2014
senior Awards
Presented at Class Day on June 2, 2014
program in creative writing
Congratulations Class of 2014 Certificate Students!
Ruwa M. Alhayek
Patience E. Haggin
Thomas F. Noonan
Jeanette M. Beebe
William T. Howard
Molly L. O’Neill
Molly E. Bolten
Natasha Japanwala
Bryan C. Pannill
Matthew A. Brailas
Jade R. Jones
Daisy H. Radevsky
Casey L. Brown
Caitlin E. Kossmann
Cameron L. White
Vivienne Chen
Nadirah O. Mansour
Sarah J. Wiest
Michael J. Cummings
Elizabeth J. Martin
Eleanor M. Wright
Lolita De Palma
Alexander B. Moss
Amy M. Gopinathan
Rosaria P. Munda
Creative Writing Awards and Prizes
The Theodore Weiss Award
The award was established in 2004 in memory of Professor Weiss, distinguished
poet, founder and editor of the Quarterly Review of Literature, and Professor of
English and Creative Writing. Presented annually to a promising young poet or,
in exceptional circumstances, a fiction writer.
2014 Recipient
Cameron L. White
The Theodore H. Holmes ’51 and Bernice Holmes Poetry Prize
Established as part of a charitable trust created in 1999 by Bernice Holmes, the
prize is in memory of her brother Theodore H. Holmes ’51. Presented each year to a
single talented poet who is also an undergraduate student of Princeton University.
2014 Recipient
Casey L. Brown
Outstanding Work by a Senior Award
This award was created to honor one or more outstanding seniors for distinctive
achievement in Creative Writing.
2014 Recipients
Rachel S. Alter
Arielle F. Davidoff
Jenesis A. Fonseca-Ledezma
Clare C. Gallagher
Matthew F. Gwin
Natasha Japanwala
Uchechi G. Kalu
Michaela C. Karis
Tracie Kong
Grace Y. Li
Alison C. Malkowski
Elizabeth J. Martin
Adam M. Mastroianni
Maura L. O’Brien
Victor K. Pomary
Daisy H. Radevsky
Jessica A. Welsh
Eleanor M. Wright
Naomi Zucker
Samuel Shellabarger Memorial Prize in Creative Writing
This fund is awarded annually to a senior who, in fulfillment of the senior
thesis requirement, shows great promise of future literary excellence.
2014 Recipient
Matthew A. Brailas
Joyce Carol Oates Award
This prize was established in 2014 in the name of Joyce Carol Oates, the
Roger S. Berlind ’52 Professor of the Humanities at Princeton since 1978.
Prize is awarded annually to a promising young fiction writer or, in exceptional
circumstances, a poet.
2014 Recipient
Vivienne Chen
2014
senior Awards
Presented at Class Day on June 2, 2014
program in dance
Congratulations Class of 2014 Certificate Students!
Meghan E. Angelos
Samantha D. Gebb
Tess M. Bernhard
Paige A. Hupy
Casey L. Brown
Maya G. Kelley
Chloé Z. Cheney-Rice
Sarah L. Rose
Dance Awards and Prizes
Outstanding Senior Creative Thesis Award
This award was created to honor one or more outstanding seniors for distinctive
achievement in Dance.
2014 Recipient
Casey L. Brown
Ze’eva Cohen Senior Award
For beginning dance in college and undergoing an extraordinary transformation
as an artist while contributing to the Dance Program.
2014 Recipient
Leah B. Bushin
2014
senior Awards
Presented at Class Day on June 2, 2014
program in theater
Congratulations Class of 2014 Certificate Students!
Rachel S. Alter
Charlotte L. Robbins
Emma C. Boettcher
Zachary J. Salk
Regina A. Burgher
Caroline R. Slutsky
David H. Drew
Jacob D. Tempchin
Sean P. Drohan
Evan B. Thompson
Peter A. Giovine
Alexander C. Verdegem
Reena E. Glaser
Michael J. Wagner
Laura A. Hildebrand
Mark H. Watter
Tadesh D. Inagaki
Remi Yamazaki
Mary Lou Kolbenschlag
Brandon A. Zamudio
Olivia C. Nice
Theater Awards and Prizes
Outstanding Senior Creative Thesis Award
This award was created to honor one or more outstanding seniors for distinctive
achievement in Theater.
2014 Recipients
Rachel S. Alter
Sean P. Drohan
Laura A. Hildebrand
Tadesh D. Inagaki
Mary Lou Kolbenschlag
Olivia C. Nice
Zachary J. Salk
Caroline R. Slutsky
Mark H. Watter
Brandon A. Zamudio
2014
senior Awards
Presented at Class Day on June 2, 2014
program in visual arts
Congratulations Class of 2014 Certificate and Program 2 Students!
Buse Aktas
Clare C. Arentzen
Yuliya Barsukova
Nicholas G. Ellis
Dayna M. Li
Julia Meng
Cara E. Michell
Maura L. O’Brien
Lauren I. Schwartz
Nathan S. Tyrell
Brady A. Valashinas
Natthamon Wutilertcharoenwong
Visual Arts Awards and Prizes
Lucas Awards in Visual Arts
This award was established in 1998 by Herbert L. Lucas, Class of 1950 and
was amended in 2004 to recognize excellence and the quality of a body of work
by graduating seniors in any media.
2014 Recipients
Julia Meng
Nathan S. Tyrell
Brady A. Valashinas
Jim Seawright Award in Visual Arts
Established in 2009 in honor of Jim Seawright, Professor of Visual Arts, this
award is presented annually to a student whose work exemplifies exceptional
originality or innovation in any medium in the Program in Visual Arts.
2014 Recipient
Buse Aktas
Visual Arts Special Achievement Award
This prize is awarded to one or more members of the senior class to honor
distinct achievement in their overall body of work in Visual Arts
2014 Recipients
Cara E. Michell
Maura L. O’Brien
2014
senior Awards
Presented at Class Day on June 2, 2014
Lewis Center for the Arts
Lewis Center Senior Award
The Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts
The prize is presented annually to one or more graduating seniors who have
demonstrated excellence in performance, execution, or composition in one of
the arts.
2014 Recipients
Natthamon Wutilertcharoenwong