Fellows' Accolades from 2005-2006

Spring 2006

Honors Fellows garnered awards at Elon's ODK Annual Awards Day Ceremony on April 27, 2006.

• John Tumbleston – John W. Barney Memorial Award (highest cumulative GPA)
• Amie Ritchie – Perito Award (exemplifying “love of wisdom”)
• Rebecca Hewitt  - Perito Award (exemplifying “love of wisdom”) and Religious Studies Scholar Award
• Tayler Kent – Foreign Language Award
• Brian Grady – Senior Spanish Award
• Mary Caruso – American Institute of Chemists Student Award and Phi Lambda Upsilon Chemisty Award
• Will Allen – Phi Lambda Upsilon Chemistry Award
• Eric Hydrick – Computer Science Academic Achievement Award
• Karen Baum – Outstanding Political Science Award
• Neal Dugre - Stokes Outstanding Senior History Award
• Matt Christian – Mathematics Department Service Award
• David Runkle – Mathematics Academic Achievement Award and School of Education Award
• Lauren Casat – Love School of Business Award
• Gillian Murray - Love School of Business Award
• Lauren Gadd – School of Communications Award

Many Honors Fellows participated in Elon's Student Undergraduate Research Forum. Seniors giving presentations included Erin Culp, Neal Dugre, Brian Grady, Rachel Hetu, Eric Hydrick, and Jennifer Papillo. Third-year Fellows were Caitlin Brilhart, Adam Frank, Allison Genco, Rebecca Hewitt, Abbey Lepley, and Margaret Williams. Second-year Fellows were Kaitlyn Day, Jacqueline DelGiorno, and Julie Kenneally. First-year Fellow Elizabeth Easterly did a poster session.

Sarah Cox, Perry Medlin, Kelly Schmidt, and Kristen Varvaris all were featured in the university's Celebrate showcase for Student Achievements in Academics and the Arts.

Neal Dugre won first place in the Philip Carret Endowment Thomas Jefferson Essay contest, which earned him $1000 and a stay at the Smith Center for Jefferson Studies.  His essay was titled, "An Identity of Contrast: Defining America in the Age of Jefferson." Senior Honors Fellow Ian Henderson won second place and $600 for his essay, "Jefferson's Greatest Challenge and Ultimate Success: Defining an American Identity."

Senior Ben Peacock has been selected to attend the United States Air Force Basic Officer Training Program and to attend Air Force flight school.

On April 18, 2006, a host of Honors Fellows (listed below) were inducted into Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest academic honor society. Only the top 7.5% of juniors and the top 10% of seniors at the university are eligible for membership. Senior Honors Fellow has served as Nicole Rhew served as vice president of Phi Kappa Phi. 

Allison Arpin Thomas Barnett Caitlin Brilhart Matthew Christian Jennifer Connolly Kaitlyn Day

Cara DiSisto Amy Duncan Alana Dunn Laura Gordon Rebecca Hewitt Kathryn Houk

Katie Lahti Anna Leer Kelly McDonald Amie Ritchie Andrea Spaeth Lindsay Westerfield

Ben Smith has been elected Sophomore Class President.

Senior David Runkle has been accepted into the graduate programs in Math and N.C. State and UNC-CH and offered a teaching fellowship with a stipend worth over $10,000. He will be attending UNC.

Senior John Tumbleston has won two scholarships to fund his future study toward a Ph.D. in Physics. The Southern Conference awarded him the Dave Hart/TIAA-CREF Academic Awards Program post-graduate scholarship and the NCAA awarded him a $7500 post-graduate scholarship.

Senior Chemistry major Mary Caruso won the top prize at a regional undergraduate research conference held at the University of Southern Mississippi. The prize was $200 plus travel expenses to present at an international science conference this summer.

Neal Dugre ('06), Elizabeth Easterly ('09), Tye Ebel ('06), and Rebecca Hewitt ('07) made presentations at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research.

Kristin Varvaris ('06) won first place in the Music Theatre College Women's Division of the National Association of Teachers of Singing statewide competition. She was chosen to go on to the regional competition.

3rd-year Fellow Caroline Corbyons (Biology) was recognized for her Winter Term service in the Dominican Republic with Medical Ministry International.  

Fall 2005

The Honors Pavilion won the campus-wide "Learning Communities Challenge" - a semester-long competition between learning communities, where groups won points for attending speakers, participating in events, and academic achievement.  Residents of third-floor Virginia also did well, ending up in third place. Congratulations to residents of both Honors communities.
 
The Honors Pavilion learning community was featured in a front-page story in the Greensboro News and Record on October 27. Faculty member in residence Jessica Gisclair, RA Julie Kenneally, and freshman Alyse Knorr were all quoted - spreading the word about what a great place it is.

"Unblinking," a poem by Sarah Cox, has been published on a new Elon poetry blog.

Senior John Tumbleston was recognized in the Division I National Student-Athlete Advisory Committee newsletter for his work last spring organizing a 5K run to benefit Elon's Students Against Sexual Assault and Crosswords, Alamance County's agency that assists victims of sexual assault.  Over 130 runners and walkers participated in the inaugural event, raising over $400.

Senior David Runkle received an award from the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics for being the region's most outstanding pre-service teacher.

Twenty second-year Honors Fellows were inducted into Phi Eta Sigma, a national honor society that recognizes outstanding academic achievement during the first year of college. Congratulations to the following students:

Allison Arpin Kristen Bowden Judith Boyce Jennifer Connolly Sarah Cox Kaitlyn Day Jacqueline Delgiorno

Molly Dickinson Cara Disisto Amy Duncan Kelci Flowers Julie Kenneally Allison Kipphut Katherine Little

Allison Pariani Katherine Parkman Lisa Rohde Cathryn Wile Rebecca Williams Jessica Young

First-year Fellows Ian Spreat and Ben Smith were elected Freshmen Class Senators.

Summer 2005

Junior Chris Weitzen was awarded a Freeman-ASIA scholarship for year-long study in Japan. The $7000 grant is administered by the Institute for International Edcuation.

As part of a National Science Foundation pilot program, Sophomore Austin Toman conducted 10 weeks of summer research on spatial patterns in chemical reactions with Dr. Joel Karty.

Juniors Rebecca Hewitt and Will Allen and senior Neal Dugre were awarded Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) grants. Their faculty mentors are Heidi Frontani, Joel Karty and David Crowe.

Athletes Caroline Corbyons (junior, BIO) and John Walker (junior, BIO) were named to the Southern Conference Academic All-Conference Team.

Senior Eric Hydrick was one of 34 students nationwide who won a full scholarship for a week-long grid computing workshop July 10 - July 16.