The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) is pleased to announce the names of students who have won creative and scholarly awards from their VPA schools and departments in the 2018-19 academic year. These awards are typically presented in the spring semester at the conclusion of the academic year.
School of Art
Outstanding Senior Award in Ceramics
Isabel Souza
Clayscapes Pottery Award
For a student in ceramics: Samantha Slate
Shaped Clay Society Award
For a student in ceramics: Isabel Souza
M&S Weiss Award
To a senior for excellence and achievement in illustration: Amanda Greiner
Illustration
Honorable Mention: Dylan Myones, Phapan Wongvajara
George VanderSluis Award
For an outstanding graduate student in painting: Haotian Wu, Mark Zbikowski Jr.
Hiram Gee Award
For a senior in painting: Zoe Stern
Augusta Hazard Award
For a senior in painting: Grant Pham
Roswell S. Hill Award
For a junior in painting: Zoe Stern, Lotte Kjoenoe Olsen, Anastasia Kiklis
Gayle Wolford Award
For a sophomore painting student: Zoe Stern
Bruce Manwaring Award
For a deserving student in lithography: Nathan Taylor
Marion Behr Award
For a printmaking student: Candice Corgan
Thomas G. Yohe Endowed
For excellence in illustration and drawing: Jordan George
M. Schaefer Marcy Excellence Award
For a junior in drawing or ceramics: Samantha Slate, Amy Chasse
Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies
The J. Calvin Callaghan Graduate Student Achievement Award
For second-year graduate students who are enrolled in preparing for future faculty programs
Elizabeth Cooney-Petro, Chris DiCesare
The Mary Elizabeth Earle Prize
For outstanding undergraduate students in communication and rhetorical studies
First Place: Meera Shah
Second Place: Ruth Siesfeld
White-Denison Award
For students who have attained the greatest achievement in public speaking
Champion: Berri Wilmore
Exceptional Speaker Award: Averianna L. Davis
Excellence Award: Zachary B. Ginkel
School of Design
Elisa Ribatt Memorial Prize
For an outstanding and deserving senior in design: Sierra Benedetto-Brouillet
Elizabeth and Alan Dye Award
For an outstanding senior in communications design: Mikayla Thomas
Paul Leibowitz Award
For expertise in web navigation via cutting-edge interactive design: Jamie Doppelt
C.W. Pike Award
To an outstanding junior in communications design: Kevin O’Toole
CMD Academic Excellence Award
For the senior with the highest overall GPA: Nicole Davis
Ralph Laidlaw Award
For excellence in design presentation: Yiyi Luo
Jesse Bone & F. Montague Charman Founders Award
For excellence in design concept: Ka Wai Tseng
Francia Morigi Award
For design research: Julia Whittley
Outstanding Senior Award in Fashion Design
Felicia Underwood
Joan Rusitzky Prize
For excellence in design: Ann Carson, Kerry Phelan
Fashion Award
For fashion design: Mikayla Schlossman
Outstanding Senior Award in Industrial Design
Matthew Goodman
Bert Rice Memorial Prize
For the most promising student in industrial and interaction design: Zhiyin Zhou
Arthur Pulos Award for Thesis Design
For excellence in thesis scholarship: Ellie Mittelstadt
IDSA Student Merit Award
Rebecca Yeh
M.F.A. Design Award
Master’s Prize: Yun Deng
The Catlin Prize in Museum Studies
For an exceptional graduating student in the M.A. museum studies program: Hannah Barber
Department of Drama
Josephine Abady Prize for Directing
For a student selected as best play director of the year: Lauren Mosier
Ilene Lehrer Gottfried Prize
For the most outstanding graduating senior female actress: Madison Beumee
Sawyer Falk Award
For a male and female student majoring in drama: Lauren Mosier, Samuel Arencibia
Friar’s Award
For a student in drama, music, or theater design: Samuel Arencibia, Aria Sivick, Sabrina Co, Ashley F. Tisdale, Amber Gatlin
Edward G. Greer Prize
For classic acting: Dominic Martello
Becci Ingram Memorial Award
For success in all areas of acting, singing, and dancing: Crawford Horton
Julian M. Kaufman Award
For excellence in the field of acting and/or directing: Rupert Krueger
Mark Haruff Award
For positive spirit force: Devina Sabnis, John Cleland
Marcia Mohr Award
For outstanding female students in dramatic art: Rebecca Hoi, Sasha Falsberg, Zora Moynihan, Kendra Kirby, Shanel Bailey
Gerard Moses Award
For an outstanding student in drama: Quinn Hemphill
Jerry Gershman Award
For an outstanding comedic actor: Cormac Bohan
Arthur Storch Award
For artistic growth: Breanna Zahakos, Nicholas Turturro, Mario Marques
Arthur Storch Award
For design/technical theater: Sasha Falsberg
Setnor School of Music
Anna Freeland Berry Memorial Prize
For a female undergraduate student who has a high degree of dedication, attainment, and promise in voice: Julia Clifford
Joanna and Roger Moore Award
For vocal excellence: Jacob O’Shea
Carol Hall Nichol Memorial Prize
For a student majoring in classical voice: Ryan Mewhorter
Shannon Kane Memorial Award
For an outstanding flute or other woodwind instrumentalist majoring in music education: Shoko Nagami
Earl George Award in Choral Music
For excellence in choral music: Nicholas Godzak
Morton Schiff Jazz Award
For outstanding jazz musician students: Kyle Swigert, Connor Owen
Brian Israel Award
For an outstanding student composer: Leonardo Marino
Helen Falk-Julius Kahn Award
To further music education: Camille Bourland, Madeline Gonynor, Kathleen Krumbach, Brittany Montpetit
Douglas Soyars Music Industry Award
For excellence in music industry: Steven Visceglia, Rebecca Ross, Adam Sulkin, Caroline Bauman
Marion Armstrong Award
For excellence in musical performance: Jacob O’Shea, Samantha Ryan
School of Music Faculty Award
For a student who made the greatest contribution to the Setnor School of Music: Paul Clark
Irene L. Crooker Music Award
For demonstrated excellence in music: Patricia Magliaro
Patti Thompson Buechner Award
For an outstanding vocal student: Kyle Seniw, Patricia Magliaro
Donna Z. Miller Award
For a junior demonstrating a commitment to achieving excellence in voice: Jacob O’Shea
Simeon Popov Memorial Award
For an outstanding orchestral musician: Catherine Vedilago
Setnor Performance Award for Winds and Percussion
For demonstrated excellence in performance by a wind or percussion upperclass or graduate student: Zhongyang Ling, Samantha Ryan
Setnor Performance Award for Strings
For demonstrated excellence in performance by a string upperclass or graduate student: Chou Li Tsai
Hira Poncha Endowed Award
For a piano student: Jonida Lazellari
Department of Transmedia
Bryan J. Buckley Award
For winning entry in film competition: Abigail Jones, Yanni Ma, Hlumela Matika, Seok Wun Au Yong