Awards & Honors

Nan Nowik Memorial Awards 1982 - 2010

The Women's and Gender Studies Program announces its annual awards for outstanding scholarly, artistic and/or activist student work.

April 23, 2010

Courtney Baxter - Sr. Research
Hanyun Cai - Sr. Research
Jessa Ogilvie - Essay
Anne Moss - Essay
Hannah Miller - Essay
Kathryn Cole - Activism
Hannah Fogt - Activism
Kirslyn Schell-Smith - Artistic Expression
Marissa Ortiz - Artistic Expression

Eva McKnight - Essay
Kimberly Lewis & Emily Taylor - Essay
Christy Chang - Artistic Expression
Katie Partridge - Artistic Expression
Leyla Falhan & Leah Taub - Activism
Christy Chang - Sr. Research
Kayla Marie Jerome - Sr. Research
Anna Kostial - Sr. Research

Anne Moss – Essay
Suzanne Humphrey – Essay
Jayme Hughes – Essay
Jennifer Luebbers – Artistic Expression
Christy Chang – Artistic Expression
Taylor Rose – Feminist Activism
Madeleine Katz – Senior Scholarship

Stephanie Hoover – Senior Scholarship
Emily Toler – Senior Scholarship
Madeleine Katz – Essay/Feminist Activism
Lauren Volpe – Essay
Rebecca Gardner – Feminist Activism
Jennifer Luebbers – Artistic Expression
Christy Chang – Artistic Expression

Julia Kirkpatrick – Senior Scholarship
Chandima Arambepola – Senior Scholarship
Leigh Courtney – Essay
Vianna Alcantara – Feminist Activism
Nyisha Haney – Artistic Expression
Charles Spearman Jr. – Artistic Expression

Edward Cragwall – Essay
Dalal Denley – Essay
Dalal Denley – Senior Scholarship
Jennifer Guglielmi – Artistic Expression
Jennifer Humbert – Artistic Expression
Kristina Reis – Feminist Activism

Alma Fellows – Feminist Activism
Alison Nitzsche – Essay
Julie Pederson – Senior Scholarship
Nimarta Singh – Essay
Heather Thompson – Artistic Expression

Sara Hossler – Senior Scholarship
Vanessa Miller – Senior Scholarship
Kristina Reis – Feminist Activism
Kristen Renzi – Artistic Expression
Heather Thompson – Essay

Gauri Bhure – Essay
Gauri Bhure – Feminist Activism
Elizabeth Ehret – Essay
Kori rae Martodam – Artistic Expression
Carrie Rouse – Senior Scholarship
Jessamyn Schmidt – Artistic Expression

Fernada DeCapua – Essay
Bryce Gray – Essay
Michelle Grindstaff – Feminist Activism
Katie Johnson – Essay
Karlei Mitchell – Senior Scholarship
Tawanda Mudzonga – Senior Scholarship

Mary Ann Davis – Essay
Heather Evans – Senior Scholarship
Rachel Gilberti – Artistic Expression
Rachel Haught – Essay
Jean Lamont – Feminist Activism
Alison Reuschlein – Feminist Activism
Danielle Spinato – Senior Scholarship
Alison Stine – Essay
Alison Stine – Artistic Expression

Janelle Barlage – Feminist Activism
Mary Ann Davis – Essay
Jen Skillicorn – Creative Expression
Alison Stine – Creative Expression
Jessica Turk – Senior Scholarship
Emily Williamson – Senior Scholarship

Jennifer Brickner – Senior Scholarship
Adrienne Piras – Fine Arts
Jennifer Schenk – Senior Scholarship
Catherine Spurway – Essay
Jessica Turk – Feminist Activism

Jennifer Bailey – Feminist Activism
Sarah Fischesser – Senior Scholarship
Brandy Norris – Senior Scholarship
Judy Ossello – Creative Expression
Alison Stine – Creative Expression
Heather Trabert – Feminist Activism

Melissa Bostrom – Creative Expression
Melissa Bostrom – Essay
Casey Ebert – Creative Expression
Dan Emerine – Senior Scholarship

Rae Ellen Douglas – Essay
Nasreen Behdad – Senior Scholarship
Ellen Farina – Senior Scholarship
Lynn Steen – Feminist Activism

Kathy Applegate – Feminist Activism
Valerie Cooperider – Feminist Activism
Linda Lehman – Senior Scholarship
Kristen Rogers – Creative Expression
Angela Tooill – Senior Scholarship

Valerie Cooperider – Feminist Activism
Paul Louis Dunham – Creative Expression
Beth Widmaier – Essay
Jeanne Wienke – Senior Scholarship

Elizabeth Clark – Creative Expression
Ellen Dickerson – Senior Scholarship
Eric Franzon – Feminist Activism
Pam Holder – Essay
Cary Moyer – Essay
Kathryn Pongonis – Senior Scholarship
Kimberly Schaeffer – Feminist Activism
Robin Schneider – Creative Expression
Christine Thompson – Senior Scholarship

Tiffany Apple – Essay
Stacie Corbin – Essay
Anne Davis – Senior Scholarship
Laura Harman – Creative Expression
Karolyn Mallarnee – Senior Scholarship

Amy Judge – Essay
Tracy Lawn – Senior Scholarship

Jennie Benford – Feminist Activism
Debra Benko – Creative Expression
Deidre Brown – Senior Scholarship
Elizabeth Brown – Creative Expression
Christine Coon – Essay
Christine Coon – Feminist Activism
Amy Miller – Senior Scholarship

Karen Hall – Feminist Scholarship
Loraine Jeffrey & Katharine Atcheson – Artistic Expression

Jeffrey Masten, First Place
Elizabeth Joan Ostar, Second Place

Amy Manolis, First Place
Lisa Pittenger, Second Place

Colette Picard

Sita Ranchod
Melissa Field von Stade

To learn more, visit: Nan Nowik Memorial Awards

Posted date: April 23, 2010

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