OUR RECENT GRADUATES

Christopher Cokinos ’24 CLAS was awarded the 2024 Karol Wojtyla Medallion for Excellence in the Humanities. The award recognized his “seemingly insatiable desire to know more about everything from architecture to ancient philosophy and a quiet leadership inside and outside the classrooms that draws others deeper into the great questions of human life.”

During his years at Villanova University, Chris played a leadership role with Villanova’s Mock Trial Team and was station manager of WXVU. Having graduated with a double major in Humanities and Political Science in the Honors Program, he is now studying law at New York University.

Andrew Patton ’24 CLAS was awarded the Department of Humanities Outstanding Senior Essay Prize for his senior essay, “Eucharistia: Lifting the Veil from our World of Gift.” The selection committee extolled Andrew’s “eloquent and invested account of the ways in which human life in the world can and should be seen as a gift, and the ways that our ecology and liturgy can help us see this broader sense of cosmic conviviality.”

Andrew graduated with a major in Humanities and minors in Philosophy, Japanese and Criminology, having spent two terms studying at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford University, generously supported by the Catherine Barr Windels Scholarship. Andrew currently serves as a FOCUS missionary at the United States Coast Guard Academy.