Student honors celebration, May 4, 2022
Center for the Study of Ethics Essay Contest
First place: Alison Lawrence, “Black Lips Don’t Turn Blue”
Second place: Kyle King, “The Dilemma of Banned Books”
Third place: Meikeila Kincaid, “De-Extinction: Hopeful Dream or a Hopeless Nightmare?”
Honorable mention: Ben Finkenbine, “Bias in Medicine”
Honorable mention: Ally Magsombol, “The Fight Against the Line 3 Pipeline”
Arthur E. and Dorothy Dahl Leadership Scholarship: Ayradi Catron
Geifman Endowment “Response to the Holocaust” competition
First place: Lauren Anderson, short story, “From the Eyes of Art”
Second place: Josie Hathaway, essay, “We cannot afford to forget”
Third place: Ellen Weiss, painting and poem, “Confiscation of Souls”
Honorable mention: Morgan Schroeder, essay, “The Forgotten Concentration Camps of 2022”
Hasselmo Prize for Academic Pursuit: Madison Watwood
| Honor Council Service Recognition | |
| Rei Aoki Jeremy Brown Aubrey Lathrop Rosalie Looijaard Joseph Marcucci |
Azee Nguyen Isabella Provinzino Amartya Rajbhandary Alyssa Twilbeck Kara West |
Audre Lorde Essay Award
Long analytical essay
First place: Kara West, “Queer Even in Safe Spaces: Homelessness, Shelter Failures, and the Queer Community
Second place: Madeline Schaefer, “Coming Out Culture and LGBTQ+ Teachers"
Honorable mention: Bethany Abrams, “Bisexuality in 21st Century Media
Short analytical essay
First place: Giselle Barajas, “Coming Out as a Queer Latinx"
Second place: Gavinya Wijesekera, “She Ain’t Sorry”
Honorable mention: Sofia Rubalcava, “Eradication of the Black Identity"
Personal/reflective prose essay
First place: Alison Lawrence, “Flippin’ Medicine: Reflection and Action in Medical Education”
Second place: Briana Kunstman, “At the Dinner Table”
Honorable mention: Audre Lewis, “My Intangible Orb of Dreams”
SAGA Art and Literary Magazine Awards
Art, first place: Carly Davis, “Something Borrowed”
Art, second place: Lainey Terfruchte, “The Golden Apple”
Art, third place: Jack Beemsterboer, “eden”
Art, honorable mention: Charlie Roiland, “spider”
Poetry, first place: Sarah Luepkes, “force-fed”
Poetry, second place: Lainey Terfruchte, “Dandelion Seeds”
Poetry, third place: Carly Davis, “Punch Drunk”
Prose, first place: Lexi Golab, “The Color Green”
Prose, second place: Hallie Weis, “the reckoning”
Prose, third place: Blake Traylor, “Misgivings”
Prose, honorable mention: Carly Davis, “Elegy at 30th and 18th”
Barbara Anderson Miller Award for Best All-Around Piece in the Magazine: Kath Neubauer, “Suite: Blue Heavens”
Cover art award: Christopher Ferman
| 2022 Texas Medical Center Summer Research Internship Program | |
| Moreen Akomea-Ampeh Ella Aldridge Lindsey Edwards Ben Finkenbine Kylie Jozwik Madison Knutsen Mary Clare Koebel Alison Lawrence |
John Le Margaret Lukas Alex Mortenson Linh Nguyen Jared Reiling Lindsay Saulsberry Isaiah Valentine Chi Vu |
Tredway Library Prize for First-Year Research: Kara West, “Queer Even in Safe Spaces: Homelessness, Shelter Failures and the Queer Community”
24th annual Vázquez-Valarezo Poetry Award
First place: Kaitlin Jacobson, “crooked smile”
Second place (tie): Moreen Akomea-Ampeh, “From the Child on the Battlefield”and Jessica Zabala, “An Anthem for the Kids who Flinch”