Leadership and Excellence 2022 Awardees

The following students are receiving a variety of awards and honors this spring, including the Leadership and Excellence Awards, Senior Marshals, Named Awards and Class Day Awards.

Leadership and Excellence Awards

Community Building

Sina Ahdoot CC'23
Matthew Chagares CC'22
Edna Egal CC'22
Kelsey Farkas CC'22
Alexis Florio CC'22
Haya Bilal Ghandour SEAS'22
Lilian Kennedy CC'22
Ethan Turok SEAS'23
Blanche Zhang CC'22
Matthew Zinman CC'22

Civic Responsibility

Afsana Ahmed CC'22
Tyler Campbell CC'22
Skylar Green CC'22
Alexander Ku SEAS'22
Jae Joon Lee CC'23
Maya Mitrasinovic CC'23
Chiamaka Okonkwo CC'23
Ariana Orozco CC'22
Hart Rapaport CC'22
Andrew Thomas CC'23

Inclusion and Advocacy

Elina Arbo CC'22
Jaine Archambeau CC'22
Julieta Garcia CC'22
Hiba Hanoune CC'22
Eli Josephson Horgan CC'22
Adam Kluge CC'22
Renata Martinez CC'22
Joy Mobley CC'23
Benjamin Bortey Sango CC'22
Shane Spring CC'24
Laurelle Lee Young CC'22

Columbia Spirit

Sylvie Alexandra Binder CC'22
Aiman Walid Najah SEAS'23
Venice Ohleyer CC'22
Christian Rene Palomares CC'22
Joshua Smythe-Macaulay CC'22
Blessing Utomi CC'22
Tamarah Wallace CC'22

Indelible Mark

Sarah Braka SEAS'22
Destiny Glover CC'22
Cecilia Kar Guan CC'22
Kimia Heydari CC'22
Colby Xzavier King CC'22
Krishna Menon CC'22
John Joseph Stankard CC'23
Prem Thakker CC'22
James Wang SEAS'22
Edgardo Zelaya CC'23

Health and Wellness

Özgenur Çelik SEAS'22
Gurtej (TJ) Gill CC'22
Malik Hubbard SEAS'23
Ioana Teodora Lia CC'22
Grace Prochilo CC'22
Monique Slowly CC'22
Xavier Thibault CC'22

Principled Action

Sofia Downing CC'24
Jacqueline Erler CC'22
Michael Fass CC'22
Justin Adam Ghaeli CC'22
Yilun (Bobby) Hua CC'23
Ahmet Cem Karadeniz SEAS'22
Jonathan Tanaka CC'23
Gilad Turok CC'23

Innovation and Enhancement

Kalpana (Kal) Ganeshan SEAS'22
Eleanor Hansen CC'22
Lynne Irvin SEAS'22
Jayron Mardani CC'23
Rachel Ramenda CC'22
Red Stein CC'22
Daiki Tagami CC'22

Senior Marshals

Anthony Adessa CC'22
Afsana Ahmed CC'22
Monique Benjamin CC'22
Sylvie Alexandra Binder CC'22
Sarah Braka SEAS'22
Taylor Brown CC'22
Tyler Campbell CC'22
Matthew Chagares CC'22
Amanda Daly CC'22
Noor Fatima CC'22
Alexis Florio CC'22
Haya Bilal Ghandour SEAS'22
Kimia Heydari CC'22
Hoi Wan "Vanessa" Ho CC'22
Lynne Irvin SEAS'22
Ahmet Cem Karadeniz SEAS'22
Naomi Kim SEAS'22
Colby Xzavier King CC'22
Adam Kluge CC'22
Ioana Teodora Lia CC'22
Jordan Lu CC'22
Radhika (Rads) Mehta CC'22
Estevan Mesa SEAS'22
Havi Nguyen SEAS'22
Angel Njoku SEAS'22
Christian Rene Palomares CC'22
Isabelle Pride CC'22
Benjamin Bortey Sango CC'22
Wesley Schmidt CC'22
Prem Thakker CC'22
Xavier Thibault CC'22
David Wang CC'22
Cindy Beini Wang SEAS'22
James Wang SEAS'22
Laurelle Lee Young CC'22

Named Awards

Columbia College

Afsana Ahmed CC'22: Andrew C. Heinrich Prize
James Bourtis CC'22: Columbia College Scholar Athlete Award
Sofia Downing CC'24: Van Am Prize
Destiny Glover CC'22: Robert Shellow Gerdy Prize
Cecilia Kar Guan CC'22: Leonard A. Pullman Memorial Prize
Colby Xzavier King CC'22: Charles H. Bjorkwall Prize
Jae Joon Lee CC'23: Milch Prize
Hart Rapaport CC'22: Columbia College Campbell Award
Eden Olivia Rowe CC'24: Van Am Prize
Shane Spring CC'24: Van Am Prize
John Joseph Stankard CC'23: Robert Harron Award
Prem Thakker CC'22: Richard H. Fox Memorial Prize
Tamarah Wallace CC'22: Edward S. Brainard Memorial Prize

Columbia Engineering

Ajit Akole SEAS'22: Jaffe Prize
Pedro B T Santos SEAS'22: School of Engineering and Applied Science Scholar Athlete Award
Sarah Braka SEAS'22: School of Engineering and Applied Science Student Activities Award
Columbia University Formula Racing : Zvi Galil Award for Improvement in Engineering Student Life
Engineers Without Borders: Uganda Chapter : Robert D. Lilley Award for Socially Responsible Engineering
James Wang SEAS'22: Thomas "Pop" Harrington Medal