Junior Book Award Recipients for the Class of 2021

Books on Shelf

Books on ShelfMLWGS is pleased to announce the following recipients of Junior Book Awards for the Class of 2021:

Richmond Alumnae

Panhellenic Association Award

 Savannah Vonesh
Smith College Award Sonya Stacia
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Award John Staley 
Bausch and Lomb University of Rochester Honorary Science Award Eric Hamilton 
Xerox Award for Innovation and Technology Award Dennis Plotnokov
Univ.of Rochester F. Douglass and SB Anthony Humanities Award Ananya Shah
Dartmouth College Award Gabriella Watson
Harvard University Award Helen Hall
George Eastman Young Leaders Award Minji Cho
West Point Leadership Award Justin Goldman
William & Mary Leadership Award Varun Mandgi
VCU Monroe Scholars Book Award Daphne Pang
George Washington University Book Award Kapil Iyer
Tulane Book Award Anna Murray
Katie Anderson Courage Award Pranaya Sripathi
VMFA Fine Art Award Rylan Karjane 
Yale Book Award Tejas Muthusamy
Bear O’Bryan Book Award Elizabeth Thorne

 

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