About the Award
The Franklin Miller Awards are given to students who make unusual or significant contributions to the academic environment of the College. The awards are named for Franklin Miller Jr., a long-time member of the faculty and a distinguished physicist, teacher and textbook author.
The Franklin Miller Awards were established by Edward T. “Chip” Ordman ’64, who credits receiving a modest, named award as a student with helping him get into graduate school. The award is meant to give that same small, but meaningful, encouragement to deserving students whose efforts and ingenuity, though they do not win traditional accolades, have made a difference in the life of the Kenyon community.
Nominations are accepted in September and March of each year. Winners will be chosen by the provost and vice president for student affairs, and each will receive a credit of $250 to their Kenyon K-card account. Any student is eligible for this award.
Contact Jalene Fox at 740-427-5115 or foxj@kenyon.edu with any questions.
Spring 2025 Award Winners
The Franklin Miller Award recipients for this semester were recognized for fostering community and a positive academic experience.
Elizabeth Redmond '25
Elizabeth has not only excelled in her course work, she has been a singular driving force for the History Department's student engagement as the editor of our newsletter, operating an Instagram for history at Kenyon and the founder of the student organized History Society. I don't think I've ever worked with a student so dedicated to improving the liveliness and well-being of their home department like Elizabeth. She engages both faculty and her peers in an effort to keep everyone involved and actively helping one another. Without Elizabeth, I'm not sure the History Department would be what it is today.
—Nominated by Visiting Assistant Professor of History Garret McDonald
Khue Tran '25 and Mariah Szabo '26
Khue Tran and Mariah Szabo have done an amazing job running Kenyon's Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) chapter over the past couple of years. Their work has been extraordinarily successful in creating a supportive environment for math/stats students and making all students feel welcome. They created wildly successful Math Study Hall on Monday evenings. I have heard incredible things about the magic that happens there from first-year students who started the year anxious about their ability to do math. Notably, the number of math/stats majors has increased significantly during the same time that Khue and Mariah have directed their efforts towards building community.
I was so impressed by Khue and Mariah's efforts that I encouraged them to write an article about their work for the magazine "Math Horizons," which will appear in the September,2025 issue.
Khue and Mariah are clearly making a difference in the academic environment at Kenyon by creating an environment that supports math students at all levels and all genders as they work to master difficult mathematical concepts and methodologies. Most importantly, their efforts are giving Kenyon students a sense of belonging.
—Nominated by Professor of Mathematics Judy Holdener
Previous Award Winners
Spring 2025
Elizabeth Redmond '25
Khue Tran '25 and Mariah Szabo '26
Fall 2024
Basil (Isabella) Strickland '26
Marissa Sun '25
Fall 2023
Yufan Lu '25
Jaden Stewart '25
Spring 2024
Jessica Besca '24
Olivia Rataezyk '25
Fall 2022
Michelle Lin '23
Happy Wang '23
Spring 2023
Victoria Brown '23
Molly Fording '23
Fall
Roya Best '22
Ella Wilson '23
Spring
Salame Shubitidze '22
Taylor Womack '24
Spring
Alex Thoms '23
Paris Tully '21
Fall
Zola Gray '23
Xiaoyu (Dorothy) Wang '21
Spring
Ben Baturka '20
April Murphy '22
Fall
Sutton Amthor ’21
Scout Crowell ’20
Spring
Ghada Bakbouk ’19
Qiyam Stewart ’21
Fall
Masen Colucci ’19
George Goldman ’20
Spring
Mustafa Aziz ’19
Jenna Rochelle ’18
Fall
Max Smith ’18
Toneisha Stubbs ’18
Spring
Eliza Abendroth ’18
Phoebe Carter ’17
Fall
Christiana Binkley ’17
Edgar Martin ’17
Spring
Emily Bulik-Sullivan ’16
Sean P. Bush ’17
Kaitlin, Creamer ’16
Fall
Qossay Alsattari ’16
James Currie ’16
Spring
Sarah Eisenlohr ’15
Shariq Khan ’15
Fall
Lila Greco ’15
Willa Sachs ’16
Spring
Co-awardees Julia Greer ’15, Casey Griffin ’14 & Emma Miller ’15
Megan Koenecke ’15
Fall
Benjamin Ros ’14
Robert Sellers ’14
Spring
Paul Hoehn ’14
Karen Huntsman ’13
Fall
Solomon Reisberg ’13
Co-awardees Tommy Brown ’13, Matt Hershey ’13 & Alexander Variano ’13
Spring
Paul Bisagni ’12
Timothy Jurney ’15
Jessica Goley ’12
Claire Dutton ’14
Fall
Darko Gligorovski ’14
Sean Grant ’14
Sarah Heminger ’13
Ashley Meyer ’14
Reina Thomas ’14
William Koehler ’11
Meredith Blake ’09
Caleb Ruopp ’09
Matthew Jacobson ’09
Priscilla Erickson ’09
Pengyu “Alex” Zhao ’10
Monica Kriete ’11
Tsvetan Asamov ’08
Kathleen Woods ’09
Chris Henson ’09
Katerina Karaivanova ’10
Loren Bondurant ’07
Aaron Clark-Ginsberg ’08
Lee Kennard ’07
Matthew Zaremsky ’07
Kaelin Alexander ’07
Stefanie Wilson ’08
Christopher R. D’Ardenne ’06
Michael B. Dash ’07
David A. Long ’07
Marissa H. Stearns ’06
Tatsiana A. Zhurauliova ’06
Jacob Yandura ’09
Caitlin Wells ’06
Mary Hostenske ’06
Joanna Budd ’06
October
Joseph M. Neilsen ’06
Aaron T. Samuel ’05
November
Emily E. Nishioka ’05
Lara J. Cox ’06
February
Kelly Henry ’07
Jennifer Underwood ’05
April
Katharine Touchton-Leonard ’05
Lisa King ’07
October
Brad Bennett ’04
Alexander Franz ’04
November
Robbie Ketcham ’04
Kathy Lynd ’04
February
Mara Bernstein ’04
Jun Ma ’07
April
Tyler Van Wormer ’04
Benjamin Fahey-Burke ’06
October
Matthew Buckley ’03
November
Joseph Freeman ’05
Jennifer Raterman ’05
February
D. Michael Barnhart ’04
Chandra McClelland ’06
April
Christopher Wager ’05
Daniel Kiepfer ’03
October
Lisa M. Maurer ’04
Sarah C. Stella ’02
November
Margaret C. Scavotto ’02
Heather L. Van Ligten ’02
February
Michael F. Sriprasert ’02
Abby E. Rokosch ’02
April
Sarah R. Fox ’02
Lindsay M. Sabik ’03
October
Meredith Ishida ’03
Sarah Kammerer ’01
November
Emily Anderson ’01
Erika Plank ’01
February
Adam Knapp ’01
Jacob Howley ’03
Jessen Book ’01
April
Anneka Lenssen and Fritz Horstman ’01
William J. Ward ’01
Christopher Monson ’01
November
Donald Cole ’01
Sara Gage ’00
December
James Ray ’00
Alexis Staples ’02
March
Sarah Wasserman ’03
Allison Hawkins ’00
April
Jessica Berretto ’00
Anne Crosby ’00
October
Will Sugden ’99
Maraleen Shields’00
March
Joseph Fouse ’99
Erin Wimmers ’00
April
James Riggs Jr. ’99
Jesse Savage ’99
May
Michael Floyd ’01
Laura Vazquez ’99
David Heithaus ’99
Christopher Junkin ’99
May
Jefferson Barlew ’98
Beth Schiller ’98