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Outstanding Undergraduate Majors Reception 2014

May 15, 2014

Outstanding Undergraduate Majors Reception 2014

Mr. Greg Schultz, a White House Official,

Each spring the Political Science Department holds an Undergraduate Spring Reception to honor the political science majors' outstanding achievements. The guest speaker for the 2014 event was Mr. Greg Schultz, a White House Official. He was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award. In addition, the Department gave out the Faculty Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching to Professor Alexander Wendt. As for the students, the following awards were handed out.

The Lawrence J.R. Herson Award for Academic Excellence recognizes two juniors and two seniors for their all-around academic excellence. The award that these students will receive is named in honor of one of our most distinguished emeritus professors, Lawrence J.R. Herson. Larry Herson was a long-time professor in our department, he served as department chair, and then he went on to be dean of the college. The juniors for this award were Mr. Timothy J. Beavers and Mr. Erik Leiden. The seniors were Ms. Jennifer Mayer and Mr. Aaron Tourigny.

The Francis R. Aumann Award for Distinguished Senior Achievement is presented to the best all-around student in political science. This award was established by alumni, friends, and associates of Dr. Aumann, professor emeritus, as a way of rewarding scholarstic excellence and promoting the academic goals of the Department. This year's receipent was Ms. Megan Keenan.

The William Jennings Bryan Prize for best papers in American Politics / Political Theoy was given to Mr. Todd Ives and Mr. David Krosin.

The Jacobina Aman Award for best paper in Comparative Politics / International Relations was established in 1959 with a bequest from Katherine A. Seibert in memory of her mother, Jacobina Aman. This year's winner was Mr. Zachary Karabatak and honorable mention was awarded to Ms. Samantha Grevas and Mr. David Krosin.

The final student award of the night was for the Henry R. Spencer Award for Outstanding Senior Honors Thesis in Political Science which was awarded to Ms. Erin McAuliffe and an honorable mention to Mr. Zachary Karabatak.

After the individual awards the Department inducted the new members into the Pi Sigma Alpha Fraternity. The next Undergraduate Student Spring Reception will be on May 9, 2015.

The Department wishes you all the best in your future plans. We are proud of you and all of your accomplishments and would love to hear about what you are up to. Please keep in touch by sending your stories to Alicia Anzivine and sign up for our newsletter by emailing anzivine.1@osu.edu