Program and Livestream
Download the ceremony program, watch the livestream recording and view photos.
Award Categories
- Honorary Degrees
- Trustee Teaching Excellence Awards
- Fellowships and Awards
- Departmental Prizes
- College Prizes
Honorary Degrees
- David Lewis Bergman '72, presented by David H. Lynn
- Julie Ann Cerel '94, presented by Linda M. Smolak
- Marela Zacarías '00, presented by Claudia J. Esslinger
Trustee Teaching Excellence Awards
Brackett B. Denniston III, chair of the Board of Trustees, presented the awards to:
- Professor of Chemistry Kerry Rouhier
- Assistant Professor of Psychology Leah Dickens
Fellowships and Awards
Critical Language Study Award
Aram Ebrahimian '25 (alternate Bea Fatima '25)
Henry G. Dalton Fellowship in American Studies
Lucien Kisch '23
Fulbright Fellowship
- Ngone Fall '23, Senegal
- Felix Heisch '23, Spain
- Kate Hileman '22, Germany
- Madeline Vonk '23, Spain
- Alternate: Christopher Bechtol '23, Uzbekistan
A complete list of names and country assignments of Fulbright winners will be included in the Commencement program for 2023.
Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship
Gideon A. Adjei '23 and Imani E. Rucker '23
Barry M. Goldwater Excellence in Education Scholarship
Philip Diamond '24 and Andrew Van Horn '25
The Elmer A. Graham Endowed Scholarship
Malcolm Thomas Gaynor '24
National Collegiate Athletic Association Postgraduate Award
Marcus Hong '22 and Emmerson A. Mirus '22
The Jess Willard Falkenstine Award
Finnbar Murray '23 and Katie Orefice '23
The North Coast Athletic Conference Scholar-Athlete Award
Drew Albrecht '23 and Payton Doan '23
Departmental Prizes
African Diaspora Studies
The Allen B. Ballard Prize
Eliza Post Wetmore '23
American Studies
The Muriel B. Kahrl American Women's Prize
Kaya Karibi-Whyte '23
The William B. Scott Award
Jacob Callaway Davidson '23 and Dienabou Diallo '23
Anthropology
The Margaret Mead Award
Sydney Landstrom '23
Art
The Robert H. Hallstein Memorial Award in Art
Alina Hope Kalmeyer '23, Stephanie Nyarko '23 and Sally Frances Vogel '23
The Peterson Prize in Art
Nora Chapman '23
Art History
The Richard Kingan Liggitt Memorial Award in Art History
Lucy Catherine Adams '23 and Ani Araksi Parnagian '23
Biology
The Robert Bowen Brown Jr. Prize
Yangyang Liu '23
The Dorothy E. and Thomas C. Jegla Prize
Alejandro Paulino Jr. '25 and Jordan Compton Schisler '25
The Maxwell Elliot Power Prize
Mark Lang '23
Chemistry
The Chemical Rubber Company Chemistry Achievement Award
Shelly Kahn '26
The Carl Djerassi Award in Chemistry
Erika Conant '23
The Gordon L. Johnson Research Prize
Meheret Ourgessa '23
Classics
The George L. Brain Prize
Anne Larew Rogan '23
The Carl Diehl Prize
William Banks Ehrlich '26 (Greek) and Lily Gehres '26 (Latin)
Economics
The Paul Titus Economics Prize
James Eugene Butler '23
English
The Robert Daniel Memorial Scholarship
Ocean Wei '24
The English Junior Prize
Virginia Ruth Morgan '24
The Denham Sutcliffe Memorial Award
Molly Fording '23 and Zoe Neirink '23
The Philip Wolcott Timberlake Senior Prize
Caleb Madison Stern '23 and Flannery Strain '23
Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies Outstanding Senior Award
Benjamin Harris Pimstone '23
History
The Robert L. Baker Memorial Prize
Ione Blaxall '23
The Alan G. Goldsmith Memorial Prize
Nika Cooper '24 and Alice Elms Riley '23
The Curtis A. Seichter Award
Sydney Thaler '24
Integrated Program in Humane Studies
The Richard F. Hettlinger Award
Fredrika Louise Pfeiffer '23
International Studies
The International Studies Award
Liam Thomas Crisan '23
Mathematics
The Reginald B. Allen Prize
Ella Wilson '23
The J. R. Butz Mathematics Prize
Mason Anderson Fishell '23
The Solomon R.S. Kasper Prize
Dev Akre '23 and Sebastian Brylka '23
Modern Languages and Literatures
The Arabic Prize
Molly McLaughlin '23
The Thomas Au '69 and Jack Au '73 Chinese Prize
Julia Conner '24
The Edward Harvey Prize in French
Zoe-Claire Weiner '24
The Charles Singer Williams Prize in French
Eliza Post Wetmore '23
The Sigrid Lanzrath Memorial Prize in German
Grace Elizabeth Broome '23
The Italian Prize
Marco Jacimovic '24
The Japanese Prize
George Novotny '23
The Natalia Olshanskaya Scholarship in Russian Studies
Jackelyn Samandas '25
The Russian Prize
Christopher Michael Bechtol '23
The Spanish Prize
Anabel Shaffer Barnett '23
Music
The Gabriel A. Ben-Meir Senior Award in Music
Brucken Wilkens '23
The Thomas B. and Mary M. Greenslade Award in Music Performance
Linnea Mumma '22
The Kathleen "Kay" Locke Community Service Prize in Music
Ethan Bonne;; '23
Neuroscience
The Jon L. Williams Prize
Maeve Griffin '23 and Babkier Higazi '23
Philosophy
The Virgil C. Aldrich Prize
Maia Wolf-Livingston '23
Physics
The Elbe H. Johnson Prize
Lily Gehres '26
Political Science
The John Chesnut Memorial Prize
George Novotny '23
Psychology
The Psychology Award for Outstanding Service
Jacqueline McKeown '23
The Jeffrey S. Williams Memorial Award for Integrative Study in Psychology and Economics
Aidan Charles Constant '23
The Wilson Award for Academic Excellence in Psychology
Grace Anne Cox '23
Religious Studies
The Simpson Prize
Grace Ellen Korthuis '23
Alpha Gamma Sigma Chapter of Theta Alpha Kappa Undergraduate Achievement Award
Owen William Hevly '23
Sociology
The Jane Addams Award
Elliot Emmet Moore '23
The George Herbert Mead Award
Cynthia Isabella Oyarce '23
Women’s and Gender Studies
The Molly R. Hatcher Prize in Women’s and Gender Studies
College Prizes
The George Gund Award
Ben Gruodis-Gimbel '24 and Daniel Kowalczyk '24
The George B. Ogden Prize
Osose Omofomah '26
The Academy of American Poetry Prize
Aaliyah Daniels '23
The Muriel C. Bradbrook Prize
Stephanie Chang '25
The Propper Prize for Poetry
William Elwood Madden '26
The John Crowe Ransom Poetry Prize
Cameron Moore '23
The Barbara H. Reitsma Award of the Math and Science Skills Center
Yangyang Liu '23
The Ashford Memorial Award for Excellence in Dramatics
Clay Abraham Garfield '23
The James E. Michael Prize in Playwriting
MJ Farrell '24
The Paul Newman-Joanne Woodward Award for Best Performance
Julia Friedman '23 and Grace Jolliffe '23
The Dance Prize
Erika Abe '23 and Sofia Rebeka Wilson '23
The Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award
Ocean Wei '24
The Doris B. Crozier Award
Ubongabasi James Asuquo '23
The E. Malcolm Anderson Cup
Ubongabasi James Asuquo '23
Gambier, OH 43022