STUDENT RECOGNITIONS
The Medallion for Academic Excellence Awards
The Medallion for Academic Excellence is an annual award given to recognize the accomplishments of select graduates. Department Chairs and faculty consider criteria including cumulative grade point average, excellence in research, academic creativity and demonstrated commitment to the values of a liberal arts education. Academic departments have named their medallion for a luminary from the past, or after someone who has deeply affected the discipline or for an outstanding person who helped to shape the course of study at Villanova University.
The Damas-Senghor-Césaire Award; Africana Studies
The Abd Al-Qadir Al-Jazairi Medallion; Arab and Islamic Studies
The Howardena Pindell Award; Art History
The Edward F. Jenkins, OSA, Award; Founder of Villanova’s Astronomy Department; Astrophysics and Planetary Science
The Rosalind Franklin Award; Noted DNA Crystallographer; Biochemistry
The John M. Mcclain Award; Outstanding Educator and Administrator in Biology; Biology
The G.N. Quam Award; Professor and Innovator in Safety Research in Chemistry; Chemistry
The Howard A. Grelis, OSA, Award; Outstanding Educator and Classical Scholar; Classical Studies
The Medallion of Excellence Award In Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience; Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience
The Edward R. Murrow Award; Distinguished Broadcast Journalist; Communication
The James J. Markham Award; Founder of the Comprehensive Science Program; Comprehensive Science
The Robert E. Beck Medallion; Respected Professor and Founding Chair; Computing Sciences
The Edwin Sutherland Award; Father of Modern Criminology; Criminology
The John Maynard Keynes Award; Founder of Modern Macro-Economic Theory; Economics
The Joseph A. Burns, OSA, Award; Beloved Professor; Education
The Edward Mcgrath Award; Esteemed Professor in Literature; English
The Rachel Carson Award; Founder of the Contemporary Environmental Movement; Environmental Science
The Robert Bullard Medallion for Environmental Studies; Environmental Science
The Rev. Joseph J. Gildea, OSA, Award; Eminent Scholar in Medieval French; French and Francophone Studies
The Alexander Von Humboldt Award; Early Geographer and Scientist; Geography
The Cosmas Award; Cosmas Indicopluestes—“Cosmas the Indian Ocean Traveler”—A Sixth-Century Egyptian Monk; Global Interdisciplinary Studies
The Christopher Dawson Award; Renowned Historian of Religion and Culture; History
The Karol Wojtyla Award; Priest, Pope, Poet and Defender of Human Dignity; Humanities
The James Murphy Medallion; Irish Studies
The Dante Alighieri Award; Poet, Mystic, and Philosopher; Italian
The Berta Cáceres Award; Latin American Studies
The Emil Amelotti Award; Founder of Villanova’s Mathematics Department, Mathematics
The Gustavo Gutiérrez, Op Award; Peace and Justice Education
The Robert Russell, OSA, Award; Philosophy
The William Driscoll Award; Founder of Villanova’s Physics Department; Physics
The Fritz Nova Award; Respected Professor of Political Science; Political Science
The Bernard L. Bonniwell Award; Innovative Educator and First Chair of the Department; Psychology
Medallion of Academic Excellence in Public Administration; Public Administration
The Alexander Pushkin Award; Russian Studies
The John E. Hughes Award; Founder of Villanova’s Sociology Department; Sociology
The Teresa Of Avila Award; Saint, Mystic Poet, Carmelite Nun, and Doctor of the Church; Spanish
The David Blackwell Award; Statistics
Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society
Phi Beta Kappa (ΦBK) is a National Honors Fraternity for Colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences. It was founded at the College of William and Mary in 1776. Since that time, its rigorous and comprehensive standards have made election to it a premier sign of excellence. The Sigma of Pennsylvania Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa was created at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Villanova in April 1986.
The Phi Beta Kappa standards reflect the highest ideals of liberal education at Villanova—education that is concerned with values and facts, as well as wisdom and knowledge; education that seeks freedom from ignorance, alienation, and inhumanity; that values intellectual integrity and tolerance over expediency, and breadth of scholarly achievement over specialized expertise. Juniors and seniors who are candidates for a degree in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, whose academic achievements reflect the goals of Phi Beta Kappa, and who meet specific criteria shall be eligible for consideration for election to Phi Beta Kappa.
Julie Abdelsayed Roblero ’26 CLAS
Rita Abou Jawde ’26 CLAS
Brooke Ackerman ’26 CLAS
Riley Adams ’26 CLAS
Alexander Albrecht ’26 CLAS
Grace Aroneo ’26 CLAS
Margaux Barrett ’26 CLAS
Emily Beatty ’26 CLAS
Eliott Boettcher ’27 CLAS
Aly Booth ’26 CLAS
Thomas Bork ’27 CLAS
Elizabeth Brown ’26 CLAS
Bianca Brucker ’26 CLAS
Josie Calareso ’26 CLAS
Emma Coakley ’26 CLAS
Gavin Crozier ’26 CLAS
Annie Curtis ’26 CLAS
Dom Dallape ’26 CLAS
Amelie Devine ’26 CLAS
Hope DiGiovanni ’26 CLAS
Aedan Disanto ’26 CLAS
Sarah Doherty ’26 CLAS
Sophia Eichhorn ’26 CLAS
Trinity Franklin ’26 CLAS
Christopher Galgano ’26 CLAS
Zoe Garrett ’26 CLAS
Kaitlin Gibson ’26 CLAS
Isabella Gill ’26 CLAS
Gigi Giuliano ’26 CLAS
Francisco Grether ’26 CLAS
Madison Harth ’26 CLAS
Carina Hosford ’26 CLAS
Avery Imp ’27 CLAS
Vincenza Julian ’26 CLAS
Keara Kirberger ’26 CLAS
Jessica Kotlarek ’26 CLAS
Grant Kuppinger ’26 CLAS
Joshua Kwon ’26 CLAS
Emma Lane ’26 CLAS
Katie Lewis ’26 CLAS
Emmaline Lombardo ’26 CLAS
Zoe Magee ’26 CLAS
Nell Malette ’26 CLAS
Josh Mazurkiewicz ’26 CLAS
Kara McGoldrick ’26 CLAS
Michael Micceri ’26 CLAS
Matthew Micho ’26 CLAS
Chad Moccio ’26 CLAS
Cara Murdock ’26 CLAS
Madeline Nesbit ’26 CLAS
Roger Nguyen ’27 CLAS
Laura Norwood ’26 CLAS
Katie O’Neill ’26 CLAS
Lorna Petrizzo ’27 CLAS
Kristi Pham ’26 CLAS
Nicholas Ricardo ’26 CLAS
Aidan Rickwa ’26 CLAS
Sarah Robillard ’26 CLAS
Luis Salgado ’26 CLAS
Annabelle Santucci ’26 CLAS
Meghan Scott ’26 CLAS
Savie Seebald ’26 CLAS
Ethan Silva ’26 CLAS
Sandi Smoger ’26 CLAS
Abbigail Snyder ’26 CLAS
Ashton Szymanski ’27 CLAS
Danielle Talbot ’26 CLAS
Emma Thomas ’26 CLAS
Nicholas Tozzi ’26 CLAS
Stephanie Tozzi ’26 CLAS
Helena Warchol ’26 CLAS
Sophia Wiley ’26 CLAS
Luciana Wolcott ’26 CLAS
Aysa Yadlowsky ’26 CLAS