The Kroc Institute's Yarrow Award is given annually to peace studies undergraduates who demonstrate academic excellence and commitment to service in peace and justice. Recipients are selected after the completion of their junior year.
Yarrow Award winners are selected by a committee of Kroc faculty and fellows. Students receive a monetary award and special recognition during commencement weekend events.
Past Yarrow Award winners:
2011
Shannon Coyne (political science/Arabic/peace studies)
Shanna Gast (economics/philosophy, politics and economics/peace studies/honors program)
2010
Jennifer Knapp (anthropology/peace studies/Catholic Social Tradition)
2009
Elizabeth Brennan Bollman (biological sciences/peace studies/honors program)
Maureen Howard (political science/peace studies)
2008
Michael McKenna (anthropology/peace studies)
Mariah Quinn (romance languages and literature/peace studies)
2007
Megan Towle (anthropology/peace studies)
Stephanie Gharakhanian (pre-professional studies/peace studies/honors program)
2006
Jessica Collado (mathematics/peace studies)
Peter Quaranto (political science/peace studies)
2005
Teresa Hansen (economics/peace studies/Catholic Social Tradition)
Victoria Fiore (political science/peace studies)
2004
Brigitte Gynther (anthropology/peace studies/Catholic Social Tradition)
2003
Tona Boyd (political science/Spanish/peace studies)
2002
Lauren Simmons (government and international studies/peace studies)
2001
Erin Lovell (government and international studies/peace studies/Hesburgh Program in Public Service)
Tim Doenges (Program of Liberal Studies/peace studies)
2000
T. Nicholas Tyszka (theology/peace studies/Catholic Social Tradition)
Kelly Smith (English/peace studies)
1999
Mark Massoud (sociology/economics/peace studies)
Sarah Shirey (German/peace studies)
1998
Robert Dorton (history/peace studies/Mediterranean/Middle Eastern Studies)
1997
Katheryn Meyer (government and international studies/peace studies)
1996
Judith Williams (Italian/anthropology/peace studies)
