2019 Honors Convocation

| 11 | DEPARTMENT AND PROGRAM PRIZES AND OPPORTUNITY AWARDS In addition to the Academic Awards presented at Honors Convocation, academic departments and programs give prizes and academic opportunity awards for paper competitions, field and laboratory research, artistic projects, and other creative endeavors. These prizes and awards build on close faculty-student collaborative work and represent outstanding academic achievement and accomplishment. Candace Carlucci Backus ’66 First-Year Experience Prize Established by the Grayce B. Kerr Fund in honor of former Director of Alumni Affairs Candy Backus, and awarded to students who submit exceptional scholarly or artistic work from their Scribner Seminar. Graham Adams ’22 Elizabeth Druke ’22 Leanne Garten ’22 Foley Psychology Department Research Fund Endowed by Professors Hugh and Mary Ann Foley to honor Hugh’s parents, Griffin and Wanda Foley, for their belief in the value of higher education. The fund will provide support for one or more junior psychology majors who will be conducting thesis research in the senior year. Sophie Brown ’20 Samantha Hutchinson ’20 Levine Internship Awards in American Government, Politics, and Law Honoring the memory of Erwin L. Levine, Department of Government, professor of American politics and law, 1961–88. The awards are offered on a competitive basis to support students who wish to undertake political science internships in fields related to the practice of American government, politics, and/or law. Lucy Battle ’21 Gabriela Morris-Flores ’20 Tom and Jill Lewis Endowed Fund for Media and Film Studies Given by Maggie Moss-Tucker ’73 and Paul Hayes Tucker to provide support in perpetuity for the Skidmore College Media and Film Studies Program. Sanjna Selvarajan ’21