2021 Sociology Department Award Winners

2021 ANNUAL SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT AWARDS

RALPH P. HOLBEN SOCIOLOGY PRIZE

Established by Mrs. Ralph P. Holben, is given each year to the senior major in the Department who showed the greatest promise in the general field of applied sociology, this being the area to which Professor Holben devoted some forty years of teaching at Dartmouth.

Da'jahnea Provitt '21

MECKLIN PRIZE IN SOCIOLOGY

Established by Mrs. John M. Mecklin (Mrs. Theodore W. Gorden) of Hanover, is awarded each year to a student majoring in sociology that is judged by the Department as having demonstrated to an outstanding degree the high intellectual standards of originality and vigor that characterized Professor Mecklin's academic career as professor of Sociology at Dartmouth.

Olivia Goodwin '21, Janae Harris '21, Alayah Johnson-Jennings '21

ANDREW G. TRUXAL MEMORIAL AWARD

Established by an anonymous donor to be awarded to the most promising graduating senior who is pursuing graduate work, preferably in Sociology although other areas are also eligible.  Sociology majors who have graduated recently are also eligible.  Professor Truxal was an esteemed member of the Department and later President of Hood College.

Tiffany Dyson '18, Laura Lewin '20

SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

Established by the Sociology Department in 2003 to be presented to the graduating senior with the highest academic achievement.

Emily Chang '21, Emily Stehr '21

SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION AWARD

Established by the Sociology Department in 2005 to be presented to those students who have exhibited a strong grasp of the sociological imagination and who use that understanding to promote social justice in everyday life.

Nayelie Aguirre '21, Miles Battle '21, Nai-lah Dixon '21, Alexandra Eyvazzadeh '21, Isaiah Miller '21, Jaden Oliveras '21, Natan Santos '21

SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT CERTIFICATE OF DISTINCTION

Established by the Sociology Department in 2000 to be presented to students in recognition of their high academic achievement.

Emily Chang '21, Elena Cordova '21, Alexandra Eyvazzadeh '21, Nadia Koolina '21, Isaiah Miller '21, Kalias Sane '21, Emily Stehr '21, William Synnott '21