Dean of Academic Life
Recent Award Recipients And Finalists
David Brower Youth Award
Jacob Glass '13
Carnegie Endowment Junior Fellows
Kirill Meleshevich '08, Finalist
Critical Language Enhancement Award
Ethan Simon '11. Morocco
Fulbright Scholarship (graduate)
Matthew Balaban ’10, Teaching, Bangladesh
Thomas Bertorelli ’10, Teaching, Poland (2012), Alternate (2010)
Melissa Bressler '12, Teaching, Thailand
Jennifer Bradley ‘97, Teaching, Korea
Eirinn Disbrow '10, Finalist, United Kingdom, 2010 & 2011
Jennifer Epting ‘03, Teaching, France
Nina Forsberg ’01, Teaching, Korea
Amanda Gavin '12, Finalist, Vietnam
Rebecca Haverson ’10, Teaching, Malaysia
Meaghan Healy '08, Teaching, Argentina
Sarah Illing ’10, Teaching, Columbia
Saraswati Iobst ’02, Finalist
Kristine Len ‘03, Teaching, Korea
Kathryn McCleary ’01, Women’s Studies/History, Spain
Jennifer Melis '12, Teaching, Turkey
Fawn Schoenberg ’01, Finalist, Spain
Laura Sheard ’07, Finalist, India
Ethan Simon '11, Finalist, Egypt
Dennis Slade ’99, Teaching, Korea
David Sobotkin ‘03, Finalist, United Kingdom
Melinda Solomon ’98, Teaching, Korea
Laura Sutherland '05, Finalist UK
Kristin Wilton ’97, Teaching, German
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship
Ashley Rider '09
Sydney Yonak '13
Goldwater Scholarship (undergraduate)
Nathan Crossette '13, Honorable Mention
Jaclyn Durkin '13, Honorable Mention
David Gasalberti '11, Winner (2010), Honorable Mention (2009)
Jake Tompkins Herb '11, Winner (2010), Honorable Mention (2009)
Scott Kanner '12, Honorable Mention
Jackson Mayo ’00 (2 years)
John Santa Maria '08
(2 years)
Amanda Meier '13, Winner (2012), Honorable Mention (2011)
Laura Sheard '07 (2 years)
Brian Tavernia ‘04, Honorable Mention
Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP)
Meredith Colwell '12, Navy, Dental
Adam DiVincenzo ‘04, Navy, Dental
Justin Henning ’04, Navy, Medical
Kyle Keinath '10, Navy, Medical
Susan Marchiano ‘04, Air Force, Medical
Peter McIntyre ‘04, Navy, Medical
Robert Uniskewicz ‘04, Navy, Medical
Evan Wright ‘04, Navy, Medical
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (graduate)
Rebecca Wingert ’99, Honorable Mention
Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering & Technology
Erin Jo Tiedeken ’10, Trinity College in Dublin
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship
Laura Sutherland ‘05
Jacob K. Javits Fellowship (graduate)
Sarah Kersh '04, Ph.D., English, Vanderbilt University
Rachel Miller ‘04, Ph.D., Literature, University of Wisconsin
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation
Chris Baylor ’97, M.A., History, Brown University
Japan – U.S. Commission Bridging Scholarship
Emi Sakayama ‘06, Study in Plant Ecology at Trinity College in Dublin
Janet H. and C. Harry Knowles Science Teaching Foundation Fellowship
Alex Joujan '05, Mathematics
Thurgood Marshall College Fund, New Horizon Scholar
Ryan Chapoteau '08, Political Science
Medical Scientist Training Program Award
Joshua Cohen’11, Univeristy of Alabama-Birmingham
Jill Neiman '06, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Rebecca A. Schneider ’01, Baylor University
Eric Smith ’02, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
Minority Corporate Council Association Lloyd M. Johnson Scholarship
Ryan Chapoteau '08, Boston University Law School
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (graduate)
Gerald Michael Baer '12
Jason Finkelstein '06
Sara Gearin '08, Finalist
Kathleen Haggerty '07
Matthew Loesch '07
Amy Schmidt '06
Robert Torphy '11
David Vassilaros ‘03
Nicole Washburn '08
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
Jackson Mayo ’00, Ph.D., Physics, Princeton University.
(Won and declined an NSF in order to take the NDSEGF)
National Physical Science Consortium
Jessica Neff ’01, Artificial Intelligence, University of Florida
National Science Foundation
Christopher Alvaro ’10, Honorable Mention
Karen Baab ’00, Ph.D., Physical Anthropology, Columbia &
New York University Consortium
Andrea Cerrone-Szakal ’02, Ph.D., Biochemistry, Pennsylvania State University
(Received Honorable Mention in 2003)
Miriam Eisenberg '07, Honorable Mention
Christine Gleave '11, Honorable Mention
Lori Haynes ’01, Honorable Mention. Plant Ecology, University of Pennsylvania
Jake Tompkins Herb '11, Princeton University
Beth Irwin '07, Ph.D., Chemical Ecology, Penn State University
Jackson Mayo ’00, Ph.D., Physics, Princeton University
John Santa Maria '08, Honorable Mention
Jessica Nesmith '09, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Laura Sheard '07, Honorable Mention
Mackenzie Smith '06, Honorable Mention
Christopher Szakal ’01, Honorable Mention. Chemistry, Penn State University
Jessica Tanis ’02, (2004) (also received two Honorable Mentions)
Erin Jo Tiedeken '10, Trinity College in Dublin
Mark Urban ’98, M.S/Ph.D. Environmental Science, Yale University
(Received Honorable Mention in 1998)
Rebecca Wingert ’99, Honorable Mention. Ph.D., Biology, Harvard University
Elia Wright '10, Honorable Mention
Pennsylvania Chapter of Wildlife Society Frank Felbaum Scholarship
Steven Epting '09
Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship
Rebecca Eckard ‘03, International Peace/Conflict and Performance Studies,
University of Sydney, Australia
Michael Hogentogler ’04, Masters in Finance. University of Manchester, U.K.
Alyssa Lucadamo '04, Finalist
Christian Subbio ’99, Spain
St. Andrew’s Society Scholarship
Emma Bartholomew '08, Full-year study abroad at University of Edinburgh
Anne Cawley '12, (McFarland), Full-year study abroad at University of Edinburgh
Amy Cohen '10, Full-year study abroad at University of Edinburgh
Christine Davies ‘05, Full-year study abroad at St. Andrew’s University
Benjamin Kanigel '08, Full-year study abroad at University of Glasgow
Benjamin Mervis '11, Full-year study abroad at University of Glasgow
Megan O’Donnell ‘06, Full-year study abroad at University of Edinburgh
Hannah Oros '14, Full year study at University of Glasgow
George and Emma Torrison Scholarship of the ELCA
Kristen Geisser ‘03, Biology
Harry S. Truman Scholarship
Kate Bartkus ’00, Princeton University
Kristen DiLorenzo ’02, Finalist
Jacob Glass '13
Lindsey Moore ‘04, Finalist
David Sobotkin ’03, Finalist
Morris K. Udall Scholarship in National Environmental Policy
Patrick Fligge '10, Honorable Mention
Jacob Glass '13
Sara Imperiale '10
Amanda Meier '13, Honorable Mention
Mark Urban ’98
Adrienne Zitka ’02
Uniformed Services Scholarship
Richard Kipp ‘04, Air Force, Medical, Uniformed Services Univ. of the HealthSciences
USEPA National Network for Environmental Management Studies
(NNEMS)
Michael Hoffman ‘00, Ph.D., Freshwater Ecology, University of Wisconsin
Stephanie Kaliner ‘99, D.O., Pennsylvania College of Osteopathic Medicine
Heidi Kunsch ‘01, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Carlene Murray ’02
USEPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR)
Deanna Howarth ‘04, Ph.D., Integrated Toxicology, Duke University