Gretchen Lankford Award
The Gretchen Goldsmith Lankford Award is granted annually to a graduating student in the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences for outstanding academic achievement and a commitment to graduate study and a career in education.听
The Award underlines the donor's deep conviction that devotion to education makes a difference in the lives of young people, helping them to fulfill their potentials as intellectuals, citizens and as human beings.
The award recognizes academic and professional potential, as well as past accomplishments. Nominations will be made by department heads, in consultation with key undergraduate advisors. Eligibility is limited to undergraduate students in Dietrich College and BHA students.
The award consists of a monetary grant of $2500 and an attractive book from the student's discipline (chosen by the nominators), inscribed with a plate containing the winner's name, year of the prize and the following inscription:
Devotion to education makes a difference in the lives of young people, helping them to fulfill their potentials as intellectuals, citizens and as human beings.
Nomination Procedure
- Candidates must have graduated, or be scheduled to graduate, in either December or May of the academic year of the award.
- Each department may nominate no more than one student for the award.
- Nominations consist of two letters, plus a candidate statement. One of the two letters (preferably from the department head) should be a cover letter that outlines the nominee's qualifications; the second letter should come from someone in the department who can comment authoritatively on the nominee's graduate school and professional plans in education.
- The nominee statement should also describe the candidate's graduate school and professional plans in education.
| 2025 | Meena Sundrum | B.S. in Psychology |
| 2024 | Ziggy Sheynin | B.S. in Psychology with an additional major in Hispanic studies |
| 2023 | Morgan Boyd | B.S. in Psychology |
| 2022 | Susanna Hur | B.S. in Psychology with a minor in music performance |
| 2021 | Alana Mittleman | B.S. in Cognitive Science with an additional major in Statistics |
| 2020 | Alison Munden | B.S. in International Relations and Politics |
| 2019 | Alexandra Halberstadt | B.S. in Biological Sciences and Psychology |
| 2019 | Christine Phang | Bachelor of Humanities and Arts in fine art and psychology, with a minor in religious studies |
| 2018 | Kim Hochstedler | B.S. in Statistics with an additional major in Psychology |
| 2017 | Lisa Murphy | B.S. in Psychology |
| 2016 | Siriana Abboud | B.S. in Psychology, with an additional major in French and Francophone Studies |
| 2015 | Marie Avilez | B.S. in Ethics, History and Public Policy, with a minor in Psychology |
| 2014 | Zachary Branson | B.S. in Economics and Statistics, B.A. in Professional Writing |
| 2013 | Linnea LaMon | B.S. in Mathematical Sciences, B.A. in Global Studies |
| 2012 | Lindsay McGregor | B.S. in Psychology |
| 2011 | Erica Peaslee | B.A. in Japanese Studies, with minors in Drama and Psychology |
| 2010 | Christina Leffard | B.A. in Ethics, History and Public Policy |
| 2009 | Nicole Hallinen | B.S. in Psychology |
| 2008 | Chlotilde (Chloe) Taylor聽 | B.A. in Social and Cultural History |
| 2007 | Clara Reyes | B.A. in History and Policy |
| 2006 | Haley Vlach | B.S. in Psychology |
| 2005 | Carolyn Elliott, Kimberly Lackner | B.A. in Creative Writing, with an additional major in Literary Studies (Elliott), B.A. in Social and Cultural History, with a minor in Minority Studies (Lackner) |
| 2004 | Alicia Sanderman | B.A. in Professional Writing, with minors in English as a Second Language (ESL) and Music/Performance |
| 2003 | Stephanie Hepner, Christina Strellec | B.A. in Russian Studies, with an additional major in International Relations and a minor in English (Hepner), B.A. in Anthropology and History, with a minor in Minority Studies (Strellec) |
| 2002 | Heather Krogh, Ryan Hennessey聽 | B.A. in Spanish (Krogh), B.A. in English (Hennessey) |
| 2001 | Neema Avashia | B.A. in Professional Writing, with an additional major in Anthropology and History |