More than forty top students, in a wide range of disciplines, are receiving recognition for their scholarly accomplishments during the 2021-22 academic year as part of the annual Vice Chancellor’s Academic Honors Convocation at Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus (IUPUC). Additionally, three 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 16 students who received Student Research Grant awards during the twelfth 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 2021-2022 award recipients.

CHANCELLOR’S SCHOLAR | Nettie Miller – Columbus

CAMPUS AWARDS

Undergraduate Service Leadership Award | Olivia Fuel – Columbus

Undergraduate Service Leadership Award | Heather Adams - Columbus

ACADEMIC AWARDS

DIVISION OF BUSINESS

Division of Business Foundation Outstanding Student in Business | Taylor Fischer – Shelbyville

• Outstanding Student in Supply Chain Management | Simone Petit-Homme – Seymour
• Centra Credit Union Outstanding Student in Finance | Brayden Trinkle – Seymour
• Agresta, Storms & O’Leary Outstanding Student in Accounting | Jennifer Shipley – Columbus
• Outstanding Student in Management | Taylor Fischer – Shelbyville
• The Republic/AIM Media Indiana Outstanding Student in Marketing | Kamryn Cantu - Columbus

   Business Scholar Awards

• David Blankman – Greensburg
• Edwin Bohman – Batesville
• Darion Buckner - Greenfield
• Thomas Ellison – Columbus
• Taylor Fischer - Shelbyville
• Demi Oakes – Seymour
• Lauren Pauley – Brownstown
• Sarah Elizabeth Schneider – Greensburg
• Kelly Short – Columbus
• Nolan Storm – Greensburg

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

• First-Year Seminar Award | Carson Likens – Nashville

GENERAL STUDIES DEGREE PROGRAM

• Outstanding Graduate Award | Andy Helwig - Seymour

DIVISION OF EDUCATION

• Distinguished Service to Education | Brooke Knight – Seymour
• Distinguished Teaching & Learning Performance in K-6 Content and Pedagogy | Wendy Rosado – Greenwood
• Distinguished Teaching & Learning Performance in K-6 English Language Learner Education | Karol Espinoza – Columbus
• Distinguished Teaching & Learning Performance in K-6 Special Education | Emily Konkle - Columbus
• Distinguished Teaching & Learning Performance in Equity Education | Jenna King - Seymour
• IUPUC Indiana Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Future Educator | Laura Palomino - Columbus
• IUPUC Indiana Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Future Educator | Heather Dance – Greensburg

DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES

• Columbus Regional Health Outstanding Student in Nursing | Hannah Ezernack – Brownstown
• Outstanding Pre-Licensure Student in Nursing | Haylee Owens – Greensburg
• Outstanding Student in Community Health | Heather Adams – Columbus 
• Vicki Johnson-Poynter Nurse Leadership Award | Victoria Cain – Greenwood 
• Vicki Johnson-Poynter Nurse Leadership Award | Maria Viveros Castelan – Seymour 
• Sharer Preceptor of the Year Award | Brent Shepherd - Greenwood
  • Nurse: helps w/clinicals at hospital - not faculty, staff, nor student

DIVISION OF LIBERAL ARTS

• Best English Essay | Emerson Fowler - Seymour
• Outstanding Student in Communication Studies | Cristina Villani – Nashville
• Outstanding Student in Criminal Justice | Alec McCullough – Greensburg
• Outstanding Student in English | Cynthia Scott - Columbus
• Outstanding Student in Sociology | Hannah Brooks – North Vernon
• Outstanding Student in Liberal Arts | Elizabeth Pike – Columbus

DIVISION OF SCIENCE

• Columbus Regional Health Outstanding Student in Science | Joseph Focke – Columbus
• Outstanding Student in Advanced Math | Paul Meyer – Columbus
• Outstanding Student in Calculus | Chayden Long – North Vernon
• Promising Future Psychologist | Bryor Brown – Franklin
• Outstanding Student in Psychology | Kelsie Bullard – Shelbyville
• Jack P. Young Chemistry Award | Bridget Louden – Columbus

2021-2022 OFFICE OF STUDENT RESEARCH GRANT AWARD WINNERS

• Bryor Brown – Franklin
• Olivia Brown – Columbus
• Kelsie Bullard – Shelbyville
• Margaret Carson – Elizabethtown
• Dalton Ferguson – Commiskey
• Joseph Focke – Columbus
• Brittany Gholsten – Nashville
• Daymon Higdon – Shelbyville
• Sarah Kendall – Columbus
• Christian Litsey – Seymour
• Andrew Philip McGinnis – Brownstown
• Ethan Montgomery – Freetown
• Lauren Pauley – Brownstown
• Cynthia Scott – Columbus
• Priscilla Villarreal  – Columbus
• Anna Weedling – New Whiteland

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

FACULTY AWARDS

• Outstanding Full-Time Faculty Teaching Award | Lawrence Ruich
• Outstanding Full-Time Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Award | Elizabeth daSilva
• Outstanding Full-Time Faculty Service Award | Darrin Carr
• Indiana University Trustees Teaching Award | A’ame Joslin
• Indiana University Trustees Teaching Award | Laura Liu
• Jacqueline D. Franz Outstanding Part-time Faculty Teaching Award | Jackson Sargent

STAFF AWARDS

• C. W. Coons Distinguished Service Award | Paul Burris
• Vickie Welsh-Huston Staff Council Service Award | Carol Kostrzewsky
• Vickie Welsh-Huston Staff Council Service Award | Jayne Morris