CIS Awards
2022 CIS Awards
Outstanding Student Awards
This award recognizes a student in each program who has contributed holistically to not just their academic program, but to also the CIS and the university community. These students maintain a high GPA, participate in various on-campus activities, and serve as role models for their fellow students. This year’s awards went to:
- Global Studies – Analee Ximena Davis Herrera
- Global Leadership Center – Jeanette Miller
- African Studies – Angelah Bor
- Asian Studies – Nicholas Brown
- Communication and Development Studies – Vanessa Antwi Doe
- International Development Studies – Stephen Oriowo
- Latin American Studies – Anastasiia Sakharova
- War & Peace – Katie Lusher
Academic Excellence Awards
This award is for students who maintain high academic standards and have a cumulative GPA of 3.8 and above.
Graduate Students
African Studies
- John Akoeda
- Angelah Bor
- Gerard Chukwu
- Kemo Danso
- Jennifer Donkoh
- Teslima Jallow
- Maria Johnny
- Judith Offei
- Joshua Osondu
Asian Studies
- Nicholas Brown
- Uswatun Hasanah
- Linh Hoang
- Hiroaki Honda
- Shareenjit Singh
- Trinh Nguyen
- Theo Peck-Suzuki
- Soon Wai Yee
Communication and Dev Studies
- Diana Agyei
- Ahmed Aly
- Vanessa Antwi Doe
- Shalewa Babatayo
- Wilhemina Bofla
- Abena Bosompem
- Paul Celi Cabrera
- Victor Kojo Dei
- Narges Ghafary
- Ijeoma Idika-Chima
- Bedu Kgosi
- Mohammad Khorsand
- Meta Kong
- Yara Lane
- Anisha Mahima
- Jean Bosco Ntirenganya
- Ama Ofori Birikorang
International Development Studies
- Shamsuddeen Bello
- Eirene Binabiba
- Zakaria Bulus
- Weston Marume
- Aisha Salisu
- Misa Mukaigawa
- Simisola Obanla
- Stephen Oriowo
- Sarah Valiquette
Latin American Studies
- Abubakar Bashiru
- Julio Beltran
- Adriana Camacho
- Juanita Bejarano
- Estefanny Perez Duque
- Anastasiia Sakharova
- Maria Valencia Tapia
- Paige Wilson
War and Peace Studies
- Katie Lusher
- Leah Warren
Undergraduate students
Africa
- Emma Prochaska
Asia
- Alice Dorrell
- Molly Gebhardt
- Tyler McAllister
- Kristina Miller
- Devon Scheider
Europe
- Analee Davis
- Lydia Gehr
- Dilyn Tumblin
War and Peace
- Madalyn Blair
- Alysen Dwyer
- Callie Flood
- Alyssa Manning
- Grace Weisel
Special Recognition certificates
- Drs. Sadek and Anne Samaan Scholarship Fund for Mutual Understanding – Angelah Bor
- Patricia Weitsman Memorial Scholarship- Evan Schalon and Asya Martin – Callie Flood
- David Crane Fellowship in International Affairs – Evan Schalon
- Thomas and Anne Walker Scholarship – Julio Beltran
- World Language Ambassador – Jillian Lewis
- Global Studies Ambassador - Bridge Coffey
Recognition of External Awards
Nationally Competitive Awards
- Kevin Lockett – Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (Swahili)
- Shawn Liming – Critical Language Scholarship (Russian)
- Alexis Karolin – Fulbright U.S. Student Award – Taiwan
- Analee Davis – Fulbright U.S. Student Award – Brazil
- Molly Gebhardt – Boren Award – China
Phi Beta Kappa Initiates
- Katie Hawkinson – Asia
- Joey Phipps – Europe
- Noah Hamlin-Darby – War and Peace/Political Science
- Abby Hutzel – War and Peace/Political Science
- Emily Matessa – War and Peace/Political Science
- Evan Schalon – War and Peace/Political Science/History
- Asya Martin – War and Peace/Political Science/Spanish
CIS Faculty Awards
CIS Excellence in Teaching Award
This award honors faculty members for their outstanding contribution to the Center's teaching mission. This award went to;
- Dr. James Mosher, Associate Professor, Political Science
CIS Advising and Mentoring Award
This award honors faculty members for their outstanding record of ensuring the academic success of the Center's students. This award went to;
- Dr. Nukhet Sandal, Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Associate Professor of Political Science
Friend of the CIS Award
This award honors faculty members for their distinguished contribution and dedication to the Center, its students, and its mission. This award went to;
- Dr. Mario Grijalva, Director, Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute, Professor of Microbiology
Distinguished Service Award
This award honors faculty and staff members for exemplary contributions and dedication to CIS, its students, and its mission. These inaugural awards went to;
- Dr. Arthur Hughes, Professor Emeritus, Ohio University
- Bose Maposa, Director of Operations, Ohio University
- Dr. Catherine Cutcher, Associate Director, Center for International Studies