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2024-25 Scholarships and Awards
The 2024-25 Scholarship & Awards banquet was held Friday, May 2, at the Discovery Building where Chair Kevin Black presented the awards to the winners.
Chair Kevin Black begins the award presentation portion of the eveningRandall Smith, one of the distinguished alumni award winners, gives a short speech before accepting his awardTao Han, 2025 distinguished alumni award winner, gives a speech before accepting his awardMaire Lucero, the Maritza Stapanian Crabtree Scholarship winnerRuben Aguiló Schuurs, the Bernice Durand Research Scholarship winnerNathan Wagner, the Hagengruber Scholarship winnerChristopher Fan, the Jean M. and Gene M. Bernstein Scholarship winnerAlyssa Jankowski, a Thaxton FellowPeter Sellwood, the Ingersoll Prize for best coursework in Physics 247,
Spring 2024 winnerNico Chou, the Ingersoll Prize for best coursework in Physics 248, Spring 2024 winnerChristopher Pate, the Ingersoll Prize for best coursework in Physics 248, Fall 2024 winnerthe Ingersoll Prize for best coursework in Physics 249, Spring 2024 winnerLindsey Hmielewski, the Ingersoll Prize for best coursework in Physics 249, Fall 2024 winnerAnirudh Yadav, the Robertson Leach Award winnerAlicia Mand, the Gerald W. & Tui G. Hedstrom Award winnerOmar Mohamed, the Carl & Brynn Anderson Award winnerLekshmi Thulasidharan, the Elizabeth Hirschfelder Award winnerJaglul Hasan, the James Nelson Humphrey Award winnerRicardo Ximenes, the Joseph R. Dillinger Award for Teaching Excellence winnerSam Kramer, the Best TA Spring 2024 award winnerMason Kennedy, the Best TA Fall 2024 award winnerBenjamin Beyer, the TA rookie of the year award winnerVal Díaz Moreno, the Outstanding Undergraduate TA award winnerJohn Wallace, the George Ott Staff Award winnerMembers of the department and their guests gathered for the Awards Banquet on Friday, May 2, 2025.Ricardo Ximenes (left), Lekshmi Thulasidharan (second from right) and Jaglul Hasan (right) pose with a guest.(l-r) Sharon Kahn, Mason Kennedy, and Tali Oh chat at a table during the reception hourAlum Jenna Karcheski, current student Ruben Aguiló Schuurs and his guest chat at the banquet receptionA group of students and guests chat around a table during the banquet reception hourRoman Kuzmin (facing forward), Kevin Black (right) and others chat before the banquet(l-r) Chun Lin, Randall Smith and Dan McCammon after Smith accepted his alumni award(l-r) Lisa Everett, Tao Han, and Vernon Barger after Han accepted his awardChun Lin introduces Randall SmithLisa Everett announces the next Distinguished Alumni award winner, Tao Han(l-r), Jaglul Hasan, the James Nelson Humphrey Award winner, with Alex Levchenko, and Maxim VavilovMaxim Vavilov and Valeria Díaz MorenoMany of the grad student award winners and their guests (and one professor enjoying the receptionAlicia Mand and Justin VandenbrouckeSam Kramer, Peter Timbie, and Christopher PateChristopher Fan (center) and guests(l-r) Ruben Aguiló Schuurs and guest, Valeria Díaz Moreno, and Lindsey Hmielewski (l-r) M Clark and Alyssa JankowskiPeter Timbie (l) and Chun Lin chat after the awards banquetGary Shiu, Tao Han, and Daniel Chung at the 2025 Awards BanquetRicardo Ximenes, Mason Kennedy, Tao Han, and Lisa Everett at the end of the 2025 Awards BanquetTao Han (left) , Amy Barger (second from left), Vernon Barger (right) at the 2025 Awards Banquet
