2009 HONORS CONVOCATION
in the
College
of Arts and Sciences
&
College
of Arts and Sciences
Student
Affairs Awards
Jonathan Maddison
The Tommasso A. Borda
Memorial Award, in memory of Tommasso
A. Borda, recognized campus leader and athlete, Class of 1983, to a junior on
the basis of outstanding contributions to campus activities, athletics,
academics, and community service.
Nicole Lister The Rory “Cal” Maradonna Award
presented to full-time students who have demonstrated
considerable involvement on the
ACADEMIC AWARDS
Kasey Gorman The Athenaeum Honor Society Award for
Jennifer Leonardis
distinguished academic achievement to the
society members whose academic records
have shown the highest achievement among
candidates for degrees.
Melissa Aaronberg
The Honors College Award for outstanding
Rajvi Vora
performance in an Honors Seminar.
Kyle Weber
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AWARDS
Robert Becker, for his project We Eat…sexwaterreligion: A Project in Multimodal Composition, conducted with Dr. William FitzGerald of the Department of English.
Jonathan Maddison, for his project The Rhetoric of Dissent: How Judicial Dissents Influence Future Litigation, conducted with Dr. William FitzGerald of the Department of English.
Joseph Vessella, for his project Complexity of a Single Resource Scheduling Problem, conducted with
Dr. Rajiv Gandhi of the Department of Computer Science.
Departmental
Awards
Chemistry
Nazish Khan
The Analytical
Division of American Chemical Society Award recognizes a student’s aptitude for a career in analytical chemistry.
Foreign
Languages
Katelyn Hoobler
The French Prize to the most
promising student in French language and literature.
Jennifer Leonardis
The Michelle Muncy Academic
Excellence Award to students for
outstanding performance in the Spanish major.
Nursing
Jillian Lord
The Academic
Achievement Award in Nursing to a
student who has demonstrated outstanding academic achievement.
Political Science
The following Jack Marvin
Weiner Memorial Awards honor Mr. Weiner, who graduated in 1955 from
Rutgers-Camden as a Political Science major and also completed his Law degree
here in 1958.
Jennifer Leonardis
For
the highest overall average among Political Science graduates.
Nicole Lister
For outstanding performance by junior
political
Jonathan Maddison
science students.
Sociology,
Anthropology, and Criminal Justice
Amy Wood The George Masterton Award in Criminal Justice to a student for academic achievement, intellectual promise, and significant contributions to the University and larger communities.
Honor
Societies
Athenaeum
Class of 2010
Jennifer Baciu
Madison Bouchard
Julia Crawford
Danielle Hogan
Thomas James
Jonathan Maddison
Swetaben Patidar
Rebekah Schultz
Class of 2009
Jason Behringer
Michael Boulos
Christopher Brennan
Lance Carsillo
Angela Costa
Laura Dicks
Amanda Fach
Kasey Gorman
Monique Jenkins
Nazish Khan
Jennifer Leonardis
Jillian Lord
Shaun Morris
Patricia Mulbaier
Jenna Perez
Neal Robbins
Timothy Ryan
Jessica Shields
Justine Spatola
James Terway
Karol Wilczynski
Amy Wood
Phi Beta Kappa
Class of 2010
Katelyn Hoobler
Rebekah Schultz
Class of 2009
Jennifer Leonardis
Justine Spatola
Faculty
awards for teaching excellence
Robert A.
Emmons
The Sybil
Cohen Award for Excellence in Teaching recognizes the work of adjunct faculty
members.
Scholarships
Robert Becker
The Jack
and Mary O’Malley Endowed
Chris Connors
Scholarship to outstanding students in the Honors
Frank Iwanicki
College.
Kelvin Ashby Ong
Julianne Sibiski
Russell Van Fossen
The Kay and George Mamo
Endowed Scholarship to an outstanding
student in the
Stephanie Wozunk
The Baratz & Associates
Endowed Scholarship to an outstanding
student in the
Rebecca Zielinski
The Ed and Carolyn
Kiessling Endowed Scholarship to an
outstanding student in the
Lindy Iannacone
The Ralph and Marion
Arbuckle Scholarship to an undergraduate
who graduated from
Frank Iwanicki
The Leonard
Bidwell Memorial Scholarship to
full-time students majoring in mathematics.
Julia Crawford
The Chemistry
Alumni Scholarship to
Nazish Khan
College
of Arts and Sciences students majoring in chemistry.
Theresa Campanella
The Dorothy and David Cooper
Endowed Scholarship for students
majoring in psychology.
Lisa Charon
The
Lambert Blunt
Patricia Mulbaier
The Robert C. Sheppard
Endowed Scholarship to one or more
full-time students enrolled at Rutgers-Camden with preference given to students
from
James Bocco
The Stainrook
Foundation International Scholar
Jessica Heaton
Grant to support participation in the
International
Katelyn Hoobler
Studies Program.
Susan Krisch
Robert Langan
Angel Roman
The Evelyn
White Scholarship for excellence in
musical studies.
Edyta Kuciapa
The Harold
and Florence Woll Scholarship to one
Monique Jenkins
or more full-time undergraduates in the
Scholarships and Awards
The Dean’s
Merit Scholarship is awarded to full-time undergraduate students, pursuing
business degrees, based on academic merit.
Katherine Crosby
John Curtis
Robert Falconiero
Christopher Haag
Sage Lobianco
Sarah Martino
Sarah Nicholson
Brandon Ransburgh
The Rutgers-Camden
Academic Excellence Scholarships are awarded to high-achieving
undergraduate business students.
Paul Baerman
Pamela Carcione
Donald Causey
Kimberly Chen
Christopher Cicalese
Reynold Cicalese, III
Katherine Crosby
Jeremy Cunningham
John Curtis
Victoria D’Anduono
Stephanie Deisley
Nicholas Evans
Robert Falconiero
Edward Fanjoy
Shawn Griffith
Christopher Haag
Jacqueline Iannetta
Robert Jack
Gregory Joyce
Sarah Katt
Kacharel Kemp
Sage Lobianco
Sarah Martino
Joseph Merlino
Steven Messner
Elizabeth Mieliwocki
Lauren Nelson
Sarah Nicholson
Brandon Ransburgh
Joshua Saldana
Chirag Savalia
Mary Spoto
Michael Vermandel
Tommy Zu
Donald Causey
The
Dean’s Discretionary Scholarship is awarded to incoming freshman students
based on academic merit.
Rohan Bhattacharya The James M. Gaffney Memorial Award honors Jim Gaffney, a student life counselor on the Rutgers-Camden campus from 1976-1992, is presented to a student who has achieved success in spite of challenges.
Reynold Cicalese, III
The New
Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants (NJCPA) is presented to outstanding accounting students entering his/her senior
year and is based on outstanding performance as determined by members of the
organization.
Reynold Cicalese, III
The Ralph
W. Newkirk, Jr. Scholarship is
Sarah Katt
awarded to undergraduate business students,
majoring in accounting, based on academic merit.
Rohan Bhattacharya
The Joseph M. and Carol
Rigby Scholarship is
Jacqueline Iannetta
awarded to undergraduate business students based on academic merit.
STUDENT LEADERS
Accounting Society
Pamela Carcione – Treasurer, Spring ‘09
Finance Association
Sarah Katt - Vice President
Marketing Association
Allyn Fowler – Treasurer
Student Governing Association
Elizabeth Mieliwocki - Representative
RECOGNITION OF HONORS SOCIETIES
Athenaeum
Pamela Carcione
Jeremy Cunningham
Sarah Katt
Elizabeth Mieliwocki
Christopher O’Callahan
Joshua Saldana
Chirag Savalia
Beta Alpha Psi, Kappa Gamma Chapter
Christopher Kourmadas
Cristi Tartaglione
Beta Gamma Sigma
Jacqueline Iannetta
Brandon Ransburgh
Mu Kappa Tau
Christopher
O’Callahan
INTERNSHIP
PROGRAM
Chirag Savalia –
Elizabeth Mieliwocki –
Cristi Tartaglione –
We would also like to commend our two
Commencement speakers:
James M. Terway, CCAS ’09 delivered the Student Greeting and
Introduction of the Speaker at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Commencement.
Reynold Cicalese, III, SBC ’09, delivered Remarks as the Undergraduate
Student Representative at the