抖M女仆 Hosts 49th Annual Honors Convocation
抖M女仆 President John Kelly with Distinguished Teacher of the Year Laura Vernon
抖M女仆 President John Kelly and Provost Gary W. Perry will host the University鈥檚 49th annual Honors Convocation on Wednesday, April 18 at 4 p.m. at the University Theatre in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton campus. The ceremony recognizes the University鈥檚 most outstanding students and faculty (a full list of honorees is below).聽
Awards and recognition include nine University scholars, the Distinguished Student award, the University Club Merit award, the Phi Kappa Phi scholar, the Stan and Renee Wimberly scholar, the Undergraduate Researchers awards, the Student-Athletes of the Year awards, and the Fraternity and Sorority scholars. Faculty honors include the 抖M女仆 Alumni Association鈥檚 Degree of Difference Award, Researchers and Scholars of the Year awards, Teaching and Advising awards, as well as the Distinguished Mentor of the Year in Undergraduate Research award, and the Presidential Awards for Engaged Faculty.
The winner of the Distinguished Teacher of the Year award, which is determined by 抖M女仆 students, will present the keynote speech. This year鈥檚 recipient is Laura Vernon, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology in the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College. As a clinical psychologist, Vernon鈥檚 research is on psychological disorders and their treatment. Her lab broadly examines anxiety disorders, emotion, cognition, and mindfulness. Specifically, some of her recent research projects have examined the effectiveness of a mindfulness-based, equine-assisted therapy for different clinical disorders, as well as the usefulness of brief mindfulness interventions for college students, the contributions of fear and disgust to spider phobia, and the cognitive processes of emotion and phobias.
鈥淗onors Convocation is a longstanding and important tradition,鈥 said Perry. 鈥淭his ceremony allows us to spotlight the academic excellence of our best faculty and students.鈥
2018 抖M女仆 Honors Convocation Awardees
University Scholars
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Hristo Joseph
College of Business聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽Courtney King
College for Design and Social Inquiry聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 William Pfister
College of Education聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Fernanda Sepulveda
College of Engineering and Computer Science聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Ignacio Jimenez-Ruiz
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Liberty Boyd
Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Jean-Joseph Rendel
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽Andrea Rodriguez
Distinguished Student Award
College for Design and Social Inquiry聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽Laurice Melvin
Fraternity and Sorority Scholars
Alpha Phi Epsilon Fraternity聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Ryan Saffer
Phi Mu Sorority聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Rachel Cumming
Phi Kappa Phi Scholar
College of Engineering and Computer Science聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Lisandre Meyer
Student-Athletes of the Year
Football聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Greg Joseph
Softball聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽Alexandra Miller
University Club Merit Award
Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽Jessie Gushue
Stan and Renee Wimberly Scholar
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽Christy Folk
Undergraduate Researchers of the Year
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Kira Wolak
College of Business聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽Danielle Gordon
College for Design and Social Inquiry聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Kestride Estil
College of Education聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Jessica Halle
College of Engineering and Computer Science聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Vithulan Suthakaran
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Anna Riso
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Haley Katz
Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Alexandra Miller
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Andrea Hernandez
Alumni 鈥淒egree of Difference鈥 Award
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽Maria Fadiman, Ph.D.
University Researchers of the Year
Marc Kantorow, Ph.D., Professor
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Andrew Oleinikov, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Sarah Du, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Scholars of the Year
Michael Brady, Ph.D., Professor
College of Education
Melih Madanoglu, Ph.D., Associate Professor
College of Business
Mingxiang Li, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
College of Business
Excellence and Innovation in Undergraduate Teaching
Oge Marques, Ph.D., College of Engineering and Computer Science
Ramesh Teegavarapu, Ph.D., College of Engineering and Computer Science
Rachel Luria, Ph.D., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Lisa Wiese, Ph.D., Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Excellence and Innovation in Undergraduate Advising
Sheena Orr, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Jessica Meith, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Javaris Hammond, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Distinguished Mentor of the Year in Undergraduate Research
Julie Earles, Ph.D., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Presidential Awards for Engaged Faculty
Cassandra Atkin-Plunk, Ph.D., College for Design and Social Inquiry
Sameer Hinduja, Ph.D., College for Design and Social Inquiry
Fred Bloetscher, Ph.D., College of Engineering and Computer Science
The Distinguished Teacher of the Year
Laura Vernon, Ph.D., Associate Professor
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Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College聽
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