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Nearly 200 University of Wisconsin Oshkosh students were recognized for their academic excellence at the 2010 Honors and Awards ceremony April 30 in the Music hall of the Arts and Communication Center.

A reception for faculty, students, parents and guest followed the program.

Those who were recognized at the ceremony follow:

UNIVERSITY-WIDE SCHOLARSHIPS

Undergraduate

Chancellor’s Award for Excellence      

Alex Abendschein
Shane Arman
Maria Dahn
Megan Heiden
Elizabeth Hirst
Stephany Kiel
Jonathan Kline
Kimberly Krejcarek
Sarah Mueller
Krista Newell
Jose Orona
Malinda Reichert
Ashley Romenesko
Abby Schultz
Jacki Thering
Janeil Velez
Ashley Wangberg

Cecelia Brown Memorial Award
Alexander Davis
Caitlin Scales

James Cook Leadership Scholarship
Troy Landry
Patricia Roden

Dennis V. Detry Scholarship
Stacy Drews

Douglas C. Jirovetz Scholarship

Stephanie Winkel

Agnes Drexler Kujawa Memorial Scholarship
Laura Leyh
Stephanie Winkel

Gladys J. Larson Scholarship
JohnPaul Umejesi
Katelyn Wagner

Lifelong Learner Scholarship for Academic Excellence

Justin Heim

Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program
Deseray Aguirre
Kathryn Baez
Troy Landry
Laura Leyh
Tisha Samuel
Hope Schuhart
Richard Wheatley

Lucile Morton-Grams Scholarship

Kelsey Hendricks

Multicultural Leadership Award
Whittany Bryd
Peter Lee
Sara Martin
Kelsey Winfery
Mai Koa Xiong
Cheeneng Yang

Thomas A. Plein Scholarship
Laura Leyh

Mabel E. Rasmussen Scholarship
Dragana Radic

Mary Susan Sieber Memorial Scholarship
Chris Vitella

Viola Vedder Scholarship
Rebecca Anderson

Irving H. Wallace Scholarship
Rachel Gallagher

Mark H. Reinhard Memorial Leadership Scholarship

Nicholas Janis
Rachel St. Peter

Graduate

AAUW Graduate Scholarship
Kimberly Busse

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

Undergraduate

Collegewide

4Imprint USA Inc. Scholarship
Brianna Rapp

Linda and Jeffrey Bartelt Scholarship
Mark Truettner

College of Business Alumni Association Scholarship
Kyle Ackeret
Austin Volden

Dr. Dwight M. Edmonds Scholarship
Ashley Iverson

GfK Custom Research North America Scholarship
Chad Janke
Ashley Romenesko

Edwin and Dorothy Hartman Scholarship
Megan Calbaum

Kell Family Scholarship
Ashley Romenesko

Ross McKenzie Lang Memorial Scholarship
Amanda Meyer

Robert and Kathleen Lindgren Scholarship
Elizabeth Leonard

Northwestern Mutual Life Sales Award
Lynnea Krajco
Riley O’Hearn
David Rathsack
Chad Vincent

Shirley Tipler Schultz Scholarship
Michael Stadtmueller

Target Case Study Project Scholarship
Laura Dedering
Laura DuChateau
Ashley Romenesko
Jennifer Siepmann

Wisconsin Family Business Forum Scholarship

Shaina Blackman
Julia Mader

Accounting

Baker Tilly Accounting Scholarship
Paul Stock

Grant Thornton Accounting Scholarship

Brett Hintz

Harry Ostendorf Accounting Scholarship
Kayla Denu

Schenck Accounting Scholarship
Chris Vitella

Tax Executives Institute of Northeast Wisconsin Scholarship
Jessica Sibilsky

UW Oshkosh Accounting Faculty Scholarship
Devin Hagan
Austin Volden

Finance

Brinkman Scholarship
Anna Mott

Financial Executives International — Milwaukee Award
Michael Londre

Financial Executives International — Northeast Wisconsin Award
Stephanie Gambsky
Arek Schmocker

Guyette Family Scholarship
Brianna Rapp

Marketing

Oshkosh Allergy Center Marketing Scholarship
Ashley Romenesko

Sales and Marketing Professionals of Northeast Wisconsin Scholarship
Renee Dorn

Operations Management

Allan W. Gerow Memorial Scholarship
Justin Rose

College of Business Supply Chain & Operations Management Scholarship in honor of Dr. Brent Bandy
Renee Dorn

Miriam Wilma Schlosser-Lang-Gerow Memorial Scholarship
Abby Schultz

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES

Undergraduate

Collegewide

College of Education and Human Services Alumni Association Scholarship

Brittany Mader
Emily McAleavey

Curriculum and Instruction

Pattie Ackerman Scholarship
Stephanie Winkel

Jane Ives Albee Scholarship
Dana Wielgus

Irene Blanchette Sophomore Achievement Award
Jessica Richie

Edward J. Dempsey and Sadie A. Dempsey Memorial Teaching Scholarship
Cassandra Cobb
Kathleen Records

Bernice and Forrest Derickson Memorial Scholarship

Diane Marks

Alice Duren Early Childhood Education Scholarship
Danielle Hulke
Samantha Schwartz

Jean Erdman and Thomas J. King Scholarship
Stephanie Winkel

Dr. Michael P. Ford Scholarship
Stephanie Winkel

Sara M. Hughes Memorial Scholarship
Emily McAleavey

Gladys W. Ihde Education Scholarship

Emily Dietrich

Sally and Bernie Killoran Scholarship
Stephanie Feucht
Amie Heinzelman

Beatrice Barlow Lampert and Phillip D. Lampert Scholarship
Molly Roell

Clarice Mae Johnson Mandel Education Scholarship

Lisa Thomas
Alicia Van Boogard

Charles Lenz Memorial Scholarship

Danielle Hulke

Norman Muehrer Scholarship
Lisa Thomas

N. Peter and Ruth Nelson Scholarship
Emily McAleavey

Donald Netzer Scholarship
Casey Robers

Lanore Netzer Scholarship
Jacquelyn Topp

Suzanne Harriet Pearson Landes and James Hazelton Pearson Scholarship
Sarah Mueller

Gladys M. Stern Scholarship

Diane Marks

Evelyn H. Uehling Scholarship
Stephanie Feucht

Mary Elizabeth Willey Scholarship

Jacquelyn Topp

Eugene and Nancy Winkler Scholarship
Emily McAleavey
Stephanie Winkel

Special Education

Andrews Family Outstanding SCEC Service Award
Heather Kimme

Mary Drecktrah Special Education Scholarship

Brittany Mader

Craig Fiedler Scholarship
Katherine Jandrin
Heidi Schmidt

Betty Griesbach Scholarship
Tamara Kramer Nelson
Theresa Watt

John F. Leonardi Scholarship

Brittany Mader

Carla Roberts Special Education Teaching Scholarship
Tamara Kramer Nelson

Stanley Talarek Scholarship
Erin Heimerl

Dr. Harold Thorpe Award for Outstanding Senior in Special Education
Lindsey Wendorf

Graduate

Collegewide

Patricia J. Koll Scholarship
Nicole Leiter

Curriculum and Instruction

Elinor V. Metzen Mathe Scholarship
Nicole Leiter

Human Services and Educational Leadership

Charlotte McEssy Scholarship — Educational Leadership

Justin Mitchell

Professional Counseling

Robert (Pete) Havens Scholarship
Laura Suminski

Reading Education

Jean I. Caudle Graduate Reading Award
Angela Davis

Special Education

Betty Griesbach Scholarship
Nicole Leiter

Stanley Talarek Scholarship
Nicole Leiter

COLLEGE OF LETTERS AND SCIENCE

Undergraduate

Collegewide

The Liberal Arts Scholarship Competition
Hope Schuhart, College of Letters and Science
Karen Thompson, College of Education and Human Services

Daniel W. Raaf Scholarship
Kenneth Norby

Art

4Imprint USA Inc. Scholarship

Lora Vahlsing

Charles Chronis Award

Drew Bode

Milton K. Gardener Memorial Scholarship
Caitlin Leu

Joann Kindt Scholarship
Nina Kawar

William J. Leffin Scholarship
Dawn Baker

William Niederberger Jr. Memorial Award
Patrick Stromme

Pride of Oshkosh Art Student Scholarship
Stephanie Geenen
Todd Schabel

Biology/Microbiology

Outstanding Biology Major Award
Tyler O’Flahrity
Rebecca Zink

James W. Unger Scholarship
Samantha Treutel

Chemistry

Alumni Research Award
Peter Christensen

Ruth A. Berge Organic Chemistry Scholarship
Jason Krahenbuhl

Outstanding Senior Chemistry Major Award
Malinda Reichert

Gilbert F. and Katherine L. Pollnow Chemistry Scholarship

Wesley Collier

Undergraduate Award for Outstanding Achievement in Organic Chemistry
Zachary McCluskey

Undergraduate Award in Analytical Chemistry
Liem Nguyen

Communication

Joseph B. Laine Outstanding Senior in Speech Communication Award
Kathryn Gruber

English

Nevin James English Writing Contest
Rachel Gallagher, First prize
Brandon Thomas, Second prize

Nevin James Writing Contest — CAPP Award

Nick Paulson

History

C. Kevin Hasson Memorial Scholarship

Jean Westerhaus

Barbara Donner Monteith Memorial Scholarship
Fletcher Marron

International Studies

Juris Veidemanis Outstanding Senior in International Studies Award
Brenna Ranzen

Journalism

Gary Coll Journalism Fellowship
Andrew Munger
Jay Spanbauer
Heather Wade

Kinesiology

Affinity Health System Award for Academic Excellence in Athletic Training
Allison Behnke

Mathematics

Harvey McKenzie Senior Award
Liem Nguyen

Music

Stanley Linton Memorial Scholarship
Anna Lussier

National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences Award
Gary Zylstra

Willabelle J. Thoma Music Award

Courtney Buvid
Zachary Glaeser
Theresa Sauvage

Psychology

Roy C. Dixon-Robinson Scholarship
Brittney Magrady

Som N. Ghei and Ram Kaur Ghei Scholarship
Kim Han
Emily Love

George R. Soika Scholarship

Kourtney Lechner

Radio-TV-Film

Dr. Robert L. Snyder Scholarship
Alex Smith

Religious Studies and Anthropology

Rev. David R. Gaskill Scholarship
Croix Menzel
Ashley Rieth

Sciences

Edward L. and Dorothy E. Schwartz Scholarship

Seth Parsons

Social Work

Lois Miranda Social Work Advocacy Award
Thomas Wolf

Social Work Excellence Award
Johannah Bradle
Laura Eberhardy

Women’s Studies

Helen Bannan Women’s Studies Award
Jennifer Blaha

Graduate

Biology/Microbiology

Leslie-Allen Fellowship in Field Ecology
Jacob Dittel

Psychology

Som N. Ghei and Ram Kaur Ghei Scholarship

Anne Herlache
Kristina Pagel

Public Administration

Stephen Hintz MPA Award
Adam Helms

COLLEGE OF NURSING

Undergraduate

Collegewide

Affinity Nursing Scholarship
Anna Bermel
Amber Bougie
Danielle Eisenschink
Ashley Erickson
Rachel Gallagher
Cassandra Gelhaus
Sarah Klein
Patience Krahn
Dragana Radic
Edith Theodate
Maria Turner
Kayte Ward
Julie Wein
Samantha Wolinski
Maris Zuleger

Phyllis Albrecht Nursing Scholarship
Julie Wein

Alumni-Sponsored Excellence in Nursing Scholarship
Ashley Blindert
Kristen Wolfe

American Legion 40 and 8 Voiture 751 Winnebago County Scholarship
April Ryan

Dixalene Bahleda Leadership Award
Stacy Wirth

Dixalene Bahleda Nurse Care Scholarship
Ashley Blindert

Irene L. Blanchette Nursing Award
Erica Soto

Gertrude Haemig Bowman Scholarship

Edith Theodate

Rose and Edwin Daniels Nursing Award — Pre-nursing
Sarah Klein
Jodi Wilhelm

Rose and Edwin Daniels Nursing Award — Professional
April Ryan
Lauren Wiest

Colleen Gibbons Daugherty Nursing Scholarship
Whitney Seymour

The Fale Family Nursing Scholarship

Wendy VanNuland

Katherine MacKinnon Fiss Quality Nurse Award
Ashley Procknow

Karl Iwen Nursing Scholarship

Alie Graham

Kennedy Nursing Fellows Scholarship
Jessica Derenne
Cassandra Gelhaus
Molly Ireland
Jessica Lauretic
Jennifer Schuh
Courtney Schuman
Jodi Wilhelm

Sally and Bernie Killoran Nursing Scholarship
Maria Turner

Wilbert J. Kuehn Nursing Scholarship
Brittany Gietman

Dorothy Lane Memorial Nursing Scholarship
Molly Pagel

Elmer Leach Foundation Undergraduate Nurse Award
Rachel Gallagher
Patience Krahn
Jodi Wilhelm
Samantha Wolinski

Tracy A. Lloyd Memorial Scholarship
Whitney Seymour

Mercy Medical Center Auxiliary Nursing Scholarship
Rebecca Basel
Brittany Gietman
Stacy Wirth

Northeast Wisconsin Chapter of the Oncology Nursing Society Scholarship
Molly Pagel

Beatrice Rake Scholarship
Maria Turner

Royal Arch Foundation of Wisconsin Nursing Scholarship

Patience Krahn
Molly Pagel
Ashley Procknow
Whitney Seymour

Peggy Spees Schneider Memorial Nursing Award
Stephanie Pink

Helen Shure Nursing Scholarship
Betsy Gscheidmeier
Whitney Seymour

Hilda Swanson Memorial Scholarship

Kayte Ward

Willcockson Nursing Undergraduate Scholarship

Amber Bougie

Herbert C. and Mae Yagers Nursing Scholarship
Erica Soto

Graduate

Aileen Wood Barr Memorial Scholarship
Jacqueline Karlin

Katherine MacKinnon Fiss Graduate Award

Ashley Seiler

Elizabeth A. Regan Scholarship
Nicole Yurek

Willcockson Graduate Nursing Scholarship
Mollie May

Other awards that were not presented at the ceremony included the following:

UNIVERSITYWIDE SCHOLARSHIPS

Undergraduate

Robert Nash Scholarship

Ryan Bentzien

Undergraduate Student/Faculty Collaborative Research Program

Robert Adler
Amanda Anderson
Kyle Colburn
David Edwards
Scott Frankowski
Jennifer Haegele
Erin Prader
Katie Streufert
Kenneth Toson
Pa Shoua Vang
Kaci Worth

Graduate

Graduate Studies Honors Recognition

College of Business

John Adams
Kellie Alvarado
Yulia Barstow
Brian Conrad
Melissa Dennis
Michael Dvorachek
Michael Fameree
Brandon Gerwin
Bryan Hochstein
Rosemarie Hogan
Michael Johnston
Martin Kinnerk
Dawn Kissinger
Carol Konshak
Julie Lambie
Kari Meixl
Nicholas Paulick
Craig Peterson
Valerie Pfeiffer
Mark Swim
Andrea Vandervest
Hope Voigt
April Zuberbier

College of Education and Human Services

Bobbie Daul
Brenda Gabrielson
Kevin Grahn
Laura Holly
Nadine Mathu
Anne Peaslee
Julie Wahl

College of Nursing
Kasey Coey-Boerner
DaRae Coughlin
Jacklyn Foth
Sherry Konen
Stefanie Petrie
Ashley Seiler
Elizabeth Wagner
Mark Weideman

Graduate Student / Faculty Collaborative Research
Jacob Dittel
Vai Lor
Tristan Thomas

Graduate Student/Faculty Collaborative Research-Pat Koll Award
Anne Herlache

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

Undergraduate

Wall Street Journal Award
Laura Dedering

COLLEGE OF LETTERS AND SCIENCE

Undergraduate

Foreign Languages

Club Nippon Certificate of Excellence
Kelly Potratz

Deutsche Welle Prize
Paul Batty
Dianne Graf
Jon Kline

Excellence in Japanese Award

Joseph Ahrens
Thomas Hanaway
Genzhong Li
Amanda Radke

Excellence in Spanish Book Award
Katelyn Corson
Audrey Cowling
Rachel Mand
Cecelia Stirm
Shannon Ward

French Book Award

Peter Blain
Brittany Magrady
Mariam Masroor

Goethe Institute Book Awards
Kelly Friedrichsen
Andrew Johnson
Thomas Miller

Swiss Consulate Prize

Laura Cauley
Michael Northway

Geology

Bartlett Award

Kyle Colburn
Bryan Ernst

Reginald Brook Memorial Award

Ryan Dhillon

Freshman Scholarship in Geology Award

Natalie Murray

Burton E. Karges Geology Achievement Award
Sara Akin

Burton E. Karges Geology Scholarship Award

Joshua Rosera

Oshkosh Earth Science Club Award
Sarah Jeffrey

U. S. Geological Survey National Association of Geoscience Teachers (USGS-NAGT) Traineeship
Alexander Ketchpaw

James R. Vedder Memorial Award
Sara Akin

Music

Honors Recitalist Award

Jason Kutz

Roger Dennis Scholarship
Jacki Thering

Music Scholarship
Dori Arbter
Charles Bloom
April Boucher
Matthew Bragstad
Angela Breslow
Shelby Buchanan
Zachary Glaeser
Nicolas Gutierrez
Kelsey Johnson-Fischer
Carly Rast
Amy Reithmeier
Courtney Reynolds
Logan Rome
Theresa Sauvage
Danielle Schierl
Emily Sebstead
Daniel Stammer
Ashley Valentine
Luke Van Drunen
Chris Vander Pas
Alissa Winkelman

Philosophy

Socratic Award
Nicole Bernard
Brittany Dunlap
Elisabeth Spidle

STUDENT HONORARY ORGANIZATION INITIATES

Beta Gamma Sigma
Honor Society for AACSB Accredited Business Programs

Joshua Ackerman
John Adams
Kellie Alvarado
Yulia Barstow
Noelle Biddick
Michael Birch
Brian Conrad
Tony D’Alessio
Mitchell DeNure
Melissa Dennis
Sanjay Dighe
Stacy Drews
Davor Dukic
Michael Dvorachek
Michael Fameree
Jason Garland
Justin Garrett
Jared Gehrt
Brandon Gerwin
Bryan Hochstein
Rosemarie Hogan
Veronica Janeczko
Michael Johnston
Nathan Kilsdonk
Martin Kinnerk
Dawn Kissinger
Rusi Kombalov
Carol Konshak
Joseph Kraft
Brian Krieger
Julie Lambie
Shaun Marthaler
Anna Maximova
Kathryn McMorrow
Kari Meixl
Drew Messner
Brian Montonati
Troy Mrkvicka
Todd Nelson
Lindsay Newcomb
Nicholas Paulick
Jared Petersen
Craig Peterson
Valerie Pfeiffer
Jodi Phillips
Trevor Rabbach
Kimberly Rabe
Alyssa Raymond
Thomas Richter
Jessica Rosera
Gregory Schrimpf
Luke Schroeder
Mark Swim
Joshua Thome
Mark Truettner
Andrea Vandervest
Hope Voigt
Austin Volden
Kyle Wallin
April Zuberbier

Sigma Gamma Epsilon

Earth Science Honorary Society for Geology Majors

Jack Borski
Sarah Jeffrey
Benjamin Rosandick
Joshua Rosera

Sigma Iota Rho, Gamma Chapter
National Honor Society for International Studies
Jacob Buege
Kateland Haas
Austin Jones