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Departmental Awards

Butler University Biology Department Faculty Member of the Year

Voted by Students and Awarded by the Butler University Biology Club

2019:
2018: Dr. Phil Villani
2017: Dr. Mike Trombley

Outstanding Senior Award

2020: Cody Carley, Abby Hillan, Matt Warren
2019: Darby DeFord, Taylor Prechtel, David Ryskamp
2018: Caitlyn Foye, Jacob Reeves
2017: Olivia Crowe, Victoria Kreyden, Tyler Schenck
2016: Amber Kline
2015: Adam Beswick, Shataakshi Dube
2014: Loor Alshawa, Bryce Fawcett, Nicole Larsen
2013: Allen Meyers, Karissa Miller
2012: Rachel Heck, Sarah Strobl, Peter Winter
2011: Collin Bowman, Christopher Jernigan, Tyler Hoskins

Endowed Scholarships

2020 Potzger Scholarship: Samantha Worden
2020 Church Scholarship: Noa Klausner
2020 Weiss Scholarship: Reagan Wohlford

2019 Potzger Scholarship: no recipient selected
2019 Church Scholarship: Kara Stark
2019 Weiss Scholarship: Jenna Nosek

2018 Potzger Scholarship: Hannah Sonner
2018 Church Scholarship: Abby Hillan
2018 Weiss Scholarship: Jeremey Caylor

2017 Potzger Scholarship: Natalie VanOchten
2017 Church Scholarship: Caitlyn Foye
2017 Weiss Scholarship: Jacob Ryskamp

CUES Pelton Award

2020: Natalie Pegg
2019: Cindy Cifuentes
2018: Jacob Reeves
2017: Gabby Vinyard

Hendricks Fellowship

2020: no recipient selected
2019: Cindy Cifuentes, Evynn Davis, Jake Gerard
2018: Megan Schroeder
2017: Jacob Reeves

Emeritus Faculty Awards

2020 Dr. Thomas Dolan: Ben Nick, Sam Ross
2020 Dr. James Shellhaas: Mahmood Kedo, Jenna Nosek

2019 Dr. Thomas Dolan: Maham Nadeem
2019 Dr. Michael S. Maloney: Jeremy Caylor
2019 Dr. James Shellhaas: Hannah Sonner

2018 Dr. Thomas Dolan: Colton Junod
2018 Dr. Michael S. Maloney: David Emch
2018 Dr. James Shellhaas: Natalie Van Ochten

2017 Dr. Michael S. Maloney: Ashley Kline
2017 Dr. Richard W. Miller: Shelby Miller
2017 Dr. Stephen A. Perrill: Lauryn Campagnoli
2017 Dr. James Shellhaas: Courtney Buchholz

Excellence in the Biological Sciences

2020: Sean Callahan, Megan Franke, Jake Gerard, Zachary Hanquier, Emily Hasik, William Howard, Megan Schroeder, Spencer Spalding, Kara Stark, Emily Weiler
2019: Lauren Ciulla, Blakely Heaton, Spencer Lang, Becca Lewis, Abdul Saltagi
2018: Isaac Gluesenkamp, Jessica Lee, Kelsey McDougal, Shelby Swihart, Jill Yager
2017: Kurt Corsbie, Tyler Hudgens, Johanna Johnson, Cutter Koehler, Clayton Taylor