Convocation 2008

Clark kicked off the new academic year with Fall Convocation on September 3

Convocation 2008-09 Program (PDF)

Read the text (PDF) of President John Bassett's address.

Learn about the endowment funds making the student and faculty awards listed below possible.

University Honor Societies

2008-2009 Members of Gryphon and Pleiades

2008-2009 Members of Fiat Lux

2008-2009 Steinbrecher Fellows

University-Wide Awards

Howard Bonar Jefferson Prize

Susan Herringer | Christina Danko

Katherine Kenlon | Astolfi Memorial Prize

Kristen Bokhan | Jacob Nathan

The Marshall Geer McKim Memorial Fund

Cameron Ingram | Alexandra Rancourt-Walker

Thomas Wisniewski '87 Undergraduate Award for Creativity and Research

Peter Gray

Thomas M. Dolan '62 Outstanding Service Award

Jaime Adler | Abishek Raman

John W. Lund Community Service Award

Robert Donnelly '09 | Lauren Miller '08

Faculty Awards

Outstanding Academic Advisor

Deborah Merrill | Kristen Williams

Outstanding Teacher Award

Patricia Ewick

University Senior Faculty Fellowship Award

Fern Johnson

Oliver and Dorothy Hayden Junior Faculty Fellowship Award

Lene Jensen

Hodgkins Junior Faculty Awards

Meredith Neuman | Colin Polsky

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award

Xi (Clara) Chen | Danielle Fontaine

Salute to Student Scholars

Biology

David Potter Prize for Excellence in Biology

Jana Loux-Turner

Chemistry

Chemical Rubber Company Press Freshman Chemistry Achievement Award

Marie Dunham | Khiem Nguyen

Organic Chemistry Prize

Tara Devaraj

Wen-Yang Wen Award for Excellence in Chemistry

Susan Herringer | Kelley Shortsleeves

Communications and Culture

Foundation Course Award

Elizabeth Louis | Nicholas Gregory-Bernstein

Economics

David R. Porter '35 Prize for Excellence in Economics

Long Lin

The Roger Van Tassel Book Prize

Catherine Gabis | Abigail Kaminski

English

Betty '79 and Stanley Sultan Short Story Contest

Amital Sachs (1st place) | Danielle Coles (3rd place)

Prentiss Cheney Hoyt Poetry Contest

Robin Barron (3rd place)

William H. Carter, Jr. Prize in English

Danielle Coles

Geography

Strabo Prize

Jaclyn Green-Stock | Albert Decatur

Government and International Relations

Holthausen Prize for Excellence in International Relations

Kevin Hunter

Morris H. Cohen Prize

Charlene Hasib

International Development, Community Relations and Environment

Theodore Von Laue Undergraduate Prize in International Development

Alexander Kaufman

Physics

Albert C. Erickson '30 Award

Jake Ellowitz

Roy S. Andersen '43 Award

Khiem Nguyen | Ammar Tareen

Psychology

Colin Award for Creativity

Fouad Bouzeineddine

Herman A. Witkin Undergraduate Scholar Award for Creativity

Alison Emery

Visual and Performing Arts

Robert P. Manero Memorial Music Award

Nathan Fowle

Student Summer Research and Internship Awards

James '39 and Ada Bickman Summer Science Research Internships

Lisa Crislip | Kristine Meador | Salvatore Pezzella

Arthur E. Martell and Thomas T. Sugihara Summer Science Internship

Justin Conway

Frederick M. and Alice Murdock Summer Science Internship

Susan Herringer

PCI Synthesis Chemistry Summer Fellowship

Melissa Loving

Albert C. Erickson '30 Summer Research Award

Michael Robitaille | Stephen Walczyk

Sara Bickman Music and Arts Summer Internship Award

Daniel Derks | Julia McKinley | David Ree

Lois MPA '78 and Robert '49 Green UDSC Undergraduate Summer Internship

Rachel Ross

International Studies Stream Internships

Lindsay Carpenter | Diana Ciechorska | Chelsea Ellingsen | Kylie Kutney

Peter Condakes Research Fellowship

Marie Anselm

H.E.R.O. (Human Environmental Regional Observatory) Fellowships

Henry J. Leir Summer Research Scholarship

Caroline Drewes | Sara Greenberg

Student Research Projects and Other Creative Activities

Classes of '09, '10, '11

Fall Fest 2007 Participants

Academic Spree Day 2008 Participants

Academic Affairs