The L&S Honors Program is proud to announce this year's winner of the Mark Mensink Award and winners of undergraduate Trewartha Senior Thesis Grants.
The L&S Faculty Honors Committee has awarded college's largest research grant, the Mark Mensink Award, to Alexandra Demet, a double major in Comparative Literature and Art History to fund her archival research on the drawings and writings of Djuna Barnes. Congratulations Alexandra!
The Committee has also awarded at total of $22,300 in Trewartha Senior Thesis Grants.
The grants enable students to undertake more demanding and extensive honors senior thesis research projects than might otherwise be possible. The grant is funded by a generous gift from Professor Glenn and Mrs. Sarita Trewartha in 1969.
The following students will receive grants:
- Marja Anton (Psychology and Zoology)
- Dana Bellissimo (Biochemistry)
- Lizbeth Benson (Psychology)
- Carissa Carroll (Political Science and History)
- Desmond Chan (Economics and Biochemistry)
- Sizun Jiang (Molecular Biology)
- Nicholas Lillios (Political Science and Biochemistry)
- Mallory Madden (Psychology and Global Cultures)
- Laura Peterson (Psychology and Theatre)
- Yu Renyuan (Chemistry)
- Megan Savage (Psychology and African Languages and Literature)
- Adam Thal (Political Science)
- Pushpa Weeratunga (Neurobiology)
Congratulations to our students!