On Friday, April 24, the Madia Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Physics hosted the fifty-eighth annual Academic Achievement Awards ceremony in Kopchick Hall.
Fifty-six students were recognized for their academic success during the 2025–26 year. Several students were nominated for discipline-specific Division Awards from the American Chemical Society and/or were recognized for receiving a Foundation scholarship established by various department alumni.
Seniors
- Parker Bradley, Chemistry
- Emma Cloak, Chemistry Education (SACP College Chemistry Award)
- Nicholas Daniels, Physics
- Cole Dinunzio, Chemistry Pre-pharmacy
- Emily Duncan, Biochemistry
- James Elder, Applied Chemistry
- Alex Fleming, Chemistry
- Shelby Harnish, Chemistry (ACS Physical Chemistry Division Award)
- Erin Himes, Biochemistry (ACS Biochemistry Division Award)
- Gracie Kirkpatrick, Chemistry
- Belinda Lin Xu, Biochemistry and Physics (William and Audrey Madia Scholarship)
- Connor Rosko, Physics Education (Daniel Reiber Scholarship)
- Madelyn Sheffler, Chemistry
- Ruby Singleton, Chemistry
- Brendan Smith, Physics
- Seth Stewart, Chemistry (ACS Organic Division Award; William and Audrey Madia Scholarship)
- Chloe Stickle, Chemistry Education (Ronald L. Marks Scholarship)
Juniors
- Chloe Benden, Biochemistry (ACS Inorganic Division Award; Markovich ’74-Shutske Scholarship)
- Lucas Braun, Physics Pre-engineering (J. Giniewicz Memorial Scholarship)
- Bruno Correa, Biochemistry
- David Eastman, Physics Pre-engineering (Daniel Reiber Scholarship)
- Emily Griffith, Chemistry Pre-pharmacy (C.R. Fuget Memorial Scholarship)
- Lauren Gunsett, Environmental Chemistry
- Allison Krape, Biochemistry
- Andrew Levundusky, Physics Pre-engineering (Daniel Reiber Scholarship)
- Matthew Lin Xu, Chemistry (ACS Analytical Division Award)
- Camryn Roche, Chemistry Pre-medicine
- Dominic Swantek, Physics
- Alison Tucker, Chemistry Education
- Nicholas Wright, Chemistry (E.N. Brown Memorial Scholarship)
Sophomores
- MacKenzie Byrd, Physics Pre-engineering (Daniel Reiber Scholarship)
- Carson Cappello, Chemistry
- Lucas Chvilicek, Chemistry
- Charles Edwards, Chemistry
- Andrew Fagan, Chemistry Education
- Emma Falk, Physics (Daniel Reiber Scholarship)
- Grant Gillham, Physics Pre-engineering
- Alexander Glabicki, Physics Pre-engineering
- Brandon Green, Physics Pre-engineering
- Addison Gresh, Chemistry Education
- Alexandria Helbing, Chemistry Education
- Connor Lipovsik, Physics Pre-engineering
- Hailey Rado, Physics Pre-engineering (William and Audrey Madia Scholarship)
- Jack Randolph, Physics Pre-engineering
- Xoie Shoup, Chemistry (Markovich ’74-Shutske Scholarship)
- Julia Spade, Chemistry (William I Heard Scholarship)
- Madalynn Wilson, Medicinal Chemistry
- Samuel Womer, Chemistry
Freshmen
- Alex Demeglio, Physics
- Brianna Diller, Biochemistry
- Aliyah Golden, Chemistry Education (Ronald L Marks Scholarship)
- Christopher Hill, Physics Pre-engineering
- Samantha Koruzo, Biochemistry
- Emily Lindley, Biochemistry
- Olivia Ramer, Chemistry Pre-medicine
- Cara Scott, Chemistry
In addition to achievement certificates, sophomores, juniors, and seniors were awarded an ÃÜÌÒÊÓƵ Co-op Store gift card for $50, $75, and $100, respectively. Many thanks to current and retired faculty and department friends who donated money to sponsor these annual awards.