The following is a list of recipients of awards and prizes presented at Commencement 2012 to deserving Extension School graduates and dedicated faculty members.

To read an explanation of each award, thesis titles and thesis director comments (where applicable), and additional information, see the extended award and prize winner list.

Annamae and Allan R. Crite Prize

Winners:

• Jennifer Ramsey Wagoner, ALB in Extension Studies, cum laude
• Rachel Youdelman, ALM in Extension Studies, Visual Arts

Carmen S. Bonanno Excellence in Foreign Language Teaching Award

Winner:

• Mariana San Martin, Spanish Language and Literature

Commencement Speaker Prize

Winners:

• Jonathan Cogswell Lane, ALB in Extension Studies, cum laude
• Major John Griffin, ALM in Extension Studies, Middle Eastern Studies
• Peter Liang-Jun Chen, ALM in Extension Studies, Management

Derek Bok Public Service Prize

Winner:

• Nidal Al-Azraq, ALB in Extension Studies, cum laude

Dean’s Prize for Outstanding ALM Capstone Project

Winner:

• Emily J. Briley, Sustainability and Environmental Management

Dean’s Prize for Outstanding ALM Thesis

Winners:

• Rachel Beth Sayet, Behavioral Sciences
• Jonathan Ryan Beach, Biological Sciences
• Curtis Damian Desilets, Biotechnology
• Emily Ann Grandstaff-Rice, Educational Technologies
• Daniel Charles DeFraia, Humanities
• Eric James Gieseke, Information Technology (tie)
• Catherine Ann Musinsky, Information Technology (tie)
• Kasey Shea Pipes, Journalism (tie)
• Ana Maria Isabel Gonzalez Velasco, Journalism (tie)
• Willard Garth Boericke, Mathematics for Teaching
• Lawrence Scott Motz, Museum Studies
• Andor Cakanj, Social Sciences
• Vincent Arthur Spagnuolo, Sustainability and Environmental Management

The Harold V. Langlois Outstanding Scholar Award

Winner:

• Linden Kathleen Mcentire, ALM in Extension Studies, Management

James E. Conway Excellence in Teaching Writing Award

Winner:

• Geraldine Grimm, Expository Writing

The Joanne Fussa Distinguished Teaching Award

Winner:

• John L. Teopaco, Marketing Management

Judith Wood Memorial Prize

Winners:

• Josef John Daniel Gazzola, ALM in Extension Studies, Middle Eastern Studies
• Rachel Beth Sayet, ALM in Extension Studies, Behavioral Sciences

The Katie Y.F. Yang Prize

Winner:

• Aisling Teresa Veale, ALM in Extension Studies, Management

The Klein Family History Prize

Winner:

• Gregory J. Loan, ALM in Extension Studies, History

Petra T. Shattuck Excellence in Teaching Award

Winners:

• Pamela Murray, Drama
• Thomas M. Nichols, Government
• Zoya Kinstler, Information Systems Management

Reginald H. Phelps Prize

First Prize:

• Kathryn Louise Lowry Bryant, ALB in Extension Studies, cum laude

Second Prize:

• Ian Michael Saunders, ALB in Extension Studies, cum laude

Third Prize (tie):

• Jacob Louis Hoover, ALB in Extension Studies, cum laude
• Ignacio Mauricio Riesco, ALB in Extension Studies, cum laude

Santo J. Aurelio Prize

Winner:

• Monica Anne Debbi, ALB in Extension Studies, cum laude

Thomas Small Prize

First Prize:

• Rachel Youdelman, ALM in Extension Studies, Visual Arts