Honors Weekend events
Megan Harrison
The 19 seniors who are candidates for All-College Honors received recognition at the Honors Convocation.
Stephanie Anderson, Staff Reporter
April 24, 2012
Filed under Campus
Over 200 scholars came together on April 21, 2012 in TARC Fieldhouse to present their unique, innovative, and creative projects. The Celebration of Scholars has always drawn a diverse group of scholars, which include scholars from biology to creative writing, and mathematics to graphic design. Although the end result of all scholars’ research is a beautiful poster rendering of their work, the process of paring down the project into a visual presentation is different. The juxtaposition of posters with titles such “Neural developmental differences in the Chick After Exposure to Monosodium Glutamate” from Benjamin Kober, ’13, against presentation titled “The Use of Witchcraft in Shakespeare’s Macbeth: Women, Power, and Misogyny” by Anne Koenings, ’12, show the breadth of scholarship at Carthage College.
The sense of local, national, and international community and consciousness was highlighted through countless projects. Bree McMahon’s, ’12, “Forever Wisconsin; Visual Homage to the Dairy State” was a presentation of her collection of postcards that immortalizes Wisconsin’s beauty and cultural soul. Associate Professor of Modern Language, Isabel Rivero-Vilá, presented research on “Intercultural Presentations through Francophone Cinema”. This presentation focused on the authentic cultural contexts from Francophone cinema and language acquisition. Celebration of Scholars recognizes the time and effort spent in research and creative processes, but also highlights the cultural consciousness of the Carthage community.
SEAL (Students Excelling in Activities and Leadership) Award ceremony
Female Student Leader of the Year—Lauren Burleson, ’14
Male Student Leader of the Year—Brent Nemetz, ’14
Outstanding Community Service Program or Activity—Student Government, ICARE
Outstanding Program or Activity – Active Minds—Speak Out Reach Out
Diversity Program of the Year – ADAPT—Special Olympics
Small Student Organization of the Year—ALLIES
Large Student Organization of the Year—Residence Life Council
Student Organization Advisor of the Year—Nina Fleming
The athletic department award winners were as follows:
Fall Sport CCIW All Academic Award:
Zachary Koshbin—Men’s Soccer
Lauren Dembkowski—Women’s Volleyball
Winter Sport CCIW All Academic Award:
Adam Van Huis—Men’s Swimming
Diana Jacklin—Women’s Basketball
Honors Convocation
Irene Kraemer Starting Over Award—Stacy Monson
Distinguished Adult Learner Award—Kerry Witbrod
Research & Creativity:
Kayla Arbet
Lauren Dembkowski
Kristopher Kordek
College Leadership Award: Rachelle Ramos
College Scholarship Award: Joseph Zilisch
Western Heritage Scholarship:
We have two third-place winners:
Micole Gauvin
Marco Malusa
Second place winner:
Cody Tracey.
First place winner:
Hunter Sandidge.
Teacher of the year: Elaine Radwanski