Celebrating the Chatham Community's Successes: Campus Awards 2024

Below you’ll find the recipients of our 2023-2024 Campus Awards, a wide range of leaders who exemplify academic excellence, campus leadership, and innovative thinking. Congratulations to all of this year’s winners!

Leadership Awards

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Community Advocate Award - Morgan Rapsky

Cougar Fanatic Award - Jolie Phan

Emerging Leader Award - Olivia Harris

GSA Excellence Awards: Creative Excellence - Halsey Hyer

GSA Excellence Awards: Professional Excellence - Paxton Steffy

SASB Outstanding Student Awards

The SASB Outstanding Student Awards recognize exceptional undergraduate and graduate students in SASB programs of study. Click on the individual’s picture to read more about them and their award.

SASB Outstanding Student Award: Undergraduate Arts, Communication, and Design - Nathaniel Gruzska, Visual & Media Arts

SASB Outstanding Student Award: Undergraduate Arts, Communication, and Design - Malik George, Immersive Media

SASB Outstanding Student Award: Undergraduate Arts, Communication, and Design - Riley Hurst Brubaker, Communication

SASB Outstanding Student Award: Undergraduate Education - Madison Bortz, BA PreK-4 Education

SASB Outstanding Student Award: Undergraduate Interior Architecture/Immersive Media - Jessie Spoerndle, Interior Architecture

SASB Outstanding Student Award: Undergraduate Social Sciences - Komal Kaur, BA Political Science

SASB Outstanding Student Award: Undergraduate Social Sciences - Melissa Redding, BA Criminology

SASB Outstanding Student Award: Undergraduate Humanities - Lirit Gilmore, BFA Creative Writing

SASB Outstanding Student Award: Graduate MA and MFA in Creative Writing - Brenna Gallagher, MFA

SASB Outstanding Student Award: Graduate Masters and MS in Interior Architecture - Messaouda (Sarah) Lahouazi, MIA

Academic Awards

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ACS Undergraduate Award in Physical Chemistry - Sam Beall-Dennell

Anna Dravo Parkin Award - Aidan Bobik

CRC First-Year Chemistry Achievement Award - Makenzie Briggs

Maggie Hobbs Social Work Award - Carly Snow

Beatrice Lewis Creative Writing Award - Dirk Wynn

Chatham Excellence in Writing, First Year - Oona McKeegan

Chatham Excellence in Writing, Sophomore - Molly Green

Chatham Excellence in Writing, Junior - Chloe Dorlon

Chatham Excellence in Writing, Senior - Ashbey Kirkpatrick

Lackner Prize - Mackenzie Lewis

William J. Strassburger Award (Music) - Ryan McFarland

Dollar Bank Nimick Scholarship - Emma Foley

Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh College Chemistry Award - Syba Ismail

International Advocate Award - Vania Ramirez

Outstanding Graduate Student Leader - Emi Perdan

Outstanding Undergraduate Student Leader - Abby Musser

Rachel Carson Sustainability Award - Holly Tyson

Spiritual Leadership Award - Jessica Bonzo

Student Organization Advisor of the Year Award - Sara Bauknecht

Anne Harris Aronson Prize in English — Hannah Klepsky

William J. Strassburger Award (Music) — Leelin Bowser

Montgomery Psychology Award - Samantha Hardy

Campus Awards

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Anna Randolph Darlington Gillespie Award - Aidan Bobik

Mihail Stolarevksy Award - Madison Butina

Pennsylvania Female College Association Award - Anastasia Harouse

Pennsylvania Female College Association Award - Rhegan Henry

Barbara Stone Hollander ’60 Student Leadership Award - Ava Krepp

Sigo Falk Award for International Awareness and Citizenship Award - Ilham Ariouat

Susan Elwell Student Alumna Award - Lauren Cox

Student Organization Awards

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Big Thinking Award - Asian Student Association

Most Spirited Organization Award - Technicougar: Film Club

Outstanding Diversity Program Award - Science Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee

Outstanding New Organization Award - Chatham Delight

Outstanding Student Organization Award — Communiqué

Outstanding Community Service Program Award — Chatham Men's and Women's Ice Hockey

Celebrating the Chatham Community's Successes: Campus Awards 2024

Leadership Awards

SASB Outstanding Student Awards

Academic Awards

Campus Awards

Student Organization Awards

Congratulations to all of our 2024 award winners and to the graduating class of 2024!

Growing Mushrooms and Baking Pizza With Maris Wilson, MAFS+MBA ’24

Senior to Senior Series: Jess Taney ’24