Announcements-of-Student-Awards-for-2017-Fall-Convocation

FALL CONVOCATION 2017 At fall convocation, Scripps College recognizes the achievements of its continuing students during the past academic year We celebrate their accomplishments and honor their hard work and dedication HONOR SOCIETIES Psi Chi Psi Chi is the National Honor Society in Psychology, founded in 1929 for the purposes of encouraging, stimulating, and maintaining excellence in scholarship, and advancing the science of psychology The following students were elected at the conclusion of their junior year at Scripps Barbara Ko ’18 Yuqing Lei ’18 Lily Yang ’18 Sigma Delta Pi Sigma Delta Pi is a national honorary Spanish society Juniors and seniors are elected to membership on the basis of academic standing Mariah Farris ’18 Rainie Kaplan ’18 AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND INTERNSHIPS The Ament Scholars Award The Ament Scholars Award was established by alumnae of the classes of 1931 through 1947 in memory of William Sheffield Ament, Professor of English, and a member of the original faculty of Scripps College The award is given each year to recognize rising seniors who have demonstrated outstanding scholarship in the Humanities Neelufar Franklin ’18 Emma Herlinger ’18 The Arthur Vining Davis Library Internship Ella Strong Denison Library at Scripps College has distinctive resources of rare books, manuscripts, and archives to disseminate to the wider scholarly world The Student Summer Library Internship supported by the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations is an academic fellowship that supports a Scripps College student to conduct research in the library’s collections of primary source materials from June-August 2017 Mel M Gilcrest ’19 – Exploring LGBT History at Scripps College Sandro Ortega ’19 – Historical, Cultural, and Literary Resources on Latin America in Denison Library Zara Singh ’20 – Uncovering the Origins of Black Studies at The Claremont Colleges The Claremont Colleges Library Undergraduate Research Award This award celebrates excellence in undergraduate research in all disciplines, and is awarded to current students whose recent research has made skillful and creative use of resources from the Library and beyond, and who have learned about the research process through inquiry and discovery Ella Harris ’20 – Don’t Listen to the Media: It’s Okay to Isolate Yourself The Virginia Judy Esterly Research Awards The Esterly Awards, established in 1949 in memory of Virginia Judy Esterly, assistant to the president and counselor of human relations at Scripps from 1934 to 1946, are given to scholars who combine the qualities of good scholarship, effective service in student activities, and responsible citizenship The awards are granted to students who present a worthwhile educational project to be undertaken during the summer Sarah Balderston ’18 – Low-cost Graphene Synthesis Elizabeth Chun ’19 – Vaccine Research for Livestock Disease in Botswana Corinne Donnay ’20 – Intensive Spanish course in Colombia Julia Sun ’20 – Behavioral and Quantitative Analysis of mTBI Models in Adult Zebrafish Mauri Sysko ’18 – Investigations into the Linker Histone H1 in Drosophila The Ruth George Poetry Prize The Ruth George Poetry Prize is a cash award for an outstanding poem or group of poems This award was established in 1951 in recognition of Professor George’s devoted and inspired teaching of writing and the appreciation of poetry The prize is awarded only for work of special merit and is not necessarily given each year Tiara Sharma ’20 Getty Multicultural Undergraduate Internships The Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery awards summer internships for undergraduates of diverse cultural backgrounds The program is designed to introduce students of African/African American, Asian/Asian American, Latino/Hispanic, Native American, or Pacific Islander descent to careers available in museums and related fields Gabrielle Garcia ’19 – Visual Resources Intern Erin Dickins ’19, Mt Holyoke – Curatorial Intern Kevin Torres ’18, California State University, Pomona – Collections/ Conservation Intern The Martha Wehmeier Hammer ’66 Scholarship Established in 1996 in honor of former Board Chair, Martha Wehmeier Hammer ’66, this scholarship is awarded to an outstanding sophomore at the conclusion of the student’s third semester of the Humanities Core Program The recipient receives the scholarship for the junior year Gabrielle Garcia ’19 Kripa Sanjay Mehta ’19 The Hsu Fund for Academic Interactions with China Established by Tony and Lily Hsu, parents of Alle Hsu '11, the Hsu Fund supports faculty and /or student travel to China and exchanges and /or delegations with Chinese Universities that further the academic and/or research pursuits of the faculty, students, and College Cindy Zhu ’19 The Mary W Johnson and J Stanley Johnson Student Research Award This award was established in 1995 to support student summer research projects on interdisciplinary topics Students work under the guidance of Scripps faculty members and present their results to the college community at programs of the Humanities Institute Emilia Hagen ’18 – Animating the Mind: An Artistic Approach to Representing Complex Neuralogical Processes Bridget Pranzatelli ’18 – Help or Hinder: How Governmental Migration Policies Affect NGOs Talia Speaker ’18 – Leveraging Computer Science in Ecology: Developing Software to Aid in Wildlife Monitoring Cindy Zhu ’19 – Human Bodies in Art: Comparison between the post-WWII Germany and the post-Cultural Revolution China LASPA Center for Leadership: We Act Action and Research Grants The LASPA action grants provide opportunities for students to transform knowledge, passion, and ideas into action; demonstrate creative and effective problem-solving; create partnership(s) in the public or private sector; and produce outcomes that make a positive impact Sara Bryk ’18 – Partner organization: Granada Siempre Nuestra (GSN) Noor Hamdy ’18 – Partner organization: Refugee Resettlement Team Erin Matheson ’18 – Partner organization: Columbia University Medical Center Naomi Shroff-Mehta ’18 – Partner organization: Shimojo Lab, California Institute of Technology Elise Thompson ’18 – Partner organization: Global Women’s Water Initiative (GWWI) Bekki Lee Memorial Endowed Scholarship The Bekki Lee Memorial Endowed Scholarship was established in 2013 through the generosity of Bekki’s friends and family to celebrate her lifelong commitment to education, access and inclusivity Bekki’s deep commitment to education will be remembered, honored, and celebrated in perpetuity through the award of the Bekki Lee Memorial Endowed Scholarship to a deserving student who has made significant efforts to enhance the Scripps community Madeline Sy ’18 Samella Lewis Scholarship The Samella Lewis Scholarship was established in 2002 by former students, friends, and admirers of Samella Lewis, Professor Emerita of Art History The scholarship honors Samella Lewis as an educator, artist, and mentor The scholarship is awarded to an African American student on the basis of scholastic achievement, excellence in character, leadership, and responsibility Ernica Sanon ’17 The Sarah La Fetra Ludwick Campus Preservation Fund The Sarah La Fetra Ludwick Campus Preservation Fund was established in 2015 through the generosity of Sarah La Fetra Ludwick '65 and Arthur Ludwick This Fund supports internships for students to work on conservation, preservation and enhancement projects that will ensure the beauty and strength of Scripps College’s campus in perpetuity Allegra Cox ’18 Mellon Undergraduate Research Fellowships in the Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences The Mellon Undergraduate Research Fellowship program provides opportunities for students to gain critically important research skills and training in a faculty-directed research fellowship, and to pursue their own research questions and more fully develop their senior theses with a pre-thesis fellowship Susana Arias ’19 – Oral Histories of U.S Imperialism, Filipino Immigration and Subjectivity Sara Bautista ’18 – Balmain in the Backwoods - Autonomous Communities Chloe Bazlen ’18 – The Florentine Period of Artemisia Gentileschi Mariah Farris ’18 – Trends in Stereotypically Racialized Portrayals of Judges and Attorneys in Television and Movies Vanessa Hayes ’18 – Understanding Cooperation and Competition Using Cognitive Modeling Charlotte Jones ’18 – “Protect Sacred Mountains”: Indigenous Art & Activism Rachel Kaiser ’18 – Consent Searches and the 4th Amendment Yuqing Lei ’18 – Cognitive Modeling of Cooperative Success and Empathy Kaya Mark ’18 – The Environmental and Cultural Aftermath of Military Testing: How Vieques Continues to Fight for Justice Decades after U.S Naval Occupation Bandana Singh ’18 – “Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown”; Sleep, Kings, and Divine Authority in Shakespeare’s Henriad, Macbeth, and Hamlet Madeline Sy ’18 – I Am Her Kind: The Confessional Poetry of Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton Elisa Taylor ’18 – A Sociolinguistic Study of /s/-deletion in Andalusian Spanish Lucile P Morrison Dance Scholarship Established by the late Trustee Mrs Lucile Morrison in 1947, this award was designed to provide students with an opportunity to broaden their horizons and to encourage their interest in dance as a vital educational experience It is given to sophomores or juniors to enable them to study with outstanding professionals in a summer school program Suzette Guzman ’18 Cynthia Irobunda ’18 Rachel Nayer ’18 The Sybil Smith Memorial Latin Prize This award is given annually to outstanding classics majors who are preparing for professional careers in the classics Hannah Alalou ’19 Zara Singh ’20 Peggy Phelps Internship, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery Through the generosity of Peggy Phelps, this internship is designed to give Scripps students exposure to and experience curating and organizing art exhibitions The 2016 intern organized two exhibitions from the Scripps permanent collection for display in 2016-17 at Mt San Antonio Gardens exhibition space, and at Scripps Clark Humanities Museum Linnea Rosenberg ’19 The Ellen Clark Revelle “Nellie” Scholarship The “Nellie” is an innovative and transformative scholarship honoring the alumna and former trustee Ellen Clark Revelle ’31 Designated as an Ellen Clark Revelle Scholar, the recipient of this award must be a continuing student who is making excellent academic progress, demonstrates financial need, and fully engages in the Scripps College community and beyond through leadership activities Clarisse Salazar ’18 The Marie McSpadden Sands Writing Awards Established in 1995 by the sons of Marie McSpadden Sands, a member of the Class of ’34, these awards recognize excellence in writing among first-year students Bethany Humphrey ’20 – Best Researched Argument Lauren Romero ’20 – Best Textual Analysis The Scripps Art Conservation Internship – Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County This award funds a Scripps art conservation internship at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Gillian Holzer ’19 Elizabeth Robbins Turk ’83 Internship Through the generosity of Elizabeth Robbins Turk ’83, this 10-week summer internship provides a training opportunity for Scripps art conservation students Madeline Helland ’18 The Jane Hurley Wilson and Michael G Wilson Internship in Art Administration The Wilson Internship, offered by the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, is a summer internship made possible by Scripps alumna Jane Coila Wilson ’64 and Michael Wilson (HMC ’63) as part of their generous contribution in support of the Scripps Art program Laurel Dickstein ’18 – Wilson Arts Administration Intern Wanyun Yang ’18 – Wilson Conservation Intern 2017 SUMMER INTERNSHIP GRANT RECIPIENTS On behalf of Scripps College and our summer internship grant recipients, we would like to extend our gratitude to the donors who have supported the Scripps College Internship Grant Program by establishing named operating and endowed internships as well as the many donors who support the program through their annual gifts, including many faculty and staff In 2017, our named internships include: Alumnae Association Internship Rebecca Barber Adams ’61 Nonprofit Internship Barbara Bixby Blackwell ’63 Internship Frances Kay Brossy ’50 Memorial Non-Profit Endowed Internship Barbara Bruner ’76 Human Rights Internship Angelica Kusar Clark ’84 Internship Class of 1967 Internship Summer Internship in Conflict Management The Davis Family Foundation Internship Joanna Dunklee ’62 Internship] Internship for the Environment Gabrielle Giffords ’93 Internship in Public Service Judith Nelson Keep ’66 Internship in Leadership Eileen Schock Laspa ’67 and Jude Laspa (HMC ’65) Internship The Marquardt Family Internship David “The Dogman” Null Internship The Scheyer Family Education Internship Millard Sheets Art Internship Amy Louise Vanderloop ’07 Memorial Internship We are incredibly grateful to all of the donors who give students amazing growth opportunities by supporting internships at Scripps College INTERNSHIP PROVIDER GRANT RECIPIENT US Bridging the Gaps Mercedes Adame ’18 Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles Aliza Adler ’18 Folio Literary Management Hannah Alalou ’19 Middle East Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow (MEET) Maya Almogy ’20 Aarti for Girls Antara Anand ’19 Mi Case en Ipauratu Diana Arreola ’19 University of Southern California, Department of Psychology Kylie Au ’18 Planning & Development, City of Providence Emily Audet ’17 Western University of Health Sciences Sarah Balderston ’18 Downtown Women’s Center Shreya Basu ’19 Rediscovery Centre Clare Blackwell ’20 Boston University, Gygaia Projects Madison Blumer ’19 Asia Society, Hong Kong Center Alexi Butts ’20 Hi5 Dental Julia Canfield ’20 Winterthur Museum, Garden, & Library Milena Carothers ’19 Representation Project Emmanuelle Cole ’20 Birds Nest Foundation Rose Conlon ’18 University of California, Los Angeles Nia-Renee Cooper ’18 1776 Katherine DePalma ’18 House Republican Conference; Office of Cathy McMorris Rodgers McKenzie Deutsch ’19 Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building Sabrina Drescher ’20 Winston Wächter Fine Art Emma Dubery ’19 University of California, Irvine Kara Dunne-Dombrink ’20 Muckenthaler Cultural Center Elena Dypiangco ’19 Our House Maya Ellis ’18 TeAda Productions Ryan Finley ’20 East Harlem School Kaila Finn ’20 Pile of Puppies Kaela Fong ’19 Forklift Danceworks Rachel Fredericks ’17 Cirquenciel Lauren Froehlich ’20 University of British Columbia, Centre for Heart, Lung and Vascular Health Caitlin Gaylord ’18 Stand for Children, Oregon Rachel Geller ’18 District Office of U.S Representative Rosa DeLauro Julia Gill ’20 HumanKind Fair Trade Jennifer Grady ’20 National Archives Megan Gratke ’19 New York University, Psycholinguistics, Aphasia, and Neuromodulation Lab Christina Grisanzio ’18 Pick My Solar Siena Hacker ’18 Center for International Environmental Law Casey Harris ’19 UCSD School of Medicine Anita Ho ’19 The Door - A Center of Alternatives Cynthia Irobunda ’18 ReBoot: Career Accelerator for Women Emma Johnson ’20 Day Creek Intermediate School Kimberly Kaneshina ’20 Re Sources For Sustainable Communities The Rubin Museum of Art Massachusetts General Hospital Northeastern University, Lifespan Emotional Development Lab Sarah Laird and the Good Company United States House of Representatives, Office of Congresswoman Norma J Torres UN AIDS Asia-Pacific University of London, Goldsmiths University, Forensic Psychology Department Leaddog Marketing Group Reef Environmental Education Foundation Ipauratu Mi Casa Tammy Baldwin for Senate Campaign Conservation NW Rigshospitalet Hospital, Neurobiology Research Unit University of Chicago Medical Center, Thirty Million Words Initiative Stanford University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics University of Washington Botanical Gardens Khan Lab School SevOne Inc Oddlot Entertainment Shunpike Oakland Food Policy Council SoCal Chamber Music Workshop New York University, Division of Medical Ethics Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ Center for Juvenile Law and Policy at Loyola Law School Brooklyn Museum Jewish Voices for Peace Santa Monica Pier Aquarium/ Heal the Bay Angloville San Francisco Department for the Status of Women, Violence Against Women Department GPI US Massachusetts General Hospital, Sail Literacy Lab Asylum Access Burke Museum The Fund for Santa Barbara NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado Hot Press Christie’s New York Portland Monthly The Pad Project Dahan Properties (Prime Five Homes and the Dreambuilders Project) US House of Representatives, Office of Nancy Rosen (NV) Natalie Knops ’19 Jahnavi Kothari ’19 Aathmika Krishnan ’19 Faye LaFond ’18 Amanda Larson ’19 Emily Lavine ’19 Elizabeth Lewis ’19 Emma Loftus ’19 Emily Longley ’18 Lawrie Mankoff ’19 Julia Martinez ’19 Rachel Matthews ’18 Bryn McKillop ’18 Siria Medina ’18 Matilda Msall ’19 Olivia Owens ’17 Olivia Palenscar ’19 Isabelle Phan ’20 Jockabeth Ponce ’19 Claire Pukszta ’19 Natalie Quek ’19 Miriam Raffel-Smith ’20 Isabella Ramos ’17 Bella Ratner ’19 Grace Reckers ’18 Natalie Reeves ’19 Josephine Ren ’19 Roxanne Rozo-Marsh ’19 Syrah Russell ’20 Anne Shalamoff ’20 Corey Smith ’20 Kyla Smith ’20 Sana Sra ’19 Etelle Stephan ’18 Morgan Stewart ’19 Lianne Sturgeon ’19 Rebecca Wainess ’19 Isabella Waldron ’20 Catherine Ward ’19 Anyi Wong-Lifton ’18 Helen Yenser ’17 Clarissa Ann Ylagan ’20 Marianna Zapata ’20