At the Graduation Celebration & Student Awards Ceremony, held Friday, May 5, 2017, in the Jacobs Science Building, several undergraduate and graduate students were recognized.
Undergraduate Awards:
Freshman Chemistry Award: Jacqueline Kowalke
General Chemistry Excellence Award: Nathaniel Morgan, Grace Anderson
Hammond Leadership Award: Amir Kucharski
Hammond Undergraduate Service Award: Jumanah Mahmoud
William Meredith Riggs Award: Aaron Snell
Nancy J. Stafford Award: Sarah Gobel
Thomas B. Nantz Memorial Scholarship: Christian Powell
Paul G. Sears Scholarship: Ashley Weaver, Benjamin Stewart, Connon Rhodes
Dr. Hume and Ellen Towle Bedford Scholarship: Thuy Nguyen
David W. and Eloise C. Young Scholarship: Ebubechi Adindu, Cody Robinette
Paul L. Corio Scholarship: Logan Gilland, Sarah Johnson, Morgan Keyser
Robert M. Boyer Memorial Scholarship: Chia-Hsuan Shen
Graduate Awards:
100% Plus Award: Mason Daniel
Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award: Fan Huang
Griffith Outstanding General Chemistry TA Award: Nathaniel George
Fast Start Award: Prasangi Rajapaksha
Additionally, several students were recognized for receiving degrees in chemistry.
Bachelor of Science: Arnela Alomerovic, Max Baker,* Rebekah Buchanan, Hannah Bullock, Nathaniel Calloway, Jillian Cramer,* Kimberly Dean, Nicholas Demas, Weixia Deng,* Katherine Donohue, Abigail Florence, Jenna Garofolo,* Sarah Goebel, Christopher Haas, Braxton McFarland, Ryan Melody, Rebecca Mueller, Leona Nease,* Thuy Nguyen, Kevin Pedersen, Jordan Philley, Albert Puglisi, Nathaniel Richey, Aaron Snell, Kimberly Stevens,* Nathan Walling, Adam Younes
Bachelor of Arts: Olivia Boughey, Joseph Crafton, Rebecca Edwins, Kayvon Ghayoumi, Zachary Griffith,* Megan Hackett Sidney Herrell,* Claire Jones Amir Kucharski, Jr.,* Jordan McAteer, Rachel Minrath, Britteny Ruggles, Emily Sears, Austin Smith, Gabrielle Smith, Sidharth Yadav, Peter Zhang, Ruochun Zhao
(* denotes Chemistry Department Honors and Dean’s List)
Master of Science: Cody Gay, Kayla Mahoney, Somin Park, Madison Sloan
Doctor of Philosophy: Surya Banks, Minakshi Bhardwaj, Qian Chai, Yao-Jen (Jerry) Chang, Devin Granger, Fan Huang, Beth Hudak, Samantha Jones, Yiyang Liu, Ashley Loe, Elliott Martin, Liz Pillar-Little, Aaron Swomley, Beth Thomas, Ting Wang