Awards
Pritchard Scholars
The Gregory D. Pritchard Scholarship Fund was established in 1997 with a gift from James L. Barrett and Gloria J. Barrett of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in honor of their former teacher at Oklahoma Baptist University, Dr. Gregory Pritchard.
Dr. Pritchard served as Chair of the Philosophy Department at Oklahoma Baptist University from 1952 to 1968 and as Chair of the Philosophy Department at Wake Forest University from 1969 to 1994.
The fund honors Dr. Pritchard for his many contributions at Oklahoma Baptist and Wake Forest by providing a monetary award to be given annually in his name during graduation ceremonies at Wake Forest. The award is to be given to the student who, in the opinion of the department chair, after consultation with the faculty, is determined to be “the most deserving graduating philosophy student.” In some years we have found it necessary to divide the award among several equally deserving first-rate students.
- 2023. Arianna Komorsky
- 2022. Katherine Finch and Elizabeth Lake
- 2021. Allyson Deak, Michael Soraci
- 2020. Dylan Brown
- 2019. Shannon Moryl
- 2018. Brandon Hawkins
- 2017. Kevin Chapman
- 2016. William Conner
- 2015. Conor Stark
- 2014. Michael Hunter, Matthew Stanley
- 2013. Jonathan Barker
- 2012. Andrew Butler, Annabel Lang
- 2011. Tyler Askew, Julia Kestner, Patrick Ryan, and Bo-Shan Xiang
- 2010. Victoria Moore and Samuel Sims
- 2009. Joseph LaBaw
- 2008. Lawrence Ngo
- 2007. Adam Blincoe, Kevin Hembree
- 2006. Patrick Jackson
- 2005. Brett Lohoefener
- 2004. Ryan Doerfler, Joel Gladd, and Adam Winck
- 2002. Ingrid Albrecht, Michael Bounds, and Justin Jennings
- 2001. Shawn Dingle, Matthew Henschel, and Somya Tariyal
- 2000. Sam Newlands
- 1999. Andrew Stewart, Keith Szeliga, and Paul Thomas.
- 1998. Robert Clewis
Gallegos-Lee Prize for Excellence
The Francisco Gallegos and Win-chiat Lee – David and Geri Epstein Fund for Excellence in Philosophy was established, in the words of the funding document, to “enable faculty of the Department of Philosophy to grant an annual merit-based award for excellence to an undergraduate student in their junior year, based on evaluative standards decided by the Department and under the direction of the Department Chair, or the Chair’s designee, with oversight by the Dean of the College, or the Dean’s designee.”
The Gallegos-Lee Prize for Excellence comes with a generous cash prize and is awarded every year at the end of the spring semester.
- 2023. To be announced.
Departmental Honors
- 2023. Kneshia Barlow, Jordan Bramley, Payton Dyksterhouse, Jacob Goldberg, Alice Hauser, Arianna Komorsky, Nathanael McGrath, and Rabab Meghani
- 2022. Brianna Denny, Katherine Finch, Liat Klopouh, Betsy Lake, Ben Remis, and Bowen Zheng
- 2021. Allyson Deak, Paige Edmonds, Shayari Peiris
- 2020. Dylan Brown, Jacob Coughlin, Kaleb Gorman, Taylor Schumpert, Michael Soraci, Mary Glenn West
- 2019. Abigail Bowman, Anne Brothers, Benjamin Campbell, Joseph Dixon, David Martin, Shannon Moryl, Leeden Rukstalis, Jacob Selvey, Wesley Skidmore, Martin Tan, and Sarah Thomas
- 2018. Brandon Hawkins and Yifei Wang
- 2017. Kevin Chapman
- 2016. Rachel Bradley, William Conner, Matthew Jeanneret, Abigail McCall, and Jonna Rautsola
- 2015. Robyn Lessans, Shahani Samarasekera, Alex Stanley, and Conor Stark
- 2014. Austin Brown
- 2013. Jonathan Barker
- 2012. Andrew Butler, Samuel Murray, Anne Showalter, and Jonathan Zaikowski
- 2011. Alberto Nicolas Gabrielli, Bo-Shan Xiang
- 2010. Victoria Moore, Samuel Sims
- 2009. Joe LaBaw, Farahn Morgan, and Forrest Pearce
Braswell Philosophy Student Leadership Award
This award is supported by the Braswell Family Fund and is given each year at the spring graduation reception to the senior or seniors who, in the eyes of the department, contributed the most to fostering and sustaining philosophical community among our undergraduate students.
- 2023. Jordan Bramley, Kylie Yorke, and Di Wang
Willis Scholars
- Summer 2012. Jonathan Barker, Brett LaPrad
- Summer 2011. Samuel Murray