FLORENCE, S.C. – Francis Marion University presented academic awards to outstanding students during a ceremony Monday, April 17, in the McNair Science Building auditorium on campus.
Individual awards were given to students judged to have the most promise of success in their respective academic programs.
James T. Ramey, professor of mathematics and the university’s 2004-2005 Distinguished Professor, addressed the students before the presentations.
FMU Academic Awards Day Recipients
Anderson: Joseph Robert Burger, President’s Undergraduate Research Award
Andrews: Joni Godwin Alford, Thomas W. Sills Memorial Award in Early Childhood Education, Scholastic Achievement Award
Aynor: Bradley Warren Richardson, Peggy Love McLaughlin Art Award; Matthew James Brown, Physics Award
Blythewood: Brice Gilbert Herzberg, Neal D. Thigpen Award in South Carolina Politics and Government
Cheraw: Everard Garth Armstrong, Freshman Chemistry Award; Phillip Clifton Gulledge, Analytical Chemistry Award, Health Physics Award
Columbia: Alberto Gabriel Morales, Modern Language Award
Conway: Katherine M. McCaskill, Nursing Award
Coward: Stephanie Adams Strickland, American Institute of Chemists Foundation (AICF) Student Award, Chemistry Award, Scholastic Achievement Award
Darlington: William Jennings Byrd, Economics Award; Erin Ashley Gandy, History Award; Laura Rose Mitchell, Management Award
Dillon: Shane Clifton Bakazan, Marketing Award; Ginger Jackson Stone, Secondary Education Award
Effingham: Helen Louise Davis, Wall Street Journal Award in Finance; Natalie Renee Martin, Political Science Award
Florence: Zachary Aaron Calcutt, Jack Baker Memorial Award; Wen Lee Isabela Falana, Sociology Award; Kerri Deanne Griffith, Poetry Award; Korenzo Levon Ham, Engineering Technology Award; Crystal Kunz Hinson, Outstanding Sophomore Biology Award; Lauren Michelle McNally, Lewis E. Beasley Americanism Award; William Grey Raines, Duane P. Myers Honors Award; Erika N. Remillar-Hagen, Freshman Writing Award; Tammie Patrice Richey, James E. Potterfield Award in Elementary Education; Natalie Renee Roland, English Award; Ashley Godbold Turbeville, Mathematics Award; Joseph Randolph Turner, General Business Administration Award; Roberto Vero, Accounting Award
Greenville: Lindsey Nicole Harte, Biology Award
Hartsville: Roy Taylor Bunn, Richard B. Larsen Memorial Award; Sarah Hatampa Jackson, Financial Executive Institute Medallion Award; Morgan Beth Windham, Accounting Award
Hemingway: Mark Lloyd Roberts, Mass Communication Award
Hollywood: Patrick Lee Cloninger, President’s Undergraduate Research Award
Kingstree: Bart Acue Snyder, Computer Science Award
Ladson: Michael Eric Kempson, Dr. Jesse A. Coles Jr. Award
Lake City: Ronald Davis Carter Jr., Katherine S. Boling Memorial Award in Fiction, Honors Student Association (HSA) Award
Little River: Brandon Anthony Poston, Health Physics Award
Marion: Duane Allen Vassalotti, Pee Dee Electric Cooperative Scholars Award; Erika Von Schild Bagley, Douglas A. Mandra Memorial Award in Applied Psychology
Mount Pleasant: Christie Rebecca Sander, Linda M. Summer Social Work Award
Mullins: Jacqueline Elizabeth Lane, Psychology Award, Scholastic Achievement Award
Myrtle Beach: Lacy Nicole Danikas, Biology Research Award, Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship Candidate Award
Pamplico: Monica Faye Cox, Mathematics Award
Pawleys Island: Vincent Edward Triana, Drama Award
Scranton: Amy Elizabeth McAllister, English Award, Percy Adams Award; Jessica Nichole McCutcheon, Chemistry Award, S.C. Section of the American Chemical Society (SCACS) Outstanding Chemistry Major Award
Sumter: Matthew Adam Newman, Management Information Systems Award
Walterboro: Andrew Charles Cogswell, Theatre Arts Award
Westminster: Vaughn Elise Bowen, Ars Medica Academic Achievement Award
Out-of-state
Cumming, Ga.: Jessica Renee Bartlett, Organic Chemistry Award
#178 / 4-20-06
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