Student in the Micah Program
- Jenesca William
Program Senior Leadership Award
- Crystal Bell
- Samuel Cubillos
- Kathryn Doman
- Riley Fagan
- Julia Gerwe
- Ashley Gomel
- Haley Grimes
- Michael Gunther
- Claudia Hall
- Amy Hennessy
- Jacinta Kahle
- Dongho Kang
- Caitlin Kelley
- Brenda Kirlin
- Kameda Mallory
- Sydney Mefford
- Elizabeth Metz
- Julia Nouse
- Mary O’Connell
- Haydon Peterson
- Allison Ross
- Sophie Rudder
- Andrea Simms
- Jacqueline Snyder
- Jazmine Terrazas
- Brenna Wall
- Elise Westhoff
- Jenesca William
Micah Program Senior Service Award
- Crystal Bell
- Kathryn Doman
- Riley Fagan
- Ashley Gomel
- Claudia Hall
- Amy Hennessy
- Antonio Hornstein
- Garrett Hurst
- Dongho Kang
- Brenda Kirlin
- Olivia Lindstrom
- Victoria Lothian
- Madeline Maloney
- Sydney Mefford
- Molly Mitchell
- Dana Moyer
- Julia Nouse
- Mary O'Connell
- Stephanie Portanova
- Morgan Redohl
- Allison Ross
- Scott Shadrick
- Andrea Simms
- Samuel Spenceri
- Rachel Stcikels
- Brenna Wall
- Jenesca William
Senior Legacy Awards
- Elizabeth Bartle
- Suzy Kickham
- Patrick Bernas
Collins Award Winner
Graduate Student Excellence in the Philosophy Department
Collins Award Winner
The Collins Award (most outstanding student) in the Political Science department
Steven Puro Award
- Sean Ferguson
Collins Award Winner
Outstanding Graduate Student in Clinical Psychology
- John Lace
Harold and Mary Jane Tall Award
- Zach Soulliard
Nicholas J. Collarelli Award
- Victoria L. Whitaker
- Rachel S. Rauvola
Thomas J. Kramer Award
- Ian M. Katz
David C. Munz Award
- Rachel S. Rauvola
- Ian M. Katz
Marilyn K. Rigby
- Sara McMullin (Experimental Program)
Gayle A. Olson and Richard D. Olson Dissertation Award
- Kristin A. Broussard
Napoli Endowed Teaching Award
- Kristin A. Broussard
Sociology and Anthropology Collins Award Winner
Peter Verhaegen, S.J. award, given to the senior who demonstrates outstanding potential for theological research. At the age of 29 years, Father Peter Verhaegen, S.J. became the first Jesuit president of St. Louis College in 1829. He raised the status of the college to a university by acquiring the first charter from the State of Missouri in 1832:
- Elyse Keenan
The Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne Award, given to the senior who has best exemplified theology as inculturation and God’s desire to engage peoples in the very concrete circumstances of their lives. Missionary Philippine Duchesne arrived in the St. Louis area in 1818, established the first free schools west of the Mississippi, and worked with the Pottowatomie people in her later years:
- Julia Nouse
The Undergraduate Achievement Award goes to an outstanding undergraduate student who is a member of Theta Alpha Kappa, the the national honor society for religious studies and theology:
- Mary O'Connell
Provost's Dissertation Fellowship
- Anna Williams
James D. Collins award for an outstanding senior
- Sam Agra
Collins Award Winner
- Sarah Cerkvenik
The Giving Circle Award
- Carly Smale