Sponsored by the Institute for International Education, the Benjamin Gilman Scholarships are awarded competitively to support study abroad. Eugene Lang College recognized two recipients:

• Safiye Senturk—Turkey (Lexia International, with Supplemental "Critical Needs Language") 
• Jackson Whalan—India (Living Routes Program)

On April 26th, The New School Office of Student Development and Activities hosted the tenth annual Student Leadership Awards Banquet to celebrate excellence in student programming, leadership, and community building. The evening was co-hosted by Claudie Mabry, a graduating student from Eugene Lang College and former Orientation leader, and Talib Hudson, a student at Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy. Eugene Lang College salutes its students and student organizations: 

• Senior Vice President for Student Services Alma Mater Award: Rhiannon Love Auriemma, Elliott Fukui, and Alison Schuettinger (NSSR, Lang)
• Outstanding Student Leader of the Year: Camilo Godoy (Parsons/Lang)
• Bridge Building Award: Caitlin Vogt
• Outstanding Student Program of the Year: Battle of the Bands, organized by Hillary Capps and Amanda Beyer
• Emerging Leaders: Natalie Marrero, Paulette Shubin, and Khonsu Spratt
• Outstanding Student Organization or Group: Students of the African Diaspora (SOAD)
• Outstanding New Student Organization of the Year: Nuev@ Latin@

Lang Student Union 
Eugene Lang College thanks the 2011-2012 leadership of Lang Student Union for an impressive year of service:

• Erin Strasen
• Aaron Pope
• Katharina Grob
• Cecilia Frescas

University Student Senate
We also thank the elected representatives from Lang for their service on the University Student Senate during 2011-2012:

• Katherine Towell
• Michael Kaplan
• Santiago Posas

Eugene Lang Community Leadership Award
This award is presented annually to the students who display outstanding contributions building an undergraduate community at Eugene Lang College.

• Elliott Fukui
• Camilo Godoy

Max Adler Award for Leadership in Debate
The Max Adler Award for Leadership in Debate commemorates the joy in intellectual engagement that characterized Lang student Max Adler, an award-winning member of the debate team who died in 2008. This award is given annually to a student or students in good academic standing who demonstrate an eagerness to engage in the kind of spirited exchange and open discussion that enriches the Lang community.

• Alec Opperman

Together with a select group of students from across the country, Tishman Environmental Merit Scholars engage in conservation research, develop environmental education programs, work on grassroots campaigns to advance pro-environment policies, and support programs to foster sustainable development in communities throughout the state of Alaska during the summer. This program is co-sponsored by The New School and the Alaska Conservation Foundation, and we congratulate Madeleine Boga on her selection this year as the scholar for Summer 2012.

Vera List New School Art Collection Writing Award 
Vera List Award winners actively engaged the university's art collection and found inspiration in the Vera List Center's 2011-2013 focus theme, thingness. Thingness, literally the nature of matter, invites us to explore the material conditions of our lives in an age of social media, virtual realities, and disembodied existences. Among the winners was Lang student Justin Allen, who transformed David Hammons' African American Flag into a poem about color, abstraction and politics. The winning essays will be published in Canon, the interdisciplinary student-run journal of The New School for Social Research. 

The New School Commencement Student Speaker: Alexander Gleason
Eugene Lang College Graduation Ceremony Student Speaker: Enrique Pallares
David S. Woods Humanitarian Award: Elizabeth Catlin
Dean's Alumni Circle Award: Rhiannon Auriemma

Departmental Awards
The departments of Eugene Lang College awarded the following students for outstanding work in:
Arts in Context: Hillary Capps and Shiran Sultan
Culture and Media: Gwen Burton
Dance: Lindsey Weaving
Economics: Molly Wilson
Education Studies: Miranda Ten Broeke
Environmental Studies: Hugh Reed
Global Studies: Joel Arken and Elizabeth Catlin
History: Justine Rosenthal and Santiago Posas
Interdisciplinary Science: Lianna Schwartz-Orbach
Liberal Arts—Self Designed: Hannah Krauth
Literature: Enrique Pallares
Music: Ben Miller
Philosophy: Jessica Mimran
Psychology: Kelly McMahon
Religious Studies: Peter Lamson
Social Inquiry: Carolina Ramirez
Theater: Frances Wagner
Urban Studies: Claudie Mabry
Visual Arts: Suzanne Kopf
Writing: Kim Lightbody