Outstanding students honored at 2024 Oxford Awards Ceremony
The annual awards ceremony celebrated students and their many accomplishments throughout the academic year.
On April 17, the Oxford community gathered in the Student Center for the annual Student Awards Ceremony. Faculty and staff presented awards honoring the ways students have flourished in the classroom, served their communities, and grown as individuals. You can read about additional awards presented at Commencement here.
The full list of award winners and scholarship recipients from the ceremony can be viewed below.
Academic Awards
DIVISION OF HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Ina Jane Wundrum Anthropology Award
Grace Chou
Economics Award
Isha Shah & Eston Kuwahara
Linguistics Award
Savannah Brown
William Cody Political Science Award
Ellie Fivas
Patti Owen Smith Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Award
Ariana Barnett
Elizabeth Brubaker
Michael McQuaide Sociology Student of the Year Award
Jacob Arndt
Zoe Grotjan
Gonzalo Barreto-Roballo
Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology Award
Weishan Deng
Xinyang Li
Neil Penn Award in European History
Kimberly Cardinale
History and Social Science Award
Elizabeth Brubaker
DIVISION OF HUMANITIES
English Award
Lucy Gardner
The Mark Twain German Studies Award
Elena Charria
Instrumental Music Award
Samuel Chernoff
Vocal Music Award
Lance Marriott
Logic Award
Heath Dunlop
Philosophy Award
Dandre Varela
Religion Award
George Drakos
Excellence in Spanish Award
Jeremias Cabrera
The Confucius Chinese Studies Award
John Mark Rhodes
Grace Deng
Studio Art Awards
Gargi Gargi
Sage Fernandez
Art History Award
Shannan Adams
Humanities Award
Theo Lin
The Hoyt P. Oliver Interfaith Dialogue Award
Dixie Baronofsky
Oxford Writing Center Award
Theo Lin
Araba Egyei-Mensah
DIVISION OF NATURAL SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS
Biology Academic Achievement Award
Shaila Sachdev
Biology Research Award
Tara Chandhok
Biology Service Award
Mahliet Demissie
Chemistry Academic Excellence Award
Araba Egyei-Mensah
Chemistry Research Excellence Award
Camlyn Takahashi
Chemistry Service Award
Isaiah Paris
Environmental Science Award
Josephine Noble
Michelina Schach
Dan C. Moore Mathematics Award
Will Farthing
Mathematics Award
Grace Kim
Catherine Hu
Computer Science Award
Lance Ding
William H. Murdy Natural Science and Mathematics Award
Araba Egyei-Mensah
Leadership Awards
Gold and Blue Leaders
Owen Abeles
Shannan Adams
Isabella Adeola
Charlotte Andrews
Tsiky Andriamaromanana
Elizabeth Brubaker
Grace Chou
Angelina Dalloul
Ankit Doddamane
Will Farthing
Shreya Gowducheruvu
Ian Klenk
Sara Larson
Asmita Lehther
Madeline Lepley
Angela Li
Kailash Menon
Josephine Noble
Nayanika Owens
Michelina Schach
Alice Seo
Anthony Vargas
Lauren Varghese
Ebony Woods
Martina Zhanga
Pierce Certificate in Leadership
Kenan Bajraktarevic
Alyce Bessman
Genesis Bond Hollingsworth
Savannah Brown
Margaux Davis
Vivienne Drake
Lucas Friggle
Madeleine Lepley
Sheza Merchant
Adam Moinuddeen
Diya Nair
Emma Wang
William H. Murdy Athletics Award for Outstanding Achievement in Athletics, Academics, and Service
Anthony Vargas
Scholarships
Jennifer Evans Memorial Scholarship
Harry Jing
Sara Gregory Memorial Scholarship
Avery Uffelmann
Lisa Friddell Award
Rowan Walther
Johnston-Life of Georgia Scholarship
Virat Vishwanadhula
Dr. and Mrs. Floyd C. Watkins Scholarship
Elijah Pogue
Sammy Clark Scholarship
Genesis Bond Hollingsworth
Judy Greer Scholarship
Stella Lee
Kaylee Wright
Brad Edwards Leadership Scholarship
Riley Collis
Braden Newsome
John and Ouida Temple Scholarship
Charlotte Andrews
Woodruff Dean's Achievement Scholarship
Temitope Peters
Abinta Kabir Scholarship
Samaira Chahal
The Phi Eta Sigma Teaching Award was presented to Oxford Assistant Professor of Biology Emily McLean.
Photos by Chris Torres, Atlanta Event Photography
