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CMC art and architecture recognized with Cultural Heritage Award Claremont McKenna College was recently honored by Claremont Heritage with the 2026 Cultural Heritage Award at the organization’s awards gala and 50th anniversary celebration. At the gala, themed “Claremont Gold: Our Legacy, Our Future,” CMC was recognized for “its longstanding commitment to ...

It’s that joyful time of year, when CMC recognizes outstanding members of the graduating class with CMC Student Life awards at a celebratory dinner.

“The Class of 2026 boasts so many incredible leadership and achievement stories. And these students honored with the Student Life Awards are among the very best,” said Dianna “DT” Graves ’98, Vice President for Student Affairs.

CMC’s highest honors this year went to Lindsay Eisenman ’26 and Louis Layman ’26, who were awarded H.N. and Francis C. Berger Prizes for Outstanding Seniors in recognition of their academic achievements, leadership, contributions to the College and the student body, as well as their personal integrity.

Please join us in congratulating Lindsay and Louis, as well as our additional 2026 Student Life Award-winners:

🌟 Thomas Walker ’26 won the William H. Alamshah Award for Student Leadership.
🌟 Cahal Connolly ’26 won the William G. Dickinson Award, which recognizes the CMS student-athlete “who best represents the athletic program through determination, self-discipline, and conscientiousness.”
🌟 Lucy Meza ’26 was recognized with the Brian Walkenbach Award for Outstanding Resident Assistant. At the same time, Beckett Hall (where Meza shared RA leadership duties with Tamoy Pitt ’26 and dorm presidents Alex Chacon ’27 and Brayden Chien ’27) won the O’Keefe Award for outstanding residence hall. 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

Read the full CMC Currents story (including the list of CMC Alumni Association award winners)
https://www.cmc.edu/news/cmc-senior-awards-celebrating-student-leadership-community-achievements

As the 2025-26 academic year concluded, Claremont McKenna College recognized an impressive group of faculty members with awards for exceptional scholarship, teaching, and service.

"This is truly a staggering body of scholarship that we are celebrating, together with our recognition of excellence in teaching and service to the College,” said Heather Antecol P’29, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty and James G. Boswell Professor of Economics. “What a testament to the caliber of our faculty.”

Antecol was also lauded for her significant contributions to the faculty and the College writ large, as President Hiram Chodosh recognized her with his final Presidential Award for Merit, one of CMC’s highest honors.

Please join us in celebrating these CMC distinguished teacher-scholars for their achievements! 👏

🏆Heather Antecol P’29, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty and James G. Boswell Professor of Economics—Presidential Award for Merit
🏆Nicholas Buccola, Dr. Jules L. Whitehill Professor of Humanism and Ethics and Chair of the Government Department—G. David Huntoon Senior Teaching Award
🏆Steven Zhou, Assistant Professor of Psychological Science—Glenn R. Huntoon Award for Superior Teaching
🏆Sarah Marzen, Associate Professor of Physics, Department of Natural Sciences—Faculty Scholarship Award
🏆Paul Nerenberg, Kravis Associate Professor of Integrated Sciences: Computational Science—Roy P. Crocker Award for Service
🏆Cameron Shelton, McMahon Family Professor of Political Economy and Chair of the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance—Dean’s Distinguished Service Award

Congratulations and thank you for all you’ve done to inspire students and carry out CMC’s mission!

Read the full awards story in CMC Currents https://www.cmc.edu/news/cmc-faculty-awards-honoring-exceptional-scholarship-and-service-2025-26