Seniors Receive Sigma Xi Awards
A total of 132 Hope College seniors or recent graduates were honored with Senior Sigma Xi Awards during the college’s annual Honors Convocation, held on Thursday, April 26, in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
Sigma Xi is the Scientific Research Society. The Sigma Xi club at Hope is one of 500 clubs and chapters in North America dedicated to the encouragement, support and recognition of scientists.
The students receiving awards were:
Biology
Daniel Ackert, Grand Rapids
Sharina-Mae Bello, Milford
Meghan Broadbent, West Olive
Hilary Bultman, Hamilton
Erika Coombs, Holland
Jeffrey Corajod, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Nickolas Davros, Muskegon
Lauren Ferin, Saline
Bethany Fox, Ada
Erin Hildebrandt, Libertyville, Ill.
Scott Howard, Grand Rapids
Erica Jansen, Auburn, Ind.
Rachel Jantz, Sparta
Megan Johnson, Saline
Jessica Kozack, Carol Stream, Ill.
Nicole Kubinec, Chesterfield
Jennifer LaRoche, Hudsonville
Courtney Long, Canton
Christopher Mattson, Muskegon
Dan Meyer, Naperville, Ill.
Kelsey Moore, Okemos
Regina O’Brien, Saline
Michael Parrish, Midland
Caitlin Peirce, Portage
Lauren Reif, Midland
Meredith Rice, Laingsburg
Kalli Shades, Cannon Falls, Minn.
Sioned Sitkiewicz, Downers Grove, Ill.
Ingrid Slette, Holland
Alyssa Stevenson, Brighton
Anna Strong, Grand Rapids
Jeffrey Sweers, Jenison
Reid Tornquist, Saline
Chemistry
Sharina-Mae Bello, Milford
Kyle Brubaker, Alto
James Dratz, Muskegon
Elly Earlywine, Richmond, Ind.
Anne Georges, Ramsey, Minn.
Kyle Gibson, Alma
Christine Gobrogge, Frankenmuth
Matthew Gregory, Saint Joseph
David Grossens, Hudsonville
Joe Habbouche, Troy
Matthew Hartwell, Brighton
Benjamin Hicks, Marshall
Xisen Hou, Holland
Scott Howard, Grand Rapids
Sung Il Hwang, Seoul, South Korea
Kevin Klunder, Grandville
Bruce Kraay, Zeeland
Kevin Krueger, Traverse City
Bryan Kunkler, Ada
Kathryn Lindberg, Hampshire, Ill.
John Lutz, Canton
Adam Maley, Lockport, Ill.
Andrea McCarty, Denver, Colo.
Kyle McKey, Stevensville
Elizabeth Miller, Lake Saint Louis, Mo.
Timothy Nagi, Freeport
David Nowicki, Littleton, Colo.
Regina O’Brien, Saline
Grace Osborne, Moline, Ill.
Chad Parkes, Ada
Luke Peterson, Muskegon
Alexander Porte, Mattawan
Nicholas Powers, Niles
Collin Rathbun, Ada
Lydia Rau, Grand Rapids
Mia Savagian, Bloomfield Hills
Dale Schipper, Grandville
Jessica Simmons, Chanhassen, Minn.
Robert Sjoholm, Burnsville, Minn.
Heather Stiff, Galeno, Ohio
Jeffrey Stusick, Stevensville
Jeffrey Sweers, Jenison
Marco Tori, Pinckney
Emily Van Wieren, Grand Ledge
Nicholas Wozniak, Hartland
Angelica Willis, Lansing
Lauren Zandstra, Flushing
Joshua Zoerhof, Holland
Engineering
Christian Calyore, Naples, Fla.
Elena Caruthers, Des Plaines, Ill.
Eric Dulmes, Oostburg, Wisc.
Benjamin Fineout, Zeeland
Katherine Garcia, Battle Creek
Kathryn Gumpper, Salt Lake City, Utah
Tabatha Hipshear, Buchanan
Gregory Hubers, Kalamazoo
Laine Klopfenstein, Chicago, Ill.
Kyle McLellan, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Leah Patenge, Fremont
Laura Petrasky, Marquette
Geology & Environmental Science
Kristen Hasbrouck, Traverse City
Dean Hazle, East Grand Rapids
Rachel Medina, Marshall
Nursing
Kelsey Beabout, Elkhart, Ind.
Abby Branderhorst, Zeeland
Lien Brusselmans, Plainwell
Tracy Dekoekkoek, Martin
Alexandra Egedy, Hudsonville
Heather Mills, Grandville
Emily Staley, Fairmont, Minn.
Felicia Strong, Jackson
Physics
Nathan Graber, Washington, D.C.
Eric Lunderberg, Grandville
Timothy Nagi, Freeport
Sarah Prill, Rochester Hills
Caitlin Taylor, Kalamazoo
Nicholas Wozniak, Hartland
Psychology
Evan Beals, Holland
Jacqueline Canonaco, Arlington Heights, Ill.
Ashley Drew, Spring Lake
Alexandra Egedy, Hudsonville
Elizabeth Fast, Grand Rapids
Michael Harper, Jackson
Kelsey Hawkins, Williamsburg
Erin Hildebrandt, Libertyville, Ill.
Alexander Krieg, Franklin
Amanda Layman, Davison
Kaitlyn Leikert, Ludington
Amanda Norris, Portage
Rebecca Palmitier, Marne
Kirsten Peterson, Sunnyvale, Ca.
Julia Roehling, Holland
Andrew Rose, Holland
Imari Smith, Lansing
Jonathan Snavely, East Lansing
Emily Staley, Fairmont, Minn.
Ryan Tussey, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Audrey Weil, Gurnee, Il
