{"id":9835,"date":"2022-04-01T15:27:11","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T19:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2022\/04\/06\/students-honored-with-2022-academic-awards\/"},"modified":"2022-11-06T18:14:34","modified_gmt":"2022-11-06T23:14:34","slug":"students-honored-with-2022-academic-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/students-honored-with-2022-academic-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Students honored with 2022 Academic Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than 125 academic awards and scholarships were handed out to Furman\u2019s graduating seniors on Sunday, April 3, during the 2022 Academic Awards Ceremony at the Melvin and Dollie Younts Conference Center on campus.<\/p>\n

After a welcome from Associate Dean for Mentoring and Advising Michelle Horhota and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Ken Peterson, awards were presented for excellence in the social sciences and arts, mathematics and natural sciences, humanities and interdisciplinary subjects.<\/p>\n

Following closing remarks from University President Elizabeth Davis, a reception was held in DeSantis Pavilion.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Art<\/h2>\n

Art Department Award for Leadership and Exceptional Service (1996)<\/h3>\n

Anne Heaton Sanders<\/p>\n

Art Faculty Award for Excellence and Service (2007)<\/h3>\n

Madeleine V. Wiggs
\nCaroline Bass<\/p>\n

Art Faculty Award for Excellence in Art History (2007)<\/h3>\n

Madeleine V. Wiggs<\/p>\n

Faculty Award for Art History (2007)<\/h3>\n

Grayson Sloop<\/p>\n

Glen Howerton Award in Art (1996)<\/h3>\n

Jackson Shaner<\/p>\n

Thomas E. Flowers Award in Art (1990)<\/h3>\n

Kaitlin Noble<\/p>\n

Music<\/h2>\n

Mattie Hipp Cunningham Scholarship (1972)<\/h3>\n

Willie Cornish Jr.<\/p>\n

Presser Undergraduate Scholar Award (2007)<\/h3>\n

Adib Young<\/p>\n

Theatre Arts<\/h2>\n

Furman Theatre Guild Award (1971)<\/h3>\n

Emily Enlow<\/p>\n

Furman Theatre Most Valuable Player (1999)<\/h3>\n

Erik Bodien
\nAnnalise Harris
\nKaitlin Noble
\nDuncan Winburn<\/p>\n

Business and Accounting<\/h2>\n

Fred and June Current Accounting Award (2003)<\/h3>\n

Kevin Buccini
\nMargaret Olivia Welsh<\/p>\n

General Excellence in Business Award (2003)<\/h3>\n

Nathanael Hamilton Norfleet
\nGrayson Sloop
\nPendleton Trainer<\/p>\n

Lawrence Kessler Award for Excellence in Accounting (2006)<\/h3>\n

Maggie Pate<\/p>\n

Sandy Roberson Outstanding Senior in Accounting Award (2017)<\/h3>\n

William Sutton Larmore<\/p>\n

Economics<\/h2>\n

J. Carlyle Ellett Economics Prize (1990)<\/h3>\n

Caryss Baldwin
\nCharlotte Moore<\/p>\n

Mathematics Economics Award for Excellence (2007)<\/h3>\n

Eleanor Liu<\/p>\n

Education<\/h2>\n

Outstanding Scholar and Leader in Education Award (2005)<\/h3>\n

Kate Massey<\/p>\n

Health Sciences<\/h2>\n

Jerry R. Thomas Award in Health Sciences (1996)<\/h3>\n

Andrew Hampton Sisson<\/p>\n

Public Health Senior Award (2019)<\/h3>\n

Sydney Beason<\/p>\n

Ruth Reid Award (2005)<\/h3>\n

Isabella Gutierrez<\/p>\n

Military Science<\/h2>\n

Distinguished Military Graduate Award (1986)<\/h3>\n

Reece Crook
\nJoshua Helton<\/p>\n

Politics and International Affairs<\/h2>\n

Henry P. Jones Political Science Medal (1986)<\/h3>\n

Ava Macheledt
\nAddison Edward Smith<\/p>\n

Paula Harper Bethea Civic Engagement Award (2020)<\/h3>\n

Kat Bassey
\nDrew Washington<\/p>\n

Political Science Chair\u2019s Award (2003)<\/h3>\n

Reagan A. Brittain
\nKyle Hosey<\/p>\n

Political Science Faculty Award (1997)<\/h3>\n

Erica Daly
\nJonathan Price St. Clair<\/p>\n

S. Sidney Ulmer Political Science Medal (1955)<\/h3>\n

Jonathan McKinney<\/p>\n

Psychology<\/h2>\n

Allport Scholar in Psychology (1968)<\/h3>\n

Riley Grace Hughes
\nQueen Trapp<\/p>\n

Brewer Scholar in Psychology (2008)<\/h3>\n

Will Deng<\/p>\n

Burts Scholar in Psychology (1973)<\/h3>\n

Emma Carmichael<\/p>\n

Marshall Prevost Medal in Psychology (1961)<\/h3>\n

Sam Gary<\/p>\n

Sociology<\/h2>\n

David Redburn Award (2013)<\/h3>\n

Natalie Ann Baker<\/p>\n

Johnson-Webb Sociology Award (1984)<\/h3>\n

Taylor Bernice Moore<\/p>\n

Paul Kooistra Fellowship for Engaged Sociology (2019)<\/h3>\n

Whitni Simpson<\/p>\n

Anthropology<\/h2>\n

Award for Excellence in Anthropology (2016)<\/h3>\n

Helen Marie Corbett Winters<\/p>\n

Asian Studies<\/h2>\n

Faculty Award in Chinese (1991)<\/h3>\n

Lauren O’Hearn<\/p>\n

James B. Leavell Outstanding Work in Asian Studies (2005)<\/h3>\n

Oscar Guill\u00e9n Arauz<\/p>\n

Outstanding Work in Chinese Studies (2004)<\/h3>\n

Lauren Krotz
\nTessa Whitaker<\/p>\n

Outstanding Work in Japanese Studies (2004)<\/h3>\n

McKenzie Gibel<\/p>\n

Classics<\/h2>\n

John Scott Murray Greek Prize (1928)<\/h3>\n

Patrick Lyle<\/p>\n

John Scott Murray Latin Prize (1928)<\/h3>\n

Jed Mackey<\/p>\n

Communication Studies<\/h2>\n

Charles A. Batson Award (2004)<\/h3>\n

Alexis Hildenbrandt<\/p>\n

Communication Studies Award for Excellence in Public Speaking & Debate (1937)<\/h3>\n

Emma Jane Berger<\/p>\n

Endel Award for Excellence in Communication Studies (1926)<\/h3>\n

Lindsey Elena Cottle<\/p>\n

Endel Medal for Excellence in Mass Communication (1937)<\/h3>\n

Nick Curcio<\/p>\n

Endel Medal for Excellence in Rhetoric and Oratory (1926)<\/h3>\n

Catherine Byrd<\/p>\n

English<\/h2>\n

J. Decherd Guess Scholarship (1989)<\/h3>\n

Anna Blackman
\nCatherine Byrd
\nEmily Enlow
\nMcKenzie Gibel
\nMadeleine V. Wiggs
\nMolly Lamoreaux Cribb<\/p>\n

Pate American Literature Scholarship (2020)<\/h3>\n

Skyler Fox<\/p>\n

Pipkin English Award (1968)<\/h3>\n

Henry Dambach<\/p>\n

Roger Peace \/ L.D. Johnson Award (1982)<\/h3>\n

Mary Shelley Reid<\/p>\n

Rudolph Bates Award (1997)<\/h3>\n

Devin Zhang<\/p>\n

History<\/h2>\n

Alumni Award for Academic Excellence in History (2003)<\/h3>\n

George Franklin King III
\nAlston Ramage Lewis
\nAva Macheledt<\/p>\n

Daughters of the American Revolution Prize in American History (1937)<\/h3>\n

Grace Ryan<\/p>\n

Endel Memorial History Prize (1937)<\/h3>\n

Amelia Spell<\/p>\n

Gilpatrick History Prize (1937)<\/h3>\n

Kyle Hosey<\/p>\n

Modern Languages and Literatures<\/h2>\n

Cervantes Award in Spanish (1969)<\/h3>\n

Daniel Sarkela<\/p>\n

David Wells Morgan Award in French (1969)<\/h3>\n

David Reuben Meyer<\/p>\n

Goethe Award in German (1969)<\/h3>\n

Leanne Joyce<\/p>\n

Philosophy<\/h2>\n

Excellence in Applied Philosophy Award (2019)<\/h3>\n

Alessandra Josephine Hermetz<\/p>\n

James C. Edwards Excellence in Philosophy Award (1998)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Katherine Tanis
\nDevin Zhang<\/p>\n

Religion<\/h2>\n

Baggott Excellence Award (1978)<\/h3>\n

Eleanor Marion Proctor
\nNatalie Anne Morgan<\/p>\n

Baggott Ministerial Award (1978)<\/h3>\n

Carrie Leigh Williams<\/p>\n

John C. Shelley Award for Excellence in Fields of Theology and Ethics (2013)<\/h3>\n

Olivia Buse
\nMary Shelley Reid<\/p>\n

Scholarly Achievement Award in Religion (1970)<\/h3>\n

Erik Bodien
\nAbigail Christine Smith<\/p>\n

Biology<\/h2>\n

Beta Beta Beta General Excellence Award (1974)<\/h3>\n

Charles W. Hudson<\/p>\n

C. Leland Rodgers Biology Award (2000)<\/h3>\n

Alfred Edward Andrews III
\nJonathan Davis Jr.<\/p>\n

Distinguished Research in Biology Award (2000)<\/h3>\n

Skyler Fox
\nJake Gerardi<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Thackston Taylor Botany Medal (1942)<\/h3>\n

Skyler Fox<\/p>\n

Chemistry<\/h2>\n

American Chemical Society Outstanding Senior Chemistry Major Award (1954)<\/h3>\n

Ethan Durham<\/p>\n

American Institute of Chemists Award in Biochemistry (1984)<\/h3>\n

Ryan Singer<\/p>\n

American Institute of Chemists Award in Chemistry (1984)<\/h3>\n

Emily Hardwick<\/p>\n

John Albert Southern Chemistry Award (1973)<\/h3>\n

Christine Fasana
\nAllen Matthew Knepper
\nMadelaine Tedrick<\/p>\n

John Sampey Award in Chemistry (1968)<\/h3>\n

Madeline Klumb
\nLuke A. Kurfman
\nShannon Harold<\/p>\n

Computer Science<\/h2>\n

Computing in Community Award (2017)<\/h3>\n

Meredith Pearce
\nMichael Bowling<\/p>\n

Kenneth C. Abernethy Award for Excellence in Computer Science (1996)<\/h3>\n

Riley Luckmann
\nNicholas Robins<\/p>\n

Earth, Environmental and Sustainability Sciences<\/h2>\n

Earth and Environmental Sciences Research Award (2007)<\/h3>\n

Isabelle Harris<\/p>\n

Earth and Environmental Sciences Scholar Award (2007)<\/h3>\n

Adare W. Taylor<\/p>\n

Sustainability Science Research Award (2013)<\/h3>\n

Jack Markowitz<\/p>\n

Wallace C. Fallaw Outstanding Senior Award (1996)<\/h3>\n

Caroline Elizabeth Vickery<\/p>\n

Mathematics<\/h2>\n

Applied Mathematics Award for Excellence (2022)<\/h3>\n

Madeleine Edenton<\/p>\n

Mathematics Award for Excellence (Delany Medal) (1945)<\/h3>\n

Eleanor Liu<\/p>\n

Neuroscience<\/h2>\n

William Blaker Award for Excellence in Neuroscience (2015)<\/h3>\n

Brenna Outten<\/p>\n

Physics<\/h2>\n

Award for Excellence in Physics (2020)<\/h3>\n

Madeleine Edenton
\nMadeline Klumb<\/p>\n

Mary Paige Ouzts Senior Physics Award (2005)<\/h3>\n

Maggie Fritts<\/p>\n

Office of Pre-Professional Advising \u2013 Health Careers<\/h2>\n

Alpha Epsilon Delta Scholarship Award (1982)<\/h3>\n

Emily Hardwick<\/p>\n

Robert Emmett Allen Pre-medical Prize (1927)<\/h3>\n

Noah Callahan Steyer<\/p>\n

Africana Studies<\/h2>\n

Award for Excellence in Africana Studies (2022)<\/h3>\n

Riley Grace Hughes<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s, Gender and Sexuality Studies<\/h2>\n

Award for Excellence in Women\u2019s, Gender and Sexuality Studies (2001)<\/h3>\n

Riley Grace Hughes<\/p>\n

Ancient Greek and Roman Studies<\/h2>\n

Award for Excellence in Ancient Greek and Roman Studies (2001)<\/h3>\n

Abigail Christine Smith<\/p>\n

Data Analytics<\/h2>\n

The Data Analytics Award for Excellence (2022)<\/h3>\n

Madeleine Edenton
\nYunji Rosie Kim
\nNoah John Johnson<\/p>\n

Environmental Studies<\/h2>\n

Award for Excellence in Environmental Studies (2001)<\/h3>\n

Mianna Romano<\/p>\n

Film Studies<\/h2>\n

Award for Excellence in Film Studies (2014)<\/h3>\n

Gabrielle Mackenzie Rumph<\/p>\n

Latin American and Latinx Studies<\/h2>\n

Award for Excellence in Latin American and Latinx Studies (2001)<\/h3>\n

Jack Markowitz<\/p>\n

Linguistics and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages<\/h2>\n

Award for Excellence in Linguistics and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (2020)<\/h3>\n

Morgen Grace Smith<\/p>\n

Medicine, Health and Culture<\/h2>\n

Award for Excellence in Medicine, Health and Culture Studies (2019)<\/h3>\n

Christine Fasana<\/p>\n

Middle East & Islamic Studies<\/h2>\n

Award for Excellence in Middle East & Islamic Studies (2018)<\/h3>\n

Erik Bodien<\/p>\n

Poverty Studies<\/h2>\n

Award for Excellence in Poverty Studies (2010)<\/h3>\n

Asha Marie Larson-Baldwin
\nAva Macheledt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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