Awards
Undergraduate Student Awards
and Scholarships
Presented by the Geography Department
Departmental Citation
The Departmental Citation is awarded to one student each year in recognition of exceptional undergraduate work across all realms of geographical inquiry.
| 2011 | Jessica Pizzagoni | |
| 2010 | Sara Malik | |
| 2009 | Ryan Edwards | |
| 2008 | Jennifer Ayuko Hirst | |
| 2007 | Veronique Halcyona Powell | |
| 2006 | Joen Madonna | |
| 2005 | Sebastian Petty | |
| 2004 | Erin Hansen Reding | |
| 2003 | Sudhir Thomas Vadaketh | |
| 2002 | Sanaz Memarsadeghi | |
| 2001 | Marjorie Elizabeth Hamm | |
| 2000 | Adrine Aida Arakelian | |
| 1999 | Ryan Galt | |
| 1998 | Gundars Valdis Augusts | |
| 1997 | Dianne Elizabeth Meredith | |
| 1996 | Kathleen Marie Mikulis | |
| 1995 | Matthew George Jalbert | |
| 1994 | Richard Louis Worthington | |
| 1993 | Lamont Comstock Allen | |
| 1992 | Austin Hill Shaw | |
| 1991 | Robert Travis | |
| 1990 | Kim Musser | |
| 1989 | Romy Lee Bauer | |
| 1988 | Timothy John Sturgeon | |
| 1987 | Steven John Rypins | |
| 1986 | Richard Allen Griggs | |
| 1985 | David Lee Aagesen | |
| 1984 | Kim Charnofsky | |
| 1983 | Stanley Francis Stevens | |
| 1982 | Gerald Francis Smith | |
| 1981 | Robert Thomas Argenbright | |
| 1980 | Ronald I. Dorn, Sally Lorraine Horn | |
| 1979 | Jonathan Louis Golin | |
| 1978 | Anne Curtis Browne | |
| 1977 | Kim Riley Normoyle | |
| 1976 | Alan Beaumont Porter | |
| 1975 | Mary Anne Adamson | |
| 1974 | Margaret Knight Riddall | |
| 1973 | Julie Odenweller | |
| 1972 | G. Donald Bain, David N. Cole | |
| 1971 | Richard William Carter | |
| 1970 | Alan William Ritch | |
| 1969 | Sharon Louise Vannucci | |
| 1968 | Diana Carolyn Ice | |
| 1967 | Mary Louise Yost | |
| 1965 | Marsha June Bratten | |
| 1964 | William A. Bowen |
Oberlander Award
The Lucille McClish Oberlander Award was established in 1989 in memory of Lucille McClish Oberlander in order to create an annual award for the outstanding undergrad major in physical geography. Lucille was the wife of geomorphologist Prof Ted Oberlander (who retired from our dept in 1993). Mrs. Oberlander was a former secretary in our Dept from about 1960 to 1963 and she was also an undergraduate major in our department, graduating in 1958.
| 2011 | Justin Laundre | 2010 | Maxwell Cutty |
| 2009 | Dylan Glover | |
| 2008 | Kevin Louis Kahn | |
| 2007 | Catherine Morley Strom | |
| 2006 | Daylin Wade | |
| 2005 | Tyler Montgomery | |
| 2004 | Kieran Leigh Casey | |
| 2003 | Cherry Vee Gacusan Zamora | |
| 2002 | Nicholas Seong Chul Buchanan | |
| 2001 | not awarded | |
| 2000 | not awarded | |
| 1999 | Landis Bennett | |
| 1998 | Victoria Marie Zaldua | |
| 1997 | David Andrew Rose | |
| 1996 | Francis James Smith | |
| 1995 | Jacob Henry Schweitzer | |
| 1994 | Richard Louis Worthington |
Cartography Award
The Departmental Cartography Award is presented annually to the undergraduate student who best employs cartographic practice and principles to their geography education.
| 2011 | Emma Tome | |
| 2010 | Sherrie "Syd" Wayman | |
| 2009 | Kathleen Maloney Koscielak | |
| 2008 | Aaron Taylor Lui | |
| 2007 | Jennifer M. Sta. Ines | |
| 2006 | Joshua Borkowski | |
| 2005 | Michael Arribage | |
| 2004 | Jesusa Magsaysay Romero | |
| 2003 | Chadwick Mauritz Johnson | |
| 2002 | Timothy Beck Savage, Jr. | |
| 2001 | Kelly Aileen Dickeson | |
| 2000 | Molly Meghan Endejan Green | |
| 1999 | Darin Jensen | |
| 1998 | Victoria Marie Zaldua | |
| 1997 | Jenna Morvren Loyd | |
| 1996 | Jennifer Freeman | |
| 1995 | Rini Y. Keagy |
Department Chair's Award
Description pending
| 2007 | Agata Surma | |
| 2004 | April Ruth Peck | |
| 2002 | Chad A. Gallagher |
BUGs Outstanding Service Award
The Berkeley Undergraduate Geographers (BUGs) Service Award is given to the BUGs member who demonstrates a commitment through service to this undergraduate student group.
| 2011 | Jessica Pizzagoni | |
| 2010 | Sherrie "Syd" Wayman | |
| 2009 | Jane Renahan, Jenny Cooper | |
| 2008 | Laurel Lemontt | |
| 2007 | Mai Nguyen | |
| 2006 | Lindsey Rebecca Capps | |
| 2005 | Lindsey Rebecca Capps | |
| 2004 | Daniel McChesney-Young | |
| 2003 | Sarah Syed, Marcy Protteau | |
| 2002 | Nicholas Seong Chul Buchanan |
James J. Parsons Scholarship
for Field Research
The James J. Parsons Scholarship for Field Research in Geography provides support for Berkeley Geography majors with good academic standing who have undertaken or plan to undertake field research in geography. Research topics could range from studying social and geographical changes in the inner-city to the physical geography of landslides or desert landscapes.
| 2011 | Julia Anderson | |
| 2010 | Keith Brown, Sara Malik | |
| 2009 | Jeremy Blackman | |
| 2008 | Jenny Cooper | |
| 2007 | Rachel Hestrin | |
| 2006 | Christina Hawkins | |
| 2005 | Aaron Arthur | |
| 2004 | Tyler Phelps | |
| 2003 | Sudhir Vadaketh | |
| 2002 | Kristine Silveira |
David A. Rose Scholarship
in Physical Geography
The David A. Rose Scholarship in Physical Geography was established in memory of David Andrew Rose who received his Bachelor's Degree in Geography from the University of California, Berkeley in 1997. He graduated at the top of his class and received the prestigious Oberlander Award in Physical Geography. He was undergoing training in New Delhi for Tele Atlas when he died in a tragic accident in Agra, India. This scholarship provides financial assistance to undergraduate students in the Department of Geography at UC Berkeley. Recipients are selected from among the undergraduate students in the Department of Geography who are in good standing and demonstrate academic merit. Preference is given to students whose course of study focuses on physical geography and/or cartography.
| 2011 | Emma Tome | |
| 2010 | Maxwell Cutty | |
| 2009 | Ryan Edwards | |
| 2008 | Kevin Kahn | |
| 2007 | Mai Nguyen | |
| 2006 | Jessica Rorem | |
| 2005 | Andrew Friedman |
Undergraduate Student Awards
and Scholarships
Presented by UC Berkeley Offices
Haas Scholars
The Robert & Colleen Haas Scholars Program at the University of California, Berkeley funds financial aid eligible, academically talented undergraduates to engage in a sustained research, field-study or creative project in the summer before and during their senior year at Berkeley. Each year, twenty Haas Scholars are selected from all disciplines and departments across the University on the basis of the merit and originality of their project proposals.
| 2011 | Jessica Pizzagoni | |
| 2007 | Joshua Belton, Agata Surma, Miriam Solis | |
| 2006 | Mary Gardner, Joen Madonna |
Summer Undergraduate
Research Fellowship
The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program (SURF) is designed to allow Berkeley undergraduates in the College of Letters and Science to spend the summer doing concentrated research in preparation for a senior thesis or another major capstone research project.
| 2010 | Emma Tome | |
| 2009 | Eyal Mazor | |
| 2008 | Jenny Cooper | |
| 2007 | Devin Burnett Beaulieu |
Graduate Student Awards
Outstanding GSI
The Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award gives campus-wide recognition to excellence in teaching by Graduate Student Instructors (GSIs). Criteria for the award include: Overall effectiveness in teaching; command of the subject area; and ability to motivate students
| 2011 | Rachel Brahinsky, Diana Negrin | |
| 2010 | Sarah Knuth, Dyuti Sengupta | |
| 2009 | John Lindenbaum, Seth Lunine | |
| 2008 | Andrew Bliss, Sandra Brown | |
| 2007 | Trevor Paglen, Liam Reidy | |
| 2006 | Cary Karacas, Christopher Niedt | |
| 2005 | Susan Hicks, Daniel Schmidt | |
| 2004 | Jennifer Casolo, David Wahl | |
| 2003 | Aaron Bobrow-Strain, Rebecca Dolhinow | |
| 2002 | Maria Elena Conserva, Peter Schweikhardt | |
| 2001 | Jeanette Howard, Nari Rhee | |
| 2000 | M. Katheryn Davis, James A. Wanket | |
| 1999 | Robert Acker, Tegan Churcher |
GSA Outstanding Service Award
The Graduate Student Assembly Award: Description pending
| 2011 | Jon Markle | |
| 2010 | Sarah Knuth | |
| 2009 | Mary Whelan, Greta Marchesi | |
| 2008 | Alexander Tarr | |
| 2007 | Katy Guimond | |
| 2006 | John Lindenbaum | |
| 2005 | Jason Strange | |
| 2004 | Elizabeth Watson | |
| 2003 | Rebecca Lave, Madeline Solomon | |
| 2002 | Christopher William Niedt, Roger Young Hwan Kim |
Miscellaneous Awards
The Geography Department occasionally awards honors for special service or achievement.
| 2009 | Bruce Page - Volunteerism | |
| 2006 | Kazemde George - Special Achievement |
