St. Lawrence Recognizes Moving-Up Day Award Winners

For generations, Moving-Up Day has been a celebration of students' academic achievements and a testament to their love for learning. Today, the ceremony symbolizes our students “moving up” a row of pews in Gunnison Memorial Chapel—filling the seats left open by the class ahead of them before they too move on and open doors for classes to come. The ritual is followed by a ceremonial “tapping” of new members of Omicron Delta Kappa, the leadership honor society.

The Moving-Up Day tradition dates back to 1869, when it began as “Tree Holiday,” so declared by then-President Richard Fisk. Fisk decreed a spring day off from classes to allow students and faculty to transplant trees from nearby woods to the then nearly barren campus. Many of the trees still stand in the Herring-Cole Grove, or as students affectionately refer to it as “The Enchanted Forest.” 

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Academic Department Awards

Anthropology

Franz Boas Award: Abigail C. Seward '22

Margaret Mead Award: Ryan Z. Devanny '22

Richard J. Perry Award:

• Caitlin M. Erb '23
•  Marika S. Stauring '24

Art and Art History

Clayton V. Fowler Art History Writing Award:

• Jenna J. Koelling '22
• Cassandra R. Pryce '22
• Titania McFarlane '22

Jeanne Scribner Cashin Art and Art History Prize: 

• Hannah N. Lumbra '22
• Cassandra R. Pryce '22
• Sophie E. Robie '22
• Michael K. Yirenkyi '22

Frederick Remington Prize for Most Promising Junior: 

• AJ W. Graff '23
• Titania McFarlane '22
• Sierra G. Potaczek '23
• Eva B. Yeo '23

Biology and Pre-Medicine

Beta Beta Beta Outstanding Senior Biology Majors Award: 

• Karina L. Bellavia '22
• Hannah M. Tobias-Wallingford '22

Crowell Summer Award in Field Biology: Kristin L. Van Everen '23

Edward and Gertrude Warner Memorial Award:

•  Susan Choi '23
• Nathan M. Rosahac '23

Lola D. and Bernard R. Norris Prize: Katherine S. Hamlin '22

Dr. F.W. Delmage Pre-Medical Prize: Eve A. Golden '22

Canadian Studies

The Molson Award: 

• Sophie G. Belisle Haley '23
• Caylee J. Mullins '22

Caribbean, Latin American, and Latino Studies

Excellence Award: Sarah J. Casey-Wagemaker '24

Service Award: Sarah J. Casey-Wagemaker '24

Center for International and Intercultural Studies

The Patti McGill Peterson Award: Lena D. Boudreau '23

Chemistry

Clarke L. Gage Prizes in Teaching: Carter K. Tracy '22

Clarke L. Gage Prizes in Research: Aida Gueye '22

Economics

Consler Business Leadership Award: Lauren J. Arthaud '22

John W. Hannon Jr. Honor Award: Marlee S. Paterson '22

Department of Economics Outstanding Research Project Award: Zemichael A. Habtegiorgis '22

Lauren V. Clute Memorial Award for Economics: Adam W. Dwight '22

David Richardson Scholarship: Hans M. Nsengimana '23                    

English

Douglas and Sylvia Angus Literature Award: Lauren A. Sharp '22

Douglas and Sylvia Angus Creative Writing Award: Hannah T. Rutkowski '22

James Ligon Price III Memorial Award in Poetry:                     

• 1st: Alexandra L. Hill '23
• 2nd: Alexa H. Smith '23
• 3rd: Thao P. Nguyen '22

Lotus A. Ingalls Memorial Journalism Award: 

• Madison E. Amico '22
• Hannah K. Finley '22

Alexander Black Medals: 

• Margaret S. Dener '22
• Thao P. Nguyen '22
• Delaney G. Smith '22

Consler Teaching Award: Paige A. Meshcon '23

Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies Scholar: River D. Mathieu '22

Environmental Studies Service Award: 

• Rae L. Dunbar '22
• Enith Alejandra Altamirano Salazar '24

Gender and Sexuality Studies

Don Makosky Award: Theresa S. Maxam '22

Writing Award: 

• Hannah N. Lumbra '22
• Hannah T. Rutkowski '22
• Carley M. Sherwin '22

Kathleen Buckley Memorial Gender & Sexual Studies Award: Skylar M. Bergeron '22

Government

Harry Reiff Junior Government Major Scholarship Award: Korrina L. Koenig '23 

Carl W. Chilson Senior Government Award: Catherine W. O'Keeffe '22

Robert N. Wells Jr. Scholarship Fund: Junghyun Kim '24

Bernard J. Lammers Award: Frances R. Hubbard '22

Professor J. Ansil Ramsay Award: Emily J. Harris '23

History

Harry Reiff Junior History Major Award: Colleen McKernan '23

William D. Mallam Senior History Major Award: Keith W. Felix '22

Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics

Dr. O. Kenneth Bates Prize: 

• Brenden B. Bready '22
• Kimberly M. Merchant '22
• Eduardo Puerta '22
•  Siyuan Zhang '22

Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Awards: 

• Ryan J. Carvel '24

• Jack W. Cowan '24

• Hope Donoghue' 24

• Victoria Cubina Lopez '24

• Benjamin Moolman '24

• Logan R. Ritchie '24

• Kristen E. Varin '24

• Olivia R. Varricchione '24

Music

J. Kenneth Munson Award: Rowan M. Travis

J. Richard Gilbert Memorial Award: 

• Noah P. Astruc '23
• Graham P. Branch '22
• Laken A. Mooney '23

Charles Ives Society Award: 

• Alexander L. Emmons '22
• Agustin Toledo '23

Norman D. and Alice S. Hessert Award: 

• Weston R. Azaert '22
•  Timothy S. Reed '22

Chloe Stearns Gaines Award: 

• Henry Hanson '22
• Kathleen E. Merchant '22
• Kimberly M. Merchant '22

Performance and Communications Arts

Kirk Douglas Drama Award: 

• Hailey M. Alvarado '22
• Carley M. Sherwin '22

Joan M. Fuzak Drama Award: 

• Patricia M. Buckley '22
• Emily J. Mose '22

Minogue Rhetoric and Communication Studies Award: 

• Madison E. Amico '22
• Kaleb T. Davis '22
•  Michael M. Miller '22
• Mauricio Montes Martinez '22

Philosophy

Kathryn Fraser Mackay Endowed Prize in Philosophy:

• Jie Ren He '22
• Frank H. Wotton '22

Physics

Howard C. Fay Memorial Award: Logan R. Ritchie '24

Mary Reklis Award: Cora M. Ferguson '23

Donald C. Peckham Award: Bejamin F. Heinze '23

Psychology

James H. L. Roach Award: Lauren J. Arthaud '22

Peter A. Silverhart '79 Memorial Award: Connor M. Lambert '22

Judith Mearig Memorial Prize in Psychology: Megan A. Beyor '22

Religious Studies

Kathryn Fraser Mackay Endowed Prize in Religious Studies: Morgan R. Montminy '22

Sociology

Outstanding Senior Major: 

• Moira I. Hogan '22
• Iman Maani '22

Excellence in Research and Scholarship: 

• William T. Peterson '22
• Ellie H. Purgavie '22

World Languages, Cultures, and Media

Outstanding Student Prize:            

• Arabic: James R. White '22
• Chinese: Ethan S. Hu '25
• German: Rebecca L. Shyne '22
• Italian: Alexandra D. Pendo '24
• Swahili: Nuri Lesbek '23
• Swahili: Marvin Sibanda '23
• ESOL: George Charalambous '25
• ESOL: Alex S. Bjerser '24

Writing Prize:                      

• French/Francophone Studies: 
• Spanish/Estudios Hispanicos: Peter L. Maslan '22

Outstanding Media Project: 

• Amelia L. Pape '22
•  Olivia N. Colarusso '23

Outstanding Senior (Spanish): Skylar M. Bergeron '22

Outstanding Senior (French): Lauren A. Sharp '22

Outstanding Language Teaching Assistant Award: 

• Rebecca L. Shyne '22
• Lauren A. Sharp '22

Outstanding Senior Multi-Language Major: Ivana A. Npwang Ntonga '22

Scholarship Awards (Dean's Office)

Charbern Fund Scholarship Economics: Evan T. Holm '23

Charbern Fund Scholarship English: Lena D. Boudreau '23

Class of 1934 Scholarship Chemistry: Annie S. Knapp '23

Class of 1934 Scholarship Economics: Helen P. Hume '23

Class of 1934 Scholarship English: Alexa H. Smith '23

Class of 1934 Scholarship History: Jacqueline M. Boutilier '23

Corolyn Susan Conkey Scholarship:

•  Hope Donoghue '24
• Ruby L. Crawford '24
• Amy S. Francesconi '24
• Karli Thompson '24
• Kyla M. Wilson '24

Priest Scholarship Prize: 

• Kyle A. Abramson '24
• James B. Campbell '24
• Kobe L. Villeneuve '24

Linda Reeves Pettit Endowed Merit Scholarship: 

• Amanda Barreto Salgueiro '23
•  Evan T. Holm '23
• Toky N. Rakotoarisoa '23
• Karli Thompson '24

Special Awards

HEOP Academic Excellence Award: 

• Jacquelyn Hernandez '22
• Manny Salazar '22

ODK Leader of the Year Award: Aseman Bagheri Sheshdeh '22

ODK Outstanding Sophomore Award: 

• Enith Alejandra Altamirano Salazar '24
• Alessandro Marangelli '24

Presidential Diversity Scholar Award: 

• Wanjiru Kimani '22
• Angelika M. Rodriguez '22
• Steven S. Vega '22

Tanner Fellowship Award: 

• Isaiah R. Albright '23

• Sara M. Christensen '23

• Cora M. Ferguson '23

• Enmity L. Field '24

• Wejden Jemmezi '25

• Aaron Levy '23

• Billie E. McClosky '22

• Yuchen Liang '22

Douglas M.  Brown Alumni Association Senior Award: 

• Claire E. Dudley '22
• Eduardo Puerta '22

Phi Beta Kappa Lambda Chapter Induction

• Lauren Arthaud '22

• Abigail S. Eberle '22

• Keith W. Felix '22

• Lauren R. Gulbicki '22 

• Moira I. Hogan '22

• Frances R. Hubbard '22

• Rebecca L. Lehman '22

• Hannah N. Lumbra '22

• River D. Mathieu '22

• Kimberly M. Merchant '22

• Natalie A. Nordyke '22

• Amelia L. Pape '22

• Haille M. Perkins '22

• William T. Peterson '22

• Eduardo Puerta '22

• Ellie H. Purgavie '22

• Michael T. Rienzo '22

• Hannah T. Rutkowski '22

• Abigail C. Seward '22

• Lauren A. Sharp '22

• Carley M. Sherwin '22

• Edward J. Towers '22

• Carter K. Tracy '22

• Frank H. Wotton '22

• Siyuan Zhang '22

Omicron Delta Kappa

• Emily M. Brisson '22

• Samantha M. Cohen '23

• Sarah M. Corp '23

• Allison M. Devane '24

• Amy S. Francesconi '24

• Eva K. Grover  '24

• Nicole F. Jeffrey '24

• Fato Kerma '23

• Shelby G. Maguire '24

• Fabian Moreno  '23

• Lucas G. Podvey '24

• Angelika M. Rodriguez '22

• Lauren A. Sharp '22

• Juliet Tavernier  '23

• Brooke L. Westcom  '24

• Kelsea L. Whittier  '23

• Keenan F. Wilson '23