Student Awards 2026

Personal Achievement Awards
Dow Smith Award Olivia Carey
Dr. Hyman R. Kamens Award  Nyah Miranda  
Dr. Edward Joseph Troendle, Jr. Award Isabella Tarasuk  
David A. Huebner, OD ‘86, Scholarship for Teaching Excellence  TBD
Faculty Scholarship Award  TBD
Alumni Association Scholarship Anne Manshi &
Balraj Malhi
Academic Achievement Awards
Valedictory Award / BSK Medal Olivia Carey &
Carly Davies
Salutatorian Award Kareem Saleh  
Advanced Standing International Program Scholastic Achievement  Karan Joshi  
William R. Baldwin Award Lingjun Zhang  
Low Vision Awards
Eschenbach Award for Excellence in Low Vision TBD
William Feinbloom Low Vision Award TBD
Optelec Excellence in Low Vision Award TBD
Ned S. Witkin Leadership in Low Vision Award Neena Jegandran  
Contact Lens Award
AAOF Award of Excellence in Contact Lens
Michelle Shang  
GP Contact Lens Clinical Excellence Award Harjas Uppal  
Outstanding Clinical Performance Award
Class of 1969 Scholarship – TBD TBD
New England College of Optometry Clinic Award  TBD
William C. Barrett Memorial Scholarship Hannah Milikich  
Pediatric & Vision Therapy Awards
Ira Schwartz Behavioral Vision Award
Rowan Coon  
Good-Lite Equipment Award Sophia Godin  
Scholarship Awards
Beider Scholarship
Michael Dubien  
Dr. Richard Laudon Scholarship
Balraj Malhi  
Monthe N. Kofos Scholarship
Michael Dubien  
VSP/AAOF Practice Excellence Scholarship Gabriella Grand-Pierre & Kelli McInnis
Teaching Excellence Awards
Foster Namias Award Dr. Bina Patel  
Carroll Martus Award Dr. Thomas Andrea