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.
Nina Isabelle Almazar ’22 CLAS
Autumn Anderson ’22 CLAS
Allison Baroni ’22 CLAS
Lydia Becker ’22 CLAS
Timothy Blajda ’22 CLAS
Abigail Blay ’22 CLAS
James Braverman ’22 CLAS
Caroline Canally ’22 CLAS
Eugene Cha ’22 CLAS
Grace Chiodo ’22 CLAS
Alexander Comfort ’22 CLAS
Jack Cucchiara ’22 CLAS
Gillen Curren ’22 CLAS
Lily Day ’22 CLAS
Caterina Deuser ’22 CLAS
Christopher DiLullo ’22 CLAS
Daniel Donabedian ’22 CLAS
Brendan Donoghue ’22 CLAS
Casey Driscoll ’22 CLAS
Jenevieve Erickson ’22 CLAS
Daniel Estrada ’22 CLAS
Dana Fahey ’22 CLAS
Brenna Gaffney ’22 CLAS
Nicole Garcia ’22 CLAS
Matthew Golonka ’22 CLAS
Nicole Graczyk ’22 CLAS
Alec Henderson ’22 CLAS
Christiana Holguin ’22 CLAS
Stephanie Horne ’22 CLAS
Brandon Hornlein ’22 CLAS
Francesca Iucolino ’22 CLAS
Megan Jackson ’22 CLAS
Daniel Jensen ’22 CLAS
Alek Kevorkian ’22 CLAS
Irene Koch ’22 CLAS
Caleb Kwon ’22 CLAS
Lauren Laino ’22 CLAS
Jennifer Lambert ’22 CLAS
Conor Larsen ’22 CLAS
Benjamin Leavens ’22 CLAS
Erica Mallon ’22 CLAS
Jordan McCarthy ’22 CLAS
Caleb McCurdy ’22 CLAS
Hannah Medsker ’22 CLAS
Ariana Megerian ’22 CLAS
Jason Mitala ’22 CLAS
Thinh Nguyen ’22 CLAS
Jourdyn Nicholson ’22 CLAS
Peter Nikitin ’22 CLAS
Erin O'Toole ’22 CLAS
Derrick Padykula ’22 CLAS
Shaniya Peart ’22 CLAS
Catherine Petretti ’22 CLAS
Alexis Price ’22 CLAS
Kaitlyn Quijano ’22 CLAS
Francesca Reres ’22 CLAS
Erin Rodriguez ’22 CLAS
Kevin Rouse ’22 CLAS
Christopher Saladino ’22 CLAS
Dylan Sawyer ’22 CLAS
Alissa Schembor ’22 CLAS
Benjamin Schmid ’22 CLAS
Aidan Schwob ’22 CLAS
Hannah Simon ’22 CLAS
Amanda Smith ’22 CLAS
Sydney Stewart ’22 CLAS
Kaysie Stuba ’22 CLAS
Omair Sultan ’22 CLAS
Caroline Sweeney ’22 CLAS
Grace Turchetta ’22 CLAS
Julia Ugras ’22 CLAS
Margot Varrichio ’22 CLAS
Charles Walsh ’22 CLAS
Ryan Weicht ’22 CLAS
Zachary Boyer ’23 CLAS
Noah Hewes ’23 CLAS
Anthony Pasles ’23 CLAS
Katherine Reed ’23 CLAS
Patrick Riss ’23 CLAS
Karina Zakarian ’23 CLAS