UW-Madison students receive undergraduate awards

Numerous UW–Madison students have been honored with the university’s most prestigious scholarships, fellowships and awards for the 2008-09 academic year.

A full listing of the awards and the winners follows below. Winners are from Wisconsin unless otherwise noted.

Four UW–Madison students have received the 2008-09 Herfurth-Kubly Award for Initiative and Efficiency. Each of the four students to receive the $2,000 award was chosen out of a pool of 103 seniors nominated for the award.

The Herfurth-Kubly Award is the highest university-wide honor a UW–Madison senior can receive. Students are selected through highly competitive consideration of academic achievements, personal initiative and integrity, community service, constructive leadership and verbal communication skills.

This award is made possible through the generosity of Theodore Herfurth, a member of the class of 1894, and his daughter, Theodora (Teddy) Kubly.

The following students received this year’s award: Rachel Butler, Waukesha; Stefanie Jones, Madison; John Leonard, Madison; and David Rebedew, Fond du Lac

A grant from the University Book Store allows for awards of $1,000 each to undergraduate students who demonstrated excellence by completing a project through independent study. A record number of 86 students applied for the University Book Store Awards this year. Twenty recipients were selected.

The following students were recognized:

Nathan Aschenbach, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Charles Brummitt, Milwaukee

Jacob Daane, Sheboygan;

William Fitzgerald, Cabin John, Md.

Madeline Greene, Beaver Dam

Morgan Gustison, Mount Horeb

Evan Hall, Luck

Thomas Kleist, Wausau

Kathrin Kohler, Bangor, Maine

Allison Lake, Greenfield

Peter Mackie, Verona

Chanel Matsunami Govreau, Evanston, Ill.

Hammad Mazhar, Madison

Todd Nordgren, Lake Nebagamon

Lauren Pagel, Appleton

Matthew Pesko, Shell Lake

Adam Rieves, Brookfield

Jacob Riyeff, Janesville

Brandon Santos, Richfield, Minn.

Bryon Shannon, Stevens Point

Twenty-six students have received the Meyerhoff Undergraduate Excellence Award for Leadership, Service and Scholarship.

Recipients of the award are chosen for their leadership and service contributions to the university or surrounding communities while maintaining a high academic record. A generous grant from Harvey M. Meyerhoff allows for 26 awards of $1,000 each to juniors and seniors judged outstanding in the areas of leadership, service and scholarship.

They are:

Jonathan Alfuth, Eau Claire

Emily Andrews, Madison

Denise E. Contreras, Madison

Bailey B. Curtis, Elm Grove

William Dorsch, De Pere

Paris Echoles, Milwaukee

Jonathan Fasoli, Laguna Niguel, Calif.

Eric Flanagan, no hometown available

Brianna Glanzman, Whitehall

Sarah Gunnink, Brandon

Ann Huenink, Cedar Grove

Emily Husmoe, Eden Prairie, Minn.

Jessica Kainz, Tomahawk

Amy Kerman, Madison

Carmen Mendoza, Chicago

Jessica Peyton, Pewaukee

Tony Prekop, Muskego

Nicole Rybeck, Madison

Megan Sallomi, Milwaukee

Sarah Sanchez, Milwaukee

Davina Tolbert, Maple Grove, Minn.

Lauren Walsh, Beloit

Joshua White, Okemos, Minn.

Brittany Wiegand, Champaign, Ill.

Autumn Wilke, Pittsville

Maria Wopat, Ontario

Eighty undergraduates received the $4,000 Wisconsin/Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowships out of a pool of 247 applicants. Grants from the Hilldale Foundation and Wisconsin state legislature provide for the awards, which in addition to the monetary prize also give undergraduates the opportunity to work in collaboration on research projects with a faculty adviser.

The fellowships are awarded on the basis of a research proposal jointly developed by the student and a faculty/instructional academic staff member. The money is expected to be used for collaborative research by the student and faculty/staff.

Recognized were:

Elizabeth Abbs, Madison

Marryam Abdl-Haleem, Muscoda

Leah Alstad, Roseville, Minn.

Benjamin Andrew, Viroqua

Amy Andrzejewski, Franklin

Sarah Bahr, LaCrosse

Lukas Bane, Appleton

Steven Banik, Madison

Hannah Barnes, New Berlin

Daniel Baum, Madison

Claire Becker, Madison

Kaytlyn Beres, Campbellsport

Brittany Bice, Lake Geneva

Forrest Bishop, Decorah, Iowa

Michael Cain, Jackson, Wyo.

James Campbell, Madison

Jason Carr, Wauwatosa

Shannon Chaplo, Janesville

Peter Culviner, Madison

Cara Dees, Hilbert

Madeleine Dungy, Waterloo, Iowa

Joseph Duratinsky, Pleasant Prairie

Elizabeth Feit, Mount Horeb

Matthew Ferguson, Duluth, Minn.

John Fink, Neenah

Kristi Freitag, Rice Lake

Sergio Gallardo, Chicago Heights Ill.

Carlos Gil del Alcazar, no hometown available

Michael Goldstein, Janesville

Anne Gottwald, Duluth, Minn.

Adam Hahn, Ripon

Samantha Harris, Davie, Fla.

Michael Hiley, Windom, Minn.

Wee Teck William Ho, Singapore

Shao-Pu Hsu, Madison

Dexter Jin, Fitchburg

Megan Keuler, Green Bay

Kristin Kopish, Madison

Caitlin Kuck, Shawano

Alex Lang, Prairie du Sac

Angwei Law, Singapore

Yin Jin Lee, Singapore

James Lehman, Neshkoro

Josephine Lembong, Jakarta, Indonesia

Linda Lyon, Baltimore, Md.

Elizabeth Malone, Madison

Alyce Marsh, Seymour

Jessica Masterman, Minneapolis

Marissa Mastrangeli, Pewaukee

Jeanne McCormack, Baldwin

Anna Mielke, Inver Grove Heights, Minn.

Brian Mogen, River Falls

Holly Morton, Brainerd, Minn.

Songdet Nillasithanukroh, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Michael O’Halleran, Massapequa Park, N.Y.

Michael Olmsted, Kohler

Katherine Pankratz, Appleton

Roshni Patel, Beloit

Lara Peschke, Plymouth

Rista Plate, Roscoe, Ill.

Nicole Powers, Madison

Ruichen Qian, Cedarburg

Emily Robin, Buffalo Grove, Ill.

Rebecca Rozek, Saukville

Sneha Shrestha, Madison

Timothy Sita, Kildeer, Ill.

Rachel Smith, Tampa, Fla.

Daryl Staveness, Rio

David Sterken, Middleton

Rebecca Sweeney, Milwaukee

Elizabeth Thomas, Evanston, Ill.

Alex Thompson, Waukesha

Sonya Troller-Renfree, Downing

Stephanie Van Hecke, Hales Corners

Samuel Weinberg, Highland Park, Ill.

Deena Weiss, Kenosha

Joshua White, Okemos, Mich.

Paul Winograd, Glencoe, Ill.

Allison Wojnar, Milwaukee

Tan (Lucy) Xu , Glendale

Elisa Yoritomi , Schaumburg, Ill.

Drawn out of the same pool as the Wisconsin/Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowships, four UW–Madison students were awarded the Carleton and Mary Beth Holstrom Environmental Scholarship.

A grant from Carleton and Mary Beth Holstrom of Pipersville, Pa., provides for awards of $4,000 each to undergraduate students and $1,000 to their faculty/staff advisers to work in collaboration on research projects relating to the environment.

The following students received the scholarship: Gabrielle Hinahara, Middleton; Amy Kolpin, River Falls; Evan Peissig, Menomonie; and Nathan Schmidt, Cottage Grove.