2008 Hilldale, Holstrom and University Book Store Awards Winners

The following students received Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowship, which include a $4,000 stipend to each student and $1,000 to their faculty advisers. The list below includes recipients, their majors, and faculty advisers.

  • Derek Abramowski (Microbiology), Cameron Currie
  • Theresa Anderson (Mathematics, Chemistry, Spanish), Donald Passman
  • David Barnett (Biology, Mechanical Engineering), Corinna Burger
  • Anne Bartholomew (Psychology), Martha Alibali
  • Adam Bechle (Civil and Environmental Engineering), Chin Wu
  • Alissa Benson (Psychology, Spanish), Heather Abercrombie
  • Tom Bird (Engineering Physics), Carl Sovinec
  • William Bothfeld (Biology), John White
  • Charles Brummitt (Physics, Math), Julien Clinton Sprott
  • Charles Burns (Biochemistry), Douglas Weibel
  • Nicholas Burton (Biology), Anna Huttenlocher
  • Nicole Butterbaugh (Psychology), Roseanne Clark
  • Ryan Carpenter (Psychology), Tomislav Longinovic
  • Sixun Chen (Chemistry), Laura Kiessling
  • Benjamin Conrad (Engineering Mechanics – Astronautics), Scott Sanders
  • Erin Conrad (Physics, Math, French), Martin Zanni
  • Matthew Costello (History, Political Science), Jean Lee
  • Jacob Daane (Biology), Karen Downs
  • Benjamin Edeker (Philosophy), Sidelle Alan
  • Timothy Ford (Zoology, Finance Banking and Investment), Robert Pearce
  • Andrea Gilmore (Nursing), Barbara Bowers
  • Anthony Giuffre (Chemistry, Geology), Nita Sahai
  • Morgan Gustison (Zoology), Charles Snowdon
  • Theresa Heindel (Anthropology), Jason Yaeger
  • Matthew Hille (Spanish), Stephen Gammie
  • Luke Hillman (Biology, Math), Richard Anderson
  • Kassandra Holzem (Biology), Craig January
  • Elizabeth Hoye (Medical Microbiology and Immunology), Adel Talaat
  • Kristen Jones (Physics, Astronomy-Physics), Peter Timbie
  • Michelle Jordan (Zoology, Russian Language and Civilization), Kenneth Raffa
  • Lauren Keith (Physics), Charles Mistretta
  • Alex Kisselburg (Modern Hebrew), Rachel Brenner
  • Thomas Kleist (Botany), Kenneth Sytsma
  • Sarit Klugman (Biochemistry), Michael Cox
  • Christopher Knoepfler (Psychology), Yuri Miyamoto
  • Kevin Kohl (Wildlife Ecology and Biology), William Karasov
  • Annika Konrad (English, Scandinavian Studies), Michael Bernard-Donals
  • Carly Kuehn (Molecular Biology), Eugene Kaji
  • Kimberly Lancaster (Kinesiology), Luis Populin
  • Brianna Laube (Biology), William Dove
  • Daniel Lecoanet (Physics, Mathematics, Chemisty), Ellen Zweibel
  • Brian Lee (Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Neurobiology), Shannon Kenney
  • Annabel Li (Genetics, Psychology), Timothy Rogers
  • Lee Linstroth (Biomedical Engineering), Guy Groblewski
  • Alec Luhn (Journalism, History), James Baughman
  • Peder Lund (Medical Microbiology & Immunology), Laura Knoll
  • Sean McMaster (Biochemistry, Mathematics), Weibel Douglas
  • Liza Meredith (Psychology), Martha Alibali
  • Aurelia Moser (Art History, French), Gail L. Geiger
  • Brittany Nanzig (Biology, Psychology), Heather Abercrombie
  • Ashley Nelson (Psychology), Christopher Coe
  • Songyu Ng (Biomedical Engineering), William Murphy
  • Samuel Penwell (Chemistry), John Wright
  • Laura Piechura (Biomedical Engineering), Kristyn Masters
  • Elizabeth Poli (Genetics), Norman Drinkwater
  • Lili Prahl (Wildlife Ecology, Molecular Biology), Timothy Van Deelen
  • Khian Hong Pua (Biochemistry), Ronald Raines
  • Erin Reddy (Medical Microbiology and Immunology), Bruce Christensen
  • James Reuter (History, Philosophy), Rudy Koshar
  • Anna Rissman (Bioinformatics), Nicole Perna
  • David Rozek (Psychology), Judith Harackiewicz
  • Jennifer Rundquist (Sociology, Legal Studies), John DeLamater
  • Jessica Rutkoski (Genetics), William Tracy
  • Andrea Samz-Pustol (Classics, Art History), William Aylward
  • Rocio Sanchez-Moyano (Economics, Political Science), Richard Avramenko
  • Benjamin Schlais (Biochemistry, Spanish), Rick Eisenstein
  • Megan Severson (Biochemistry), Lea Ziskind-Conhaim
  • Jacob Stern (Psychology), Judith Harackiewicz
  • Krista Stewart (Molecular Biology), Bermans Iskandar
  • William Thomson (History), Johann Sommerville
  • Elizabeth Toussaint (Portuguese, Philosophy, Political Science), Kathryn Sanchez
  • Jeff Vierstra (Genetics, Computer Science Certificate), Timothy Donohue
  • Lucas Vitzthum (Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology), Dandan Sun
  • Ziyi Wang (Biochemistry), Paul Bertics
  • Timothy Wendorff (Biochemistry), M Thomas Record
  • Devin West (Engineering Physics), Thomas Krupenkin
  • Anneka Wiersma (Biochemistry), Margaret Clagett-Dame
  • Jerry Wilke (Civil and Environmental Engineering), Steven Loheide
  • Michael Wood (Physics), James Lawler
  • Rachel Worth (Astronomy-Physics, Music Performance), Eric Wilcots
  • David Ziehr (Biochemistry, Spanish), Silvia Cavagnero

The following students received Holstom Environmental Research Scholarships, funded by an endowment by alumnus Carleton Holstrom, which provide $4,000 to students and $1,000 to their faculty advisers.

  • Joel Smoot (Zoology, Political Science), Stanley Dodson
  • Collin Stecker (Chemistry, Japanese), Gilbert Nathanson
  • Janelle Winters (Zoology, History), William Karasov

The following undergraduate students received 2007–08 University Book Store Academic Excellence Awards, which provide $1,000 in recognition of an outstanding independent research or creative arts project. The list below includes students, their majors and faculty advisers.

  • Mark Eatough (Comparative Literature, Religious Studies), Deborah Jenson
  • Alexandra Frolkis (Hebrew), Mark Brownfield
  • Heather Hestekin (Psychology, Spanish), Janet Hyde
  • Matthew Hoffman (Zoology), Jack Jiang
  • Jason Huberty (Geology & Geophysics), Huifang Xu
  • Tyler Jung (English), Ron Wallace
  • Zachary Kelly (Russian Language and Literature), Judith Kornblatt
  • Jacob Kushner (Journalism & Mass Communication, Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies), Christine Tisone
  • Daniel Lecoanet (Math, Physics, Chemistry), Jordan Ellenberg
  • Justin Madsen (Mechanical Engineering), Dan Negrut
  • Julia Marion (Music Performance), Marc Vallon
  • Morgan Meredith (Communicative Disorders, French), Marios Fourakis
  • Nicholas Rego (English, Art History), Mario Ortiz-Robles
  • Libby Rens (Plant Pathology, Horticulture), Patricia McManus
  • Katherine Sachs (English-Creative Writing, African Studies Certificate), Ron Wallace
  • Michael Sanders (English-Creative Writing, Philosophy), Ron Wallace
  • Tegan Swanson (International Studies), Kevin Gonzalez
  • Kia Vang (English-Creative Writing), Jesse Kercheval
  • Proletina Veltchev (Textile and Apparel Design), Gail Brassard
  • Claire Wahmanholm (English, French, Psychology), Ron Wallace
  • Anna Williams (English, History), Ron Wallace
  • April Williamson (French, Art, African Studies), Jim Delehanty