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.
Stephanie Agresti ’21 CLAS
Amanda Atkinson ’21 CLAS
Natalie Bak ’21 CLAS
Chloe Benson ’21 CLAS
Austin Bergstresser ’21 CLAS
Erin Bogacki ’21 CLAS
Christopher Braganca ’21 CLAS
Crystal Brau ’21 CLAS
Catherine Brennan ’21 CLAS
Lilian Bui ’21 CLAS
Robert Bulka ’21 CLAS
Megan Burke ’21 CLAS
Declan Carolan ’21 CLAS
Michelle Charles ’21 CLAS
Kathleen Connor ’21 CLAS
Juliana Cosenza ’21 CLAS
Emily Cox ’21 CLAS
Michael Creighton ’21 CLAS
Julianna Cresti ’21 CLAS
Lana Davidoff ’21 CLAS
Samantha DeCarlo ’21 CLAS
Yeryn Do ’21 CLAS
Andrew Donofrio ’21 CLAS
Rylie Eisenhardt ’21 CLAS
Michelle Ferrer ’21 CLAS
Katherine Garmer ’21 CLAS
Abigail Gehsmann ’21 CLAS
Emily Gelormino ’21 CLAS
Corinne Gillenwater ’21 CLAS
Alexander Gustafson ’21 CLAS
Amira Guy ’21 CLAS
Connor Hayes ’21 CLAS
Makenna Higgins ’21 CLAS
Chloe Hillson ’21 CLAS
Rayann Jaryszak ’21 CLAS
Moira Jaslar ’21 CLAS
Tyler Kline ’21 CLAS
Corey Kuipers ’21 CLAS
Patrick LaBella ’21 CLAS
Grace Lange ’21 CLAS
Annelise Laughlin ’21 CLAS
Elizabeth Lyons ’21 CLAS
Michael Mackanic ’21 CLAS
Abramo Manfredonia ’21 CLAS
Alexandra Marasa ’21 CLAS
Julia Mills ’21 CLAS
McKenzie Mix ’21 CLAS
Kaitlyn Naughton ’21 CLAS
Derek Nolan ’21 CLAS
Casey O’Donnell ’21 CLAS
Katelynn O’Donnell ’21 CLAS
Francis Ochman ’21 CLAS
Zachary Ornstein ’21 CLAS
Christian Ostrowski ’21 CLAS
Kaela Panicucci ’21 CLAS
Shivani Patel ’21 CLAS
Alexandra Penzi ’21 CLAS
Michelle Phillippi ’21 CLAS
Ianna Pirozzi ’21 CLAS
Matthew Planchon ’21 CLAS
Allison Porzio ’21 CLAS
Kayleigh Purcell ’21 CLAS
Jack Riedl ’21 CLAS
Lauren Sage ’21 CLAS
Jessica Sardina ’21 CLAS
Stephen Scheidly ’21 CLAS
Victoria Schmidt ’21 CLAS
Alexa Schoeneborn ’21 CLAS
Jacquelyn Solomon ’21 CLA
Shiyu Su ’21 CLAS
Madalyn Sullivan ’21 CLAS
Lauren Sum ’21 CLAS
Ryan Swope ’21 CLAS
James Terhune ’21 CLAS
Rahul Thapa ’21 CLAS
Shi-yu Tsao ’21 CLAS
Madeline Van Brunt ’21 CLAS
Christopher White ’21 CLAS
Brooke Wichterman ’21 CLAS
Sarah Wiik ’21 CLAS
Nicholas Woltman ’21 CLAS
Philip Yang ’21 CLAS
Bernard Zitzewitz ’21 CLAS
Anthony Berna ’22 CLAS
Aaron LeVan ’22 CLAS
Mackenzie O’Reilly ’22 CLAS
Sofia Leone ’22 CLAS