2020 Thesis Awards
Alyson Niehans: 2020 winner of the William Jennings Bryan prize for undergraduate Political Science students for her thesis, Wrecking Nations: The NKVD National Operations in the Soviet Union’s Great Terror of 1937-1938.
Rebecca Hanks: 2020 winner of the second annual African Studies undergraduate student paper award for her thesis, Gender Distribution and Gender Quotas in African Subnational Governance.
Caitlin Attaway: 2020 second place recipient of the African Studies undergraduate student paper award for her thesis, Hassan al-Turabi and His Influence on Sudanese Women Movements Governance.
2020 Scholarship Awards
Emma Alexrod: Alberta A. Taylor Scholarship
Reagan Beyer: Steve Brenton Health Policy Scholar Award
Emerson Boettcher: Alberta A. Taylor Scholarship
Bailey Conradt: Ann Durra Scholarship
Ashley Cornwell: John Corcoran Student Support Fund Scholarship
Ananda Deacon: Thomas W. Parker Scholarship
Rio DeMello: Thomas L.W. Johnson Scholarship
Maria Ekern: Thomas W. Parker Scholarship
Erika Esparza: Jane Goddard Scholarship
Trinity Giese: Thomas W. Parker Scholarship
Alicia Jacobsen: Elizabeth and Troy Barnett Family Scholarship
Daniel Ledin: Thomas W. Parker Scholarship
Katie Malloy: Thomas W. Parker Scholarship
Tina Marshalek: Judith Hicks Stiehm Award
Emily Nelsen: Thomas W. Parker Scholarship
Carlos Puga: Stanoch Family Scholarship
Saralee Reed: Thomas W. Parker Scholarship
Baleigh Remy: Alice V. Almasy Memorial Scholarship
Abigail Steinberg: Betty Ann Clark (Tracy) Scholarship
Matthew Tyler: Wirths Scholars Award
Gabrielle Vinick: Nega Suri Scholarship
Find more information about Scholarship Awards here
2020 Phi Beta Kappa Inductees
Samuel Buisman
Courtney Degen
Laura Downer
Juliet Dupont
Shawn Li
Isabel Marshall
Maura Pallitta
Willem Scheetz-Ziegel
Find more information about the Phi Beta Kappa Alpha Chapter of Wisconsin here
Congratulations to our 2021 Spring Graduates!
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