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Student honors and awards 2025

Campus-wide awards
Departmental awards

Campus-wide awards

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Center for the Study of Ethics

2025 Ethics Essay Contest

  • First place: David Corona, “AI Ethics: Education”
  • Second place: Trevor Matteson, “Stop Looking Away: On the Zone of Interest and Palestine”
  • Third place: Zoe Bowman, “The Cycle of Control:  How Men Convince Women to Doubt Their Minds and Bodies”
  • Honorable mention: Mark Addison, “The New Age of Data Privacy”
  • Honorable mention: Lizzie Pelzman, “The iPhone Cage”

Nils Hasselmo Award for Academic Pursuit

  • Reigna Hels
  • Luke Dalzell

Tredway Library Prize for First-Year Research

  • Alia Barcus, "No, You Can’t Just Peek in Their Brain to See Their Future"
  • I.H.C., "Animals in Prison: Is There Value in Inmate-Animal Rehabilitation?" 

Arthur E. and Dorothy Dahl Leadership Scholarship

  • Adilyn Walker

The Geifman Prize in Holocaust Studies

  • First place: Jensen Stoneking, essay, "The Queer Holocaust"
  • Second place: Charlize Cardenas, painting, "Jewish Star"

Freistat Center

Freistat Student Language Award

  • Aidan Bolen
  • Maria Lavanderos
  • Jamal Parnell
  • Sarah Thul
  • Logan Kearns

Freistat Faculty Fellows Award

  • Maddie Garrigan
  • Moira Baggot
  • Crystal Torres
  • Genevieve Ryan

Texas Medical Center Summer Research Internship Program 2025

  • Mehzabin Ahmed
  • Leah Alemayehu
  • Charlize Cardenas
  • Kailynn Catalani
  • Mitchell Galyen
  • Akla Gebreselassie
  • Brennan Haake
  • Ava Jackson
  • Selam Lemma
  • Maitreyi Shrikhande
  • Krisha Silwal
  • Elaina Stroh
  • Emma Vander Wall

SAGA Art and Literary Magazine Awards

Art Award

  • First place: Victoria Campbell
  • Second place: Paige Beggs
  • Third place: Finnean O'Higgins
  • Honorable mention: Victoria Campbell

Prose Award

  • First place: Megan Yarusso
  • Second place: Phoebe Fuller
  • Third place: Lainey Terfruchte
  • Honorable mention: Erik Shrestha

Poetry Award

  • First place: Sophia Behnke
  • Second place: Simeon Ommen
  • Third place: Megan Yarusso
  • Honorable mention: Sophia Behnke

Barbara Anderson Miller Award for Best All-Around Piece in the Magazine

  • Lainey Terfruchte

Cover Art Award

  • Megan Yarusso

Audre Lorde Writing Prize

Short Analytical Essay

  • First place: Lexi Golab, “The Fantastical Yellow Wallpaper through Reader Response Theory” (Instructor: Dr. Greene)
  • Second place: Allison McPeak, “Price and Profit: The Commodification of Women in Pride and Prejudice” (Instructor: Dr. Greene)
  • Third place: Billy Adams, “Queer Bodies Defying Standards” (Instructor: Dr. Gillette)

Long Analytical Essay

  • First place: Krisha Silwal, “Rationing Hunger: The Gendered Consequences of India's Public Distribution System” (Instructor: Dr. Al-wazedi)
  • Second place: Leah Mack, “Los Muxes de Juchitán: Resistance, Identity, and Expressions of Gender in the Zapotec Culture” by (Instructor: Dr. Bordería-García and Dr. Heacock-Renaud)
  • Third place: Paige Meyer, “The Right to Remain Silenced: Forced and Coerced Sterilization in the Carceral State” (Instructor: Dr. Heacock-Renaud)

Creative Expression

  • First place: Katie Sanders, “A Cultural Patchwork” (Instructor: Dr. Kaul)
  • Second place: Lexi Golab, “A Girl in Today's Society: A Triad of Moments” (Instructor: Dr. Wee)
  • Third place: Sky Q. Johnston, “I Will Make No Defense” (Instructor: Dr. Heacock-Renaud)

Alpha Delta Sigma Honor Society

  • Albert Buvary
  • Salma Boutaleb
  • Cristal Moreno Aguilar
  • Logan Schulz
  • Christian Stineman

Honor Council Service Recognition

  • Ben Aumuller
  • Ian Empen
  • Paloma Martinez Palomares
  • Isaac McConnell
  • Grace Palmer
  • McKenzie Reser
  • Muhammad Talha Shahzad
  • Adi Walker

 

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Departmental awards

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Business Administration

Seniors: Business Administration Graduates with Honors

  • Aidan Bolen
  • Salma Boutaleb
  • Julianna Byrne
  • Elias Castellanos
  • Grace Finney
  • Yanet Gezu
  • Michael Hamilton
  • Bryn Hansmeier
  • Riva Kansaker
  • Matthew Maurer
  • Maisie McNamee
  • Easton Nichols
  • Kelsey O'Connor
  • Timothee Philip
  • Sangamitra Shakya
  • Christian Stineman
  • Adam Thorsen

Seniors: International Business Administration Graduates with Honors

  • Hana Bui
  • Albert Buvary
  • Cristal Moreno Aguilar
  • Nicolas Navarro Pinilla

Juniors: Harold E. and Louise Lage Swanson Scholarship

  • Mark Addison
  • Hayden Boushele
  • Drew Bryant
  • Grant Carkner
  • Ryan Crowe
  • Emma Fagla
  • Michael Garland
  • Katherine Gass
  • Ben Ludlum
  • Kawl Mang
  • Kate Mayerhofer
  • Mai Nguyen
  • Favour Noya
  • Samriddhi Pandey
  • Guido Pigoni
  • Carter Reynolds
  • Nicolas Delgado Rodriguez
  • Alex Sanchez
  • Ronish Sangachhe
  • Logan Schulz
  • Jake Stefanowicz
  • Drake Stoudt
  • Kacie Swanson
  • Lidia Teffera
  • Holland Timerman
  • Jaymee Vollmer
  • Tommy Weber
  • Tommy Wimmers

Sophomores: Thomas C. Montgomery Scholarship

  • Ignacio Alberola Veciana
  • Lydia Benesh
  • Samyam Bista
  • Sasha Botsul
  • Lindsay Debuhr
  • Jaden  Gocken
  • Tahmidul Haque (Mahi) Mahi
  • Fatima Martinez Gallegos
  • Francesca Mastrangeli
  • Huyen Nguyen
  • Luke Petersen
  • Leah Wieland
  • Landon Wierenga
  • Linh Vo 

Economics

Thomas C. Montgomery Scholarships

  • Nicolas Delgado Rodriguez
  • Claire Martino- honorary
  • Minh Nguyen
  • Ayuj Paudel
  • Krisha Silwal
  • Crystal Torres 

Bruce R. Milligan Scholarships

  • Ignacio Alberola Veciana
  • Benjamin Buhl  
  • Sofia Cheng Morales
  • Ryan Crowe
  • Sky  Johnston
  • Sahil Lawati
  • Joshua Lim
  • Bibi Rana
  • Dippi Sharma
  • Shrestha Shuvam

English

Tom and Wanda Hanson Scholarship in English Studies

  • Sophia Behnke

Math and Computer Science

Pi Mu Epsilon Honors Society (PME)  

  • Romik Bhattarai
  • Jack Bigler
  • Jessica Cotturone
  • Kelly Devert
  • Joshua Dolph
  • Mackenzie Lauridsen
  • Claire Martino
  • Gavin McCorry
  • Andy Nguyen
  • Noah Rettig
  • Annika Samuel
  • Hoang Huynh Trieu
  • Amy Zeigler

al-Khwarizmi Honors Society (aK)

  • Drishtant Bhandari
  • Jack Bigler
  • Kacper Cebula
  • Jessica Cotturone
  • Joshua Dolph
  • Yasmine El Mezouari
  • Rohaan Farrukh
  • Joshua Fosu-Agyemang
  • Luke Heinrichs
  • Riva Kansakar
  • Thomas Klein
  • Isaac McConnell
  • Gavin McCorry
  • Drake Misfeldt
  • Minh Nguyen
  • Jay Francis Nolledo
  • Aarshiya Prajapati
  • Noah Rettig
  • Kevin Rodriguez
  • Isabelle Smart
  • William Unyi
  • John Warhank

Music

Webster Vocal Competition

The Webster Vocal Competition was established through a memorial fund in honor of former Augustana student and film industry musician Steven Boone Webster. The 2025 competition was adjudicated by Professor Chad Sonka, Iowa State University. 

  • Classical, 1st and 2nd year
    • Winner: Emily Churak
    • Runner-up: Jensen Stoneking
  • Classical, 3rd and 4th year
    • Winner: Grace Fuechtmann
    • Runner-up: Georgi Feigley
  • Musical Theatre, 1st and 2nd year
    • Winner: Brennan Hampton
    • Runner-up: Jensen Stoneking
  • Musical Theatre, 3rd and 4th year
    • Winner: Julie Tarling
    • Runner-up: Maya Pagel
  • Louise Nathanson Scholarship
    • Sean Abracia-Wendel
    • George Behnke
    • Pheonix Martin
    • Olivia Park
    • Isabelle Smart
    • Zander Ulam

Physics, Engineering, and Astronomy

Sigma Pi Sigma, Physics and Astronomy Honor Society

  • Andy Nguyen
  • Razin Uzayr

Scandinavian Studies

Excellence in Swedish – Beginning Level

  • Paige Lower

Excellence in Swedish – Intermediate/Advanced Level

  • Adam Thorsen

 

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