2017 2018 Academic Award Winners

Wheaton alumni and students consistently receive top scholarships and fellowships such as Goldwater, Lily, Fulbright, Rhodes, Marshall, Truman and many more.

Wheaton College IL Addison Ream and Professor of Theology Keith Johnson in Washington D.C.

Addison Ream ’25 and Professor of Theology Dr. Keith Johnson Receive Hatfield Prize

Wheaton College IL Alumna Nadia Dervish Fulbright Scholarship Winner

Nadia Dervish ’17 Awarded Fulbright Scholarship

Portrait of Alumni of the Year Chris and Carlene Ellerman

Alumni of the Year: Chris and Carlene Ellis Ellerman

2022 Alumna of the Year for Distinguished Service to Alma Mater: Dr. Ruth Lewis Bentley ’55, M.A. ’58

Caroline Kimble ’22 Named Fulbright Garcia Robles Grantee

Dr. Christina Bieber Lake Awarded Henry Resident Fellowship

Dan and Lisa Burden and summer research students 380x253

Wheaton Faculty Members Dan and Lisa Burden Awarded National Science Foundation Grant

Alumna Arah Ko ’18 Awarded Lilly Graduate Fellowship

Philip Ryken Named Senior Fellow at Oxford, England’s Newton House

Athletics Communications Director Brett Marhanka Honored with CoSIDA 25-Year Award

Wheaton College Receives Educational Advertising Award

Dr. Gary N. Larson M.A. ’83: A Wheaton Renaissance Man

Wheaton College Junior Anna Cole Awarded Hatfield Prize from the Center for Public Justice

Wheaton Alumna Nadia Dervish ’17 Awarded Fulbright Scholarship

Wheaton College Junior Benjamin Hess Named 2018 Goldwater Scholar

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Rhodes Scholar Finalist Two Consecutive Years

Ariana Schmidt '16 | French, International Relations

Ariana Schmidt was named a finalist for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship for the second consecutive year.

Global Scholars Award

Eric Hoskins '19 | Anthropology | $5000

Eric will be researching a local non-profit in Addis Ababa for summer 2018 to investigate how it forms local connections and builds and mobilizes capacity in a low-resource context. This grant comes through the office of Global and Experiential Learning.

Darren Yau 17, Winner of Elie Wiesel Foundation Essay Contest 2017

2017 Elie Wiesel Foundation Ethics Essay Contest First Prize

Darren Yau '17 | Philosophy | $5000

The national contest, established in 1989, encourages students to “explore their concerns and beliefs, their fears and their hopes.” Learn more and read the essay >

Harvey Fellowship

Benjamin Gibson '11 | Political Science

The Harvey Fellows Program provides scholarships to Christian students who are pursuing graduate studies at premier universities in fields considered to be underrepresented by Christians and who possess a unique vision to impact society through their vocations.

Wheaton College alumna Rachel Lamb 12 2018 Harvey Fellow

Harvey Fellowship

Rachel Lamb '12 | Environmental Science, International Relations

CCCU de Jager Prize

Nathaniel Perrin '18

British Culture Seminar in Fall 2017

CCCU de Jager Prize

Leif van Grinsven '18

British Culture Seminar in Fall 2017

2018 Yenching Fellow

Michael Chen '16 | Sociology

The Yenching Program—informally known as the "Chinese Rhodes Scholarship"—is a one-year fully funded global leadership program with a 2.7% acceptance rate designed to provide outstanding young scholars with a broad interdisciplinary postgraduate education that reflects global perspectives.