Choir singing at Academic Honors Convocation

Seventy-five students, two professors recognized at Academic Honors Convocation

Published on April 28, 2022
Ashland University

ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University held its Academic Honors Convocation, an opportunity to recognize the achievements of many of its students and faculty from academic programs across campus. The annual event was held April 24 at the John C. Myers Convocation Center.

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 over two semesters 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, while the Excellence in Scholarship Award finalists go to nominated faculty with specific examples of outstanding scholarship.

Listed below are the recipients of the academic awards:

Ashland University’s Edward and Louaine Taylor Excellence in Teaching Award: Teresa Moorman, clinical assistant professor of nursing

Ashland University’s Excellence in Scholarship Award: John Moser, professor of history

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Art and Design:

  • Sophomore Award: Saylor Lee-Vanauker
  • Senior Award: Mariel Leatherman

Department of Biology/Toxicology:

  • Sophomore Award: Madison Fish
  • Junior Award: Whitney Mullinnex
  • Senior Award: Joshua Davis II

Department of Chemistry/Geology/Physics:

  • Sophomore Award: Hannah Cline
  • Junior Award: Camden Edwards
  • Senior Award: Mya Lockwood Weis

Department of Communication Studies:

  • Sophomore Award: Marissa Simmons
  • Junior Award: Shila Hartzel
  • Senior Award: Zachary Kistler

Department of Computer Science:

  • Junior Award: Kane Feldhake
  • Senior Award: John-Tyler Sprankle

Department of Criminal Justice:

  • Sophomore Award: Bailee Orr
  • Junior Award: Giovanni Hutchings
  • Senior Award: Lilly Postlethwait

Department of History:

  • Sophomore Award: Quinn Wright
  • Junior Award: Anne Casey
  • Senior Award: Ashli Lucio

Department of Journalism and Digital Media:

  • Sophomore Award: Anthony Marchetta
  • Junior Award: Sean Repuyan
  • Senior Award: Carrie Smith

Department of Languages and Literatures:

  • Sophomore Award: Ashley Kovac
  • Junior Award: Sarah Yeaste
  • Senior Award: Andreas Cook

Department of Mathematics:

  • Junior Award: Daniel Brennan
  • Senior Award: Shawn Brady

Department of Music:

  • Sophomore Award: Leah Debracy
  • Junior Award: Isaac Franks
  • Senior Award: Jenna Niedermier

Department of Philosophy:

  • Junior Award: Joshua Stickney
  • Senior Award: Lexi Weyer

Department of Political Science:

  • Sophomore Award: McKenna Perrigan
  • Junior Award: Carolina Amparo
  • Senior Award: Lexi Weyer

Department of Psychology:

  • Sophomore Award: Marissa Simmons
  • Junior Award: Sarah Fisher
  • Senior Award: Sophie Dahn

Department of Religion:

  • Junior Award: Cassandra Burnham
  • Senior Award: Tiffany Sims

Department of Social Work:

  • Junior Award: Jocelyn Brown
  • Senior Award: Jade Harris

Department of Theatre:

  • Sophomore Award: Mattie Vermilya
  • Senior Award: Sydney Genter

College of Business & Economics

Department of Accounting/Management Information Systems

  • Sophomore Award: Emma Bergoon
  • Junior Award: Kaitlyn Kittle
  • Senior Award: Mark Blitz

Department of Economics/Finance:

  • Sophomore Award: Joseph Bertani
  • Junior Award: Nicholas Ponzi
  • Senior Award: Molly Gregory

Department of Management/International Business/Entrepreneurship/Supply Chain Management:

  • Sophomore Award: Nikolai Lesnikov
  • Junior Award: Jack Sanders
  • Senior Award: Kevin Mealwitz

Department of Marketing/Hospitality Management/Fashion Merchandising/Sport Management:

  • Sophomore Award: Corey Jeanor
  • Junior Award: Alexis Pesicek
  • Senior Award: Adelyn Coder

College of Education

Department of Teacher Education:
Early Childhood Education:

  • Junior Award: Victoria Dailey
  • Senior Award: Holly Hale

Early Childhood Education Intervention Specialist:

  • Junior Award: Sarah Drees
  • Senior Award: Elizabeth Hohler

Intervention Specialist (K-12):

  • Sophomore Award: Trent Maddox
  • Junior Award: Emma Weber
  • Senior Award: Hallie Heidemann

Middle Grades Education:

  • Sophomore Award: Maria Sommer
  • Junior Award: Grace Bapst
  • Senior Award: Emily Ramseyer

PK-5 Dual Education Program:

  • Sophomore Award: Alaina Bernsdorf
  • Junior Award: Sarah Beck
  • Senior Award: Ashley Siegel

College of Nursing & Health Sciences

Department of Health Sciences:

  • Sophomore Award: Zoe Webb
  • Junior Award: Bryce Jackson
  • Senior Award: Kieran Paterson

Department of Nursing:

  • Sophomore Award: Ashley Amstutz
  • Junior Award: Bethany Kula
  • Senior Award: Jessica Gilbert