Dean’s Excellence Award Presented to an SoC staff member who demonstrates leadership, efficiency, communication, and support through their role. The person’s institutional expertise has improved the SoC for all members. Peter Anderson Peter Anderson is the lighting supervisor at the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts. He has been with Northwestern for 23

Galbut Outstanding Faculty Award Presented to a faculty member who has been outstanding in teaching and in efforts to engage students both inside and outside the classroom; selected from outstanding faculty members nominated by School of Communication students; established by the Galbut family Melissa Foster Melissa Foster is a senior lecturer specializing in music theatre

Departmental Excellence Award for Undergraduate Students Rahma Almajid Maria Carini Kaniya Hester McKenna Lanter Lauren Masse Nikita Menta Hassan Mohammad Lauren Oh Keely Pickett Jill Rawls Zehra Rizvi Shreya Sriram Maggie Stanton Alexa Takeuchi Candace Todd Ola Wicko Kennedy Williams Departmental Book Award for Undergraduate Students Anika Hendricks Prerita Pandya Department Honors for Undergraduate Theses

Departmental Excellence Award for Undergraduate Students Presented to recognize exemplary academic performance, distinctive contributions to the department, and shining representation of the School of Communication Jessica Cheng Isaac Conner Zach Fox Kate Hancuch Emma Healy Max Johnson Kat Kosup Kaitlyn Margolis Sung Joon Park Sammi Schnuer Sophia Simon Lauren Tran Sherry Xue Department Honors for

Departmental Excellence Award for Undergraduate Students Awarded to recognize undergraduates who have produced exceptional work in the areas of production and scholarly writing Arshad Baruti Kalpita Chakote Grace Frome Tanya Herrmann Nate Jayaram Jerry Lee Orly Lewittes Adala Makhulo Ahlaam Moledina Liza Salvi Shelby Schultz Sierra Thoulouis Chuck Kleinhans Essay Prize Awarded to an outstanding work

Department Honors for Undergraduate Theses Magdalena Dalzell Incorporating Principles of Intimacy Choreography into Rehearsal Room Procedures Pallas Gutierrez 50 Years of Latinx Representation in Musical Theatre Julia Mann Surviving the “War on Culture”: INDEPENDENT THEATRE in Orban’s Hungary Riley Nelson THY NAME IS WOMAN: an examination of female performance of Hamlet through a feminist lens

Departmental Excellence Award for Undergraduate Students Madeline Durmowicz Dana Small

Departmental Book Award Presented to majors who over the academic year or over the course of their time in the department have demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to performance practice and scholarship Craig Carroll Melissa Lewyn Emil Lee Elyse Yun Robert S. and Gertrude B. Breen Memorial Award Presented to an outstanding graduate student; established in

Milton S. Florsheim Prize Presented for excellence in debate; established in 1922 by Northwestern trustee Milton S. Florsheim, founder and board chair of the Florsheim Shoe Company Nina Fridman Camille Garcia-Mendoza Jack Landgraff Wasim Rahaman Nik Stamenkovic-Diez Tim Wegener John B. Kirk Awards Honors winners of the Kirk Oratorical Contest, an annual public-speaking competition—open to

Lambda Pi Eta is the national honor society for college students pursuing studies in communication-related disciplines and the official honor society recognized by the National Communication Association. The purpose of Lambda Pi Eta is to recognize, foster, and reward outstanding scholastic achievement in the field of communication; stimulate interest in the field of communication; promote