The Bishop Robert Smith Award

The Bishop Robert Smith Award is the highest honor a student can receive during their academic career at the College of Charleston. Each year, faculty and staff nominate students who they feel have demonstrated a high level of leadership and academic excellence.

We are proud to announce that this year all three award winners are majors in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS)! The 2015 Bishop Robert Smith Award winners are: Andrew Spector (psychology major, religious studies minor), Isabel Williams (political science major), and Marino Mugayar-Baldocchi (psychology major, religious studies minor). Congratulations!

Here is the list of HSS award recipients from years past:

1994: Mary A. Edwards (political science major)

1997: Jessica L. Clancy (English and political science major)

1998: Melody J. Edelman (communication and political science major), Melissa Pierce (English major)

1999: Matthew C. Czuchry (political science and history major)

2000: Billie J. Murray (political science and communication major)

2002: Lacey Elgie (communication major)

2003: John R. Bailey (political science major)

2005: Rebecca McCarson (communication major)

2006: Rebecca Wieters (history and political science major)

2007: Maria F. Caruso (English major)

2008: Kathryn L. Rogers (political science major), Matthew D. McClellan (communication major)

2009: Kristen Nicole Thompson (political science major)

2010: Joseph Saei (philosophy major)

2011: Sanaz Arjomand (political science major)

2012: Isaiah Nelson (political science major), Caroline Newman (psychology major)

2013:  Liza Wood (political science major) and Katherine Shidler (communication major)

2014: Elizabeth Burdette (sociology major, English minor)