Mercer University Faculty and Students Honored at Honors Convocation

May 10, 2001

Contact: Lindsay M. Moss
at (478) 301-2232 or (800) 837-2911

Mercer University Faculty and Students Honored at Honors Convocation

MACON -- The following Mercer University faculty and students received awards at the annual Honors Convocation held April 6 in Macon.

Distinguished Faculty Awards

College of Liberal Arts

Spencer B. King Award
Paul F. Oppy, Jr.

Stetson School of Business and Economics
William Stewart Mounts, Jr.

School of Engineering
Laura W. Lackey

The Vulcan Award
Clayton R. Paul

School of Education
William O. Lacefield III

College of Liberal Arts

Art Department

Anthony Stansfeld Award in Art
Jennifer Cravens

William P. Simmons Award in Art
Cynthia L. Wells

Biology Department

T. P. Haines Award
Eric McCoy

Graydon Ware Awards
Rising Junior
John T. Hansford
Rising Senior
Lucy Davis

Chemistry Department

2000 Outstanding Student in General Chemistry
Ashley R. Mehaffie

2000 Outstanding Student in Organic Chemistry
John R. Chipley, Jr.

2000 CRC Freshman Achievement Award in Chemistry
Timothy Neal Lovett

2000 ACS Award for Achievement in Organic Chemistry
Lucy Davis

Merck Index Award for Superior Achievement in Chemistry
Vinh Pham

2001 Outstanding Student Award in Analytical Chemistry
David Rowan

2001 Outstanding Student in Physical Chemistry
David R. Goode

Christianity Department

J. L. Dagg Research and Writing Award
Dianna Davidson

Jesse Mercer Award for Biblical Scholarship
George Griffin Hogan III
Clark Wisenbaker

Adiel Sherwood Outstanding Senior
Jody Long

Communication and Theatre Arts Department

Outstanding Junior Award
Amber Peavy Lawson
Courtney N. O'Neill

Outstanding Senior Award
Adam M. Gsengner

W. G. Lee Awards
Courtney N. O'Neill
Erin M. Sullivan
Candace M. Flatt
Nicole Benson
Patrick L. Sinclair
Jonathan G. Miles
Lauren Hauser
Marsha L. Hongkham
Lauren H. McSwain
Benjamin B. Kenemer
Megan A. Noel
Dawn Charisse Dykes
Josue D. Cisneros

Computer Science Department

Outstanding Sophomore Awards
Javed Siddique

Outstanding Junior Award
Kelly R. Cannon

Eugene Bell Outstanding Senior Award
Francesco Rizzi

Software Development Award
Jason Lloyd Boyer
Edwin H. Etheridge III
Christopher Martin Christian

English Department

Honors in English
Diana Davidson
Jacob Delange
Heather A. Googe
James L. McAfee
Shervette Miller
Candis Quay
Jennifer Ryer
Stephanie Shelton
Amy R. Smith
Mandi Walton
Randall J. Yelverton

Foreign Languages and Literatures

Cervantes Award
Kelly R. Cannon
Jacqueline Smith

Connie Byrd Award
Sean C. Lee

L. P. Irvin Foreign Language Award
Jennifer G. Geck

Great Books

Outstanding Senior in Great Books
Stephanie Shelton

History Department

Carlos T. Flick Scholarship
Benjamin B. Kenemer

Phi Alpha Theta Outstanding History Major Awards
Stephanie Burnham

Mathematics Department

Riley Plymale Award for Excellence in Mathematics
Meredith Resseau

Music Department

Academic Excellence Award
Heather Vande Voort

Departmental Honors
Jane' Cirlot

Excellence in Performance Award
Stephen F. P. Karr

General Excellence Award
Rachel Howell
Kimberly Steele

Physics Department

Outstanding Student in Introductory Physics
Mandi Walton

Outstanding Student In General Physics
Justin C. Poucher

Political Science Department

Outstanding Political Science Major Award
Kelly R. Cannon

Certificate of Honors and Recognition
Mitchell Adam Ferrell

Walter F. Dowling Award for Excellence in International Studies
Michal Baranowski

Psychology Department

Metzger Award for Best Empirical Manuscript
Jack Caudill

Knight Award for Best Theoretical Manuscript
Lara Ashley East
Jacqueline Smith

Jean Hendricks Award for Outstanding Graduating Student
Jacqueline Smith

Sociology Department

Alpha Kappa Delta Sociology Awards

Outstanding Junior Academic Achievement Award
Joan Anne Jordan

Outstanding Senior Academic Achievement Award
Brandi L. Brown

Outstanding Senior Service Award
Mary Heather McCullough
Laura Shelley Waters

Outstanding Junior Service Award
Jeannie L. Brazell

Women's and Gender Studies

Outstanding Senior in Women's and Gender Studies
Brandi L. Brown

College-wide Awards

Paul Frederick Erbele Memorial Scholarship
Charles F. Jackson III

J. Marion Roberts Award
Lisa Nicole Carroll
Jennifer Cole
Jacquelyn Davis
Doug W. Watson

Honor Societies

Alpha Kappa Delta (Sociology)
Charles Borders
Jeannie L. Brazell
Brandi L. Brown
Vanessa Welch Clark
Joan Anne Jordan
Scartisha Kincaid
Mary Heather McCullough
Christal Robinson
Tara Elizabeth Stubbs
Charles Sweatt
Laura Shelley Waters
Katie L. Wellborn
Wing Sze Wong

Beta Beta Beta (Biology)
Meghan Brignati
Mary Cannard
Sal Chillemi
John Chipley
Ludy Davis
Tory Delatte
Jarrod Dumpe
Elizabeth Eanes
Michael Ferguson
Tonia Grantham
Charity Guyton
Charles Jackson
Cline Jackson
Vinh Pham
Tim Clocum
Sally Spearman
Erica Zeigler

Lambda Pi Eta (CTA)
Amy N. Anderson
Andrea Behalova
Nichole Benson
Ryan Dodd
Adam Gsegner
Guy LaChine
Margaret McElhannon
Courtney O'Neill
Israel Rowe

Phi Alpha Theta (History)
Eric Bargeron
Charles M. Borders
Michael A. Brotherton
Rachel M. Carbley
George G. Hogan
Stephanie Shelton
Benjamin J. Toole

Phi Sigma Iota (Languages)
Kelly Cannon
Holly Collins
Ryan Dodd
Jessica Feldmeier
Stephanie Hayes
Carol Hicks
Sean Lee
Monica Malbrough
Rebecca Mottern
Susan Reece
Patsy Silarek
Jacqueline Smith

Psi Chi (Psychology)
Michan L. Fannin
Kathryn Frahm
Samantha Greer Garren
Shante Hendrick
Amanda Lee
Lea Kay Lord
Marisa Miller
Amanda J. Nance
Anneliese Newberry
Amber Wilburn

Theta Alpha Kappa (Christianity)
Lisa Nicole Carroll
James S. Livingston
Jody Thomas Long
Adam John McGarity
Taisha Marie Rose
Julie Lenore Whidden
Sabrina Elaine Wiles

Stetson School of Business and Economics

Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key Award
Rebecca R. Mottern

Georgia Society of CPAs Certificate of Academic Excellence
Melissa S. Gramling

Wall Street Journal Award
James P. Goff

Georgia Federal Tax Conference Award
Melissa S. Gramling

Outstanding Business Administration Major/Extended Education/Macon
Phyllis Purvis

Outstanding Business Administration Major/Extended Education/Eastman
Julie P. Wedge

Outstanding Graduate in Economics
Heather Pratts

Outstanding Graduate in International Business
Jennifer G. Geck

Outstanding Graduate in Management
Shelley A. Layfield

Outstanding Graduate in Marketing
Tara Benton

Outstanding Graduate in Computer Information Systems
Ryan Newton

School of Engineering

Georgia Engineering Foundation Award Outstanding Senior Design Project
"Medical Compliance Monitor" - Joel Bartholf, Jennifer Rigdon, Chad Davis, Janet Taylor

Outstanding Student in Biomedical Engineering
Rodney Marc Johnson
Elizabeth Anne Roth

Outstanding Student in Electrical Engineering
Daniel M. Dietlin
Meredith Resseau Strength

Outstanding Student in Industrial Engineering
Angela K. Wood

Outstanding Student in Industrial Management
Kimberly Tyson

Outstanding Student in Mechanical Engineering
John P. Land
James David Partridge

Outstanding Student in Technical Communication
Lillian Elizabeth Bartlett

Dr. Robert Rozett Award for Environmental Engineering
Loria Irene Johnson

Tau Beta Pi Outstanding Member Award
Loria Irene Johnson

Tau Beta Pi
Joel L. Bartholf
Bobby Wayne Brown
Chad Allen Davis
Christopher James Doernbrack
Rebekah Fiskum
Loria Irene Johnson
John Phillip Land
James David Partridge
Nicholas Lee Pitman
Meredith Ann Resseau
Kerry Neal Faulkner
John Nelson Eden
Melissa Lou Bryant
Daniel M. Dietlin
Kimberly E. Faulkner
Rodney Marc Johnson
Chad Thomas Keys
Kien Kim Nguyen
Reynaldo Alan Pellos
Carla Michelle Pitman
Elizabeth Anne Roth
Sidney Eugene Wells

School of Education

The Hubert Earl Hamilton Jr. Scholarship
Priscilla Vann

The Hubert Earl Hamilton Jr. Award of Excellence
Wendy Broyles

Outstanding Student in Communication
Victoria Giles

Outstanding Students in Criminal Justice
Donna Ellis
Timothy Hatch
Jeffrey Hobbs

Outstanding Students in Human Services
Cathy Ann Kornacki

Outstanding Student in Teacher Education
Elizabeth Barfield

Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges

William Michael Abney
Rebecca Paige Allen
Rachel Lee Allen
Brady Kyle Banks
Danielle Elaine Bowen
Brandi Leigh Brown
Amy Louise Cenicola
Jane' L. Cirlot
David R. Cook
Jennifer Jane Cravens
Michan Latrice Fannin
Rebekah Fiskum
Jennifer Gail Geck
Hilary Brooks Loupee
Stephanie Angela McClung
Dien K. Nguyen
James David Partridge
Kristen Carol Pope
Tasiha Marie Rose
Stephanie Ane Shelton
Stanley Duane Singleton
Timothy Andrew Slocum
Jacqueline M. Smith
Ashlee H. Smith
Quentin Andujur Stubbs
Keith W. Sylvester
Crystal Priscilla Williams

Omicron Delta Kappa

Rebecca Allen
Beth Bartlett
Nicole Benson*
Brandi Brown
Amy Cenicola
Jessica Childress
Jane' Cirlot
Chris Connelly
Jarod Dumpe
Adam Ferrell
Adam Gsenger*
Lindsay Judy*
Kamrin Landrem
Amanda McAllister
Shervette Miller
Trey Millwood
Ryan Newton
Byron Kit Norris
Raisha Rose
Stanley Singleton
Tim Slocum
Ashlee Smith
Jacqueline Smith
Ken Taft
Ben Toole
Charidy Vinson*
Tracy Wilson
Haley Wright*
Randy Yelverton*
*denotes new inductees

Phi Kappa Phi

Lillian Elizabeth Bartlett
Ulemj Baskhuu
Laura Bland
Patricia Gael Bostick
Wendy L. Broyles
Kelly R. Cannon
Daniel M. Dietlin
Jennifer A. Evans
Nellie Catherine Gedney
Katherine Googe
Virginia G. Hash
Cheryl Rae Horn
Loria Irene Johnson
Erin Leigh
Keel Min
Sung Kim
Tammy Lanterma
Wesley A. Lovelady
Craig Lutz
Ashley R. Mehaffie
Marisa Miller
Michael M. Misinco
Susan Moniotte
Lisa B. Moore
Doug A. Nanez
Anneliese Newberry
Amber G. Newby
Troy Newham
Ryan Newton
Robert L. O'Dell
Jennifer L. O'Neal
Brad Pardue
Erin N. Peavy
Sherri L. Peavy
Justin C. Poucher
Heather Pratts
Meredith Resseau
Bernadette Rose
Jennifer Ryer
Julie L. Sams
Lisa A. Senters
Scott Edward Silence
Jacob Nathanial Thomas
Heather Vande Voort
Heather K. Vonier
Troy David Wallwork
Robert James Warren
Doug W. Watson
Amanda D. Whatley
Laura Willis
Patrick J. Wood

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