The campus capped off its annual Student Achievement Week with a prestigious award ceremony recognizing the outstanding achievements of students and instructors. The 2010 Undergraduate Academic Achievement, Excellence in Teaching, and Mentoring Awards ceremony and reception drew more than 300 well-wishers to the Colleges Nine & Ten Multipurpose Room.
Awards and scholarships include:
Steck Family Award
The Steck Family Award honors the best senior thesis completed during the academic year, with the winner chosen from the Chancellor's Award candidates. This year's winner is senior Caitlin Doughty, an environmental studies major whose thesis, "Petroleum Extraction, Markets, and Connection to Place: A Comparative Study of Two Huaorani Communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon," arose from her travels to the Ecuadoran Amazon. There, she worked with the Huaorani, a tribe of people known for their self-sufficiency, their preservation of custom and ritual and their suspicion of outsiders. Doughty will receive bound copies of her prize-winning work and a $1,000 honorarium.
In her thesis, Doughty profiled the ways that the lifestyles of one Huaorani group changed as a result of living near an oil concession. Doughty compared the lives of two groups of Huaorani--one that lived along an oil road and another whose members dwelled deeper in the forest and far from towns and roads.
At the ceremony, her thesis advisors Flora Lu and Jeffrey Bury praised her for "ethnographic detail that shows what our petroleum addiction means to groups like the Huaorani."
UCSC alumnus Loren Steck was on hand to present the Steck Family Award to Doughty. He declared that the theses he read during the selection process proved that UCSC's outstanding students are producing work that can compete with "elitist private schools."
Deans' and Chancellor's Awards
These awards recognize outstanding achievements by undergraduate students. Ten Deans' Awards are awarded to students within each division (Arts, Engineering, Humanities, Physical & Biological Sciences, Social Sciences). Of those students, up to three in each division can be selected to receive a Chancellor's Award. Students as well as their mentors were recognized at the ceremony.
Kenneth and Ann Thimann Scholarship
Professor emeritus of biology at UCSC Kenneth Thimann and his wife, Ann (both now deceased), established this pledge of support to UCSC in recognition of future UCSC graduate science scholars. The scholarship award of $2,000 is intended for use in graduate studies.
The Excellence in Teaching Awards are given each spring to selected faculty who engage students through innovative course designs, special learning techniques and materials, and their own personal qualities as teachers and mentors. In selecting awardees, the committee considers nomination letters written by students, as well as statements submitted by the nominee and his or her department chair and/or divisional dean. The committee looks for evidence that the nominee has thought deeply about teaching and learning, and effectively applies that thinking in the classroom. Presentation of the Teaching Awards was by Chancellor George Blumenthal.
Excellence in Teaching Awards
Cyrus Bazeghi, computer engineering
Jennifer Gonzalez, history of arts and visual culture
Gey-Hong (Sam) Gweon, physics.
Richard Mitchell, mathematics
Catherine Ramirez, American studies
Susan Watrous, writing
Teaching Assistant Awards
Cassie Ambutter (politics)
Erick Castillo (electrical engineering)
Judith Fiedler (linguistics)
Sean Gillon (environmental studies)
John Johnson (psychology)
Sora Kim (earth and planetary sciences)
Natalie Loveless (history of consciousness)
David Munday (computer engineering)
Natalie Purcell (sociology)
Christian Suare (community studies)
Janelle Silva (psychology)
Brett Walker (ocean sciences)
Undergraduate Achievement Awards
Deans' and Chancellor's Awards
[* indicates Chancellor's Award recipient]
Division of the Arts
Amy Bobeda*
Bridget Ho*
Kari Lentz*
Leah Bowden
Christina Dinkel
Alexander Faulk
Nathan Kandus
Chloe Lee
Stephanie Ramirez
Chris Shin
Division of the Humanities
Briana Brooks*
Caitlin Canonica*
Sara Wang*
Johanna Abtahi
Daniel Englander
Corey Heimlich
Caitlin Jolicoeur
Lejla Mrgan
Sarah Oesterling
Zack Ruskin
Briana Brooks*
Caitlin Canonica*
Sara Wang*
Johanna Abtahi
Daniel Englander
Corey Heimlich
Caitlin Jolicoeur
Lejla Mrgan
Sarah Oesterling
Zack Ruskin
Division of Physical & Biological Sciences
Jerome Carman*
Mike Kozina*
Erin Lilie*
Ethan Ahler
Max Canin
Alexander Lowell
Justin Mclaurin
Ivan Millan
Kelsey Webster
Jack Baskin School of Engineering
Gerald Cherf*
Ziah Dean*
Melissa Eberle*
Owen Ajioka
Aimen Al-Refia
Colin Beighley
Casey de la Vega-Rawson
Samantha Downey
John Havener
Robert Helvestine
Nicholas Jagusiak
Kelly Kitagawa
Vladimir Kozyrev
Spencer Matteson
Joe Mendes
Jared Newmiller
Guy Oron
Priyesh Panchal
Matt Payne
Adam Rogers
Sergio Ruiz
Donna Samuel
Josie Sayegh
Stephanie Schnack
Trevor Scott
Brian Simmons
Terence Tsao
Gregory Wong
Sebastian Yates
Greg Zemlin
Division of Social Sciences
Caitlin Doughty*
Kari Lentz*
Sarah Smilovic*
Eric Day
Elizabeth Goldenberg
Brynn Kennedy
Brian Manford
Vicky Preciado
Sarah Trauben
Susan van Loon
Alan Church Environmental Pre-Law Award
Anandi Van Diepen
Amy Beth Snader Memorial Scholarship
Matthew Drake
Palwasha Hashem
Daniel Torres Hernandez
Leqi Lu
Jay Roldan
Stephanie Roongsathapaul
Josie Sayegh
Lynn Teng
Katarina Yang
ARGV Scholarship
Ariel Anders
Association for Women Geoscientists
Outstanding Student Award
Lia Lajoie
Association of International Education,
Japan (JASSO) Scholarship
Dawna Lewis
Barbara Kraft Scholarship
Daniel Pearson
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship
Andrew Afable
Greg Barr
Lauren Caster
Nadia Estrada
Danielle Frazier
Mindy Garland
Krystle Hemmings
Kahlil Morse
Sonia Sanchez
Jenny Situ
Barbara Smith
Kasondra Vanpykeren-Gerth
Bertha N. Melkonian Prize
Nitza Bernard
C. Fiore Chemistry Prize
Jillyne Quinn
Maxwel Stefan
California Space Grant Consortium
Donald Dukes
Ariel Kellison
Alicia Muirhead
Karl Schmidt
Carolyn Drielsma Cohan Family Scholarship
Daniel Pearson
CBSE Research Mentoring Institute Scholarship
Jose Ayon Loza
Nicole Coppage
Claudia Lavarreda Pearce
Katrina Luna
Nicole Milner
Chancellor's Undergraduate Internship Program
Lidi Armenta
Jorge Belmonte
Marlayna Burns
Zada Chio-Gallardo
Marisa Cruz
Falyn Davis
Berenice Escalera
Jillian Eversole
Sarah Finder
Jennifer Helfrich
Harneel Lally
Sandra Lane
Norman Lopez
Alex Margallo
Chelsea McDaniel
Angela Paige Miller
Wendy Ng
Yesenia Ramos
Mary Katherine Schaffner
Erin Schmalfeld
Timothy Sherry
Brianna Stansel
Genevieve Stevens
Sarah Stierwalt
John Thorburn
Daniel Wilson
Jyesha Wren
Charlie Braun Scholarship
Ellen FitzGerald
Classical Music Endowment
Cora Frantz
Allie Jessing
Amir Oosman
Vincent Zayek
CONCUR, Inc. Scholarship in Environmental Studies
Darlene Khalafi
David Gaines Award in Environmental Studies
Joseph Sloggy
David S. Lee Scholarship
Kal Cutter Conley
Martin Anthony Ortega
Timothy Touch
Andrew Tin Yuen Wong
Donald A. Strauss Scholarship
Rick Barlow
Evelyn Castle
Doug Drexler Chemistry Scholarship
Brittany Ciullo
Grant Livingston
Samuel Million-Weaver
Julia Wei
Duttenhaver Scholars Program for Education Abroad
Ravel Holland
Madgalena Kazmierczak
Angela Medina
Kahlil Morse
Barbara Smith
Eduardo Carrillo Scholarship
Ashlae Marissa Armenta
Monica Asturias
Chia-Wei Chang
Sara Allison Kindsvatter
Cynthia Navarro
Carlos Vasile Olguin
Monica Reyes
Ellen Renard Endowed Memorial Scholarship
Jeremy Tsang
Elmer A. Fridley Scholarship in the Physical Sciences
Matthew Coleman
Ernest & Jean Kretschmer Music Scholarship
Lucia Del Guerzo
Alexander Faulk
Anna Prokhorova
Karl Spiker
Fannie Carruthers Sociology Scholarship Fund
Harmon Laura
Film & Digital Media - Porter Fellowship
Matthew Ducot
Leah Gallegos
Xuan Calvin Luu
Gray Morison
Conner Quinto
Daniel Scott
Ken Shinozaki
Dean Snodgrass
Mohammed Zarif
Florence French Scholarship
Arianne Bird
Melisa Rachel Black
Amy Boewer
Jessica Lynn Bottali
John Jesse Campanaro
Bridgett Dalke
Leonel Alberto Diaz
Nathan Dickersin-Prokopp
Bridget Ho
Danielle Hobart
Kathleen Hopkins
Melody Overstreet
Sofia Rodriguez
Steaphanie Romero
Daniel Shimoda
Timothy Shriver
Kenneth Srivijittakar
Nicholas Varanelli
Maria Voylokova
Institute Of International Education
Fulbright Research Grant
Dennis Keen
Golden Key International Honour Society
Courtney Achee
Adam Aharon
Shelley Mae Alingas
Kerri Allen
Santiago Allende
Ioana Anghel
Ai Baba
Blake Baer
Matthew Baker
John Banvard
Alyssa Barragan
Jillian Bartels
Taylor Bell
Marla Belz
Maya Benjamin-Danaher
Charles Berman
Joshua Berstein
Rachel Berton-Sniderman
Joseph Black
Matthew Blanchard
Emily Blanckenburg
Shira Bogin
Nina Boost
Danielle Brown
John Bruce
Richard Brueckner
Jacob Bruns
Rachel Bush
Allison Cabana
Max Caccese
Maya Caldwell
David Castaneda
Marc Cavigli
Vincent Celli
Iulieta Chan-Tung
Meredith Chandler
Leslie Chavez
Kathleen Chirco
Arick Chow
Eric Chung
Brittany Ciullo
Courtney Codd
John Conkle
Rebecca Cook
Grace Cotulla
Tyler Couto
Mazera Cox
Paul Craciunoiu
Kathleen Crane
Vanessa Cranston
Alexander Cravalho
Kevin Cullinen
Katelin Davis
Danika Desai
Amanda Devane
Crystal Dinh
Dylan Donkin
Jonathan Dorr
Tatyana Dvorkin
Jonathan Echols
Gretchen Engbring
Katarina English
Dustin Escoffery
Lorenzo Estebanez
Beverly Estorga
Alexander Faulk
Rebecca Felt
Sarah Finder
Sara Foley
Anne Foor
Haleigh Foutch
Audrey Fry
Alex Garcia
Angel Garcia
Tanya Gemperle
Joshua Gerber
Sandeep Gill
Alyssa Giovenco
Brooke Goddard
Camilla Gordon
Michelle Hall
Laurence Hardie
Leslie Harms
Dustin Harvell
Alan Haug
Jessica Hicks
Mikaela Hoffman-Stapleton
Claire Holaday
Michael Hultquist
Joshua Hungerford
Victor Intermaggio
Timothy Irvine
Andra Izgarian
Joshua Jacobson
Brian Jacobson
Ashkahn Jahromi
Jessica Jervis
Victor Kao
Justin Kelsey
Dustin Kendig
Joshua Kendrick
Ryan Kerfoot
Armene Khonsari
Willa Kilbourne
Ashley Kirkland
Amber Kofman
Aliyah Kovner
Samuel Kushner
Erik Ladue
Michele Lanctot
Molly Landau
Davidson Laning
Kristal Lee
Kari Lentz
Michael Liu
Alexandra Locke
Jason Low
Brian Luce
Elisa Manheim
Nicole Markey
Madeline Marshall
Kayla Martin
Julissa Martinez
Daniel Matteson
Nancy Mayhall
Brendan McCormick
Tyler McGreevey
Juliane McMillan
Jessica Menne
Maria (Anita) Meza
Eric Miles
Caitlin Miller
Mikaela Misaka
David Montoya
Kahlil Morse
Kassie Munro
Andrew Nguyen
Alice Nicholls
Holly Nichols
Heather Nicholson
Sossity Nico
Kirk Nielsen
Sean Nisam
David Oda
Christina Oraftik
Emmanuel Perez
Veronica Perez
Jessica Perry
John Peterson
Alison Petro
Mark Pham
Sarah Phoenix
Talia Pickman
Blanca Pina-Pinon
Melanie Pirchner
CoryAnn Pitts
Nicole Pokojny
Roxanna Pourzand
Megan Prather
Maia Prem Blossom
Matthew Prescott
Carolyn Puklus
Feliz Quinones
Swathi Rammohan
Noah Ravenborg
Julia Reynolds
Elena Ricks
Judith Rinzler
Rachel Robertson
Vicente Rodriguez
Benjamin Rogers
Margaret Rosendahl
Rachel Ross
Melissa Rossi
Jeffrey Rubin
Stephanie Russo
Katherine Rutter
Jessica Sachs
Cole Sadler
Nicolla Sanguinetti
Kathryn Schissler
Timothy Schulz
Carli Schwan
Shannon Scott
Eva Sealove
Marnie Sehayek
Leslee-Anne Sesno
Justin Shaffer
Megan Shearin
David Simon
Alexandria Simons
Sarah Smilovic
Crystal Smith
Dara Sneddon
Rachelle Soroten
Frances Soto
Sylvia Soule
Karl Spiker
Francesca Spinardi
Melissa Stayerman
Trevor Sughrue
Aimee Sundin
Alyson Szeto
Jayme Tauzer
Alexander Thelen
Cynthia Thickpenny
Patrick Thomas
Tessa Toscano
Charlene Tumanut
Kip Turner
Emily Vallerga
Joshua Van Geem
Krysta Villeda
Kelly Walker
Ryan Wander
Eric Webb
Sara Webb
Kerrye Weber
Megan Willis
Michael Wilson
Eric Windell
Rachael Witt
Melissa Wong
Jessica Wong
Amanda Wong
Jyesha Wren
Heidi Wu
David Wu
Katarina Yang
Sebastian Yates
Ellanee Zukor
Jonathan Zweig
Grosvenor Cooper Memorial Scholarship
William McIntyre
Karl Spiker
Helen Sigismund Gibson American Association of University Women
Mary-Catherine Hayes
History Department Pre-1800 Award
Briana Brooks
History Department Transnational Award
Huijun Katherine Chen
History Department Hitchcock Awards
Hitchcock Award in Asia & the Islamic World
Daniel Englander
Hitchcock Award in Europe
Caitlin Jolicoeur
Hitchcock Award in the Americas & Africa
Nichole Rupp
History of Art and Visual Culture - Porter Fellowship
Lauren Benetua
Kristine Engemann
Grace Mathieson
History of Art and Visual Culture - Porter Entering Scholarship
Rachel Brant
Matapalo (Toro) Castano
Jalena Jampolsky
Tonya Smoot-Kent
Holly Day Barnett Endowment Fund
Kayla Martin
Huffman Prize
Robert Nakamura
Humanities Undergraduate Research Award
Nitza Bernard
Rachael Berry
Derek Davis
Benjamin Gabriel
Miles Hatfield
Steven Roy
Amanda Smith
Erica Terrell
Cynthia Thickpenny
Irwin Project Grant
Laurel Smith
Mike Andrade
Carmen Arrambide
Monica Asturias
Calen Barca-Hall
Arianne Bird
Melisa Rachel Black
Amy Boewer
Lauren Brown
Edna Cao
Jenyea Chang
Louise Chen
Rosanne Marie Chesney
Kelsey Curry Williams
Walker Delbo
Nathan Dickersin-Prokopp
Pou Dimijrijevich
Cynthia Dorante
Jamie Drobnick
David Earl
Chris Eastman
Carrie Ferguson
Olivia Fu
Lucas Gasperik
Ana Guerro
Jill Heckroth
Paul Hempstead
Bridget Ho
Danielle Hobart
Kathleen Hopkins
Aliza Hubbs
Gillian Hunt
Rebecca Ke
Irwin Scholarship
Laurel Mahaffey
Martha Rodriguez
Joseph Cahill Wessel
Jack Baskin School of Engineering
Undergraduate Community Spirit Award
Alejandro Cerda
Tina Nguyen
James Stuart Chanley Scholarship
Emily Fuentes
Joel Frankel Scholarship
Angel Garcia
Emma Gaskill
Krissia Martinez
Rhea Phillips
Krystal Rodriguez
Joseph F. Bunnett Research Award
Whitney Bryks
Sasha Curtis
Samarkand Estee
Keely Molina Johnson
Karl S. Pister Scholarship
Maria Fernandez
Salvador V. Gonzalez
Margarita Gutierrez
Mark Helfenberger
Leidy Hernandez
Estrellita Muñoz
Olena Mykhaylichenko
Carlos Olguin
Yessenia Ramirez
Joshua Steinberg
Michael Tomblinson
Kathryn D. Sullivan Scholarship in Earth and Marine Sciences
Alicia Muirhead
Kenneth and Ann Thimann Scholarship
Jannise Buckley
Michael Kozina
Lee and Emily Duffus Award
Sarah Emmert
Sarah Jane Smith
Lifelong Learners Award
Kelly Alvidrez
Bonnie Bea
Christopher Beagle
Nicholas Brustin
Matapalo Castano
Yeung Ching
Joseph Dahl
Marshall Ellison
Sarah Emmert
Susannah Endresen
Ellen FitzGerald
Adelita Gonzales
Salvador Gonzalez
Michelle Grossnickle
Rebecca Kunitz
Aryn Moulton
Meredith Poteran
Allison Strickler
Michael Tomblinson
MESA Pacific Gas & Electric Scholarship
Hector A. Romo
Salvador Roberto Vazquez
Multicultural Engineering Program Scholarship
Rene Gomez
National Science Foundation
Graduate Research Fellowship Award
Alicia Muirhead
Nicole Auclair Memorial Fund
William McIntyre
Patrick Mantey Undergraduate Award
Benjamin Smith
Paul and Bernice Lubow Award
Sarah Emmert
Susannah Endresen
Adelita Gonzales
Peter Rushton Memorial Scholarship
Belinda Yen
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
Andrew Aldercotte
Erica Anderson
Chelsea Bell
John Bruce
Jonathan Crandall-Rus
Kevin Davis
Catherine Falzone
Sarah Flam
Julia Guest
Elizabeth Hale
Justin Hallmark
Charles Hellstrom
John Laskoski
Francesca Macdonald
Kayla Martin
Teresa Miller
Amelia Murphy
Maria Oliver
Emilee Turner
Sarah Camp
Amy Clarke
Jessica Glover
Dominic Horath
Chirtopher Loomis
Jilynne Quinn
Elizabeth Sanchez
Rebekah Sousae
Patrick Thomas
Willie Tobin
Molly Carter
Amanda Devane
Lisa Donchak
Emily Haase
Lior Hadar
Michelle Hall
Madeline Marshall
Ian McNichol
Heather Nicholson
Tierra Presley
Vaness Siegel
Svetlana Tsodikova
Danielle Tsuboi
Kevin Van Houten
Lindsay Winblad
Gabrielle Ault-Riche
Casey Busher
Jennifer Cole
Christina Cox
Zachary Dickinson
Lorenzo Estebanez
Marriott Grimes
April Harper
Jenna Harvey
Jillian Johnson
Jessica Joseph
Zev Levine
Anna Maclachlan
Francisco Mayer
Caitlin Miller
Dani Molina
Blanca Pina-Pinon
Hannah Pittman
Colin Pollock
Malaika Santa Cruz
Ingrid Senne
Deanna Vonhalle
Ryan Wander
Megan Willis
Athena Abatecola
Emilia Aiello
Natalie Aratow
Matthew Auerbach
Mitchell Bacci
Geidy Baldeon
Heather Barrett
Rose Bloomfield
Lauren Boltz
Briana Brooks
Hana Campbell-Cyr
George Davis
Erin Foster
Patricia Fung
Arielle Greenwald
Jill Hardy
Emily Hinsey
Summer Kniveton
Yuuki Long
Yana Nogid
Mackenzie Obrien
Janelle Odorico
Violetta Paley
Elisabeth Rocha-Escobar
Nicholas Ross
Cole Sadler
Frances Soto
Marcia Sours
Patrick Stocks
Kira Ticus
Laura Twardochleb
Olivia Warner
Joshua Wolf
Bridget Zwimpfer
Patricia Beattie
Katherine Hayden
Dennis Keen
Wesley Larson
Hope Lehman
Jeffrey McLaughlin
Alexander Wolfe
John Banvard
Kera Conforti
Celeste De Santiago
Carnila Fabersunne
Kevin Fitzgerald
Monica Lee
Trinh Nguyen
Juliet Olmos
Andrew Peasley
Rebecca Rozo-Marsh
Ariel Serre
Esther Ackerman
Sean Bowden
Miriam Freed
Rachael Higginson
Amelia Hooper
Alyssa Jarrett
Dylan McCrystal
Cheyenne Montalbin
Sarah Oesterling
Kathryn Pearl
Rhea Phillips
Michelle Potts
Dana Rietdyk
Shannon Ruecker
Sabrina Sierra
Richard Sun
Laura Swett
Cynthia Thickpenny
Karen Wishnia
Johanna Abtahi
Brianna Anderson
Blake Baer
Maya Benjamin-Danaher
Camille Brown
Chloe Chatenever
Holly Cobbold
Cassara Craine
Julie Debell
Jocelyn Freitas
Allegra Gabbert
Alyssa Giovenco
Maria Grusauskas
Jennifer Helfrich
Taryn Holvick-Norton
Amanda Kessner
Annick Lamb
Kiley Melicker
Rebecca Merris-Miche
Kathryn Papgeorge
Elena Perel
Benjamin Radosevich
Scott Reed
Judith Rinzler
Corinne Schneider
Gina Smith
Ryan Townsend
Stacy Webb
Emily Buffi
Emily Caddick
Matthew Cutler
Caitlin Doughty
Tamara Earley
Tara Jeffrey
Clark Knudtson
Ariel Mellinger
Vicente Rodriguez
Kaitlin Thomas
Albert Tutman
Nicolas Walton
Lauren Williams
Albert Yusdi Putra
Philanthropic Education Organization Award
Maribel Franco
Sarah Henry
Aryn Moulton
Ilana Nahouraii
Luam Tewolde
Porter College Scholarship
Sean Leah Bowden
Tyler Johnson
Max Shrieve-Don
Porter Entering Scholarship
Jillian French
Re-Entry Scholarship
Tara Bodin
Sarah Emmert
Nik Hansen
Nancy Marroquin
Daniel Pearson
Re-Entry Services Scholarship
Josh Dodson
Sherry Lew
Shawn Murphy
Regent's Scholars
Rick Barlow
Russell Castiglione
Erica Curles
Jonathan Gill
Stephanie Hoffman
Ethan Kaminski
Veronica Kosowski
Sarah Lopez
Jessica Martin
Mary McChesney-Young
Kimberly Naylor
Christopher Powers
Maria Rocha
Jessie Rudd
Alyssa Stanger
Katherina Teague
Stephen Wheeler
Resident String Ensemble Scholarship
Sophia Kreide
Erik Peterson
Zachary Ragent
Rebecca Wishnia
Richard Cooley-Friends Foundation International Award
Mackenzie Price
Robert H. Treibig Memorial Scholarship
Ryan F. Baker
Colin Mark Beighley
Kal Cutter Conley
Robert Dewey Helvestine
Salvador Roberto Vazquez
Andrew Tin Yuen Wong
Sabrina Greenfield Memorial Award
Aimee LaRue
Sara Mathews Endowment Scholarship
Min-Chi Chen
Wong Kwanyu
Emma Pittardes
Albert Yusdi Putra
Soroptimist International Santa Cruz Scholarship
Una Cado
Aryn Moulton
UCSC Women's Club
Eric Arce
Guadalupe Burgara
Ippolito "Imani" Caradonna
Jesse Dolan
Sarah Emmert
Ellen FitzGerald
Malia Griggs-Murphy
Alina Langford
Graham Langley-Edwards
Chris Morrow
Aryn Moulton
Gabriel Muro
Thong Nguyen
William Rice
