Students, faculty and staff were honored at The University of Olivet’s Honors Convocation on April 19. Congratulations to all the award winners for your outstanding work. To view and download pictures from the event, click here.
Awards and Recipients
Professor/Staff Awards
Doctors Gorton and Peggy Riethmiller Award for Outstanding Administrator
Mike Lazusky
Doctors Gorton and Peggy Riethmiller Award for Excellence in Teaching
Mike Oyster
Frank Bartlett
Doctors Gorton and Peggy Riethmiller Award for Excellence in Advising
Regina Armstrong
Will Hagerty
Doctors Gorton and Peggy Riethmiller Award for Excellence in Scholarship
Nikki Magie
Outstanding Adjunct Award
Tabatha Keller
Art and Charlotte Stevens Excellent Educator Award
Maria Davis
Office of Academic Affairs and Office of the President
Presidential Distinguished Medalists- Top 5 Graduates and Most Influential Professors
Daniel Ballagh and Tom Humphreys
Laura Fox and Jeremy Duby
Alexis McDonald and Will Hagerty
Allyson Sears and Michael Weglarz
Erin Brady and Tom Humphreys
Presidential Distinguished Scholar
Savannah Baker
Daniel Ballagh
Amanda Clough
Laura Fox
Alexis McDonald
Edward Pilch
Zachary Zuk
President’s Leadership Institute Fellows
Logan Allen
Daniel Ballagh
Rivkie Biritz
Brielle Broderick
Landen Cooley
Alexandra DeVault
Bryce Gates
Da’Quarious Johnson
Seth Kading
Logan Kramer
Elisabeth McIntosh
Spencer Murphy
Jenna Pagano
Chelsea Perry
Jade Smith
Liberty Tetzlaff
Isabela Tijerina
Karley Wheeler
The University of Olivet Women’s Leadership Institute
Griffon Rice
Athletics
Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award
Kayin Harper
Robert Davids
Cooper Beard
Sir Quarius Ball
Robert Reynolds
Destinee Hawkins
Linda Hoover Athletic/Scholastic Achievement Award
Gabby Joliff
Walter B. Sprandel Athletic/Scholastic Achievement Award
Owen Guilford
Office of the President Honors
Porter Scholarship Award
SirQuarius Ball
Elisabeth McIntosh
Ulrick Meighan
Jade Smith
Inclusion Excellence Student Award
Sarah M. Cruz
Destinee Hawkins
Elite Greek Society
Inclusion Excellence Faculty Award
Laura Barlond-Maas
Zoe Hammer
Dustin Bryd
Inclusion Excellence Staff Award
Robin Luckadoo Chadderdon
Joey Shepherd
Joshua VanWhye
Alumni Awards
Garfield Lake Review Advisor Stipend
Meredith Dodson
Lenora Belle Hazard Memorial Award
Kaliq White
The William Buchanan Award
Bray Wright
The Joan Johnson Wagner ’45 Alumni Board Scholarship
Summer Smith
The Ellyn ’36 & Lane ’40 Breidenstein Endowed Alumni Board Scholarship
Abigail Lahr
The Rev. Grafton ’37 and Ruth ’38 Thomas Alumni Board Scholarship
Rearden Biritz
The Stu Parsell Endowed Alumni Board Scholarship
Spencer Murphy
The Marty (Mason) Jennings ’67 Endowed Alumni Board Scholarship
Lily Rozeveld
Community Responsibility Awards
Leadership in Service and Service Learning Award
Taylor Moore
Kobe Hogue
Dr. Ray B. Loeschner ODK Leadership Award
Murtaza Ahmadi
Spencer Murphy
Malaya Shireman
Ella Gaffke
Lily Rozeveld
Sarah Cruz
Lilyanna Joy VanValkenburg
Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Edward P. Speare Biology Scholarship
Tonya Tepin
Meredith Morell
Rasmussen-Reames Pre-Medical Scholarship
Spencer Murphy
Fred Gruen Chemistry Assistantship
Amanda Ray
David N. Cutler ’65 Endowed Scholarship
London Eldridge
Emily Mitchell
Richard C. Fleming Ecology and Field Biology Prize
Gracen Zaremba
Outstanding Senior in Science
Mary Mitchell
Russell Mitchell
Outstanding Achievement in Mathematics Award
Sarah LaFoe
Outstanding Achievement in Acturial Science Award
Erin Brady
ACS Graduating Student in the Chemical Sciences
Hannah Mitchell
ACS Award for General Chemistry
Ella LaMothe
ACS Award for Organic Chemistry
London Eldridge
ACS Award for Physical Chemistry
Jennifer Mann
ACS Award for Inorganic Chemistry
Russell Mitchell
Social Sciences
Outstanding Criminal Justice Student
Lily Connelly
Cooper Phillips
Alexandra Polsinelli
Eric Smith
Outstanding Achievement in History
Laura Fox
Outstanding Achievement in Psychology
Marley Sherlin
Arts and Humanities
Media Prize – WOCR Staff Member of the Year
Maggie Berner
James R. Donohue Award in Arts and Communication
Laura Fox
Media Prize – Echo Staff Member of the Year
Abbey Peters
Media Prize – Garfield Lake Review Staff Member of the Year
Bray Wright
Hanna Sauve
Douglas & Blanche Gallery Endowed Scholarship
Andrew Sadler
Al and Mary Ann Gilmore Student Scholarship
Brielle Broderick
Charles (Jake) Dickinson
Wolfgang Meider Award
Nadia Anzaldua
Elizabeth Perez Pablo
Sydney Lynch
Excellence in English Award
Savannah Baker
Antoinette Green Prize in English
Bray Wright
Laura Berghorst Verplank Scholarship
Chase Hath
Leo T. Hendrick Prize in Creative Writing
Bray Wright
Sarah Maas
Deontay Thomas
Thelma Barlond Oderkirk Memorial Award
Amir Jones
Natalie Ross
Visual Arts
Justus W. Cohoe/Evelyn Gray Anderson Memorial Workshop and Travel Scholarship
Aram Brubaker
Riley Hancock
Visual Arts Honors
Samantha Van Beek
Vicktoria Thomas
Leah Hopkins
Denise Bryce
Charles Goldman
Elizabeth Kosier
Amyah Walker
Music
Gospel Choir Award
Landen Cooley
Chorister of the Year Award
Cassidy Stormzand
Instrumentalist of the Year Award
Logan Kramer
Ivis Carlson Larson Music Scholarship
Elisabeth McIntosh
Amy Eldridge Award for Scholarship
Tracy Katz
Helmer & Larida Petersen Endowment Music Scholarship
Logan Kramer
Asia Sherman
Thelma Pryor Music Scholarship
Jalayna Porter
Samuel Robinson Music Scholarship
Max Card
Business Administration and Computing
Computer Science Student of the Year
Erin Ruley
Accounting Student of the Year
Lyndsey Anne Katz
Business Marketing Student of the Year
Breanne Bess
Business Management Student of the Year
Seth Kading
Financial Planning Student of the Year
Joel Carlson
The Risk Management and Insurance Student of the Year
Mitchell Yarger
ITM Student of the Year Award
Evan Warner
John S. Homer Business and Economics Scholar
Andrew Waller
Charles M. Trubac Insurance Scholarship Award
Kylie Flynn
Health and Human Performance
Debra Tighe Memorial Award
Jill Arends
Gabby Joliff
Dr. Jeffery S. Vessely Memorial Scholarship Award
Jill Arends
Jare Klein Excellence Award
Hayden Germain
Ethan Valente
Phi Epsilon Kappa-Zeta Alpha Award
Carter Clements
Dakota Galeazzi
Ellie Louiselle
Jenna Otten
Savannah Pavoni
All-Scholar Performance Team
Jill Arends
SirQuarius Ball
Cooper Beard
Bo Brandt
Mason Cook
Christopher Davis
Jonathan Davis
Julia Decker
Cole Deyo
Olivia DuFore
Samantha Foster
Ryan Ganger
Evan Honnen
Emily Keeler
Trevor Klotz
Sydney Lynch
Elijah Saathoff
Cole Strieter
Liberty Tetzlaff
Dakota Weaver
Health and Human Performance In Action Award
SirQuarius Ball
Ryan Bart
Jordan Hartman
Deonte Higgins
Gabrielle Joliff
Drew Kupolos
Jackson Murphy