More than forty top students, in a wide range of disciplines, are receiving recognition for their scholarly accomplishments during the 2020-21 academic year as part of the annual Vice Chancellor’s Academic Honors Convocation at Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus (IUPUC). Additionally, two staff members and six faculty members are being honored. Selected by their peers, these faculty and staff award winners demonstrated significant service and contributions to IUPUC students, the campus, and the South Central Indiana region.

Also honored are the 22 students who received Student Research Grant awards during the eleventh year of the Office of Student Research operations. This is a dynamic program that promotes intellectual inquiry and innovation to enrich the educational experiences of IUPUC students. This is just one of many ways IUPUC advances scholarship in South Central Indiana.

Following is a full list of 2020-2021 award recipients.

CHANCELLOR’S SCHOLAR | Taylor Russell – Seymour

CAMPUS AWARDS

• Undergraduate Service Leadership Award | Olivia Fahey – Columbus
• Undergraduate Service Leadership Award | Arianna Woods - Columbus

ACADEMIC AWARDS

Division of Business

• Division of Business Foundation Outstanding Student in Business | Luke Cardinal – North Vernon
• Outstanding Student in Supply Chain Management | Lauren Pauley – Brownstown
• Centra Credit Union Outstanding Student in Finance | Luke Cardinal – North Vernon
• Agresta, Storms & O’Leary Outstanding Student in Accounting | Jessica Barkdull – Westport
• Faurecia Outstanding Student in Management | Darion Buckner - Nineveh
• The Republic/AIM Media Indiana Outstanding Student in Marketing | Taylor Fischer - Shelbyville
• Georgia Blair Miller Business Student Award | Cannon Kelp - Nashville

Business Scholar Awards

• Edwin Bohman – Batesville
• Kaylee Branaman – Medora
• Darion Buckner - Nineveh
• Luke Cardinal – North Vernon
• Thomas Ellison – Columbus
• Taylor Fischer - Shelbyville
• Cannon Kelp – Nashville
• Kelly Short – Columbus
• Nolan Storm – Greensburg
• Lane Wienhorst – Paris Crossing

University College

• First-Year Seminar Award | William Stevens – Seymour

General Studies Degree Program

• Outstanding Graduate Award | Laura Moses-Wadsworth - Columbus

Division of Education

• Distinguished Service to Education | Megan Purdue – Columbus
• Distinguished Teaching & Learning Performance in K-6 Content and Pedagogy | Sydney Hicks – Columbus
• Distinguished Teaching & Learning Performance in K-6 English Language Learner Education | Taylor Russell – Seymour
• Distinguished Teaching & Learning Performance in K-6 Special Education | Breanna Martoccia - Columbus
• Distinguished Teaching & Learning in Equity Education | Brandy Gilliatt - Columbus
• IUPUC Indiana Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Future Educator | Bria Kirkham - Trafalgar
• IUPUC Indiana Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Future Educator | Megan Purdue – Columbus

Division of Health Sciences

• Columbus Regional Health Outstanding Student in Nursing | Gregory Vann – North Vernon
• Outstanding Pre-Licensure Student in Nursing | Payton Holman – Franklin
• Outstanding Student in Community Health | Natasha Wagner – Shelbyville 
• Vicki Johnson-Poynter Nurse Leadership Award | Melvin Justice – Shelbyville 
• Sharer Preceptor of the Year Award | Melanie Gault – Trafalgar
  (Nurse: helps w/clinicals at hospital - not faculty, staff, nor student)

Division of Liberal Arts

• Best English Essay | Kaitlyn Conrad - Scipio
• Outstanding Student in Communication Studies | Ashley Sargent – Seymour
• Outstanding Student in Criminal Justice | John Hale – Columbus
• Outstanding Student in English | Raegan Smith - Nashville
• Outstanding Student in Sociology | Aeron Moore – Columbus
• Outstanding Student in Liberal Arts sponsored by Viewpoint Books and Landmark Columbus | Christian Litsey – Seymour
• Outstanding Student in Liberal Arts sponsored by Viewpoint Books and Landmark Columbus | Lyndsey Wolfe – Columbus

Division of Mechanical Engineering

• Faurecia Outstanding Student in Mechanical Engineering | Daniel Kelly - Columbus

Division of Science

• Columbus Regional Health Outstanding Student in Science | Lillie Hatfield – Medora
• Outstanding Student in Advanced Math | Nathan Gibson – Columbus
• Outstanding Student in Calculus | Logan Covey - Seymour
• Promising Future Psychologist | Spencer Prather - Columbus
• Outstanding Student in Psychology | Whitney Rogers – Seymour
• Jack P. Young Chemistry Award | Cameron Brinkers – Greenwood

2020-2021 Office of Student Research Grant Award Winners

• Jessica Barajas-Fuentes – Columbus
• Allissa DeGroot – Columbus
• Olivia Fahey – Columbus
• Toni Fisher  – Columbus
• Ross Gardner – Bloomington
• Victoria Gilles – Shelbyville
• Bushra Jameel – Columbus
• Zoha Jameel – Columbus
• Christian Litsey – Seymour
• Iesha London – Noblesville
• Tyra Newsome  – Freetown
• Laura Palomino  – Columbus
• Megan Purdue – Columbus
• Jennifer Ratliff – Columbus
• Tucker Robinson  – Indianapolis
• Taylor Russell – Seymour
• Adrienne Shea – Columbus
• Hannah Stephenson – Elizabethtown
• Priscilla Villarreal  – Columbus
• Amy Voss – Coatesville
• Nicholas Wagner – Freetown
• Kelsey Wallace – North Vernon

These IUPUC faculty and staff members received special recognition for outstanding service.

FACULTY AWARDS

• Outstanding Full-Time Faculty Teaching Award | Julie Mendez, Ph.D.
• Outstanding Full-Time Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Award | Luke Jacobus, Ph.D.
• Outstanding Full-Time Faculty Service Award | A’ame Joslin, Ph.D.
• Indiana University Trustees Teaching Award | Julie Goodspeed-Chadwick, Ph.D
• Indiana University Trustees Teaching Award | Aimee Zoeller
• Jacqueline D. Franz Outstanding Part-time Faculty Teaching Award | Peggy Williams

STAFF AWARDS

• C. W. Coons Distinguished Service Award | Marsha VanNahmen
• Staff Council Service Award | Summer Bowman