Undergraduate Awards
Department of Political Science Awardees
The department held its annual Undergraduate Awards Reception in early May of 2009 to honor the following departmental scholarship award winners.
2009-2010 Donald Johnson Fellow: Leigh Maurer
2009-2010 Donald Johnson Scholar: Josh Anderson
2009-2010 Vernon & Georgia Bender Scholar: Brian Buh
2009-2010 James & Patti Murray Scholar: Darcy Hansen
2009-2010 Third House Sholar: Stacia Johns
2008-2009 Helen Fairall Scholars: Clay Baker, Lyndsey Kaufman, and Stephanie Crowley
2008-2009 Laurence Fairall Scholars: Mckenzie Hill, Nicholas Compton, Robert Pick, Alexander Ingham, Lauren Gannon, and Meredith DeBoom
Pictured here from left to right: Alexander Ingham, Lyndsey Kaufman, Cianna Logie, Stephanie Crowley, Meredith DeBoom, Stacia Johns, and Josh Anderson.
Past Undergraduate Awards
The University of Iowa Honors Program held their annual recognition ceremony in April to recognize student accomplishments through merit-based scholarships. Many of the scholarships are endowed by the late Rhodes Dunlap, founder of the UI Honors Program.
Elizabeth Weyer, a first-year student, received the Rhodes Dunlap First-Year Award. Weyer is majoring in political science and pre-law and she is an emergency medical technician with the Mediapolis Ambulance Service.
Virginia McCalmont, a sophomore studying political science and German, received the Rhodes Dunlap Sophomore Award. She will study abroad next year in Freiburg, Germany.
Rob Pick, a junior studying finance and political science, received the Rhodes Dunlap Collegiate Award.
Louis Sloven, a senior, received the Rhodes Dunlap Collegiate Award. Sloven is a psychology and political science major, and he hopes to intern on Capitol Hill this fall.
Clay Baker, a junior, received the Rhodes Dunlap Collegiate Award. Baker is a political science and secondary education major whose certification areas are in American government and history.
Barrett J. Anderson, a senior economics and political science major, received the Collegiate Scholar Award. Anderson recently finished a term as president of the UI Student Government.
Meredith DeBoom, a junior, received the Rhodes Dunlap Collegiate Award and the James D. Robertson Scholarship for a Junior in the Social Sciences. DeBoom is a political science and international studies major, and she is currently an intern for the Environmental Protection Agency. This summer, she will study sustainable development in South Africa.
Jacqueline Leonard, a senior, received the Collegiate Scholar Award. Leonard is a political science major with an international business certificate, and she has been a leader in the mock trial team.
Meredith DeBoom has been named a Truman Scholar, a national scholarship for students committed to careers in public service. Meredith was also named a Morris K. Udall Scholar, a national scholarship for students who show a commitment to careers related to the environment, tribal policy, or Native American health care.
Amanda Lengsouthiphong received The Dean Scholarship, a merit scholarship given out by the University of Iowa for students planning to study abroad in the fall. Amanda also received the Study Abroad Scholarship from the UI International Studies Program.
Courtney Wilcox received the Mary Goodykoontz Barnes Scholarship from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. She plans to use the scholarship to pay for study abroad.
Aly Dolan received three scholarships for excellence in public relations and journalism: the Shafter Family Trust Scholarship, the Gordon B. Strayer Scholarship, and the Cogner-Reynolds Scholarship.
Andrew Henning was a recipient of a Dewey Stuit Award and a Stanley Foundation Research Fellowship for travel to Istanbul, Turkey. While he was in Turkey, he met with Constitutional Court judges.
