by Council of Masters
Eleven Yale College juniors have received honors from the Council of Masters in recognition of their scholarship, contributions to college life and their character.
The honored students and their prizes are:
F. Wilder Bellamy Jr. Memorial Prize
Established by friends of F. Wilder Bellamy Jr., B.A. 1937, this prize is awarded to the students who best exemplify the qualities for which he is remembered, including personal integrity, loyalty to friends and high-spiritedness in athletics, academics and social life.
Robert Durden Inglis, Calhoun College. Inglis's award citation describes him as someone who is known for "his hearty greetings, his sweet, good-natured way, his unquestionable integrity, and his abiding commitment to spread joy while doing good works." Among his other commitments, Inglis is secretary of the Calhoun College Council, organizer of the annual Calhoun ski trip, a trip leader for Yale Outdoors, a member of the Yale Multi-Faith Council, a magazine reporter for the Yale Daily News and a freshman Bible study leader for the Yale Christian Fellowship.
Alexander Stalker Munns, Morse College. Munns has been "a vital member of several distinct communities within Morse College and Yale," notes his citation. He is an All-Ivy and All New-England soccer player who has also appeared in major theater productions at Yale and elsewhere. He is a member of the Baker's Dozen a capella singing group and has also been a master's aide for Morse College. "In every venue," reads his citation, "Alex not only excels, but also radiates enthusiasm, warmth and good will."
Sydney R. Skelton, Berkeley College. Skelton has been an intramurals secretary for the past two years. "Her enthusiastic willingness to email and call her fellow students when she wasn't able to field a team is one of the marvels of life in Berkeley," notes her citation. "And her enthusiasm for the intramural program that keeps so many members of our community joined together has extended organically to her work with Berkeley's College Council and our Social Activities Committee, groups for whom Sydney's selfless contributions of her time and organizational skills have been essential."
Christina Jean Tubb, Ezra Stiles College. According to Tubb's citation, "There is no area of college life in which her presence has not been felt." She has been an intramurals secretary and organizer, a "constant" participant in sports and a central figure in college governance. Her citation also reads: "A fine student, she has also been one of the best examples of the spirit of the college. Moreover she has always taken a leadership role, and in it has always led by example. Far more modest than she needs to be, Christina has simply made Ezra Stiles and Yale better by her presence in many ways."
John C. Schroeder Award
This award, which honors former Calhoun College master John C. Schroeder, is given to students who have contributed to residential college life and who, in the opinion of the committee, will "play a part in the good labor of the world."
Elizabeth Ann Dickinson, Pierson College. Dickinson has been a volunteer in the More House Soup Kitchen in New Haven, the Epoch Assisted Living Center in Denver, Unite for Sight in Sierra Leone, the Artemis Project at the Law School and the group Students Taking Action Now: Darfur at Yale. She has been editor-in-chief and managing editor of the Yale Globalist; tutored elementary-school students at the Grant-Wexler School in New Haven; and arranged for the visit of leaders of Peace Pals Education Network in Sierra Leone. Her citation reads: "At a time when many students are still closed within their own versions of the American dream, Beth has remained faithful to an ideal vision of global justice for all and to the battle against the ignorance that gives rise to narrow ethnocentrism and cultural sectarianism."
Arpit Kumar Garg, Jonathan Edwards College. Garg has served as JE treasurer and as both vice president and now president of the JE College Council; he has twice been elected to the Rooming Committee. He serves as a tour guide for the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, a managing coordinator and mentor for the Science and Math Achiever Teams (SMArT), and coach for the Urban Debate League, "where he has put his rhetorical and mentoring skills to work for the benefit of New Haven schoolchildren," notes his citation. Next year he will serve as a freshman counselor in JE.
Anuradha Jayant Phadke, Morse College. Phadke is the director of SMArT, a rehabilitative aide with the elderly and a day-care aide with young children. A biology major, she is engaged in medical research on epilepsy. A member of several intramural sports teams, she has served for three years on the Morse College Housing Committee. She is active in South Asian cultural events both as a writer and a performer in cultural shows. A future freshman counselor, Phadke "is driven by a desire to advance the public good and does so with humor, modesty and great compassion," notes her citation.
Ryan Naoki Takasugi, Trumbull College. Takasugi is described as "a dedicated teacher and mentor," who has served as a teacher in the National Youth Sports Program, an eighth-grade science teacher in the U.S. Grant program, and a soccer and basketball coach for Coaches in the Community, a mentorship program he founded. He is also president of Yale Students for Christ, a youth leader for the Trinity Baptist Church and a member of Reach Out, a student group that serves the needy in developing countries. He has been a mission worker in Mexico and a volunteer relief worker in El Salvador. "Within Trumbull College," notes his citation, "he is an invaluable member of the intramural sports teams and an official host of the Trumbull Yale World Fellow."
Joseph Lentilhon Selden Memorial Award
Named for Joseph Lentilhon Seldon, B.A. 1949, this prize honors juniors "whose verve, idealism and constructive interest in music and the humanities exemplify those qualities for which Joseph Lentilhon Selden is remembered." In recent years the award has gone to students who are especially notable for their contribution in the field of music.
Timothy Hau Andres, Timothy Dwight College. Andres is described in his citation as "a strong composer and generous virtuoso" who "has been lauded by The New Yorker and the Boston Globe as one of America's most promising young composers." The citation also notes that he "has generously shared his talents with the Yale community since he arrived here three years ago, performing in no less than 50 public concerts."
Austin Srinivas Kilaru, Saybrook College. Kilaru participates in intramural sports, tutors low-income and minority students, and writes for and edits P.H., Yale's public health journal. "But it is Austin's rich and diverse musical life that calls for the highest praise," reads his citation. "Whether he's performing original music with colleagues, playing violin for the Saybrook and Yale Symphony Orchestras, or singing with Tangled Up In Blue, Austin shows us the meaning of artistic excellence in ways that are at the same time inspiring and humble."
Alexander Soloman Rabin, Berkeley College. A pre-med major, Rabin is also an award-winning pianist, who is currently studying with School of Music professors Boris Berman and Wei-Yi Yang. His performances throughout the East Coast and California include solo and chamber music recitals at Carnegie-Weill Recital Hall, New York Symphony Space, Symphony Hall Boston, on National Public Radio and on WGBH radio in Boston. He has been a concerto soloist with the Yale Symphony Orchestra and the Longy Youth Symphony. He is also a founding member of the Yale Heiligenstadt Project, a chamber music organization.
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