College of Arts & Sciences Awards, 2022-2023

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Departmental Named Awards

Departmental Named Awards are special awards created by departments to recognize students' specific achievements. Each award has its own criteria and significance, as explained below, and students are chosen by departmental faculty.

 

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The Marva Jolly Memorial Award for Excellence in Crafts

The Marva Jolly Memorial Award is presented annually to an Art major who shows great promise in the field of crafts. This award was established to honor Marva Jolly who was an Assistant Professor of Ceramics in Art & Design.

DLisa Gunn

Earl E. Sherff Memorial Award

This award is named in honor of former Biology department chair, Earl E. Sherff, to recognize an outstanding undergraduate Biology student.

Josue Puente

The Edward C. Collin Memorial Award

This award is named in honor of former Biology department chair, Edward C. Collin, to recognize an outstanding undergraduate Biology student.

Laura Giron

Marian Wilson-Comer Award

This award is given to an undergraduate Biology student who has demonstrated extensive departmental service and/or participation in student groups.

Korvell Russell

Scheinbuks Scholars Award - Graduates

This award is named in honor of Julian Scheinbuks, a former Lecturer in the Department of Biology and is merit based. Students must have a strong GPA and show a commitment to scholarship and service.

Akilah Davis

 

Scheinbuks Scholars Award - Undergraduates

This award is named in honor of Julian Scheinbuks, a former Lecturer in the Department of Biology and is merit based. Students must have a strong GPA and show a commitment to scholarship and service.

Ebony Banks
Adaeze Olikagu
Korvell Russell
Valeria Vizcaino

 

Walter P. Trost Memorial Award

This award is given to an undergraduate Biology student who has demonstrated extensive departmental service and/or participation in student groups.

Adaeze Olikagu

American Chemical Society Award in Analytical Chemistry

The American Chemical Society, Division of Analytical Chemistry, sponsors this award to recognize a student with aptitude for a career in the field. The recipient receives a subscription to the Journal of Analytical Chemistry.

Qiana Thornton

American Chemical Society Award in Inorganic Chemistry

The purpose of this award is to recognize achievement by undergraduate students in inorganic chemistry and to encourage further study in the field.

Qiana Thornton

Chemistry, Physics, and Engineering Studies Student Leadership Award

This honor is awarded to a senior majoring in chemistry, physics or engineering studies who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in student organizations and service to the department.

Harriet Omodayo
Mya Powers-Nash

Herbert E. Smith Memorial Award

The Herbert E. Smith Memorial Award was established in his memory to honor minority science majors who have demonstrated outstanding scholarship and intend to pursue graduate studies in the biological and physical sciences.

Mya Powers-Nash

CRC Press Freshman Chemistry Achievement Award

This award is given in recognition of outstanding academic performance by a freshman chemistry student.

Marco Garcia

Persistence Award in Chemistry

This honor is given to a chemistry major who has exhibited true perseverance and determination in the completion of their degree.

Adriana Benford

The Excellence in Criminal Justice Award

This award is conferred at Chicago State University’s Annual Honors Convocation to outstanding graduating seniors who have a GPA of 3.5 or higher in their criminal justice courses and an overall GPA of 3.00 or higher, and who have contributed to the criminal justice program or the administration of criminal justice through their service to the department, college, university or community.

Jesus Arreguin Farias
D'Mya Bradley
Malik Brown
Jovan Carter
Stride Dezir 
Monique Hughes
Armani Jackson
Shania Jackson
Tyshe'ana Jones
Janiah Newell 

Rashidah Williams

Creative Achievement Award in Media Arts & Theatre

This award is granted to graduating seniors in the Department of Communications, Media Arts & Theatre who have shown outstanding creative achievement in Media Arts and Theatre.

LaToya Johnson
Cory Miller
Omar Strong

Creative Achievement Award in Theatre

This award is granted to students in the Department of Communications, Media Arts & Theatre who have shown outstanding creative achievement in Theatre.

Latasha Johnson
LaToya Johnson
Miguel Lee

Special Recognition in Public Relations

This award is granted to graduating seniors in the Department of Communications, Media Arts & Theatre who have shown outstanding achievement in the field of public relations.

Levina Cherry
Latasha Johnson

The Edwin Sauer Award

This award is given for high academic achievement in English.

Kinsley K. Hickman

Outstanding Spanish Tutor Award

This award is presented to a student who has performed outstanding work as a tutor for the Spanish language program.

El Hadj Oumar Tall
Darinka Velazquez

Wilbur Hatfield Memorial Award

The W. Wilbur Hatfield Memorial Award in the Teaching of English is awarded in honor of W. Wilbur Hatfield, former chairman of the Department of English, to an outstanding undergraduate student who shows promise in a future of teaching English.

 Hedessah Sanders

Herbert Rau Award in Geography

The Herbert Rau Geography Graduate Award is in memory of Dr. Herbert Rau, a former professor in the Geography Program who had a positive impact on his many students in the graduate Geography Program over the years. The award is given annually to a graduate student who maintains an exceptional commitment to the discipline and demonstrates excellence in geographic inquiry.

 Shelia Edwards 

 

Departmental Honor & Merit Awards
Departmental Merit and Honors Awards are presented to undergraduate students chosen by each department in recognition of the students’ high academic achievement in their particular disciplines. Departments with graduate programs may also present graduate awards to graduate students chosen by the department in recognition of the students’ high academic achievement in their particular fields.

Certificate of Honor:

Kori Riley

Certificate of Merit:

Victor Horne
Alesia Cox-Bey

Certificate of Honor:

Keturah Bowles

Certificate of Merit:

Ashley Pryor
Carlos Rasgado
Sofiya Sedovich

Certificate of Honor:

Adaeze Olikagu

Certificate of Merit:

Laura Giron
Josue Puente
Korvell Russell

Graduate Award:

Michonne Berry

Certificate of Honor:

Qiana Thornton

Certificate of Merit:

Mya Powers-Nash
Ashley Saucedo
Saige Thor

Certificate of Honor:

Levina Cherry

Certificate of Merit:

LaToya Johnson

Graduate Award:

Diana Borodina
Nameera Khanam
Tharan Yogesh Kolani
Titus Vijay Muddada
Akhil Vemula

Graduate Award: 

Mia Garrison

Certificate of Honor:

Jesus Arreguin Farias

Certificate of Merit:

D'Mya Bradley

Tyshe'ana Jones
Rashidah Williams

Graduate Awards: 

Samantha Brown
Roy Nelson
Morrie Ward

Certificate of Honor:

Leonetta T. Dunn

Graduate Awards:

Markeira Davis
Alissa C. Heroux

Certificate of Honor:

Amy Bondo

Certificate of Honor:

Ethan Schneider

Certificate of Merit:

Adriana Reyes

Graduate Awards:

Ric Bailey
Lakesha Newman
Pamela Stevens

Graduate Awards:

Mary Frances Black
Jacob Pajor
Kalea Phillips

Certificate of Honor:

Katarina Dukic

Certificate of Honor:

Nisrein Khawaled

Certificate of Honor:

Robert Tucker

Certificate of Merit:

Malachi Davis
Lennay McFadden
Alina Mendoza

Certificate of Honor:

Jose Savin

Certificate of Merit:

Gabriel Brown
Tristan Jones
Damien Robinson

Certificate of Honor:

Carlena Williams

Certificate of Merit:

Amy Bondo
Crystal Booker
Vonzell Williams

Certificate of Honor:

Braria Snelling

Certificate of Merit:

Elisheba Bingham
Gabrielle Carter
Deborah Odunsi-Hassan

Certificate of Honor:

Karia Jones

Certificate of Merit:

Tiffany Burlock
Luis Rafael
Maria Ruiz

Certificate of Honor:

Mesalina Yosil-Severino

Graduate Award:

Veronica Boyd
Jose Rodriguez
Huan Tran Gia