2020 Student AwardsCollege of Humanities and Social Sciences

Dean's Challenge Scholarship - Graduate

The Dean's Challenge Scholarship was established in 2007 to acknowledge exceptional undergraduate and graduate students who have excelled while making academically challenging choices. The recipients of this award receive a stipend, funded by generous donations from friends of the college, to help with their educational expenses.

Thanks to all of the alumni, faculty, staff, and friends for their continued support of the college and these awards. Your generous support has allowed the dean to continue to make awards to students at all levels.

• Carl Appleton
• Brandan Buck
• Lilianna Deveneau
• Julio Diaz
• Benjamin Mackey
• Claire Neihaus
• Waleska Solorzano

Dean's Challenge Scholarship - Undergraduate

The Dean's Challenge Scholarship recognizes exceptional undergraduate students who have excelled while making academically-challenging choices.

• Donnelle Bodnarchuk
• Kyler Buckner
• Preston Haas
• Khanh Nguyen
• Kevin Omans
• Jasmine Rose

Outstanding Graduate, Human Development and Family Science Program

This award recognizes the work of the outstanding graduate in Mason's Human Development and Family Science program, jointly offered with the College of Education and Human Development.

• Katherine Leon

Mary Roper Award

The Mary Roper Award honors a classified staff member who has shown outstanding service in support of the core goals of the college – improving the quality of the liberal arts experience for all students, increasing the capacity for noteworthy and innovative scholarship and creating and strengthening external relationships. The recipient directly supports the mission of the department or college through his or her work with faculty, students, staff or the greater university community.

The college holds a reception each fall to honor the award recipient as well as other outstanding staff members. This event is open to all members of the College of the Humanities and Social Sciences.

The award is named for Mary Roper, who worked in the Department of Biology and in the dean's office of the College of Arts and Sciences for a total of 14 years.

• Brittany Sanders