Millsaps College celebrated a year of academic achievements with an Awards Day ceremony on Thursday, April 23.
Division of Arts and Letters
Art
Excellence in Art History Award - Erin Colleen Jordan
William D. Rowell Memorial Art Award - Toni Rae Manley
Outstanding Junior Studio Art Award - Beth Leeann Fossen
Art History Paper Award - Erin Colleen Jordan
Performing Arts
Senior Music Award - Charles Lawrence Denman
Performance Concentrator Award in Music - Meagan Elizabeth Malone
Academic Achievement in Theater Award - Cason Elise Phillips
Classics
Swearingen Prize for Excellence in Introductory Latin - Joseph Henry Muller
Swearingen Prize for Excellence in Advanced Latin - Philip Maurice Cortese
Swearingen Prize for Excellence in Introductory Greek - Morgan Arrington Jones
Swearingen Prize for Excellence in Advanced Greek - Andrew Alexander McPherson
Magnolia Coullet Senior Classics Award - Philip Maurice Cortese
English
Paul D. Hardin Award in English - Katherine Margaret Hamm
Robert H. Padgett Award in English - Vandana Janaki Vedanarayanan
Clark Essay Medal - Vandana Janaki Vedanarayanan
History
Ross H. Moore History Award - Megan Lea Wharton
Modern Languages
Pi Delta Phi Intermediate French Award - Karina T. Sudduth and Anne Rollings Waldrop
Albert Godfrey Sanders Award in Spanish - Kayla Ann Richard
Sigma Delta Pi Intermediate Spanish Award - David A. Guyott, Sarah Dianne Hartzog, Ashley Renee Martin
Philosophy
Best Philosophical Writing Award - Meagan Elizabeth Malone
Religious Studies
Excellence in Religious Studies Award - Thomas Alexander Allain
Religious Studies Paper Award - Brittany Elise Hickman
Bishop's Medal - Candice Fisher
Henry and Katherine Bellamann Awards
Creative Writing – Luke William Darby
Music – Charles Lawrence Denman
Dora Lynch Hanley Award for Distinguished Writing - Kathryn Rosamond Royals
Division of the Sciences
Biology
Biology Department Award for Service - Emily Lane Gilbert
Biology Research Award - Haley Kathleen Barber
Tri-Beta Award - Haley Kathleen Barber and Matthew Wahrendorff Deweese
Chemistry
Joseph B. Price General Chemistry Award -Clifford Edwin Coile, Samuel Paul Scheibal, Marie Louise Thomas, Jennifer Anne Serwan
Junior Analytical Chemistry Award - Keith Hampton Parsons, Jr.
Chemistry Department Senior Research Award - Emily Hope Stewart
J.M. Whitfield Service Award - Neha Sidharth Solanki
Computer Science
Outstanding Computer Science Senior Project - Garrett Marshall McKellar
Education
Excellence in Student Teaching
Elementary - Darrington Ann Lancaster
Secondary - Amber Renee King
Outstanding Scholarship Award for Elementary Education - Dianne Jackson Coleman
Outstanding Scholarship Award for Secondary Education - Kayla Ann Richard
Mary Sue Enochs Lewis Endowed Scholarship - Lauren Marie Powell
Excellence on the National Praxis II Examination - Kayla Ann Richard and Melanie Layne Smith
Geology
Wendell B. Johnson Memorial Award - John Andrew Sebastian Fleming
Richard R. Priddy Memorial Award - Rachel Victoria Keng
Jennifer L. Sorrells Memorial Award - William Latimer Fontaine
W.A. Tarr Award - David Thomas Butler III
Mathematics
Outstanding Freshman Mathematics Award - Lauren Nicole Titone and Yue (Joyce) Jiang
Samuel R. Knox Senior Mathematics Award - Robert Lawrence Parker
Physics
College Physics Award - Andrew Alexander McPherson
General Physics Award - Keith Hampton Parsons, Jr.
Political Science
John F. Kennedy Award - Philip Maurice Cortese
Reid and Cynthia Bingham Awards - Anna Coleman Sweat, Molly Kate Bohlke and Lauren Alana Guichard
Psychology
William James Award for Academic Excellence - Mary Kathleen Wilson
Mary Whiton Calkins Award for Outstanding Research in Psychology - Rachel Jordan Brooks and Sarah Stafford Matheny
Gordon Allport Award for the Application of Psychology - Elizabeth May Starrett and Lee Margot Fountain
Noam Chomsky Award for Excellence in Psychology - Ashley Elizabeth Jefcoat
Best Overall Performance on Comprehensive Examination - Mary Kathleen Wilson
Chi Omega Social Science Award - Mary Kathryn Buchan
Else School of Management
Accounting
Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants Outstanding Senior Award - Alan James Landrum
Business Administration
Wall Street Journal Award - Erin Nicole Anderson
Economics
Richard B. Baltz Award - Chad Josephy Songy
Finance
Merrill Lynch Award for Excellence in Investments - Brian Jefferson Chadwick and Evgenia (Jane) Sergeyevna Ustinova
CFA Society of Mississippi Award for Excellence in Finance - Bradley Albert Thompson
Else Scholars
Erin Nicole Anderson
Mary Kathryn Buchan
Lacey Anne Evans
Houston Gregory Hartzog
Michael Tait Hendrix
Bobbi Nicole Jones
Chad Joseph Songy
College Awards for Leadership and Scholarship
Omicron Delta Kappa Awards
Freshman Man of the Year - Dwight Shenard Johnson
Freshman Woman of the Year - Jesse Melinda Crow
W. Charles Sallis Leader of the Year - Philip Maurice Cortese
Lewis and Reiff Awards
Thomas Alexander Allain
Chadwick Alan Bowen
Philip Maurice Cortese
Kayla Ann Richard
Thomas G. Ross Scholarship - Samuel Ralph Herman
Janet Lynne Sims Award - Keith Hampton Parsons, Jr.
Beta Gamma Sigma
Beth Leeann Fossen
Michael Tait Hendrix
Melanie Renee Austin
Julia Raye Jesuit
Bobbi Nicole Jones
Rome Austin Emmons, IV
Laura Heather Litton
James Wilson Rice, Jr.
William John Hippler, III
Alexander Bernard Nessel
Evgenia Sergeyevna Ustinova
James Robbin Jeter
Florence Bell Williams
Elizabeth Cavett Parsons
Amanda Carol Robertson
Jonathan Breck Stringer
Bradley Albert Thompson
Susan Shurden Wiggins
Phi Beta Kappa
Thomas Alexander Allain
Anna Allred
Amber Lynne Amore
Mary Kathryn Buchan
Andrew T. Carlson
Katie Collins
Phillip Maurice Cortese
Emily Gilbert
Kathleen Hamm
April Hendricks
Ashley Jefcoat
Megan Maher
Meagen Elizabeth Malone
Matthew David Oglesbee
Andrew Olinger
Joseph Quillin
Tiffany Randle
Kayla Richard
Emily Stewart
Katelyn Ulmer
Vandana Vedanaranyanan
Mary Wilson
Student Life Awards
Millsaps College recognized students for leadership, service, scholarship and/or character on April 14, 2009.
Most Distinguished Woman & Man
Kayla A. Richard
Phillip M. Cortese
Most Outstanding Fraternity Man & Sorority Woman
Katie Collins
Ahmed Elalighe
Souls afire (community service activism)
Katie Collins
Darrington Lancaster
Kenosha Robinson
Brittany Tait
L.O.V.E. Award (Leader of Values & Ethics)
Hunter C. Berch
Student Body Association
Leader of the Year – Phillip Cortese
Senator of the Year – Amanda Cain
Committee of the Year – Campus Services
Non-senate Committee Member of the Year – Miranda Hailey
Parliamentarian Award – Robert Jaggers
Residence Hall Director of the Year
Hugh Hartzog
Resident Assistant of the Year
Brittany Tait
Fraternity and Sorority Model Initiates
Lauren Williams
George Holmes
Presidential Ambassador of the Year
Bryan Dupree
Foundations Director of the Year
Roxie Randle
Foundations Team of the Year
Alex Allain
Brittany Ector
Mississippi Center for Justice Honor for Social Justice
Maria Underwood
Student Employee of the Year
Joey Quillin
Fraternity and Sorority Life
Chapter of Excellence - Chi Omega
Outstanding chapter president – Megan Maher, Chi Omega
Outstanding Faculty Advisor – Patrick Cooper, Pi Kappa Alpha
Outstanding Alumna/Alumnus Advisor – Jennifer Rider, Phi Mu
Matt Mclaughlin, Kappa Alpha Order
Unsung Leaders – Mary Clark Rardin, Kappa Delta
James Rice, Lambda Chi Alpha
Most Improved Scholarship – Lambda Chi Alpha
Most Community Service Hours – Lambda Chi Alpha
Chi Omega
Best Philanthropy Event – Lambda Chi Alpha
Greek Spirit – Lambda Chi Alpha
Outstanding Scholarship – Chi Omega
Public Relations – Kappa Delta
Risk Management – Delta Delta Delta
Greek Week Winners – Phi Mu
Lambda Chi Alpha
Panhellenic Scholarship Winners – Brittany Tait
Kate Royals
Publications Awards
P&W Editor of the Year – Jesse Crow
P&W Most Dedicated – Kati Reigeluth
P&W Writer of the Year – Sue Carrie Drummond
P&W Service Award – Catherine Schmidt
Bobashela/Stylus Service Award – Diantha Williamson
Bobashela Service Award – Amanda Hudson
Bobashela Leadership Award – Amanda Smithers
Stylus Editor’s Choice Award – Cartier Gwin
Stylus Photography Award – Brandi Buckler
Stylus Poetry Award – Anne-Marie Mueschke
Stylus Prose Award – Matthew Twist
Stylus Visual Art Award – Beth Fossen
Faith & Work Award – Krystal Frazier
Kathryn McDonald
MCA Diversity Award – Kathryn Mcdonald
Amanda Smith
Emcee of the Year
Chad Songy
