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UNDERGRADUATE HONORS, AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Psychology's graduating seniors have received many forms of distinctive recognition that indicate that they are among the best at UC Davis. Below is a record of some of the major honors, awards, and achievements that our students have received in recent years.

University Medal

 

This gold medal is the highest university award given to a student completing his or her undergraduate work at the University of California. This is awarded to the single most outstanding graduating senior on each campus in recognition of scholastic excellence as well as superior achievement in all areas of university life. The medal is bestowed during the commencement ceremonies.

2002
Jacqueline Teague
2000
Marissa Galvin

 
Chancellor's Award/Dean Keith Simonton Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Research

This award and prize recognizes students who have distinguished themselves through their excellence in and contribution to undergraduate research. Recipients of the award receive an inscribed plaque and a cash prize during the commencement ceremonies. Although students from all undergraduate colleges are eligible for this honor, usually it is bestowed on only one student each year. Beginning in 2004 the finalists have also been honored in a special ceremony.

2006
Peter Samuel, James Loomis (Finalist)
2004
Regan Clark (Finalist)
1999
Diana Portnoy

 
Carl L. Garrison Scholar

Recipients of this award have distinguished themselves as leaders on campus while at the same time maintaining impressive academic records. The Cal Aggie Alumni Association (CAAA) awards the Garrison scholarship to a graduating senior who received CAAA leadership scholarships when they entered UC Davis and who have since made considerable contributions to the campus or community.

2003
Jackie Curran

 

Mary Jeanne Gilhooly Award

 

This award honors the most outstanding graduating woman. It was established in 1942 as a memorial to a student considered to be the "unofficial goodwill ambassador to every prospective Aggie." Her death in an automobile accident prompted the recognition of a woman in each graduating class believed to be the most outstanding in the areas of leadership, scholarship, integrity, and service. The award is bestowed at the recipients commencement ceremony. The following psychology major has received this high honor:

2005
Jennifer L. Owens

 

Veloyce Glenn Winslow, Jr. Award

 

This award honors the graduating man believed to be the most outstanding in the areas of leadership, scholarship, integrity, and service in the campus community. This award was established in 1966 to memorialize the achievements of Veloyce Glenn Winslow, Jr., who died tragically while serving as vice president of the student body at UC Davis. The award is bestowed at the recipient's commencement ceremony. The following psychology major has received this high honor:

2008
   Matthew Engle

 

Susan F. Regan Prize 

 

This award is presented to one or more outstanding senior women who have an overall GPA of 3.75 and above, demonstrated loyalty and unselfish service to the university, and have shown the ability and desire to continue in shaping and maintaining the highest ideals.

2005
Jennifer L. Owens

 

Chancellor's Award of Merit

 

This award was established to recognize finalists in the Mary Jeanne Gilhooly and Veloyce Glenn Winslow Jr. awards process. Finalists are honored at a special student recognition ceremony with a commemorative gift. The following psychology major has received the Chancellor's Award of Merit:

2005
Jenna M. Khoury
2002
Vita Cooper

 

UC Davis Community Service Award

 

Bestowed by the Human Corps office, this award honors those volunteers who have worked hard to serve their school, community, or world at large. 

2005
Renata Pleshchuk

 

Departmental Citations

 

Administered by the Chancellor's Undergraduate Scholarship Office, this award is reserved for graduating seniors of true distinction. In particular, citation recipients must satisfy the following two requirements. First, the students should maintain a grade point average of at least 3.6 in courses given by the department or major program. Second, the students should display a notable involvement in research and/or service activities within the department. The following majors have been recent recipients of this honor:

2009
Carolyn Chu, Nathaniel Delaney-Busch, Shi Feng, Chloe Green, Sandra Hanesana, Stevie Jeung, Courtney Millhoff, Yasamin Parsafar
2008
JohnChristopher Aragon, Jonathan Helm, Lica Iwaki, Craig Keller, Jennie Lambert, Janeth Nunez del Prado,
Rachael Plotkin, Kristyn Sanders, Jonathan Venezia, Alana Washington
2007
Leona Dondi, Darya Kiper, Maria Martinez, Bryan Matlen, Bayard Nielsen, Monica Parkins, Laura Rossmassler, Nicole Spotswood, Margarita Beransky
2006
Deborah Caruso, Nicole Nelson, Michael Sintetos, Peter Samuel, Timea Farkas, Preston Thomas, Ryan Fussell, Lara Polse
2005
Deborah Alley, Nina Del Rosario, Chris Fagundes, Laura Ghannadan, Michelle Nelson,Michael Souza
2004
Viola Allo Allo, Katarina Bloomquist, Regan Clark, Greg Furtado, Ryan Hurley, Krystle Salvador, Jeannette Wilson
2003
William Chung, Jacqueline Curran, Sopanga Eap, Sepideh Gholami, Emily Gromis, Christopher Moore, Megan Moore, Meagan O'Malley, William Sherwin
2002
Vita Cooper, Adam Elliott, Amber Guaraglia, Stacey Humphress, Weiling Liu, Mariquita Lopez, Tam Phan, Paul Saito, Emmanuel Salazar, Jacqueline Teague
2001
Trevor Chen, Jennifer Day, Talia Kirschner, Michael Marks, Shelly Strom, Shelley Wheeler
2000
Arturo Baiocchi, Norman Brule, Jennifer Chong, Deena Day, Laura Del Rosso, Marissa Galvin, Sherry Muterspaugh, Amber Steele, Chor-Yi Wong
1999
Rosa DiLorenzo Doer, Kelley Elkins, Edgar Gray, Steven Kinsey, Brian Klassen, Joshua Lopez, David Mayer, David Menzer, Diana Portnoy
1998
Hamraz Behniea, Ann Camuti, Roy Cevallos, Steve Chang, Monica Greene, Anna Holen, Jeffrey Maxwell, Brie Moore, Jonathan Motley, Lisa Stewart

 
Honors Program of the College of Letters and Science

The Honors Program in the College of Letters and Science permits students to pursue a program of study in their major at a level significantly beyond that defined by the normal curriculum. It represents an opportunity for the qualified student to experience aspects of the major that are representative of advanced study in the field. Entrance into the honors program requires that a student have completed at least 135 units with a minimum grade point average of 3.5 in courses counted toward the major. The program consists of a research project conducted under the direct supervision of a faculty member for period of at least two quarters. Successful completion of the honors program also requires that a minimum of six units of credit be earned in course work for the project. The student graduates with the designations High or Highest Honors according to the quality of the submitted honors thesis, as assessed by the departmental faculty. The following students were recent participants in the Honors Program:

2009
Nathaniel Delaney-Busch, Shi Feng, Chloe Green, Stevie Jeung, Courtney Millhoff, Yasamin Parsafar, Anh Truong, Corey Ziemba
2008
JohnChristopher Aragon, Lica Iwaki, Joshua Campbell, Darya Kiper, Rachael Plotkin, Janeth Nunez del Prado, Kristyn Leigh Sanders, Jonathan Venezia, Alana Washington
2007
Margarita Beransky, Leona Dondi, Karie D. Fahey, Maria Elena Martinez- Garcia, Bryan J. Matlen, Bayard D. Nielsen, Monica Parkins, Nicole M. Spotswood
2006
Tyson Barker, Megan Boudewyn, Deborah Caruso, Timea Farkas, Brittany
Gentile, Camaron Ochs, Lara Rosalin Polse, Belinda Rogerson, Peter
Samuel, and Michael Sintetos
2005
Deboreh Alley, Naomi Ekas, Christopher Fagundes, Laura Ghannadan,
Ryan Hurley, Eunike Jonathan, April Kamen, Kyunghoon Calvin Kang, Michael
Lombardo, Michelle Nelson, Jennifer Owens, Michael Souza, Brian Mulholand, Brittany Gentile
2004
Katarina Bloomquist, Peter Christensen, Regan Clark, Carlos Clay, Michelle Culver, Gregory Furtado, Michael Newmann, Anna Povzner, Christina Robinson, Jeannette Wilson
2003
William Chung, Emily Gromis, Angelina Martinez, W. Windy McNerney, Megan Moore, Will Sherwin, and Teresa Yeh
2002
Adam Elliott, Arnold Ho, Mariquita Lopez, Paul Saito, Emmanuel Salazar, Nicholas Scott, Jacqueline Teague
2001
Michael Marks, Jennifer Kibbe Day, Olivia M. Little, Talia M. Kirshner, Saralyn Ruff, Shelly R. Stom
2000
Jennifer Lyne Chong, Marissa K. Galvin, Heather March, Sherry Ann Muterspaugh, David A. Rocha, Chor-Yi Wong
1999
Steven G. Kinsey, Brian J. Klassen, Joshua David Lopez, Rosa Di Lorenzo, Diana Portnoy, Julie A. Schuttinger, Swati Shende
1998
Hamraz Behniea, Steve Chang, Mary Jane Lowrey, Anna B. Holden, Elissa Anne Hull, Lisa Marie Johnson, Dana Matalon, Jonathan C. Motley, Victoria Khanh Ngo

 
Phi Beta Kappa

The Phi Beta Kappa Society is the oldest and most prestigious national academic honorary society in the United States. The Society was founded in 1776 at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia; the UC Davis chapter, designated Kappa of California, was chartered in 1968. Kappa Chapter recognizes by election students who have compiled outstanding academic records in a curriculum including the humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. Phi Beta Kappa recipients among recent psychology majors include the following:

2009
Tara A. Miskovitch, Julia Ann Asperger, Carla Casteneda, Tiffany Fin Fong, Ariel Sarah Greenwald, Stevie M. Jeung, David Randall Jones, Meryl Jaye Kanofsky, Shelly Kwong, Anita Lo, Michael James Monsour, Marja Gretchen Morgan, Amanda Nicole Phares, Monique Jane Rose, Anh Van Truong, Shanna Elizabeth Wagnor, Tseng Mei Yip
2008
Daniel Badoud Bracco, Ashley Dianne Bruzas, Reina Maria Chavarria, Karen Chen, Stephen Cheung, Kristen Sharon Chui, Theresa Elizabeth Garcia, Hilary Ann Gibson, Jessica Aurora Guzman, Brittany Lauren Hernandez, Jessica Jane Hu, Shayla Justine Hulgan, Lica Iwaki, Michelle Heather Jones, Saman N. Khan, Samantha Nicole Kring, Victor R. Laluz, Siera Lani Levenson, Courtney Leigh Millhoff, Rachel Mirsky, Manisha Hasmukh Patel, Duyen T. Pham, Amutha Valli Rajagopal, Diana Selmeczy, Megan Irene Sibert, Breanna Kathareen Snow, Jennifer Ann Temple, Jessica Ann Torres, Jay-Jay Caligner Whaley
 
2007
JohnChristopher Albert Aragon, Justin L. Breck, Karie D. Fahey, Natalie Bette Goldberg, Jenna Marie Halverson, Jonathan Lee Helm, Lynn C. Hsieh, Brandi Nicole Hurley, Lauren Elisabeth Jenkins, Darya Alexandria Kiper, Jessica Marie Klenow, Madelyn Jeanne Knaster, Shelly Kwong, Francesca Margaret L. Lewis-Hatheway, Bryan J. Matlen, Jennifer Jean McHugh, Amanda Rose Medina, Amber Rose Miller, Amanda Lynn Petersen, Rosa Maria Poggesi, Diane Kathleen Russell, Darah Kathleen Steinberger, Llael V. Valle, Vanesa Louise Williamson, Kathryn L. Winsor, Megan Allison Wong, Hui Jing Nina Wu, Iris Kyoko Yasukawa, Ivan Yin Mok
2006
Robert James Armstrong, Cassidy Ambyr Busch, Alexandra Chesnokova, Lina
Chhun, Colby Elizabeth Chlebowski, Rachel Anne Cushing, Tatiana Marie
Diakoff, Kali Jaclyn Goetz, Justin Alexander Greco, Ariel Catherine
Guggenheim, Katianne Marie Howard, Amy Michelle Hylton, David Randall
Jones, Christina Maria Krueger, Anna Alicia Lasalle, Candice Young-Yin
Lee, Sandra Lieu, Thomas James Lloyd, Elizabeth Grace Louie, Katherine
Lynn Maxey, Bayard Douglas Nielsen, Mary Ninh, Ashley Anne Paterson, Lara
Rosalin Polse, Lanjun Wang, Dominique Lee Windberg, Iris Kyoko Yasukawa
2005
Maisson Hilwa Ayish, Mariam Baig, Deborah Ann Caruso, Rachel Wilhelmina Commons, Julia Louise Diebolt, Erin K. Grant, Irma Hodzic, Eunike Jonathan, Kyunghoon Calvin Kang, Jean Yuyin Liang, Sarah Jacqueline McEachern, Amber Jean Mitchell, Margan Elizabeth Mulvihill, Christopher Lucas Murphy, Anna Perrin Ozdemir, Karen Jenelle Pyles, Peter Aiad Samuel, Ruth Sarah Sherriffs, Michael James Sintetos, Elizabeth Grace Ter Haar, Jessica Ann True, Lydia Alexandra Werner, Marisa Elise Woods, Stacey Ann Zlotnick
2004
Trevor Maxwell Ahrendt, Maria Teresa Arieta, Kristy Lauralyn Bourret, Jessica Ann Buckley, Peter Anton Christensen, Regan Clark, Carlos J. Clay, Tracy Lynn Cortichiato, Casey Lee De Cino, Jesse Overton Erwin, Greg Anthony Furtado, Jeffery Thomas Fowler, Laura Racheal Ghannadan, Adrianna Marie Herrera, Adam Lev Hoffman, Evan Elizabeth McMillan, Kelly L. Montague, Megan Moore, Claire Lorene Norris, Jennifer Lynn Owens, Kelly Danielle Proper, Devin Lee Rifkin, Jenna Marie Russo, Erik Richard Sparks, Michael Dean Sterken, Michelle Renee Thomas, Cindy Tong, Teresa Ling Yeh
2003
Karla Sophia Benzl, Katarina Neukam Bloomquist, Yungching Chung, Trisha R. Courson, Jacquelin Marie Curran, Sopagna Eap, Jeffrey Thomas Fowler, Sepideh Gholami, Alicia Nicole Gilbreath, Eleanor Rosanna Haber, Terra Hobbs, Teresa Nicole Jones, Kristine Ann Kopp, Alicia Diane Morris, Tessa Marie Nichols, Emily Beth Olson, Sueno Nicole Safley, Krystle Ann Salvador, Heidi E. Schwarck, Terra Nickelle Smithers
2002
Sarah Elaine Breyer, Serena Carmen Chan, Danielle Karen Delong, Anna Lucy Elsdon, Lisa Nicole Gorden, Katie Anne Kristensen, Matthew Jonathan Lee, Alva Ling-Sheung Leung, Magdalene Prabha Peter, Laura Michelle Rubin, Kristin Noelle Schneider, Cheryl Eileen Simon, Siri Anne Smith, Jessica Elizabeth Toscano
2001
Darlene Sinwai Chen, Jennifer Kibbe Day, Judy Sijin Eng, Marissa Katharine Galvin, Carly Anne Gross, Christopher Harrison Jenkins, Talia Mikhal Kirschner, Yiling Lee, Gregory Arthur Novotny, Deborah Patterson Ruhe, Anne E. Willoughby
2000
Kristen Bethany Brooks, Sandy Young-Eun Cha, Lucinda Peggy Chew, Christina Bettietta Chin, Jennifer Lyne Chong, Kelly Elizabeth Donohoe, Stacey Lynn Dran, Amber Lenore Foster, Sarah Gessler, Maayan Stephanie Greene, Zachary Benjamin Holt, Shabia Alimohamed Janmohamed, Asa Patrick Niland, Meredith R. Russell, Rinda Sandukovsky, Geneva Halpin Schauffler, Julianne M. Weinzimmer, Jeanne Therese Williams, Lynda Masako Yoshikawa


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