Students, faculty, staff earn IUPUC awards

More than 40 top students, in a wide range of disciplines, are receiving recognition for their scholarly accomplishments during the 2021-22 academic year as part of the annual Vice Chancellor’s Academic Honors Convocation at Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus (IUPUC).

Additionally, three staff members and six faculty members are being honored. Selected by their peers, these faculty and staff award winners demonstrated significant service and contributions to IUPUC students, the campus, and the South Central Indiana region.

Also honored are the 17 students who received Student Research Grant awards during the twelfth year of the Office of Student Research operations. This is a dynamic program that promotes intellectual inquiry and innovation to enrich the educational experiences of IUPUC students.

Here is a full list of 2021-2022 award recipients.

Chancellor’s scholar: Nettie Miller, Columbus

Campus awards

Undergraduate Service Leadership Award: Olivia Fuel, Columbus

Undergraduate Service Leadership Award: Heather Adams, Columbus

Academic awards

Division of Business

Division of Business Foundation Outstanding Student in Business: Taylor Fischer, Shelbyville

Outstanding Student in Supply Chain Management: Simone Petit-Homme, Seymour

Centra Credit Union Outstanding Student in Finance: Brayden Trinkle, Seymour

Agresta, Storms &O’Leary Outstanding Student in Accounting: Jennifer Shipley, Columbus

Outstanding Student in Management: Taylor Fischer, Shelbyville

The Republic/AIM Media Indiana Outstanding Student in Marketing: Kamryn Cantu, Columbus

Business scholar awards: David Blankman, Greensburg; Edwin Bohman, Batesville; Darion Buckner, Greenfield; Thomas Ellison, Columbus; Taylor Fischer, Shelbyville; Demi Oakes, Seymour; Lauren Pauley, Brownstown; Sarah Elizabeth Schneider, Greensburg; Kelly Short, Columbus; Nolan Storm, Greensburg

University College

First-Year Seminar Award: Carson Likens, Nashville

General Studies Degree Program

Outstanding Graduate Award: Andy Helwig, Seymour

Division of Education

Distinguished Service to Education: Brooke Knight, Seymour

Distinguished Teaching &Learning Performance in K-6 Content and Pedagogy: Wendy Rosado, Greenwood

Distinguished Teaching &Learning Performance in K-6 English Language Learner Education: Karol Espinoza, Columbus

Distinguished Teaching &Learning Performance in K-6 Special Education: Emily Konkle, Columbus

Distinguished Teaching &Learning Performance in Equity Education: Jenna King, Seymour

IUPUC Indiana Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Future Educator: Laura Palomino, Columbus

IUPUC Indiana Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Future Educator: Heather Dance, Greensburg

Division of Health Sciences

Columbus Regional Health Outstanding Student in Nursing: Hannah Ezernack, Brownstown

Outstanding Pre-Licensure Student in Nursing: Haylee Owens, Greensburg

Outstanding Student in Community Health: Heather Adams, Columbus

Vicki Johnson-Poynter Nurse Leadership Award: Victoria Cain, Greenwood; Maria Viveros Castelan, Seymour

Sharer Preceptor of the Year Award: Brent Shepherd, Greenwood

Division of Liberal Arts

Best English Essay: Emerson Fowler, Seymour

Outstanding Student in Communication Studies: Cristina Villani, Nashville

Outstanding Student in Criminal Justice: Alec McCullough, Greensburg

Outstanding Student in English: Cynthia Scott, Columbus

Outstanding Student in Sociology: Hannah Brooks, North Vernon

Outstanding Student in Liberal Arts: Elizabeth Pike, Columbus

Division of Science

Columbus Regional Health Outstanding Student in Science: Joseph Focke, Columbus

Outstanding Student in Advanced Math: Paul Meyer, Columbus

Outstanding Student in Calculus: Chayden Long, North Vernon

Promising Future Psychologist: Bryor Brown, Franklin

Outstanding Student in Psychology: Kelsie Bullard, Shelbyville

Jack P. Young Chemistry Award: Bridget Louden, Columbus

Office of Student Research 2021-2022 Grant Award Winners: Bryor Brown, Franklin;

Olivia Brown, Columbus; Kelsie Bullard, Shelbyville; Margaret Carson, Elizabethtown; Dalton Ferguson, Commiskey; Joseph Focke, Columbus; Brittany Gholsten, Nashville; Daymon Higdon, Shelbyville; Sarah Kendall, Columbus; Christian Litsey, Seymour; Andrew Philip McGinnis, Brownstown; Ethan Montgomery, Freetown; Lauren Pauley, Brownstown; Cynthia Scott, Columbus; Priscilla Villarreal, Columbus; Anna Weedling, New Whiteland

Faculty awards

Outstanding Full-Time Faculty Teaching Award: Lawrence Ruich

Outstanding Full-Time Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Award: Elizabeth daSilva

Outstanding Full-Time Faculty Service Award: Darrin Carr

Indiana University Trustees Teaching Award: A’ame Joslin

Indiana University Trustees Teaching Award: Laura Liu

Jacqueline D. Franz Outstanding Part-time Faculty Teaching Award: Jackson Sargent

Staff Awards

C.W. Coons Distinguished Service Award: Paul Burris

Vickie Welsh-Huston Staff Council Service Award: Carol Kostrzewsky

Vickie Welsh-Huston Staff Council Service Award: Jayne Morris