Governor Pawlenty Gives Opening Convocation Speech
To celebrate the beginning of the new academic year, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty addressed a standing room-only crowd at opening convocation at the College’s Skinner Memorial Chapel.
Carleton began its 130th year with the start of classes and traditional opening convocation on Monday, Sept. 15. To celebrate the beginning of the new academic year, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty addressed a standing room-only crowd at the College’s Skinner Memorial Chapel.
As part of the celebration, students were recognized for various academic honors from the previous year. These students are listed below.
Dean’s list
In recognition of academic excellence, the list is drawn from the top ten percent of students in each class.
Class of 2004
Mary Ellen Acree
Alina Nicoleta Badus
Monique Mariana Balgobin
Kristin Diane Bergmann
Violet Rose Blosser
Nicholas Boekelheide
Emily Eastgate Brink
Abra Gail Brisbin
Hannah Boone Callaway
Nicole Tara Catchpole
Yam Ki Chan
Carrie Grace Cox
Taylor Allen Curtis
Josephine Ann Czechowicz
Elizabeth Aileen Dietrich
Joseph William Durham
Ruth Elaine Erickson
Laura Ann Fletcher
Fukuko Goto
Andrea Sue Grunst
Melissa Lin Grunst
William John Heerman
Matthew Jack Jabaily
Hale Louise Jacob
Emily Elizabeth Johnston
Katharine O M Kubler
Eric Bryant Lantz
Adam Alexander Libson
Ezra Henry Lyon
Emily Flaschner Meyer
Jonathan Michael Munetz
David Harris Ohls
Elise Marie Pallais
Molly Martha Ann Patterson
Jessica Bickford Rosenblatt
Brody Steven Sandel
Michael Augustine Schorsch
Jeffrey Myer Severson
Forrest Joyce Sondahl
Kathryn Louise Spotts
Jonathan Ken Takahashi
Christopher Brennan Taylor
Alison Dawn Traffanstedt
Julie Beth Wahlstrand
Class of 2005
Cassandra Rae Bermel
Elizabeth Dorothy Bukey
Anastasia Sands Busiek
Michael O’Connor Church
Caitlin Chandlee Coomes
Caitlin Marisa Dahl
Emma Jean Davenport
David James Derksen
Laura Catherine Efron
Nathanael Rodney Fillmore
Geoffrey David Findlay
John Martin Floberg
Elizabeth Regan Gilbertson
Michael Andrew Gonzales
Elliott Tiuntanoo Hoel
Jared Andrew Hove
Seth Marcus Hyatt
Callen Hyland
Micah Olaf Johnson
Kevin Louis Kalinowski
Emily Rebecca Kass
Andrew Charles Knoll
Anna Kane Langer
Alison Rose Lewis
Anna Elizabeth Maier
Arun Reddy Mannem
Devon John McCurdy
Alanna Katya McLeod
Benjamin Keown Milgrom
Nicole Jeanelle Montgomery
Sinda Brinker Nichols
Philip Daniel O’Hara
Joseph Shannon Osmundson
Zhuan Pei
Rashika Miranjani Perera
Soren Joseph Peterson
Maia LaFarge Pinsky
Keith Michael Purrington
William Leland Reckner
William Blake Richter
Ellen Kadrmas Schaal
Dean Byron Shaffer
Sanjiv Shrestha
Christian Cotter Skjong
Courtney Marie Speigner
William Edward Stutz
Nicholas Lee Swanson-Hysell
Nina Tomova Tchouparova
Meghan Elizabeth Thurlow
Johanna Ackerman Van Deun
Jake McCormack Weston
Kyle William Willett
Siew Hui Wong
Class of 2006
Alice Serekoubea Agyiri
Rika Elizabeth Anderson
Michael James Austin
Andrew Goodspeed Biliter
Dilangani Eranthi Boralessa
Adipong Brickshawana
Stephanie Patricia Contag
Taylor Sebastian Coughlan
Jorina Kay Erick
Patricia Jane Glab
Leslie Anne Goemaat
Grace Goh
Laura Ann Grant
Benjamin Robert Hahn
Sarah Lindsay Hersh
Stephen Alexander Jahn
Dominique Caulfield Johnson
Jayme Michelle Johnson
David Jeffrey Kamin
Bryan Hyun Kim
Scott Raymond Konzem
Annaka Marie Larson
Carmen Gayle LeClair
Kathleen Mulvihill McKenna
Ethan Pullman Mooar
Nozomi Naoi
Tyler William Odean
Alexandra Mary O’Neill
David John Peloquin
Eleanor Chassin Presson
Ashley Erica Rall
John Earl Rent
Claire Elissa Richardson
Anna Macklin Ritz
Erika Joy Shadduck
Ann Elizabeth Shargo
Reid Monroe Sheridan
Hannah Katherine Simpson
Robert Michael Stern
Jens Turner Stevens
Jonathan Adam Sulman
Roderick Mackenzie Theobald
Carson Adams Thomas
Jacob Wayne Titus
Lee Chauncey Tucker
Rachel Ida Vallens
Sarah Jane Vigeland
Morgan A Weiland
Margaret Larsen Youmans
Andrew Joseph Young
Xiuyuan Yu
THE 2003 ANDREW W. MELLON FELLOWSHIP IN HUMANISTIC STUDIES encourages college graduates of outstanding promise to pursue doctoral study in the humanities. These fellowships support the first year of study in a Ph.D. program at any U.S. or Canadian graduate school.
Elizabeth Elmslie Treat ’03
THE CLASS OF 1966 DIVERSITY OF ACHIEVEMENT AWARD is given to the Carleton students who have made a unique or distinctive contribution to the College or the community. The recipients have demonstrated excellence in their own way in diverse areas such as the arts, community service, student government, academic research, or other areas of contribution.
Danielle Bart ’04
Yam Ki Chan ’04
THE KEATS SHELLEY PRIZE 2003 (second prize) is awarded by the Keats-Shelley Memorial Association for the best essays on any aspect of Keats’s or Shelley’s work or life. Rarely awarded to undergraduates, preference is given to entries showing originality of thought and written in a clear and accessible style.
Mark D. Olshansky ’04
THE MORTAR BOARD PRIZE, established by its members, is awarded each year for the purchase of books to a member or members of the previous first-year class who has achieved a distinguished grade point average.
Stephanie P. Contag ’06
Robert M. Stern ’06
THE NOYES PRIZES were founded in 1908 by Daniel R. Noyes of Saint Paul. Distinguished scholars are selected from a list of eligible members of the senior class, based on grade point average and/or nomination of the faculty.
Abra G. Brisbin ’04
Taylor A. Curtis ’04
Forrest J. Sondahl ’04
PHI BETA KAPPA PRIZES are offered annually by the Carleton Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa; one to a sophomore, the other to a junior, each of whom in the previous year held the highest class ranking in scholarship among the members of his or her respective class.
Second-Year Student Prize
Geoffrey D. Findlay ’05
First-Year Student Prize
Reid M. Sheridan ’06
Leslie A. Goemaat ’06
THE REEVE PRIZE was established in 1881 in memory of Miss Minnie A. Reeve of Minneapolis. A distinguished scholar is selected from a list of eligible members of the senior class, based on grade point average and/or nomination of the faculty.
Carrie G. Cox ’04
THE FRANK E. STINCHFIELD PRIZE, established in 2000 by the Margaret and Frank Stinchfield Foundation, is awarded in the fall to an academically outstanding member of the senior class.
Alina N. Badus ’04
WRITING PORTFOLIO RECOGNITION The following members of the Class of 2005 submitted portfolios that were judged exemplary.
Benjamin J. Anderson
Brittany S. Bakken
Aaron D. Ban
Emily M. Banks
Elizabeth D. Bukey
Anastasia S. Busiek
Michael O. Church
Catherine M. Courcy
Kathleen L. Cunningham
Emma J. Davenport
Derek D. Deren
Jasmit K. Dhaliwal
Benjamin Y. Faroe
Kendal Farrar
Nathanael R. Fillmore
Geoffrey D. Findlay
Alexis L. Gelperin
Eleni Giannakopoulos
Karen J. Gibbins
Madeline C. Gorman
J. Maxwell W. Greene
Anne V. Gresham
Adam J. Hoel
Graham Hough-Cornwell
Seth M. Hyatt
Karl A. Isensee
Kevin L. Kalinowski
Nicholas R. Kasparek
Andrew C. Knoll
Matthew R. Kruse
Emily M. Kuross
Danielle J. Kurtzleben
Alison R. Lewis
Nicholas B. Lienesch
Andrew A. Lovejoy
Thomas W. Lutholtz
Colleen M. Maley
Arun R. Mannem
Nora B. Martin
Kayla E. McGrady
Daniel R. Mintz
Nina Mukherji
Sinda B. Nichols
Christopher R. Peterson
Hai-Phuong
D. Phan
Andrew W. Piston
Keith M. Purrington
Kelly R. Reich
Daniel A. Roberts
Emily P. Schultz
Sanjiv Shrestha
Carolyn H. Speidel
Rebecca L. Stark
William E. Stutz
Cody J. Ward
Evelyn W. Williams
Sarah A. Wylie
Ahmad A. Yilmaz