Individual awards were given to students judged to have the most promise of success in their respective academic programs.

    Jesse “Mike” Jordan, professor of psychology and the university’s 2003-2004 Distinguished Professor, addressed the students before the presentations.

FMU Academic Awards Day Recipients

South Carolina

Aynor: Kimberly Norene Best, Freshman Writing Award; Bradley Warren Richardson, Jack Baker Memorial Award

Bennettsville: Virginia Lynne Stevenson, Fiction Award; Lance Emory Leviner, Physics Award

Coward: Stephanie Michelle Adams, Analytical Chemistry Award

Darlington: Daren Lee Cato, Health Physics Award; Leslie Michelle Carter, Management Award

Dillon: Jennifer Nicole Seals, Dr. Jesse A. Coles Jr. Award; Jessica Rena Smith, Wall Street Journal Award in Finance, Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship Candidate Award

Effingham: Jessie Lee Stroman, Economics Award

Florence: Erin Elizabeth Cox, American Institute of Chemists Foundation (AICF) Student Award, Chemistry Award; Pablo Enrico Faja, Freshman Chemistry Award; Erin Nicole McManaway, Richard B. Larsen Memorial Award; Sonia A. Serrata de Paz, Modern Language Award; Krystal Leigh Gause, Peggy Love McLaughlin Art Award; Steven James Frederick, Mathematics Award, Physics Award; Damien Paul Craft, Lewis E. Beasley Americanism Award; Amy Elizabeth Leach, L.A. Hoff Psychology Research Award; Wendy Lee Housend, Linda M. Summer Social Work Award; Laura Cece Matthews, Psychology Award; Matthew Paul Sanderson, Computer Science Award; Jennifer Lee Martin, Marketing Award; Shannon Carrie Small, Thomas W. Sills Memorial Award in Early Childhood Education; Stephanie Lynne Bartlett, Scholastic Achievement Award

Hemingway: Ashley E. Davis-Young, Financial Executive Institute Medallion Award

Hollywood: Patrick Lee Cloninger, Biology Research Award

Lake City: Grant Stone Lyerly, History Award

Lake View: Erika Barnes, English Award, Percy Adams Award; Jonathan Kyle Renfrow, General Business Administration Award; Kimberley Deanna Moody, Scholastic Achievement Award

Latta: Sandra Alicia Roberts, Poetry Award

Leesville: Rebekah Lynn Norris, Sociology Award

Little Rock: Laura C. Rowell, James E. Potterfield Award in Elementary Education

Mullins: Francis Brandon Turbeville, Pee Dee Electric Cooperative Scholars Award; John Michael Rogers, Neal D. Thigpen Award in South Carolina Politics and Government

Myrtle Beach: Leah Susan Warr, Douglas A. Mandra Memorial Award in Applied Psychology

Ninety Six: Miranda Elizabeth DeVroomen, Political Science Award

Pamplico: Michael Ross Sutton, Management Information Systems Award; Brian Ashley Goins, Secondary Education Award

Pawleys Island: Megan Jean Ross, Outstanding Sophomore Biology Award

Quinby: Harry Leroy Stephens Jr., Engineering Technology Award

Scranton: Jessica Nichole McCutcheon, Organic Chemistry Award; John Myers Graham, Political Science Award; Jimmie Scott Teal, Honors Student Association (HSA) Award

Seneca: Kevin Andrew Murr, Ars Medica Academic Achievement Award, Biology Award

Sumter: Kenneth Martin Broadway, Scholastic Achievement Award

Timmonsville: Rachel Charlotte Severance, Chemistry Award, S.C. Section of the American Chemical Society (SCACS) Outstanding Chemistry Major Award

Turbeville: Justin David Driggers, Mass Communication Award; April Leigh Atkinson, Accounting Award

Out-of-state

Bartlett, Ill.: Jaclyn Michelle Ackman, Biology Award

Long Beach, Miss.: Michelle Rae Ghere, Mathematics Award, Physics Award

Raleigh, N.C.: Jennifer Dianne Howard, Duane P. Myers Honors Award, Scholastic Achievement Award

Rocky Mount, N.C.: Michelle Marie Imlay, President’s Undergraduate Research Award

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