2025 Student Award Ceremony: View the award recipients • �ǿմ�ý

From left to right: Michael Malyszek '25 (Distinguished Senior), Juan Alberto Gomez-Solis '25 (Distinguished Senior and Commencement Spea...

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April 30, 2025

The Student Award Ceremony, which takes place every year at the annual Celebration of Scholars, recognizes student achievements in leadership, campus involvement, service, and academics. Awards include Student Leadership Awards, Intellectual Foundations Scholarship Awards, and Distinguished Senior Award. See the list of winners below.

Organization/Advocate Awards

Student Organization of the Year —
New Student Organization of the Year —
Student Organization Advisor of the Year — Prof. Jeffrey Roberg (Model UN)
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Student Advocate of the Year — Madison Payne ’26

Silver Leadership Awards

Ava Bucur ’28
Gia Speed-Burrell ’27
Jazmine Canales ’28
Shane Hermsen ’27
Mya Hollingsworth ’27

Kenzie Manke ’27
Azariah Oates ’27
Marion Pognat ’27
Sophia Simpson ’27
Sofia Winterkorn ’27

Gold Leadership Awards

Matthew Agnew ’25
Jocelyn Arnold ’25
Lorin Bucur ’26
Kassandra Bulkow ’25
Andrew Cline ’26
Abby Davidson ’25
Ydalia De Leon ’25
PJ Hebbring ’26
Natalie Hermann ’25
Ryan Holmer ’26
Hannah Kim ’26
Basil Kiracofe ’27
Andrew Kirchhoff ’25
Katie Layendecker ’25
Abigail Lingenfelter ’25

Michael Malyszek ’25
Ida Mathiassen ’26
Grace Norman ’25
Kara Oldham ’26
Madison Payne ’26
Veeti Penttinen ’25
Katherine Pullam ’26
Alexandra Ries ’26
Carter Rus ’26
Brandon Swensen ’25
Nathan Swensen ’25
Emily Van Dixhorn ’26
Alexandra Venturi ’26
Jacklyn Wintersheimer ’25

Intellectual Foundations Scholarship Awards

Kristin Farabaugh ’28
Winter Roland ’27
Elizabeth Whittier ’27

Distinguished Senior Awards

Senior Class Speaker Runner-Up — Emily Halfman ’25
Distinguished Senior Runner-Up — Michael Malyszek ’25
Distinguished Senior Award — Juan Gómez-Solis ’25

Read about the 2025 Intern of the Year Award winners