STUDENT RECOGNITIONS
The Medallion for Academic Excellence Awards
The Medallion for Academic Excellence is an annual award given to recognize the accomplishments of select graduates. Department Chairs and faculty consider criteria including cumulative grade point average, excellence in research, academic creativity and demonstrated commitment to the values of a liberal arts education. Academic departments have named their medallion for a luminary from the past, or after someone who has deeply affected the discipline or for an outstanding person who helped to shape the course of study at Villanova University.
The Damas-Senghor-Césaire Award; Africana Studies
The Abd Al-Qadir Al-Jazairi Medallion; Arab and Islamic Studies
The Edward F. Jenkins, OSA, Award; Founder of Villanova’s Astronomy Department; Astrophysics and Planetary Science
The Rosalind Franklin Award; Noted DNA Crystallographer; Biochemistry
The John M. Mcclain Award; Outstanding Educator and Administrator in Biology; Biology
The G.N. Quam Award; Professor and Innovator in Safety Research in Chemistry; Chemistry
The Howard A. Grelis, OSA, Award; Outstanding Educator and Classical Scholar; Classical Studies
The Medallion of Excellence Award In Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience; Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience
The Edward R. Murrow Award; Distinguished Broadcast Journalist; Communication
The James J. Markham Award; Founder of the Comprehensive Science Program; Comprehensive Science
The Robert E. Beck Medallion; Respected Professor and Founding Chair; Computing Sciences
The Edwin Sutherland Award; Father of Modern Criminology; Criminology
The John Maynard Keynes Award; Founder of Modern Macro-Economic Theory; Economics
The Joseph A. Burns, OSA, Award; Beloved Professor; Education
The Edward Mcgrath Award; Esteemed Professor in Literature; English
The Rachel Carson Award; Founder of the Contemporary Environmental Movement; Environmental Science
The Rev. Joseph J. Gildea, OSA, Award; Eminent Scholar in Medieval French; French and Francophone Studies
The Alexander Von Humboldt Award; Early Geographer and Scientist; Geography
The Cosmas Award; Cosmas Indicopluestes—“Cosmas the Indian Ocean Traveler”—A Sixth-Century Egyptian Monk; Global Interdisciplinary Studies
The Christopher Dawson Award; Renowned Historian of Religion and Culture
The Karol Wojtyla Award; Priest, Pope, Poet and Defender of Human Dignity; Humanities
The Dante Alighieri Award; Poet, Mystic, and Philosopher; Italian
Medallion Of Excellence Award In Latin American Studies; Latin American Studies
The Emil Amelotti Award; Founder of Villanova’s Mathematics Department, Mathematics
The Gustavo Gutiérrez, Op Award; Peace and Justice Education
The Robert Russell, OSA, Award; Philosophy
The William Driscoll Award; Founder of Villanova’s Physics Department; Physics
The Fritz Nova Award; Respected Professor of Political Science; Political Science
The Bernard L. Bonniwell Award; Innovative Educator and First Chair of the Department; Psychology
The Alexander Pushkin Award; Russian Studies
The John E. Hughes Award; Founder of Villanova’s Sociology Department; Sociology
The Teresa Of Avila Award; Saint, Mystic Poet, Carmelite Nun, and Doctor of the Church; Spanish
Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society
Phi Beta Kappa (ΦBK) is a National Honors Fraternity for Colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences. It was founded at the College of William and Mary in 1776. Since that time, its rigorous and comprehensive standards have made election to it a premier sign of excellence. The Sigma of Pennsylvania Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa was created at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Villanova in April 1986.
The Phi Beta Kappa standards reflect the highest ideals of liberal education at Villanova—education that is concerned with values and facts, as well as wisdom and knowledge; education that seeks freedom from ignorance, alienation, and inhumanity; that values intellectual integrity and tolerance over expediency, and breadth of scholarly achievement over specialized expertise. Juniors and seniors who are candidates for a degree in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, whose academic achievements reflect the goals of Phi Beta Kappa, and who meet specific criteria shall be eligible for consideration for election to Phi Beta Kappa.
Giana Abbas '24 CLAS
Maria Abraham '25 CLAS
Joe Adams, Jr. '24 CLAS
Charlotte Anne Alarcon '24 CLAS
Isabella Attisano '24 CLAS
Harrison Bernhard '24 CLAS
Dylan Bernotas '24 CLAS
Emma Brogan '24 CLAS
Khang Bui '24 CLAS
Emma Burns '24 CLAS
Patrick Carney '24 CLAS
Nikos Carroll '24 CLAS
Ila Clark '24 CLAS
Christopher Cokinos '24 CLAS
Sarah Cotteta '24 CLAS
Kai Da Luz '25 CLAS
Eleni Davillas '24 CLAS
Noah DiBiasi '24 CLAS
Matthew Domanico '24 CLAS
Annie Eby '24 CLAS
Kate Flynn '24 CLAS
Jimmy Gamboli '24 CLAS
Paisley Hahn '24 CLAS
Katie Heaney '24 CLAS
Asha Hine '24 CLAS
Olivia Hoeing '24 CLAS
Matthew Hogan, Jr. '24 CLAS
Basia Holowenczak '24 CLAS
Ellie Holt '24 CLAS
Kylie Horan '24 CLAS
Alina Infantino '24 CLAS
Bella Irwin '24 CLAS
Gia Karavangelas '24 CLAS
Kaitlyn Karpovich '24 CLAS
Nick Kennedy '24 CLAS
Bilge Kocak '24 CLAS
Alivia Lanoue '24 CLAS
Olivia Lawlor '24 CLAS
Isabella Lentini '24 CLAS
Tommy Linehan '24 CLAS
Liz Maloney '24 CLAS
Ryan Maloney '24 CLAS
Chloe McAloon '24 CLAS
Anna McCarthy '24 CLAS
Anthony McCarthy '24 CLAS
Lauren McLaughlin '24 CLAS
Audrey Movsesian '24 CLAS
Micaela Murphy '24 CLAS
Shea Murphy '24 CLAS
Peggy Murray '25 CLAS
Connor Nachurski '24 CLAS
Riley Nelson '25 CLAS
Lauren Oh '24 CLAS
Mikaela Oh '24 CLAS
Vedant Patel '24 CLAS
Mark Pergola '24 CLAS
Connor Riesenberger '24 CLAS
Austin Rongo '24 CLAS
Gigi Schimpf '24 CLAS
Minh-Chau Scott '24 CLAS
Kaite Simpson '24 CLAS
Evan Steinberg '24 CLAS
Abby Thompson '24 CLAS
Christina Tillinghast '24 CLAS
Natalee Torre '24 CLAS
Lila Trollip '25 CLAS
Julia Trzesniowski '24 CLAS
Isabella Varona '24 CLAS
Maggie Winston '24 CLAS
Emma Witanowski '24 CLAS
Joe Young '24 CLAS