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Elizabeth Mudd Senior Prize
Lynnette Arnold
This monetary award was established in 1927 for excellence in scholarship.
Aurelia Henry Reinhardt Faculty Purse for Graduate Study
Kelly Louise Stewart
This award is given to an outstanding graduate to support graduate study abroad or in the U.S.
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Alyssa M. Alcorn, Lynnette Arnold, Myla Ann Baker, Sophie Marianne Leininger, Anne Marie Margratten, Kayla Rose McCalister, Susan McLean, Alison Claire Mirin, Kaila Ellen Morris, Meryl Rose Phillips, Jacqueline J. Tay
Members are elected each year in acknowledgement of their high scholarly achievements, their pursuit of liberal learning, and their intellectual integrity and curiosity. Mills College was granted a charter by the national honor society of Phi Beta Kappa on September 12, 1928. Zeta Chapter in the State of California was installed March 16, 1929.
Fulbright Award
Belinda Perez
Fullbright grants are prestigious international awards in support of a research or study project in a foreign country.
National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Miriam Justina Adamec-Ostlund, Seham Rose Afaghani, Nicole DeAngeles Beckerman, Victoria Elaine Chetty, Sonam Chozom, Katrina Lynn Corbosiero, Ciera Ku'uleimomi Cummings, Pernian Mariam Faheem, Mariko Christina Funai, Amber Alena Hopkins, Sara Yakoob Jaka, Laine Alise Janzen, Jodessa E. Lanzaderas, Mary Lynn Moon, Anna Moreno, Jaia Elizabeth Orient, Richelle Jaclyn Passadore, Veronica Helene Philipsborn, Catherine Maria Snell, Stephanie Lynn Summers, Sarah Rebekka Taborga, Sarah Beth Yankelevitz
An honor society inviting high-achieving freshmen and sophomores. Members must have a GPA of 3.4 or above and rank in the top 20 percent of their class.
Departmental Awards
Art
Grace Ty Searing Dhaemers Art History Award
Anna Hiroko Tome, Diva Gabrielle Zumaya
This honor is given to members of the junior class who are majoring in art history and are returning for their senior year.
Ralph DuCasse Endowed Scholarship
Emily K. Lebsack
This scholarship is awarded to a student majoring in studio art. It is given in recognition of outstanding achievement.
Mary Laughlin Beardmore Award
Jane Tamal Kennedy, Rogena Lou Swick
This award goes to students for excellence in the field of art history, in memory of Mary Laughlin Beardmore who served as secretary to the Honolulu Mills College Club for 25 years.
Defeo MFA Award
H. Leigh Merrill, Steuart Lansing Pittman, Andrew Geoffrey Witrak
This prize was established in 1968, from the estate of William L. Crum in honor of his wife. This award is given to students for excellence in ceramics.
Herringer Prize for Excellence - Art History
Laura Elizabeth Buchan, Alicia Marie Gallo, Adrienne Harrison Mills, Alena Pletneva Veller
This prize is awarded for excellence in scholarship in art history.
Herringer Prize for Excellence - Art Studio
Cherise M. Bentosino, Courtney Costales, Sophie Marianne Leininger, Anne Marie Magratten
This prize is awarded for excellence in artistic practice.
Wellhausen Family Award
Meryl Rose Phillips
This award is given in honor of Dorothy Bank to the most deserving senior studio art major.
Athletics, Physical Education & Recreation
Eugene Trefethen Award
Kelly Louise Stewart
This award recognizes the senior with the highest GPA who has participated on a varsity intercollegiate sport team.
Karen Koshak Prize
Monica Meilyn Boggs
This award is given in recognition of an exemplary healthy, well-balanced and physically active lifestyle and promotion of the physical education Program.
Biology
Caryl Parker Haskins Prize
Paulina Delgado Cuenca
This prize was established in 1966 in honor of former Trustee Dr. Haskins for distinction in the life sciences.
Vera Long Prize
Danielle Brenda Salantes
This prize was established in 1987 and given in honor of an outstanding paper written on environmental biology.
Book Art
Rosalind Keep Book Art Award
Elyse Gardner Lyon
This award recognizes general excellence in the area of book art as well as a substantial contribution to the program.
Computer Science
Helen Pillans Award
Nichole R. Stockman
This award is given in honor of Helen Pillans, who taught at Mills for many years and was responsible for the establishment of the computer science program in the 1960's.
Dance
Dance Department Merit Award
Undergraduate - Heather Nicole Hicks, Rachel Lynn McCray
Graduate - Sheena Sherrell Johnson, Dawn Heather Miller
This award is given for excellence in performance and dance composition.
Dramatic Arts
Marion Long Stebbins Prize
Kyran Erica McCann
This is awarded to the most promising student in dramatic arts.
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Economics
Marion Ross Merit Scholarship
Sandra Dorothy Macias
This award is given to students excelling in economics in honor of Dr. Marion Ross, respected alumna and former Mills economics professor.
Omicron Delta Epsilon
Lisa Marie Bergquist, Elizabeth Irene Csolti, Nadine Marie Dixon, Tenagne Mullatwa Habte-Michael, Connie Lee, Sandra Dorothy Macias, Sonja Corrinne Miller, Dolores Molina, Stephanie Marie Motzkus, Hannah Lois Peragine
Omicron Delta Epsilon is the International Honorary Society in Economics. Students are selected based on their performance in economics courses and are selected from economics, business economics and PLEA-econ majors.
Education
Joan Henry Endowed Scholarship
Katherine M. Breithaupt
This award recognizes undergraduate child development majors who demonstrate a strong history of commitment, as well as, future goals for pursuing work in the area of Early Childhood Education.
English
Mary Merritt Henry Prize
Undergraduate Poetry - Julia Christine Jackson, Kathy Neien Jetnil-Kijiner
Honorable Mention - Finegan Anne Ferreboeuf, Julia Michelle Shendelman
Graduate Poetry - Johnny Torres Hernandez, Michelle J. Puckett
Honorable Mention - Jody Clare Arthur, Meg Colleen Day
Established in 1921, these prizes are awarded for a group of poems by students.
Ardella Mills Prize for Literary Composition
Fiction:
Undergraduate - Kathleen Koalani Beck, Manjula Tara Martin
Graduate - Jacqueline Muthoni Kiarie
Graduate - Honorable Mention - Scott Russell Duncan
Creative Nonfiction:
Undergraduate - Tanya Estefania Sarmina
Graduate - Michelle Elizabeth Gomez
Critical Essay:
Undergraduate - Cecilia Leonarda Aguilera
Graduate - Elizabeth Jean Mathews
Prizes given for excellence in literary composition was established in 1931, by a bequest of Maria Elizabeth Mills, in memory of her daughter.
Marion Hood Boess Haworth Prize
Undergraduate - Ashley Kaimana Bonifacio
Graduate - Blanca Azucena Torres
The award is given for excellence in children's and young adult literature.
English I Essay Prize
Ariadne Elizabeth Nelson
This award is for an essay written in an English 001 section for both fall and spring semesters.
Journalism Prize
Kathleen Jeanette Donovan
This prize is given for excellence in reporting and writing.
Amanda Davis MFA Scholarship
Keleigh M. Friedrich
Honorble Mention - Kathryn Napier Stull
This award is in memory of Mills English professor Amanda Davis who died in a plane crash while promoting her first novel in March 2003.
Ed and May Chan Award
Sandra Anna Bury, Darlene Elasigue
This award is given to graduate students with promise in community college teaching.
Ethnic Studies
Ethnic Studies Outstanding Academic Achievement Award
Stephanie Michelle Cooper
An award initiated in 2000 recognizing an outstanding senior thesis in ethnic studies and excellent academic achievement.
Reaching Beyond Award
Ixquel Natassia Sarin
This award is for excellence in building coalitions between communities of color on campus or through service to the community. Rewarding efforts to teach beyond one's own identity, this award highlights the importance of building unity in diversity in order to achieve social change.
The Spirit of Dolores Huerta Award
Claudia Elizabeth Bugarin
This award recognizes students who have demonstrated the kind of courageous, conscientious and intellectual pursuit of justice as evidenced in the person of Dolores Huerta.
French and Francophone Studies
Germaine Thompson Prize
Rachael Konane Tornillo-Brown
Germaine K. Thompson established this award in 1985 as an expression of admiration for the excellent teaching of Martha Cottam. It is awarded to students for excellence in French.
Government
Pi Sigma Alpha
Nicole DeAngeles Beckerman, Guadalupe Cazares, Teresa Evelia Contreras, Karen Sally Espinosa, Joyce Jean Hilton, Sahar R. Momand
Phi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society was founded in 1920 at the University of Texas for the purpose of bringing together students and faculty interested in the study of government and politics. Today there are over 600 chapters throughout the country. Mills College is home to the Phi Eta chapter.
Lawrence Shrader Prize
Amanda Kanisha Dissanayake
This award was established in 2007 for the outstanding senior thesis in government or international relations.
History
Anne Hummel Sherrill Scholarship
Cecilia Leonarda Aguilera
This scholarship is awarded to the top junior student in history. The award is determined in the spring and applied toward senior year tuition.
Reynold M. Wik Prize
Christine Nicole Roberts
Established in 1998, this prize is awarded to the outstanding senior in history.
Phi Alpha Theta
Ashley Domonique Aaron-Williams, Amanda Jane Berkson-Brand, Amanda Brittney Cox, Leila R. Gorson, Charis T. Johnson, Maia Krist Johnson, Anna Belle Lee Peterson, Christine Nicole Roberts, Rachel Sutton Tevlin, Christie Marie Winn
Phi Alpha Theta is the national honor society for history. It is a professional society whose mission is to promote the study of history through the encouragements of research, good teaching, publication and the exchange of learning and ideas among historians. It seeks to bring students, teachers, and writers of history together for intellectual and social exchanges, which promote and assist historical research and publication by its members in a variety of ways.
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Letters
Maria Naumann-Étienne Prize
Michael Hang Zhai
This award recognizes an outstanding senior in a letters class.
MBA
10,000 Women Initiate Goldman Sachs Scholarships
Jamie Leilani Almanza, Eva Elena Maribona, Flor de Maria Melara,
Kathrina Quiambao Miranda, Dolores Molina,
Jessica Mosqueda, Peggy Ng, Keely Louise Rogers-Free, Chavon Rosenthal, Jenny Gee Yun Ryu, Dominique Charlotte Simpson, Alexandra Zburova
Goldman Sachs scholarships are given for academic excellence, leadership potential and financial need.
Forte Fellows
Chavon Rosenthal, Emilie Linick, Shona Carter, Ricki Akiwenzie
The scholarship is given to students who exhibit exemplary leadership and have a commitment to help other women.
Financial Women’s Association Scholarship Award
MBA Graduate - Emilie Linick
Economics Undergraduates - Sandra Dorothy Macias, Kyra
The scholarship is given to exceptional students who are planning on a career in finance or financial services.
Wolfe Scholars
Jacqueline Famor Antig
, Amelia Axtell,
Jane Ashley Freeman,
Johanna Rose Flynn-Sousa,
Stephanie Lee,
Kassandra Zoe Kappelos,
Dakota Harlan Manning Kyber,
Suzanne Dewi Permanna,
Rebecca Maureen Stone,
Genevieve Surano,
Danielle Thurlow-LaRue,
Carole Ann Wright
The Wolfe Scholarship is awarded to students working on completing an MBA.
Mathematics
George Backus Brown Award
Nichole R. Stockman
This award is given for outstanding scholastic achievement in mathematics.
Music
Elizabeth Mills Crothers Award
Alexandra Buschman, Zachary Raymond Kurth-Nelson, Benjamin Michael O'Brien, Christopher Michael Skebo
Endowed in 1931 by Maria Elizabeth Mills in memory of her daughter, this is awarded for outstanding musical composition.
Maurthea Friedberger Cup
Sarah Elizabeth Bayless
This award is given to the most outstanding senior music major.
Paul Merritt Henry Prize
Cole Dane Ingraham, Charles Kenneth Johnson
This prize was established in 1928 by Aurelia Henry Reinhardt during her presidency at Mills as a memorial to her brother. It is awarded for excellence in the musical composition of stringed instruments.
Frog Peak Collective Experimental Music Award
Chad Myles McKinney, Curtis Robert McKinney
This award is given to graduate students who had completed an outstanding thesis on experimental music or who has contributed to the community of experimental music.
Margaret Lyon Music Student Prize
Sarah Kathryn Howe, Paul Richard Naughton, Stefan Antony Smith, Zina von Bozzay
Established in 2004 in memory of Dr. Margaret Lyon, head of the music department for twenty-five years, by her family, friends and students. This award is given to outstanding music students.
Flora Boyd Piano Performance Prize
Regina Ann Schaffer
This award is given for outstanding piano performance.
Donna Petersen Vocal Prize
Caitlin Ehret Moe
This award is for excellence in vocal performance.
Music Department Award
Karl Alfonso Defensor Evangelista, Akiko Hatakeyama, Alex Hunt Vittum
This award is given to students for excellence in performance.
Natural Sciences and Mathematics Division
Bruce McCollum Prize
Nichole R. Stockman (Mathematics and Computer Science)
Jacqueline J. Tay (Biology)
Established in 1960 by Mrs. Bruce McCollum in memory of her husband, this award is given to a senior majoring in science or mathematics with the highest attainment in scholarship.
Public Policy
Outstanding Senior Thesis Award
Melissa McDonough, Caitlin Palmer
Outstanding Masters Policy Report Award
Katherine Puliafico, Drennen Shelton
The Mills Public Policy Program honors outstanding senior theses and masters policy reports with awards that include cash prizes.
Sociology and Anthropology
Anthropology Students of the Year
Esther Beryl Andersen, Kaila Ellen Morris
This award is given for outstanding contribution and volunteer service.
Ruth Gillard Prize in Sociology
Amanda Marie Brush
Established in 1998, this prize is awarded to the outstanding student in sociology.
Spanish and Spanish-American Studies
Certificado De Honor Prize
Angelica Arechiga, Martha Alicia Mendoza, Christie Marie Winn
This award is given for academic excellence and commitment to the Spanish and Spanish American studies program.
Gabriela Mistral Prize
Janelle Ellen Chase, Teresa Evelia Contreras, Claudia Elizabeth Jimenez
This award is for excellent academic work in the field of Hispanic letters. Gabriela Mistral was the first Latin American woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1945. She received a Doctorate Honoris Causa from Mills College in 1947.
Women's Leadership Institute
Women's Leadership Institute Awards
Melissa Kathlene McDonough, Cecilia Leonarda Aguilera, Lynnette Arnold, Kym L. Akintomide, Stephanie Michelle Cooper, Jennifer Richelle Smith, Roxane Paula Soucy, Stephanie Marie Motzkus
Graduate school fellowship awards are provided to participants who have demonstrated the highest level of commitment to the program and are planning to continue developing their scholarship and leadership in graduate school.
Women's Studies
Essay Prize
Allison Michelle Morris
This award is given to an undergraduate student with an outstanding non-fiction paper on issues of women and gender.
Zimmer Prize
Jennifer Richelle Smith
This is awarded annually to a senior women's studies major for outstanding scholarship and community service in women's studies.
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Leadership and Service Awards
Outstanding Senior Award
Katie Ann Johnson
This award was established to honor a graduating senior who has demonstrated strength in scholarship and extraordinary service to Mills and the local community. Criteria are divided into four areas: scholarship, on-campus activities, off-campus activities, and special initiative.
Student Organization of the Year
Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
This award is presented to an organization that has demonstrated campus leadership; collaboration with other student organizations, faculty, and staff; and devotion to educating its members and the broader community. This organization's events, activities, and presence help support both the college's and the ASMC's mission.
Student Organization Advisor of the Year
Neil Virtue
This award recognizes a campus advisor who dedicates time and resources to the advancement of a club or organization. This person exemplifies the college's mission, acts as a positive change agent, fosters high ideals, and provides sustained support to a club or organization. This person offers support to students through mentorship, guidance, and advocacy. She or he serves as an educator and role model for undergraduate students at Mills College.
Christine LaFia Award
Hannah Lois Peragine
This award is given to a student for outstanding service to Mills College.
Palladium
Cecilia Leonarda Aguilera, Guadalupe Cazares, Stephanie Michelle Cooper, Katja L. Davis, Karen Sally Espinosa, Hanako Hjersman, Isidora Jimenez, Lisa Maria Kelly, Savannah Jane Kilner, Emily K. Lebsack, Dyanna Meredith Loeb, Sandra Dorothy Macias, Emily A. Meike, Hannah Lois Peragine
Founded in 1930, this distinctive honor society recognizes juniors and seniors who combine academic excellence with service to Mills.
Peg Dean Award
Yen Do
This award was established by alumna Edyth Chang to recognize an Asian American student for leadership on campus.
Helen Carroll Award
Nicole Ann Weinstein
This is an award given to a faculty, staff or student for dedication to securing equal rights and combating discrimination of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
Coleen Gragen Award
Ixquel Natassia Sarin
Created in honor of a Mills College Personal Defense Instructor, this award recognizes Mills faculty, staff, or student who exemplify Gragen's lifelong dedication to the advocacy of women.
Patrice Griffin Aquatics Award
Keshia Ramey
This prize was established in 1989 by Chris and Edy Hum for outstanding enthusiasm and support for aquatic programs in the department of athletics, physical education and recreation.
Ruth Masayko Award
Jess Miller
Created by the Mills Disability Alliance, this award recognizes a staff or faculty member who has shown a unique willingness to accommodate students with disability needs.
Shirley Weishaar Award
Mayra Rodriguez Padilla
Created in honor of a former Dean of Students, this award recognizes outstanding service to the Division of Student Life.
Mills of Color Awards
Mills of Color Awards recognizes students, faculty or staff of color for outstanding achievement and service. Each of the following categories honors both individual accomplishments and the creation of community change:
MOCA Freshwoman Leader of the Year: Stephani Waidelich
MOCA Sophmore Leaders of the Year: Magee Page
MOCA Junior Leader of the Year: Ashley Grant
MOCA Senior Leader of the Year: Paige J. Gardner
MOCA Graduate Leader of the Year: Esther Lucero
MOCA Student Organization of the Year: Mills Leadership Action for Tomorrow
MOCA Outstanding Athlete: Loke Lokemele Davis
MOCA Artist of the Year: Ajuan Mance
MOCA for Community Service: Dulce Galicia, Paula Pereira
MOCA for Community Activism: Ixquel Natassia Sarin
MOCA Staff Member of the Year: Jean Wong
MOCA Faculty Member of the Year: Margo Okazawa-Rey
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