Awardees
Recent Awardees
Outstanding Major Award
NCA Graduate Student Award
ICA Graduate Student Award
ICA Graduate Student Award
Caterpillar Scholarship
Caterpillar Scholarship
Award of Distinction
CommEd Scholarship
Caterpillar Scholarship
The 2009 Department of Communication Awards Ceremony presented 8 students with awards this spring. The awardees and their awards were as follows:
- Gordon S. Carlson, NCA Graduate Student Award (membership/subscription)
- Kyong James Cho, ICA Graduate Student Award (membership/subscription)
- Kelly Quinn, ICA Graduate Student Award (membership/subscription)
- Maria F. Hernandez, ComEd Scholarship ($2000) and Caterpillar Scholarship ($1000)
- Natalie Alvarado, Caterpillar Scholarship ($2000)
- Maricela Villagomez, Caterpillar Scholarship ($2000)
- Anastasiya Chugay, Outstanding Major Award ($300)
- Ryan Holdway, Award of Distinction (Encyclopedia of New Media: An Essential Reference to Communication and Technology, edited and signed by Professor Steve Jones)
2006 Caterpillar Scholars
« (from left to right) Melanie Ensign, Alisha Walsh, Melanie Humphrey, Natalie Radecki, Norma Fragoso.
2006 Bernard Shaw Award winner Kristine Ostil.
Everett and Florence Drumright Scholarship $1000
· Jennifer Tsang 2007
Chancellor's Student Leader Award
· Jennifer Tsang, Samnatha DeLeon and Silvia Tochkova Anguelova 2007
Colvin Communication Award
· Liz Hrebic 2007
International Communication Association (ICA) Student Teaching Award
· James Owens 2007 · Jennifer Diaz 2005
National Communication Association (NCA) Membership Award
· Korin Isolato 2007
Caterpillar Scholars
· Melanie Ensign, Alisha Walsh, Melanie Humphrey, Natalie Radecki, Norma Fragoso 2006
Outstanding Communication Major Award $300
· Amanda Parada 2005
Junior Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
· Kris Peters 2005
UIC Scholarships, Prizes, and Awards of Recognition
Liz Hrebic was named the 2007 Student Athlete for women's volleyball.
Sarah Madonna Kabbes Scholarship for Undergraduate Research - $1000
· Laura Tan 2003
Raquel M. and Alfredo Garza Memorial Scholarship - $500
· Brenda Aranda 2001-02
Olive and Alfred Kuehn Scholarship
· Kit Kats 2000 · Patricia Trompoucis 1997
PNA-Hugh Hill Scholarship - $1,250
· Gerrah Perkins & Kristie Nason 1998-99
The Bernard Shaw Prize - $10,000
· Kristine Ostil 2006 · Deborah Fadowole 2004 · Brenda Aranda 2002 · Luvvenia Hawkins 1999
External Awards
The Newberry Library Undergraduate Seminar
· Kristine Schoo 2004
Arab-American Journalism Association - $5,000 scholarship
· Samira Said 2001
NPR's Ear to the Ground Mentorship Program
· Durrell Dawson 2003-4
Scholastic Achievements
Phi Beta Kappa
· Joanna Bednarczyk & Jill Forister 2004-05 · Sarah Heidkamp & Wendy (Wilczynski) Simms 2002-03
· Lisa Gaal & Michal Machinowski 1997-98
The Golden Key Honors Society
· Melissa Ann Vasseau 2000
Phi Kappa Phi
· Sara Lynn Fleury, Alyssa Griffen, Sarah Heidkamp, Jacquelyn Orlandino, Melissa Ann Vassau 2001
Association of Internet Researchers: Best Graduate Student Paper Award
· Ericka Menchen-Trevino 2005 · Han Lee 2004 · Camille Johnson 2003
Carl Couch Award for Internet Research: Best Thesis
· Camille Johnson 2003
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