College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Department of Chemistry

Spring Awards Day 2012

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

The Outstanding Graduating Senior Award is a Departmental Award given to graduating seniors who have shown exemplary performance in their respective majors.  These students have shown exceptional potential in mathematics and/or actuarial science.  This year's recipient is:

  • Eric Buenger (Actuarial Science)
  • Rachel Colby (Mathematics)
  • Connor Hofmeister (Mathematics)

The Donald Minassian Award is given in honor of Emeritus Professor, Dr. Donald Minassian who retired in the summer of 2008.  Dr. Minassian was one of the faculty members who started the Actuarial Science program at Butler.  He is a fellow of the Society of Actuaries, a member of the American academy of Actuaries, and belongs to Phi Beta Kappa.  While at Butler, Dr. Minassian taught mainly actuarial science courses at the junior-senior level.  This year's recipient is

  • Ashley Drees

The Bay Chotlos Award for dedication to a professional career in mathematics is presented to:

  • Rachel Colby

The Robert O. Whitesell Honor Award for an upper class student majoring in Mathematics who shows academic excellence is presented to:

  • Danielle Edgeworth
  • Kevin Wolf

The C. McGaughey Award is given to students who have completed two full-time years in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, or the College of Business and have shown leadership abilities and at least a "B" average. The recipient in Actuarial Science is:

  • Eric Buenger

The Mathematical Association of America Honorary Membership is a one-year honorary membership in the MAA professional society. The award is made to a freshman, sophomore, or junior who demonstrates exceptional potential in mathematics. This year's winners are:

  • Aliah Ajamoughli
  • Erica Gilliland
  • Lauren Hannah
  • Tyler Pollock
  • Nathan Marks Smith

The Freshman Mathematics Problem-Solving Competition, established to encourage early interest in mathematics, is a written examination open to all Butler freshmen. The prize for best performance is awarded to:

  • Nathan Marks Smith

The Jeremiah P. Farrell Award for dedication to a professional career in mathematics is presented to:

  • Eric Buenger
  • Xi Chen
  • Rachel Colby
  • Zachary Lovall
  • Ashley Drees
  • Stacey Havlin
  • Connor Hofmeister
  • Amanda Huffman
  • Lee Patrick Johnson
  • Anthony Joseph Miller
  • Sarah Prusinski
  • Orion Wenrich

Congratulations to all of our outstanding students!