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Award Recipients

Spring 2022

College of Agriculture

  • Sara Hene: Animal Science and Industry; Faculty Mentor: Michael Chao 

College of Architecture, Planning and Design

  • Kylee Odell: Architecture; Faculty Mentor: Melinda Cro

College of Arts and Sciences

  • Emma Blackwood: Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology; Faculty mentor: Alice Boyle 
  • Charlotte Bloede: Print Making; Faculty mentor: Jason Scuilla 
  • Christina Funk: Statistics and Data Science; Faculty mentor: Gregory Newmark
  • William Graham: Biology and Spanish; Faculty mentor: Rebecca Bender
  • Christopher Hartley: Psychology; Faculty mentor: Laura Brannon
  • Kori Howe: Biology; Faculty mentor: Loretta Johnson 
  • Isabella Hubbell: Modern Languages and Psychology; Faculty mentor: Lester Loschky
  • Daniel Hubin: Chemistry; Faculty mentor: Christopher Aakeroy 
  • Durga Jambunathan: Psychology; Faculty mentor: Donald Saucier
  • Regan Konz: Microbiology; Faculty mentor: Charles Rice
  • Caleb Kutz: Biology and Pre-Med; Faculty mentor: Jocelyn McDonald 
  • Samira Laytimi: Medical Biochemistry; Faculty mentor: Kathrin Schrick
  • Aidan Nelson: Cultural Anthropology and Creative Writing; Faculty mentor: Trevor Durbin
  • Udochi Otuonye, Chemistry and Pre-Med; Faculty mentor: Tendai Gadzikwa
  • Will Sydzyik: Biology; Faculty mentor: Stephanie Shames
  • Lexe West: Psychology; Faculty mentor: Kimberly Kirkpatrick
  • Nathalie Wright: Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology; Faculty mentor: Alice Boyle

College of Engineering

  • Nathan Bradley: Electrical and Computer Engineering; Faculty Mentor: Jungkwun Kim 
  • Tegan Brandt: Biomedical Engineering; Faculty mentor: David Thompson
  • Sophia Braynock: Biomedical Engineering; Faculty mentor: Steven Warren
  • Peyton Christian: Biomedicial Engineering; Faculty mentor: Steven Warren
  • Bradie Frizzell: Biomedical Engineering; Faculty mentor: Steven Warren 
  • Lauren Salee: Biomedical Engineering; Faculty mentor: Steven Warren
  • Cecilia Schmitz: Electrical Engineering; Faculty mentor: Dave Thompson 
  • Kelsey Warren: Biomedical Engineering; Faculty mentor: Laura Brannon

College of Health and Human Sciences

  • Averie Brown: Kinesiology; Faculty mentor: Katie Heinrich 
  • Logan Hurla: Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology; Faculty mentor: Tom Barstow 
  • Kendra Marstall: Kinesiology; Faculty mentor: Gina Besenyi
  • Elizabeth Rogers: Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology; Faculty mentor: Katie Heinrich
  • Torian Simpson: Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology; Faculty mentor: Brad Behnke

A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications and College of Arts and Sciences

  • Ariana Brancato: Strategic Communications and Spanish; Faculty mentor: Rebecca Bender 

College of Architecture, Planning and Design and College of Arts and Sciences

  • Matthew Murphy: Architecture and Modern Languages; Faculty Mentor: Melinda Cro
Fall 2022

College of Arts and Sciences

  • Christopher Hartley: Psychology; Faculty Mentor: Laura Brannon 
  • Tyler Brown: Biochemistry Molecular Biophysics; Faculty Mentor: Jeremy Schmit 
  • Alexis Dawn Schlieper: Medical Biochemistry and Pre-Vet; Faculty Mentor: Will Tank and Susan Brown 
  • Margaret Fontanini: Psychology; Faculty Mentor: Donald Saucier 
  • Natalie Miller: Fisheries, Wildlife, Conservation, and Environmental Biology; Faculty Mentor: Allison Louthan 
  • Regan Konz: Microbiology; Faculty Mentor: Charles Rice 
  • Cole King: Biology; Faculty Mentor: Bethany Plakke 
  • Evie Flint: Medical Biochemistry; Faculty Mentor: Mary Cain
  • Loribeth Claro Martinez: Psychology; Faculty Mentor: Donald Saucier 
  • Sophia Palcic: Mathematics and Park Management & Conservation; Faculty Mentor: Trent Gaugler 
  • Nikela Reed: Theatre; Faculty Mentor: Shannon Skelton
  • Avery Johnson: Animal Biology and Dance; Faculty Mentor: Stephen Loch 
  • Alyx Glessner: Criminology, Dance Minor; Faculty Mentor: Stephen Loch
  • Hope Wedel: Wildlife Biology and Dance; Faculty Mentor: Stephen Loch

College of Engineering

  • Amber Lintz: Biomedical Engineering; Faculty Mentor: Punit Prakash 
  • Clayton Hardin: Biomedical Engineering; Faculty Mentor: Punit Prakash
  • Haylee Nicholas: Architectural Engineering; Faculty Mentor: Stephen Loch 

College of Health and Human Sciences

  • Rebekah Hennesy: Fashion Studies; Faculty Mentor: Yingying Wu 
  • Elizabeth Rogers: Kinesiology and Integrated Physiology; Faculty Mentor: Katie Heinrich 
  • Raimi Carroll: Kinesiology; Faculty Mentor: Steven Copp
  • Agel Yor: Fashion Design; Faculty Mentor: Yingying Wu
  • Maria Izquierdo: Nutrition and Health; Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Francois
  • Sophia Baskerville: Sports Nutrition; Faculty Mentor: Stephen Loch
  • Cassandra LuJean Meyer: Dietetics; Faculty Mentor: Stephen Loch
  • Annika Wiebers: Dietetics; Faculty Mentor: Stephen Loch 
  • Audrey Henton: Dietetics, minor in Dance; Faculty Mentor: Stephen Loch

College of Agriculture and College of Arts and Sciences

  • Alexis Sutton: Food Science, Bakery Science, and Dance; Faculty Mentor: Stephen Loch

 College of Business and College of Arts and Sciences

  • Emily Hug de Belmont Brugada: Organizational Management and Dance; Faculty Mentor: Stephen Loch 

College of Education and College of Arts and Sciences

  • Ann Stegman: Elementary Education and Dance; Faculty Mentor: Stephen Loch 
  • Margot McClain: Elementary Education and Dance; Faculty Mentor: Stephen Loch

College of Health and Human Sciences and College of Arts and Sciences 

  • Abbey Elise Griffin: Nutrition and Health, Dance; Faculty Mentor: Stephen Loch