Hiram College

The Celebration of Excellence at Hiram College recognizes outstanding achievement of students and those inducted into honor societies. This celebration is held each year to honor the outstanding achievements of our students.

Alpha Society is one of Hiram's highest academic honors. Membership is limited to students who have completed 12 or more hours of graded coursework at Hiram College and whose cumulative grade point average is 3.75 or better.

Phi Beta Kappa, the national honorary society for excellence in the liberal arts, was founded in 1776 at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. There is no higher honor in American academia than membership in Phi Beta Kappa. A Phi Beta Kappa Chapter is a singular honor for a college or university. Since the founding of Phi Beta Kappa, only 280 colleges and universities have earned the right to have chapters on their campuses.

The School of Health, Education, Sustainability, and Society recently held it's annual honors and award ceremony for students within the school. The School covers programs in criminal justice, sociology, education licensure, psychology, integrative exercise science, and biomedical humanities. The ceremony was joined by keynote speaker and alumna, Alina Mille, class of 2018. Mille majored in integrative exercise science while at Hiram College, and now owns her own physical therapy practice, Gait Keeper Physical Therapy in Twinsburg, OH. Each department chose to honor students graduating with program honors, award and scholarship recipients, or students with outstanding involvement in the major or program research. The psychology program also inducted students into Psi Chi, the international honor society in psychology. All honorees are listed below:

Annually, the Office of Campus Involvement (OCI) hosts the Student Life & Leadership Awards where clubs and organizations are recognized in various categories, including campus programming, student organization, and campus leadership.

An Eclectic Scholar is a student who has spent their time at Hiram College following a course of honors classes and has met high academic standards throughout the Hiram career. Criteria includes maintaining a GPA of 3.3 or above, completion of the honors program course requirements, and engagement in the campus community as demonstrated through active membership and taking on leadership roles in campus organizations.

The Hiram College Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, or OK, celebrates leaders on campus, from students to faculty and beyond. Since it's founding, our circle has extended invitations for membership to those who truly exhibit leadership and achievement in: Scholarship Athletics Campus/Community Service, Social/Religious Activities, and Campus Government Journalism, Speech and the Mass Media Creative and Performing Arts

The Scarborough School of Business and Communication recently presented their 2024-2025 departmental awards across the majors of management, communication, accounting and financial management, sport management, marketing and the minor of entrepreneurship.

Hiram College Athletics announced its eight award winners for the 2024-25 academic year on Monday evening, which includes the Charles A. Henry Award, the Helen M. Petroskey Award, the Donald Campbell Award, two NCAC Scholar Athlete Awards, the Pam Smith Award nominee, the Herbert C. Matthew Award, and the Dave Bishoff Award. Each of the below winners were awarded to commemorate their achievements following a 2024-25 season filled with memories and achievements that will last a lifetime.

Hiram College recently inducted the 2025 class of J.J. Turner Society scholars. The J.J. Turner Society is named in honor of James Jesse Turner, professor of Biology, 1904-1950, who was a thorough biologist and a versatile teacher. Professor Turner helped establish the national reputation of Hiram College for excellence in the sciences. Membership in the J.J. Turner Society is granted to all graduates of Hiram College who majored or minored in biology or who have gone on to advanced study and/or careers in the biological sciences and medicine. Additionally, membership is granted to all senior biology, biochemistry, biomedical humanities, and neuroscience majors and minors.

Seven Hiram College students placed in the Echo Student Literary Competition for their work across the categories of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.

Karalyn Rutkowski, a standout student known for excelling both academically and athletically, has been awarded a $3,000 Summer Environmental Studies Award by the Garden Club of America. The prestigious grant will support her independent research this summer in the Cunningham-Minnick Lab at the James H. Barrow Biological Field Station.

Hiram's Darian Kanno '25 already holds Hiram's all-time strikeout record, recording 132 more strikeouts than any other pitcher in the history of the program through the end of play on Friday. The senior is on the brink of standing alone in another prestigious category following her latest start, which improved her 2025 record to 10-0. Following a 3-2 victory in Game 1 against the Oberlin Yeomen, Kanno officially tied Whitney Dropsey with her 44th career win in a 1-0 win in Game 2. The senior also tied her own career-high with 12 strikeouts in that victorious effort, lifting the Terriers to a 4-0 record in NCAC play in a span of 48 hours.

The ePoster and Pitch is an assignment designed to get students engaged with public presentation skills for their first Sugar Day, to help them clarify the aims and importance of their Signature Assignment project, and to generate a sense of shared academic purpose in the Urgent Questions Seminars. 1-2 presenters from each Urgent Questions Seminar (who were nominated by their class) participated in the public ePoster and Pitch Competition. The top three presenters were recognized and awarded a cash prize. Winners were decided based on the combined scores of our panel of judges and votes from the audience.

As of April 1, the NCAC has announced stat leaders across men's lacrosse, softball, and baseball. Among the rankings were three successful Hiram student-athletes.

Hiram College is proud to announce the winners of the prestigious Vachel Lindsay Poetry Contest, as judged by Chandra Feldman, professor of creative writing at Oberlin College and Conservatory. The annual contest recognizes exceptional poetry by emerging writers, and this year's winners have demonstrated remarkable creativity and storytelling prowess.

Hiram College is proud to announce the winners of the prestigious Barbara Thompson Award in Short Fiction, as judged by Alysandra Dutton, Class of 2015. The annual contest recognizes exceptional short fiction by emerging writers, and this year's winners have demonstrated remarkable creativity and storytelling prowess.

Hiram's Gavin Dunn made a leap toward history on Friday afternoon at the NCAA Indoor Championships, placing fourth in the long jump to become the first All-American in program history since 1996. Dunn, who was the highest-placing freshman in the entire field, jumped a lifetime best mark of 7.38m (24' 2.50") to earn First-Team All-America honors at the Golisano Training Center on the campus of Nazareth University. He joined Les Niehaus (1976), William Edwards (1978, 1979) and Bob Kujala (1996) as the only athletes in program history to earn the highest honor in the sport. Dunn entered the day having already broken his own program record multiple times this season; his most recent record was 7.25m (23' 9.50") at the ONU Final Qualifier last Saturday, which was tied for the 10th-best mark in Division III entering the weekend. His new record of 7.38m (24' 2.50") came on his first jump of the day, setting the tone for what shaped out to be a memorable moment for both the individual and entire Terriers program. The Apopka, FL native trailed only Wisconsin-Oshkosh's Joshua Rivers (7.81m), Emory's Henry Brandstadter (7.51m) and McMurry's Dontre Sinegal (7.59m) in the event. Each of those three athletes were upperclassmen and had not beaten Dunn's mark until their fifth or sixth attempts. It caps off a special week for Dunn, who had just been named to the All-Great Lakes Region Indoor Track & Field team, as announced by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Thursday. That honor is awarded to those who ranked in the top-five in an individual event for an entire region; Dunn was tied for second in the Great Lakes Region with that mark of 7.25m from last Saturday in Ada, OH. Dunn and the rest of the Terriers roster will now turn their attention to the outdoor season, which is set to begin on Friday, March 28 with the Bob Kahn Invitational in Oberlin, OH. After setting 15 different program records this past indoor season, the Hiram track & field program will look to add another chapter to the record books as the spring of 2025 approaches.

Hiram Athletics named Isabella Caceres '28 and DeAco Curry '25 its Terriers of the Week for the week of Feb. 24-Mar. 2, which saw a pair of historic performances - both on an individual and team level - for Hiram Athletics. The "Terriers of the Week" is a weekly series that runs throughout the year, this recognizes the student-athletes who perform at a very high level during the previous week of competition. Each athlete will be mentioned in the weekly article, along with holding a section at the bottom of the Hiram Terriers website under "Terrier Spotlight." Caceres had a well-rounded performance in the quarterfinals of the NCAC Tournament against Denison University on Tuesday, scoring her second-most points in a career game (18) and helping fuel Hiram's first ever win in the NCAC Tournament. The first-year from Cypress, CA finished the week averaging 14.5 PPG and also added two blocks and four steals on the defensive end; the NCAC named her to its All-Tournament Team at the conclusion of the weekend, which saw Hiram lose to the eventual champion in DePauw. Curry, who transferred to the program after competing at Division II Notre Dame College, broke a long-standing record in the 800-meter run at the NCAC Championships hosted by Oberlin College on Friday and Saturday. The previous record was held by Greg Cicero in 2000 with a time of 1:58.75, but Curry broke that mark with a clip of 1:58.38 in the finals of the event. Hiram Athletics will have a busy week ahead, as there will be a couple of teams competing before and during spring break, including men's volleyball, men's lacrosse, baseball, softball and STUNT.

Hiram's Brooke Hickman was named an All-NCAC Second Team selection on Tuesday afternoon, marking the senior's first ever second team selection after back to back seasons as a third team selection. With three career all-conference awards, Hickman joins Cassie Bedard as the only student-athletes in program history to be an All-NCAC selection in at least three different seasons.

Hiram's Isabella Caceres added another accolade to her first collegiate season this past Saturday, as the North Coast Athletic Conference named the Cypress, CA native to the NCAC All-Tournament Team following a pair of strong outings against Denison in the quarterfinals and DePauw in the semifinals.

First-year, Alisah Ward '28, from Conway, AR, was recognized this week by the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) for setting a new program record for Hiram College indoor track and field on Friday, February 21, 2025 at the Mount Union Tune-Up. The NCAC Athlete of the Week round-up can be found here.

Hiram College is proud to recognize academic excellence by naming high achieving students to the Fall 2024 Dean's List. This prestigious honor recognizes students who have completed 12 or more hours of graded coursework with a semester grade point average of 3.6 or better.

Fifteen Hiram College sport management undergraduate students and two Hiram faculty members recently had the experience of a lifetime working in New Orleans at the 2025 Super Bowl Experience. The Hiram cohort was in New Orleans from February 5 to February 10 assisting with the Super Bowl Experience and Campus Fan Experience on gameday for Super Bowl LIX. The group's duties varied day-to-day, but some of their experiences included fan engagement, ticket verification, red carpet management, activities management, and wayfinding.

A historic night and dramatic finish made up Hiram's mid-week performance against Oberlin at Price Gymnasium, as Brooke Hickman became the 10th player in program history to reach 1,000 career points and the Terriers nearly won on a last-second 3-pointer in a 69-67 loss to the Yeowomen.

The College Sports Communicators (CSC) recently released their Academic All-District Teams for football, men's soccer, women's soccer and women's volleyball, a presitigious honor for student-athletes who excel both on the field and in the classroom. To qualify, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore (academically and athletically) and hold a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.50. The student-athlete must also compete in at least 90 percent of the intuition's games or have started in at least 66 percent of the institution's games for that particular season.

Hiram's Sam Volpe continued to rewrite the record books this past Saturday at the Wuske Invite in Alliance, breaking her own indoor program record in the shot put and placing fourth in a field that was led by a pair of Division II athletes at Slippery Rock University.

Hiram College hosted its annual Nursing Uniform Convocation to honor sophomore Bachelor of Science in nursing students as they begin their clinical rotations. The celebration acknowledges each student's commitment to serving others through their career in professional nursing. Students received their uniforms, a nursing pin, and shared their pledges of commitment to the practice.

Hiram College congratulates 25 students who earned their academic degrees on December 21, 2024. Hiram College celebrates the successes of these students on and off campus as they move into their next stage of life.

Hiram College recently announced the winners of the annual Lindsay-Crane Creative Nonfiction Contest, judged by Athena Dixon! Athena Dixon is the author of the essay collections The Incredible Shrinking Woman (Split/Lip Press 2020) and The Loneliness Files (Tin House 2023). Her poetry chapbook, No God in This Room, was the 2018 Winner of the Argus House Press Intersectional Midwest Chapbook Contest. Athena's craft work appears in Getting to the Truth: The Craft and Practice of Creative Nonfiction (Hippocampus Books 2022) and her poetry is included in the anthology The Breakbeat Poets Vol 2: Black Girl Magic (Haymarket Books 2018).