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

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 Shai Bardin Craig Carroll Shu Yin Cheng Francesca Lewis Sophie Schaeffer Mya Vandegrift Samantha Webster Robert S. and Gertrude B. Breen Memorial Award This

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 Dana Agbede Buck Arney Nicole Avery Max Chuang Akash Deo Brock Hines Kevin Kim Thomas Ouyang John Pacconi Mahima Ramesh Veronica Rubin Antonio Souchet Nikola Stamenkovic-Diez David Wu

Departmental Excellence Award for Undergraduate Students Eva Burkholder Kathryn Hocker Erin Soko Faith Walh Yitong Zhang

Department Honors for Undergraduate Theses Riley Glick Blood Orange Accounts: Process and Practice Lila Marooney The Very Big and the Very Small: A Revision of Directorial Praxis Max Reichek Just Good Friends: A Play of Language, Love, and Same-Sex Relationships in the 1800s Maelea Tan Grief UnMasked Departmental Excellence Award for Undergraduate Students Recognizes selected

Departmental Excellence Award for Undergraduate Students Awarded to recognize undergraduates who have produced exceptional work in the areas of production and scholarly writing Mia Bassett Tristan Baumeister Journey Cole David Diouf Lily Forbes Seqina King Zoe Kritzer Briana Lim Matthew Moseley Lucie Saint-Denis Anna Selina Veronica Silvosa Jesse Vela Jinghan Xu Bindley Film Production Award

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 Kalista Cao Alison Casler Madeline Chai Katie Cummins Anoushka Dasgupta Leila Dhawan Kyra Doherty Sam Felker Americo Garza Megan Gingrich Kalan Hauser Lena Huang Elisa Huang Juliana Hung Evelyn Jenkins

Departmental Excellence Award for Undergraduate Students Jackie Cantu Balmaceda Vincci Chan Victor Chen Kathryn Crane Victor Criollo Ellen Darmstadter Hui Feng Martine Fiore Sophia Gambill Arielle Granston Lyla Heising Karyme Hernandez Sean Lee Kaleigh Medlow Maya Page Zehra Rizvi Maggie Stanton Connor Tooman Julianne Zane Departmental Book Award for Undergraduate Students Annika Nelson Nadia van

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 Catherine Carrigan Catherine Carrigan is an assistant professor of instruction and an

Robert M. Cumnock Scholarship Awarded to an outstanding first-year student; honors Robert M. Cumnock—a performer and teacher who believed oratory was an art, not a science—who in 1878 founded Northwestern’s School of Oratory, now the School of Communication, and was responsible for the construction of Annie May Swift Hall Megan Gingrich Megan is a prime