Students Receive Academic Honors Awards

The Annual Academic Honor Awards Assembly, which recognizes outstanding students who have dedicated time, energy and talent to their academic achievement, will take place at 5 p.m. May 8 in the Student Union Building Georgian Room.

Alumna Ellie Glenn (’07) will be the guest speaker. Glenn is the director of government relations for St. Louis Children’s Hospital. In this role, she advocates on behalf of the hospital and children’s health care issues in the Missouri and Illinois legislatures, as well as in Congress in Washington, D.C. A former legislative liaison for the Department of Health and Senior Services, she helped shape and advocate for policies that improve the health and lives of Missourians. Glenn is a 2007 Shear Fellow and won the Shear Amethyst Award in 2014.

Outstanding Graduate Student in Accounting
Amanda Truschinger

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Accounting
Dominic Kacich

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Agricultural Science
Elizabeth Erin Evers

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Anthropology
Mariah Zaaijer Vande Lune

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Art
Danielle Naeger

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Art History
Danielle Bell

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Art: Studio Art
Alexander Eickhoff

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Art: Visual Communication
Kristen Williams

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Athletic Training
Kelci Besand

Outstanding Graduate Student in Biology
Jeffrey Corneil

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Biology
Conor Gearin

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Business Administration: Finance
Samuel Lohmeyer

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Business Administration: Management
Molly McGraw

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Business Administration: Marketing
Jessica Poole

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in International Business
Amanda Shreves

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Chemistry
Kallie Hilsabeck

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Classics
Claire Drone-Silvers

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Communication: Journalism
Melissa Suzanne Bradford

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Communication: Public Communication
Genevieve Rose Avellino

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Communication: Communication Studies
Andrea Nicole Watkins Davis

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Communication Disorders
Michelle Suzanne Krahenbuhl

Outstanding Graduate Student in Communication Disorders
Kelley Theresa Koenig

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Computer Science
Kailong Mao

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Creative Writing
Nicholas Gibson

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Economics
Hope Benefield

Outstanding Graduate Student in Elementary Education
Elise Keller

Outstanding Graduate Student in Secondary Education
Grace Cripps

Outstanding Graduate Student in Special Education
Megan Taylor

Outstanding Graduate Student in English
Benjamin Batzer

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in English
Lydia Anne Whitacre

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Exercise Science
Kirsten Maakestad

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in French
Ashlee Estep

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in German
Brian Jacob

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Health Science
Kristin Grimsley

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in History
Jennifer Gail Marks

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Interdisciplinary Studies
Rachel Doyle

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Justice Systems
Abigail Orscheln

Outstanding Graduate Student in Leadership
Angela Carron

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Linguistics
Jeffrey Leafblad

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Mathematics
Katherine Maxwell

General George C. Marshall ROTC Award
for the Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Military Science
Dominic Bisesi

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Music: General Concentration
Katherine Barthel

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Music: Liberal Arts
Esther Chu

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Music: Performance
Ava Pacheco

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Nursing
Lauren Jean Null

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Religion
Samuel Walk

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Physics
Katherine Maxwell

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Political Science
Christopher Camie

Outstanding Undergraduate Students in Psychology
Christopher Zerr
Clare Fielding Bogle

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Romance Language
Amy Nicole Soto

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Sociology
Megan Amelia Todd

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Spanish
Paige Bergan

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Theatre
Bailey Jones

Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award
David Giovagnoli