Student honors and awards 2025

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Campus-wide awards

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

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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