Honors Convocation April 12, 2016

RemarksEric Mendenhall, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor in Biological Sciences

Staff AssistantsDaniela Cornelius

LaShun LanierJeffrey Champoux

Maryann Bierer & Betty NelsonTami Lang

Colleen Oliver & Dora WynnBeth Parker

College Advisors & Coordinators

Morgan LewisJennifer Bradley

Renita WasilefskyCarey Snowden

Christopher SmithCrystal Lee

Science Ambassadors

Scholar Athletes

College of Science students who achieved excellence in academic performance

during spring or fall 2015 semester while competing as a varsity athlete.

Scholar Athletes

Early Career AchievementStudents with impressive academic performance

in a 100-level or 200-level course during fall semester

Those named to the dean’s list have maintained a grade point average

of 3.5 or higher on twenty or more hours during the 2015 spring, summer, and fall semesters.

Undergraduate Dean’s List

Undergraduate Dean’s ListAyah Abu-Spetani

Brittany AllenJuan Alonso Guzmán

Sara AmirazodiShayenne Arehart

Monique AzorJosh Banzhoff

Erin BarrowJackson Beasley

M'hamed Ben MoussaJonathan BerryAlexander BoydPatrick BradleyCarolyn Brazell

Alan Brown

Blanton CalvertMegan Carter

Miles ChristensenJohn Clay

Adam ClaytonAlexandria Clemons

Amelia CloppElliot Codd

Kenia Colin ContrerasDaniel CollinsAndrew Comer

Joshua CorneliusArielle CostenBreanna Crane

Raymond CribbsBlake DaiberAllison Daniel

Brandie Davies

Austin DeaversNicholas Diliberti

Caroline DixonRichard Dunham

Matthew DyerOwen EasonPhilip Eason

Paul EcclestonBrent Elder

Marcia EnsleyMatthew Eskridge

Montana Etten-BohmNatalie EuleyJordan Flynn

Mason ForchettiMichael FoustNicholas FyfeSage Garriss

Catherine Gibbs

Charles GradyRobert Green

Brittany GreeneJustin GrimmJared Grogan

Keaton GronewoldJames Hall

Daniel HarrelsonLindsey Harris

Tanesha HatchettBrandon Heatherly

Kiley HeflinSelena Henderson

Sean HipeHolland Hodge

Tasha HorzempaShannon Howes

Qiana HuntOlivia Huntzinger

Rebecca Ibsen

Rebecca IbsenRoss JamisonSara JarnaginCaitlin Jarvis

Dejarra JohnsonChristopher Johnson

Daniel JohnsonBryce Johnston

Caleb JudgeIrene Kasian

Christopher KaufmanHeather Keplinger

Thomas KiblerGraham Kirchner

Tyler KlineKendall Knisley

Luke KochJennifer LamarCasey Lanier

Matthew L'AntiguaTiffany LedbetterAkshay MadhukarAdithi Madhwesh

Alisa MauldinDonald Maxwell

Christopher MayerZachary McGeeEvan McGraw

William MedawarSkylar Mefford

Connor MennenohChristopher Messer

John MiddletonJoshua Miller

Earl MirusAlena Mitchell

Steven MollPatrick Monroe

Summer MooneyTyler MooreJesse Moore

Moriah MorehouseJasper Morrow

Brett NeelyJoseph NoyesZachary Ohare

Emily OlsenChloe Olson

Kareem OmarBrian O'NeillJessica Osier

Hannah OswaltAmanda Palazzo

Christopher ParkerDustin Parris

William ParsonsMary Kaitlyn Pate

Sarah PearceCray Pella

Bruce PellaDeanna PhillipsNathan PhippsZachary PinzAlicia PlumbLisette PonceDemeco PopeMarcus Posey

Chelsea PowersGrant RaganSeth Ratliff

Ashley RavenscraftJoseph Rea

Kyle RenfroeThomas Reyes

Kenneth RichardsonJoseph Richardson

George RichertKelsey Romine

James RothenflueNeetu Scariya

Anneliese SchweikertChristopher SebastianThomas Shallenberger

William ShanklesChristina Sharp

Jonathan ShieldsVictoria ShouseSamuel Sikes

Adi SkopKaleb SmartRaiven SmithPaul St. Clair

Alexander StaarmannCameron Stanley

Delilah Steen

Mitchell StephensonBreanna Stone

Julian SyJames TaylorJodie Tinker

Daniel TouzeauJonathan TrinhEdgar TuckerHaven TuckerKevin Turner

Maxwell TwenteRobert Vary

Tiia VesalainenAudra Wall

Darsey WegrzynCharles White

Chloe WhitworthJames Williamson

Garrett Wilson

Victoria WinslowDaryl Winstead

John WoodsHaocong Xue

Qitong YeXu Zhai

Liqian Zhang

Congratulations!

Academic AchievementDepartment Awards

C. Garrett Wilson

Biological Sciences Undergraduate

Academic Achievement

Bruce Pella

Chemistry Undergraduate

Academic Achievement

Brett Ellen Neely

Computer Science Undergraduate

Academic Achievement

Montana Etten-Bohm

Earth System Science Undergraduate

Academic Achievement

Jordan T. Flynn

Mathematical Sciences Undergraduate

Academic Achievement

Deanna Phillips

Physics Undergraduate

Academic Achievement

Caleb Alan Judge

College of Science Highest Undergraduate Academic Achievement

Those named to the dean’s list have maintained a grade point average on graduate-level

coursework at UAH of 3.85 overall and 4.0 for the past twelve hours completed during the 2015

spring, summer, and fall semesters.

Graduate Dean’s List

JamesRobertsonSnehaDipankarRoySuryaSatishSangeethaShanmughamVictoriaSniderSarahStoughRakeshSwarankarSwathiThallamSabinTimalsenaRyanTuckerDavidUlkoskiMonishVihariVappangiTimleyWatkinsBingyangWeiAndrewWhiteJanaWhittleBrettWilliamsStephanieWingoJunyeYeMiniZeng

 

JoyAgeeKevinBettsJoshuaBusbySuryaChhetriSarahCokerEricCooperImrenDincNicholasElmerBrandonFieldsManavalanGajapathyDanielleGurgewReeceJohnstonTylerJonesAaronKaulfusRebeccaKollmeyerYangLiPamelaMarplesParisaMostafaviAleksandraPivovarovaDivyaPulivarthiBhargaviRamaraju 

The Graduate Teaching Assistant Awardis given to an outstanding graduate student

who has demonstrated excellence in teaching and commitment to student success.

Samuel Nkrumah-Agyeefi GTA in Department of ChemistryPursuing a Ph.D. in Biotechnology Science & Engineering

The Graduate Research Assistant Award is given to an outstanding graduate student who has conducted leading edge research, published papers

in peer reviewed journals and presented his/her work in major conferences.

Laxman AdhikariGRA in Department of Physics under the direction of SPA Professor Zank Earned Ph.D. in Physics in August

The college of science faculty

Teaching Excellence Award is given to a faculty member who has demonstrated

excellence in teaching through creative and innovative methods and who is committed to student success.

Pamela TwiggDepartment of Chemistry

The college of science faculty

Research Excellence Awardis given to a faculty member who has demonstrated

excellence in leading edge research as evidenced by peer-reviewed publications,

proposals and mentoring of graduate students.

John MecikalskiDepartment of Atmospheric Science

The college of science faculty

Dean’s Service Awardis given to a faculty member who, motivated to serve the

best interest of our students, has demonstrated a sustained commitment to teaching, service and scholarship.

John ShriverDepartment of Chemistry

Closing RemarksJonathan Trinh

Science Ambassador

Never give up on a dream.Be willing to study and work really hard.

Don’t mind falling down and getting back up. Be not afraid of failure; believe that things are going to work.

Charles Boldencombat aviator, astronaut, Marine Corps major general, NASA Administrator

We will take the best parts of ourselves and make them gold.