Underclassmen and members of the Class of 2006, faculty and alumni were honored on campus with academic, activity, and leadership awards April 23 and April 30 at two spring award programs and the annual Phi Beta Kappa induction ceremony.

Receiving the top senior awards given at the Senior Investiture and Honors Convocation April 30 were Jonathan James Fitzgerald, a triple major in French, Political Science and Sociology who received the Bates Prize for the most outstanding male graduating senior, and Suzanne Rees Gilbert, a dual major in Political Science and Social Work who received the Mary Ward Lewis Prize for the most outstanding female graduating senior. Both awards have been annually presented since 1905 and 1920 respectively.

Three-time All-American Broderick Tobias Maybank (on left of image), who holds the Centennial Conference long jump record, received the John A. Alexander Medal for the top senior male athlete. Senior forward and top scorer for women’s basketball and  two-time Centennial Conference Outstanding Field Performer Kristine Lynn Costa (on right of image) received the Faith Millard Medal for the top senior female athlete.

Senior Class President Christinah Fadahunsi (left), a Business Administration major, was formally invested with the academic hood as a symbol of the hoods she and her classmates will wear when they receive their degrees. McDaniel will graduate the Class of 2006 at the 136th commencement at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 20.

Dr. Julia Orza, associate professor of Education, received the Ira G. Zepp Distinguished Teaching Award, an annual award that recognizes inspired classroom work and dedication to students. A member of the faculty since 1995, Orza serves as chair of the Education department and coordinator of the College’s graduate program in Counseling. Her areas of teaching include counseling psychology, empathy and counselor education.

Also recognized were Drs. Vera Jakoby, Philosophy; Robert Kachur, English; Melanie Nilsson, Chemistry; and Catherine Orzolek-Kronner, Social Work, all members of a faculty workgroup who prepared an implementation plan for the new sophomore interdisciplinary colloquium. The grant award will provide funding support during the summer as they develop course models.

This year’s Trustee Alumni Award was presented to William B. Dulany (right), Class of 1950, of Westminster. Dulany is the managing partner of Dulany, Leahy, Curtis and Williams, a law firm he founded in 1959. He is a past president and life member of the Maryland Bar Foundation and former director and board chair for the Maryland chapter of the American Heart Association. He has served on the McDaniel Board since 1976 and a member of the EMA Board of Trustees since 1989. EMA, Inc. represents eight corporations providing care for the aging.

Another attorney and alumna, Sally Fite Stanfield ’78 (left), joined 49 graduating seniors for Phi Beta Kappa induction also held April 30. Stanfield earned her B.A. in Sociology from McDaniel and her J.D. from Washington and Lee School of Law. Her law practice has been wide-ranging from courtroom prosecution to juvenile advocacy. Currently she is a senior associate with Callegary and Steedman of Baltimore.

More than two dozen underclassmen were recognized with endowed awards and annual prizes April 23 including the Felix Woodbridge Morley Memorial Award to the freshman whose first-year record best justifies admission to the liberal arts college. This year’s recipient is Cody Crutchley who as a member of the Honors Program has balanced his demanding academics with year-round athletic training as a member of both the cross-country and indoor/outdoor track teams. Crutchley also founded a new Psychology club for students and coordinated campus speakers on autism, sports psychology and careers in psychology.

Two juniors, Teresa C. Hamer, a self-designed major in Neuroscience and Jeff  Zamostny, a Spanish major with a minor in Classical Civilizations, are the 2006 recipients of the H. Samuel Case and Susan Snodgrass Case Award for Excellence in Scholarly Research. Hamer’s research on the effects of happy vs. sad music on physiological response was presented at the Eastern Psychological Association conference held in Baltimore. This summer she is joining an archeological dig in Belgium.

Zamostny’s research paper to on Byzantine and Spanish influences in the work of artist El Greco was awarded “matricula de honor” at the University of Salamanca, Spain where he has studied the 2005-2006 academic year.

A complete listing of all awards is online:

Spring Award Ceremony 2006 (PDF)
Senior Investiture and Honors Convocation Ceremony 2006 (PDF)