Program and Livestream

Download the ceremony program, watch the livestream recording and view photos.

Award Categories

Honorary Degrees

  • David Lewis Bergman '72, presented by David H. Lynn
  • Julie Ann Cerel '94, presented by Linda M. Smolak
  • Marela Zacarías '00, presented by Claudia J. Esslinger

Trustee Teaching Excellence Awards

Brackett B. Denniston III, chair of the Board of Trustees, presented the awards to:

  • Professor of Chemistry Kerry Rouhier
  • Assistant Professor of Psychology Leah Dickens

Fellowships and Awards

Critical Language Study Award

Aram Ebrahimian '25 (alternate Bea Fatima '25)

Henry G. Dalton Fellowship in American Studies

Lucien Kisch '23

Fulbright Fellowship

  • Ngone Fall '23, Senegal
  • Felix Heisch '23, Spain
  • Kate Hileman '22, Germany
  • Madeline Vonk '23, Spain
  • Alternate: Christopher Bechtol '23, Uzbekistan

A complete list of names and country assignments of Fulbright winners will be included in the Commencement program for 2023.

Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship

Gideon A. Adjei '23 and Imani E. Rucker '23

Barry M. Goldwater Excellence in Education Scholarship

Philip Diamond '24 and Andrew Van Horn '25

The Elmer A. Graham Endowed Scholarship

Malcolm Thomas Gaynor '24

National Collegiate Athletic Association Postgraduate Award

Marcus Hong '22 and Emmerson A. Mirus '22

The Jess Willard Falkenstine Award

Finnbar Murray '23 and Katie Orefice '23

The North Coast Athletic Conference Scholar-Athlete Award

Drew Albrecht '23 and Payton Doan '23

Departmental Prizes

African Diaspora Studies

The Allen B. Ballard Prize

Eliza Post Wetmore '23

American Studies

The Muriel B. Kahrl American Women's Prize

Kaya Karibi-Whyte '23

The William B. Scott Award

Jacob Callaway Davidson '23 and Dienabou Diallo '23

Anthropology

The Margaret Mead Award

Sydney Landstrom '23

Art

The Robert H. Hallstein Memorial Award in Art

Alina Hope Kalmeyer '23, Stephanie Nyarko '23 and Sally Frances Vogel '23

The Peterson Prize in Art

Nora Chapman '23

Art History

The Richard Kingan Liggitt Memorial Award in Art History

Lucy Catherine Adams '23 and Ani Araksi Parnagian '23

Biology 

The Robert Bowen Brown Jr. Prize

Yangyang Liu '23

The Dorothy E. and Thomas C. Jegla Prize

Alejandro Paulino Jr. '25 and Jordan Compton Schisler '25

The Maxwell Elliot Power Prize

Mark Lang '23

Chemistry 

The Chemical Rubber Company Chemistry Achievement Award

Shelly Kahn '26

The Carl Djerassi Award in Chemistry

Erika Conant '23

The Gordon L. Johnson Research Prize

Meheret Ourgessa '23

Classics 

The George L. Brain Prize

Anne Larew Rogan '23

The Carl Diehl Prize 

William Banks Ehrlich '26 (Greek) and Lily Gehres '26 (Latin)

Economics 

The Paul Titus Economics Prize

James Eugene Butler '23

English 

The Robert Daniel Memorial Scholarship

Ocean Wei '24

The English Junior Prize

Virginia Ruth Morgan '24

The Denham Sutcliffe Memorial Award

Molly Fording '23 and Zoe Neirink '23

The Philip Wolcott Timberlake Senior Prize

Caleb Madison Stern '23 and Flannery Strain '23

Environmental Studies 

Environmental Studies Outstanding Senior Award

Benjamin Harris Pimstone '23

History 

The Robert L. Baker Memorial Prize

Ione Blaxall '23

The Alan G. Goldsmith Memorial Prize

Nika Cooper '24 and Alice Elms Riley '23

The Curtis A. Seichter Award

Sydney Thaler '24

Integrated Program in Humane Studies 

The Richard F. Hettlinger Award

Fredrika Louise Pfeiffer '23

International Studies 

The International Studies Award

Liam Thomas Crisan '23

Mathematics 

The Reginald B. Allen Prize

Ella Wilson '23

The J. R. Butz Mathematics Prize

Mason Anderson Fishell '23

The Solomon R.S. Kasper Prize

Dev Akre '23 and Sebastian Brylka '23

Modern Languages and Literatures  

The Arabic Prize

Molly McLaughlin '23

The Thomas Au '69 and Jack Au '73 Chinese Prize

Julia Conner '24

The Edward Harvey Prize in French

Zoe-Claire Weiner '24

The Charles Singer Williams Prize in French

Eliza Post Wetmore '23

The Sigrid Lanzrath Memorial Prize in German

Grace Elizabeth Broome '23

The Italian Prize

Marco Jacimovic '24

The Japanese Prize

George Novotny '23

The Natalia Olshanskaya Scholarship in Russian Studies

Jackelyn Samandas '25

The Russian Prize

Christopher Michael Bechtol '23

The Spanish Prize

Anabel Shaffer Barnett '23

Music  

The Gabriel A. Ben-Meir Senior Award in Music

Brucken Wilkens '23

The Thomas B. and Mary M. Greenslade Award in Music Performance

Linnea Mumma '22

The Kathleen "Kay" Locke Community Service Prize in Music

Ethan Bonne;; '23

Neuroscience

The Jon L. Williams Prize

Maeve Griffin '23 and Babkier Higazi '23

Philosophy 

The Virgil C. Aldrich Prize

Maia Wolf-Livingston '23

Physics 

The Elbe H. Johnson Prize

Lily Gehres '26

Political Science 

The John Chesnut Memorial Prize

George Novotny '23

Psychology 

The Psychology Award for Outstanding Service

Jacqueline McKeown '23

The Jeffrey S. Williams Memorial Award for Integrative Study in Psychology and Economics

Aidan Charles Constant '23

The Wilson Award for Academic Excellence in Psychology

Grace Anne Cox '23

Religious Studies

The Simpson Prize

Grace Ellen Korthuis '23

Alpha Gamma Sigma Chapter of Theta Alpha Kappa Undergraduate Achievement Award

Owen William Hevly '23

Sociology

The Jane Addams Award

Elliot Emmet Moore '23

The George Herbert Mead Award

Cynthia Isabella Oyarce '23

Women’s and Gender Studies 

The Molly R. Hatcher Prize in Women’s and Gender Studies

Lucy Catherine Adams '23

College Prizes

The George Gund Award

Ben Gruodis-Gimbel '24 and Daniel Kowalczyk '24

The George B. Ogden Prize

Osose Omofomah '26

The Academy of American Poetry Prize

Aaliyah Daniels '23

The Muriel C. Bradbrook Prize

Stephanie Chang '25

The Propper Prize for Poetry

William Elwood Madden '26

The John Crowe Ransom Poetry Prize

Cameron Moore '23

The Barbara H. Reitsma Award of the Math and Science Skills Center

Yangyang Liu '23

The Ashford Memorial Award for Excellence in Dramatics

Clay Abraham Garfield '23

The James E. Michael Prize in Playwriting

MJ Farrell '24

The Paul Newman-Joanne Woodward Award for Best Performance

Julia Friedman '23 and Grace Jolliffe '23

The Dance Prize

Erika Abe '23 and Sofia Rebeka Wilson '23

The Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award

Ocean Wei '24

The Doris B. Crozier Award

Ubongabasi James Asuquo '23

The E. Malcolm Anderson Cup

Ubongabasi James Asuquo '23

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