The Department of Romance and Classical Studies (RCS) honored its 2022-2023 Departmental Awards recipients during its annual awards ceremony on April 21 in Wells Hall. Several awards and scholarships were presented recognizing students for their outstanding academic achievements this past year.
The RCS Department would like to congratulate this year’s award winners for their many accomplishments as students within the RCS programs:
CLASSICS
Outstanding Student in Classics
- Daniel Gutierrez, senior, Global History
- Sydney Urbaniak, sophomore, Philosophy
FRENCH
Dorothy Carr Houvener Memorial Scholarship
- Chase Attanasio, senior, International Relations
- Jim Camilleri, senior, Human Biology
- Tricia Carreon, senior, French
- Kareena Gooroochurn, senior, Human Biology
- Jayla Irons, senior, Political Science
- Zach Sebree, senior, French
- Henry VanFaussien, senior, French
Thornton Award
- SaMya Overall, senior, English
Laurence Porter Award
- Laëtitia Kokx, doctoral, French and Francophone Studies
Outstanding Student in French
- Zack Sebree, senior, French
Outstanding Contributor Award
- Vanessa Weller, doctoral, French and Francophone Studies
Outstanding Teaching Assistant in French
- Nicholas Norris, master’s, French and Francophone Studies
Pi Delta Phi French Honor Society
- Chase Attanasio, senior, International Relations
- Cooper Burton, senior, Comparative Cultures and Politics
- Jim Camilleri, senior, Human Biology
- Tricia Carreon, senior, French
- Mary Carthew, senior, Social Relations and Policy
- Rachel Downing, senior, Environmental Biology
- Sydney Giamarese, senior, Physiology
- Kareena Gooroochurn, senior, Human Biology
- Anika Heidt, senior, Hospitality Business
- Jayla Irons, senior, Political Science
- Kirthika Krishnan, senior, Human Biology
- Ryan Merchant, senior, Supply Chain Management
- Ophelius Needham, senior, Environmental Biology/Zoology
- Maren Nicolaysen, senior, International Relations
- SaMya Overall, senior, English
- Aeryn VanDerSlik, senior, French
- Henry Vanfaussien, senior, French
- Ella Were, senior, Astrophysics
ITALIAN
Sirianni Award
- Abbigail Bies, junior, Human Medicine
- Avery Calo, sophomore, Arts and Humanities
- Cailyn Catoni, senior, Neuroscience
- Damiano Palladino, senior, Chemistry
Outstanding Student in Italian
- Jasmine Wardiya, senior, Human Biology
Gamma Alpha Kappa National Italian Honor Society Inductees
- Sophie Alegi, senior, Lingusitics
- Ella Consiglio, senior, Marketing
- Matteo Vitale, senior, Human Capital and Society
- Jasmine Wardiya, senior, Human Biology
- Johana Zamora-Sifuentes, senior, Neuroscience
PORTUGUESE
Outstanding Students in Portuguese
- Natalie Harmon, junior, Spanish and Comparative Cultures and Politics
- Tyler Lindquist, senior, Spanish
SPANISH
Dr. Johannes Sachse Memorial Award
- Kailey Henderson, doctoral, Hispanic Cultural Studies
Ella Cowles Award
- Coryn Brinks, senior, Landscape Architecture
- Hadley Lloyd, senior, Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy
- Nick Sonck, senior, Psychology
- Vidhula Srinivasan, senior, Neuroscience
Mary F. Klapperich Memorial Scholarship
- Erika Christensen, senior, Spanish
- Payton Miller, senior, Spanish
Outstanding Students in Spanish
- Shae Thompson, senior, Biology
- Anna Burgess, senior, Biosystems Engineering
Outstanding Contributor Award
- María Bonete Escoto, master’s, Hispanic Literatures
Outstanding Teaching Assistant in Spanish
- Maddie Hannon, master’s, Spanish
RCS STUDY ABROAD SCHOLARSHIP
- Megan Baechle, senior, Biosystems Engineering
- Audrey Bench, junior, Spanish
- Hannah Fulmer, junior, Spanish
- Kayla Gantz, junior, Communicative Science Disorders
- Katherine Harby, senior, Human Biology
- Ella Krause, junior, Finance
- Mariah Loper, junior, Digital Storytelling
- Anika Lundeen, senior, Education
- Hazel von Maur, senior, Nursing
- Michael Matuz, junior, English
- Malachi Mulder, junior, Political Science–Prelaw
- Madeline Sopiarz, senior, Political Science
- Madeline (El) Taverna, senior, English
