The Awards Day program recognizes achievements by students and faculty in a broad range of categories, and celebrates excellence in and out of the classroom. The 2023 Awards Day program was held on Wednesday, May 3 in Yates Chapel in the Selby & Richard McRae Christian Center. Video of the full program is available for viewing here.
Excellence in Teaching Awards
Division of Arts and Humanities: Laura Franey
Division of Sciences: Krissy Rehm
Else School of Management: Gerad Hardy
Richard A. Smith Award for Excellence in Scholarship or Creative Work: Alex Rice and Veronique Belisle
Charles Sallis Award for Distinguished Service to the College: Judith Caballero
Janet R. Langley Award for Excellence in Academic Advising: Alex Rice
Majors and Staff Awards
Jack Woodward Award for Student Life: Carol Landwirth, College Nurse
The John Christmas Award for Campus Safety: Karon James
The Cooper Residence Life Staff Member of the Year: Kaleb Thompson
Jim Montgomery Award for Athletics: Dallas Creamer
Student Organization Advisors of the Year: Liz Egan for her work with Millsaps Pride and the Stylus; Ryan Upshaw, for his work with SBA, NPHC and PASA
Graduate Student Employee of the Year: Avery Nicholas
Undergraduate Student Employee of the Year: Kayley Stegall
Division of Arts and Humanities
Outstanding Junior Studio Art Award: Madison Lofton
Excellence in Art History Award: Elizabeth Fowler
Best Senior Art Exhibition Award: Michael Montgomery
The Lucy Webb Millsaps Memorial Award: Jack Sewell
William D. Rowell Memorial Award in Art: Mary Noble Howard
Communication Studies Award: Madalyn Burke
Clark Essay Award: Victoria Richard
The Paul D. Hardin Award: Victoria Richard
The Robert H. Padget Award: Larry C. Clark III
Theodor H. Adorno Award: Isabella Suell
Swearingen Prize for Excellence in Introductory Latin: Savanna Delavan
Swearingen Prize for Excellence in Introductory Greek: Clay Richardson
Swearingen Prize for Excellence in Classical Languages and Literature: Gracie Singleton
The CAMWS Award for Outstanding Accomplishment in Greek and Roman Studies: Samuel Talbott
Ross H. Moore History Award: Cooper Clevenger
The Frank M. Laney Jr. Award: Ridge Murphy
Albert Godfrey Sanders Award in Spanish: Patricia Syner and Henry Arthur
Sigma Delta Pi Intermediate Spanish Award: Isabella Suell, Worth Wilsey, Eloise Arthur, and Beyla Bleichner
Senior Music Award: Mason Peavy
Best Paper in Philosophy: Yuko Nogawa
Jim Lucas Award in Technical Theatre: Connor Sutton
Matthew Robert Henry Award: Michael Montgomery
Henry and Katherine Bellamann Award: Creative Writing – Victoria Richard and Isabella Suell; Theatre – Ryan McDougald
Division of Sciences:
Biology Department Award for Service: Elecia Lartigue
Biology Scholar Award: Brandon Weisensee
Biology Research Award: Bailey Watkins
Tri Beta Award: Aastha Banga
ACS Undergraduate Award in Organic Chemistry: Powers Lamb and Samuel Pitre
Joseph B. Price General Chemistry Awards: Elizabeth Hawkins, Elyse Warren, Tyler Twedt, and Lucas Rutherford
Junior Analytical Chemistry Award: Rose Ward and Caroline McKinney
Chemistry Department Senior Research Award: Powers Lamb
Johnnie-Marie Whitfield Service Award: Anne Margaret Miller
Christopher Bruni Biochemistry Scholarship Award: Brenna Macaluso
Marlys T. Vaughn Excellence in Education Award, Secondary Student Teaching: Ridge Murphy
Outstanding Scholarship in Education Award: Clare Howard
Mary Sue Enochs Lewis Award: Seraiah Lodge
Wendell B. Johnson Memorial Award: William C. Ponthie
Richard R. Priddy Memorial Award: William H. Weber
Jennifer L. Sorrells Memorial Award: William H. Weber
Congressman David Bowen Award for Applied Politics: Austin Arceneaux
Samuel Kernell Award for Outstanding Research in Political Science: James Riley
Reid and Cynthia Bingham Awards: Junior – Natalie Johnson; Senior – Leis Parish
John F. Kennedy Award: Sam Talbott
Dr. Iren Omo-Bare Award for Excellence in International Politics: Averie Grantham
Robert A. Shive, Jr. Freshman Mathematics Award: Haley Havard and Elizabeth Hawkins
Samuel R Knox Senior Mathematics Award: Andrew Lott and Powers Lamb
College Physics Award: Rohinton Dossabhoy
General Physics Awards: Walker Zepponi
Physics Service Award: Dylan MacFarland
William James Award for Academic Excellence: Sara Snellson, Abigail Ott, and Rose Ward
Mary Whiton Calkins Award for Outstanding Research in Psychology: Abigail Ott and Joshua Smith
Gordon Allport Award for the Application of Psychology: Mikenzi Laster
Santiago Ramon y Cajal Research Award: Rita Lacy
The Frances H. Coker Award in Sociology: Yuko Nogawa
Frances and L.B. Jones Award in Anthropology: Gracie Singleton
Chi Omega Social Science Award: Averie Grantham
Else School of Management
Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants Outstanding Senior Award: Camille Fremaux
Richard B. Baltz Award for Excellence in Economics: Presented to the outstanding student majoring in economics – Kratik Gupta
Merrill Lynch Award for Excellence in Investments: Kratik Gupta
CFA Society of Mississippi Award for Excellence in Financial Analysis: Charlie Ellery
Business Administration Faculty Excellence Award: Madalyn Burke
Business Administration Comprehensive Exam Award: James W. Wood
Howard McMillan Leadership Award: Kratik Gupta
ELSEWorks Entrepreneurship Program Award: Molli Perry
Senior Else Scholars: Madalyn Burke, Tito Campbell, Jacob Dickinson, Camille Fremaux, Kratik Gupta, Josie McReynolds, James Wood
Beta Gamma Sigma: Kyle Haupt, Molli Perry, Margaret Richardson, Devan Caldwell, Josie McReynolds, James Wilson Wood, Ryan Harp, Alyssa Jolly, Onyx Magno-Hester, Avery Nicholas, Brenda Reed, Jackson Russo
Student Body Association Awards
The Dean R. Britton Katz Student Body Association Leader of the Year: Raj Agrawal
Student Body Association Senator of the Year: Fran Edwards
Student Body Association Service and Leadership Award: Samuel Cooper
Outstanding Campus Organization of the Year: Male Empowerment Network
Outstanding Campus Event of the Year: Diwali hosted by SACA
Millsaps College Most Distinguished Man: Joshua Smith
Millsaps College Most Distinguished Woman: Lidia Melaku
Outstanding Student Organization Member of the Year: Amrit Kaur, SBA
Outstanding Student Organization President of the Year: Reine Campbell, Millsaps Pride
Fraternity and Sorority Life
Chapter Scholarship Awards (Spring 2022): Fraternity – Lambda Chi Alpha; Sorority – Chi Omega
Chapter Scholarship Awards (Fall 2022): Fraternity – Lambda Chi Alpha; Sorority – Chi Omega
Outstanding Chapter Advisor Award: Bridgette Gant, Chi Omega
Dr. R. Brit Katz Awards for Unsung Greek Leadership: Daniel Field, Kappa Alpha; Bianca Jones, Alpha Kappa Alpha; Sophia Albasani, Phi Mu
New Members of the Year: Cassidy Cannella, Chi Omega; Elyssia Jones, Alpha Kappa Alpha; Collin Edwards, Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Sorority Woman of the Year: Margaret Miller, Chi Omega
Fraternity Man of the Year: Ridge Murphy, Kappa Sigma
Outstanding Chapter President Award: Kells Hecht, Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Regan Cooper, Kappa Delta; Asjah Johnson, Alpha Kappa Alpha
Outstanding Community Impact Award: Vince Pearson, Lambda Chi Alpha; Margaret Richardson, Kappa Delta
Chapter Excellence Awards: Fraternity – Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Sorority – Kappa Delta
College-Wide Leadership Awards
Reverend Ed King Leader of Values and Ethics (L.O.V.E.) Award: Michael Montgomery
Dr. Darby Ray Souls Afire Award: Asjah Johnson, Lorin Brown, Anu Mathew, Prarthana Bhatia
Ars Ducendi Emerito Award: Austin Arceneaux
Sherryl Wilburn Humanitarian Award: Brittany Wilson and Jalen Shead
“Ad Excellentiam” Award: Kratik Gupta
College-Wide Awards for Leadership and Scholarship
The John Stone Writing Consultants of the Year: Yuko Nogawa and Fran Edwards
Academic Consultants of the Year: Aastha Banga and Kratik Gupta
Dora Lynch Hanley Award for Distinguished Writing: Kiana Everhart
Lewis and Reiff Awards: Josh Smith, Landry Lemoine, and Prarthana Bhatia
Our Human Heritage Best Essay: Lezlee Swiney – for “Frankenstein and Mary Shelley’s Critique of Romantics.”
Alpha Epsilon Delta Award: Regan Cooper
Thomas G. Ross Award: Presented to an outstanding rising senior pre-medical student – Hannah Henderson
Janet Lynne Sims Award: Rohinton Dossabhoy.
William H. Tribette Scholarship Award: Alison Rider
The Velma Jernigan Rodgers Scholarship: Patricia Syner
Phi Beta Kappa: Kratik Gupta, Grace Lowery, Lidia Melaku, Yuko Nogawa, Abigail Ott, Victoria Richard, James Riley, Gracie Singleton, Joshua Smith, Sara Snelson, Isabella Suell, and Worth Wilsey
Omicron Delta Kappa First Year Student of the Year: Olivia Danos
Charles Sallis Leader of the Year Award: Sara Snelson
Who’s Who of Millsaps College: Austin Arceneaux, Prarthana Bhatia,Meagann Bickman, Madalyn Burke, Regan Cooper, Brady Davis, Riley Ely, Daniel Field, Kratik Gupta, Clare Howard, Jay Hollman, Asjah Johnson, Grace Lowery, Hannah Mattke, Lidia Melaku, Margaret Miller, Michael Montgomery, Abby Ott, Emily Sims, Gracie Singleton, Josh Smith, Sara Snelson, Kaleb Thompson, Worth Wilsey, and Wil Wood
Millsaps College Hall of Fame is awarded to four graduating seniors with the most outstanding, well-rounded, or multi-faceted college careers in leadership, service, engagement, and achievements in academics. This year’s Hall of Fame inductees are: Madalyn Burke, Clare Howard, Josh Smith, and Lidia Melaku.