Academic Honors Convocation celebrated students, faculty achievement on April 13
ASHLAND, Ohio – About 75 Ashland University students were recognized individually for their academic achievement and two faculty members were honored for their outstanding work at the annual Academic Honors Convocation, held April 13 at the Jack and Deb Miller Chapel.
The purpose of the convocation is to celebrate academic achievement, promote community and recognize sophomores, juniors and seniors with Outstanding Student Awards. The criteria for those awards are scholarly achievement, completion of at least 30 credit hours at AU and a GPA of 3.25 or above, and the honorees are presented by the dean or representative from each college.
The program also revealed the finalists and recipients of the Taylor Excellence in Teaching Award, the university’s most prestigious teaching award, and the Excellence in Scholarship Award, which recognizes AU faculty who have demonstrated outstanding scholarship. To be considered for the Taylor Excellence in Teaching Award, faculty must first be nominated as someone who epitomizes high quality instruction, and then a winner is selected by a committee which reviews the nominees’ teaching evaluations, teaching philosophy statement and letters of support, and conducts unannounced classroom observations of the nominees. The Excellence in Scholarship Award goes to nominated faculty with a record of outstanding scholarship, including but not limited to peer-reviewed articles, conference presentations, book chapters, manuscripts and other creative work. The nominees for this award are reviewed by a committee, which examines the scholarly work of the nominees and then conducts a call with an external expert in the nominees’ field before selecting a winner.
Listed below are the recipients of the academic awards:
Ashland University’s Edward and Louaine Taylor Excellence in Teaching Award:
Terri Jewett, professional instructor of education
Ashland University’s Excellence in Scholarship Award:
Sivakumar Venkataramany, Ph.D., professor of international business
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Art and Design:
- Sophomore Award: Sierra Bailey
- Junior Award: Grace Crall
- Senior Award: Mason Smith
Department of Biology/Toxicology:
- Sophomore Award: Baylor Weiser
- Junior Award: Jihae Dick
- Senior Award: Erica Samples
Department of Chemistry/Geology/Physics:
- Sophomore Award: Anna Ramsier
- Junior Award: Melanie Eichler
- Senior Award: Sarah McKee
Department of Communication Studies:
- Sophomore Award: Katherine Tarbush
- Junior Award: Maksym Polianskyi
- Senior Award: Katelyn Meeks
Department of Computer Science:
- Sophomore Award: Veronika Khomukha
- Junior Award: Brendan Dee
- Senior Award: Megan Coon
Department of Criminal Justice and Sociology:
- Sophomore Award: Addison White
- Junior Award: Mary Kate Prall
- Senior Award: Amanda Deprey
Department of History:
- Sophomore Award: Madeline Downie
- Junior Award: Jordan Tichenor
- Senior Award: Robert Mouledoux
Department of Interdisciplinary Studies:
- Sophomore Award: Jonathon Codori
- Junior Award: Larry Brashers
- Senior Award: Sean Hayes
Department of Journalism and Digital Media:
- Sophomore Award: Dashia Johnson
- Junior Award: Lauren Gulden
- Senior Award: Katelyn Meeks
Department of Languages and Literatures:
- Sophomore Award: Anelise Mull
- Junior Award: Joshua Carpenter
- Senior Award: Abbie Higinbotham
Department of Mathematics:
- Junior Award: Seth Witt
- Senior Award: Carmen Schlatter
Department of Music:
- Junior Award: Gabriel Murawski
- Senior Award: Robert Mouledoux
Department of Philosophy:
- Sophomore Award: Adam Kitts
- Senior Award: Teresa Overholser
Department of Political Science:
- Sophomore Award: Jamie Lutz
- Junior Award: Haley Watson
- Senior Award: Kara Crum
Department of Psychology:
- Sophomore Award: Hannah Chambers
- Junior Award: Oleksandra Bibik
- Senior Award: Zechariah Van Farowe
Department of Religion:
- Junior Award: Isaiah Wasserbeck
- Senior Award: Anna Bielawski
Department of Social Work:
- Sophomore Award: Allissa Bonnell
- Junior Award: Caitlyn Ward
- Senior Award: Olivia Ramsdell
Dauch College of Business & Economics
Department of Accounting/Management Information Systems
- Sophomore Award: Donovan Yaeger
- Junior Award: Aden Gregory
- Senior Award: John Essig
Department of Economics/Finance/Business Analytics:
- Sophomore Award: Leeann Harker
- Junior Award: Klaira Paramore
- Senior Award: Hunter Sommers
Department of Management/International Business/Entrepreneurship/Supply Chain Management/Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing Management:
- Sophomore Award: Justin Patrick
- Junior Award: Isabella Jesse
- Senior Award: Robert Young
Department of Marketing/Fashion Merchandising/Sport Management:
- Sophomore Award: Ella Schneider
- Junior Award: Hannah Good
- Senior Award: Emilie Lemon
Dwight Schar College of Education
Department of Teacher Education:
Intervention Specialist (K-12):
- Sophomore Award: Drew Novak
- Junior Award: Zander Graham
- Senior Award: Emma Koile
Middle Grades Education:
- Sophomore Award: Grace Heller
- Junior Award: Reese Knowles
- Senior Award: Brailee Beun
PK-5 Dual Education Program:
- Sophomore Award: Emily Keener
- Junior Award: Riley Hunt
- Senior Award: Molly Winner
Dwight Schar College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Department of Health Sciences:
- Sophomore Award: Kylie Liebacher
- Junior Award: Faith Anderson
- Senior Award: Kenzie McConnell
Department of Nursing:
- Sophomore Award: Briana Ewalt
- Junior Award: Grath Garee
- Senior Award: Brynn Lavan