Columbus State University News
CSU Recognizes Students, Faculty with Highest Academic Awards
April 27, 2018
Dr. Jim Owen, professor of English, was named CSU’s 2017-2018 Educator of the Year, a recognition awarded by the Student Government Association and based on student body nominations. The Faculty Cup, the highest award granted to a CSU student, went to Michael Rohly, and Nikki Thuylan Pham received the Academic Recognition Award. Below is a list of all other awards.
| Department | Student of Excellence |
| Department of Art | Rebecca Hinzman |
| Department of Communication | Kaylin Baker |
| Schwob School of Music | Elisabeth Tsai |
| Department of Theatre | Ariana Perez-Lugonez |
| Department of Accounting & Finance | Christine O’Brien |
| Department of Management & Marketing | Theresa Teale Moran |
| TSYS School of Computer Science | Brian Lockerbie |
| Department of Counseling, Foundations & Leadership | Courtney St. John-Wacker |
| Department of Teacher Education | Kimberly Apple |
| Department of Health, Physical Education & Exercise Science | Stephanie Kolwicz |
| Department of Health, Physical Education & Exercise Science | Brandon Duong |
| Department of Health, Physical Education & Exercise Science | Tatiana Forester |
| School of Nursing | Emily Christein |
| Department of Criminal Justice & Sociology | Andrea Skipor |
| Department of Criminal Justice & Sociology | Joslyn Hobbs |
| Department of English | Lauren Miley |
| Department of History & Geography | Abby Gibbons |
| Department of History & Geography | Christofer Gass |
| Department of Modern & Classical Languages | Alice Mendez |
| Department of Politics, Philosophy & Public Administration | Erin Lamberson |
| Department of Biology | Jocelyn Canedo |
| Department | Student of Excellence |
| Department of Biology | Lauren Whitehurst |
| Department of Chemistry | Jared Bies |
| Department of Chemistry | Jacqueline McGuire |
| Department of Earth & Space Sciences | Brendan O’Keeffe |
| Department of Earth & Space Sciences | Austin Caughey |
| Department of Earth & Space Sciences | Kerstin Motsch |
| Dapartment of Mathematics | Christopher Sinkule |
| Department of Psychology | Allison Stallworth |
DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS
Honors College
Emma Baum – Interdisciplinary Studies Award
Darby High – Scholarly Activities in Fine and Performing Arts Award
Abby Gibbons – Scholarly Activities in Humanities Award
Sam Rensenhouse – Scholarly Activities in Professional Studies Award
John Hetzel – Scholarly Activites in Science Award
Ellie Pippas – Scholarly Activities in Social Science Award
College of the Arts
Ashley T. Clark – Art Award
Steven Bardon – Studio Art Award
Rebecca Hinzman – Art History Award
Kasey Powell – Art Education Award
Alexandra Goodrich – Art Education Award
Madison Ullman – Communication Award
Katherine Holbrook – Senior Music Award
Elisabeth Tsai – Presser Scholar
Caitlyn Gallagher – Theatre Arts Award
Isabella Minter – Theatre Arts Performance Award
Alexander Sackmann – Theatre Arts Design & Technical Award
Ariana Perez-Lugonez – Theatre Arts Education Award
Abbott Turner College of Business
Andrew Walsh – Accounting Award
Ashton Edwards – Finance Award
Theresa Teal Moran – Management Award
Brittany Wilkins – General Business Award
Tiffany Medina – Marketing Award
Nancy Avina – Management Information Systems Award
Jacob Fowler – Master of Business Adminstration Award
Somer Mason – Master of Science in Organizational Leadership Award
Loran Shaver – Applied Computer Science Award
Jacob Taylor – Computer Science: Games Programming Award
Davion Clark – Information Technology Award
Olivia Horace – Computer Science: Software Systems Award
Kimberly Brown – Applied Computer Science, M.S. Award
Brian Lockerbie – Computer Science: Cybersecurity Award
College of Education and Health Professions
Lecia Wright – School Counseling Award
Lauren Hearn – Clinical Mental Health Counseling Award
Dennis Pattison – Educational Leadership Award
Delaine Bennett – Doctor of Education: Leadership Track Award
Courtney St. John-Wacker – Doctor of Education: Curriculum Track Award
Ashley Cook – Early Childhood Education Award
Joshua Renfrow – Early Childhood Education Award
Michaela Campbell – Middle Grades Education Award
Erin Jane – English Education Award
Laura Lee Pike – English Education Award
Alice Mendez – Spanish Education Award
Jose Ruiz – Secondary Mathematics Award
Kimberly Apple – UTeach Mathematics Education Award
Austin Sellers – UTeach Science Education Award
Samuelle Mangibin – Secondary Science Education Award
James Bennett – Social Science Education Award
Vanessa Ellis – Social Science Education Award
Kyle D. Allen – Special Education Award
Amy K. Labas – Special Education Award
Caprisha Battle – Curriculum & Instruction in Accomplished Teaching Award
Thomas Wade Pilgrim – Teacher Leadership Award
Hunter Lee Bowling – Outstanding Nursing B.S.N. Award
Elizabeth Baker – Outstanding Nursing M.S.N. Award
April Leigh Shelnutt – Outstanding Nursing R.N. – B.S.N. Award
Karrie Galyon – Outstanding Nursing M.S.N. – F.N.P. Award
College of Letters and Sciences
Arianna Marealle – Literature Award
Kaleigh Blessard – Professional Writing Award
Justin Briley – Creative Writing Award
Matthias B. Smith - Gullo Prize in Historical Research & Writing Award
Jeremy B. Randall – Spanish Award
Erin Lamberson – Outstanding Political Science Award
Preeyanka Patel – Master of Public Adminstration Award
Blake Reed & Korie MacDougall – Mario Mion Political Science Honors Scholarship Award
Daniel Kim – Cellular & Molecular Biology Award
Autumn Evilsizer – Biology Education Award
Jocelyn Canedo – George Stanton Biology Award
Michael Sandak – Organismic Biology Award
John Hetzel – Ecological & Evolutionary Biology Award
Cayla Rose– Outstanding Freshman Chemistry Major Award
Camila Cardenas – Excellence in Chemistry Research Award
Jacqueline McGuire – Outstanding Graduate Chemistry Student Award
Natalie Halford – Geology Award
Eric Pollock – Engineering Award
Kristopher Fitch – Astronomy Award
Ivy Do – Physics Award
Jack Hovey – Environmental Science Award
