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Fall Convocation and Picnic Kick Off the Academic Year

August 31, 2022

Members of the Class of 2023 donned their academic robes and took center stage as their final year at Bryn Mawr officially began with the fall Convocation ceremony.

Speakers at the event included President Kim Cassidy; Senior Lecturer in Chemistry Lisa Watkins; Shanae Sutton, M.S.S. candidate in the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research; Ananya Hindocha, president of the Self-Government Association; and Jennifer Walters, dean of the undergraduate college.

 

In addition to her remarks, Walters recognized the recipients of the 2022 Student Awards, listed below.

National Awards

Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship
Amina Choudhry ’23 of New Jersey
Caroline Isabel McClung ’23 of West Virginia
Lila A. Sattler ’23 of California

Davis Projects for Peace
Minolta Ndlovu ’23 of Zimbabwe

Fulbright U.K. Summer Institute
Taylor Jordynne Ferreira ’25 of Pennsylvania


Undergraduate Academic Prizes and Awards 

Charles S. Hinchman Memorial Scholarship 
(Classical Languages and Mathematics) 
Julia Jeanne Billera ’23 of Virginia

Elizabeth S. Shippen Scholarship in Foreign Language 
(Classical Languages)
Claire N. Hylton ’23 of Pennsylvania

Elizabeth S. Shippen Scholarship in Science
(Physics) 
Ellie Hughes ’23 of Washington

Hanna Holborn Gray Research Fellowship 
Liz Marin Burke ’23 of Pennsylvania
Layla Anne Fistos ’23 of North Carolina
Sonya Marium Friel ’23 of United Kingdom
Lily Goltz ’23 of Maine
Deniz Gonen ’23 (Haverford) of New York
Ananya A. Hindocha ’23 of California
Claire N. Hylton ’23 of Pennsylvania
Ella K. Kotsen ’23 of New Jersey
Tarin Isabella Martinez ’23 of Pennsylvania
Michelle Tran ’23 (Haverford) of Alabama
Carlee Patricia Warfield ’23 of Pennsylvania
Saiqian Xiao ’23 of China

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship
Alloyah Abobi ’24 of Pennsylvania
Keyla Raquel Benitez ’24 of Texas
Abby Menen Braud ’24 of Lousiana
Kaia Lin Chau ’24 of Pennsylvania
Sofia Paulina Diaz ’24 of Pennsylvania
Nelid Rios Morales ’24 of California

Pensby Fellowship 
Breanna Michelle Brown ’24 of New York
Beza Wondwossen ’23 of Massachusetts


Literary Prizes 

Academic of American Poets Prize 
Kate Ellison English ’23 of Kansas

Alexandra Peschka Prize 
Madeline Appelhans ’25 of Delaware

Anne Kirschbaum Winkleman Literary Prize
Grace Reed Richardson ’25 of Oregon

Katherine Fullerton Gerould Award 
Izzy Goodrich ’25 of Massachusetts


Departmental Awards 

Anna Lerah Keys Memorial Prize 
Layla Anne Fistos ’23 of North Carolina
Elena Bronwyn Teeter ’23 of Connecticut

Elinor Nahm Prize in Elementary Italian 
Olivia Anne Colace ’25 of California
Hannah Rebecca Gordon ’25 of North Carolina
Audrey Anne Grace ’25 of Ohio
Luella Jane Wallander ’25 of Virginia

Elinor Nahm Prize in Intermediate Italian
Julia Lisa Smith ’24 of Massachusetts
Leila Adriana Vazquez ’24 of Paraguay

Elinor Nahm Prize in Italian Language & Literature 
Elise Marie De Biasio ’23 of New Jersey
Lake Sanchez, ’23 of Connecticut

Elisabeth Packard Art & Archaeology Internship Fund
Rhian S. Muschett ’23 of Pennsylvania

Elizabeth Duane Gillespie Fund for Scholarships in American History
Zoe A. Kaufmann ’23 of Maryland

Gail Ann Schweiter Prize 
Ellie Hughes ’23 of Washington
Catherine Delaplaine Opsahl ’24 of Georgia
Charlotte Park ’23 of Republic of Korea

Hester Ann Corner Prize in Literature
Julia Jeanne Billera ’23 of Virginia
Bonnie Wells Henneman ’23 of Georgia

Pauline Austin Adams Fund 
Levi Raskin ’24 (Haverford) of Illinois

Sheelah Kilroy Memorial Scholarship in English
Ella K. Kotsen ’23 of New Jersey


Other Bryn Mawr Awards 

Judy Loomis Gould Scholarship for Summer Study Abroad
Irene Biney ’23 of Pennsylvania
Ziqi He ‘23 of Pennsylvania
Lila A. Sattler ’23 of California

Maria L. Eastman Brooke Hall Memorial Scholarship 
Julia Jeanne Billera ’23 of Virginia
Joy Cara Kruse ’23 of Ohio
Anna Jill Miller ’23 of Washington

Seymour Adelman Book Collector's Prize–1st Prize 
Ella K. Kotsen ’23 of New Jersey

Seymour Adelman Book Collector's Prize–2nd Prize 
Hallie Ferguson ’24 of Colorado
Madi Lynn Wyttenbach ’23 of Georgia

Thomas Raeburn White Scholarship in Foreign Language Study 
Bonnie Wells Henneman ’23 of Georgia
Caroline Isabel McClung ’23 of West Virginia
Estefania Torres ’23 of Texas


Award winners from the Class of 2022 can be found here.