The UM School of Applied Sciences produced a record number of 2018 graduates, including dozens of winners of school and university awards. UM photo by Sarah Sapp
OXFORD, Miss. – The School of Applied Sciences at the University of Mississippi recently wrapped awards season for the 2017-18 academic year. The following students were honored for academic achievements, service and leadership:
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Marianne Tillman Scholarship in Speech and Language Pathology Endowment – Rebekah Bosley, of Southaven; and Marianne Rivers Wylot, Prosper, Texas
McRight Biology Scholarship Award – Meliah Grant, Jackson; Destiny Hodges, Baldwyn; Bailey Clare McLemore, Madison; Carolyn Brooke Owens, Brandon; and Emily Claire Reedy, Horn Lake
Patricia Ann Ridgway Endowment Award – Madison Taylor Savoy, Southaven; Leah Margaret Strope, Bolivar; and Peyton Willoughby, Tupelo
Robert Guy Millis Endowment Award – Sydney Gully, Saltillo; Lexy Lindsey Pharr, Golden; and Courtney Walden, Booneville
Tommy and Susan Thames Communicative Disorders Endowment Award – Kathryn Calahan Grisson, Murfreesboro, Tennessee; Jennifer Ann Grove, Forest; Sara Kingsley Tolson, Lynn Haven, Florida; Emma Thome, Peachtree City, Georgia; and Amy Walker, Batesville
Patricia Ann Ridgway/Sue Hale Scholarship – Lacie Preston, Aberdeen
Graduate Achievement Award in Communication Sciences and Disorders – Molly Grace Williams, Corinth
Clinical Speech-Language Pathologist Award – Shelby Elisa Whitsell Edmonds, Holly Springs
Health, Exercise Science and Recreation Management
Robert Blackburn Graduate Award in Exercise Science – Samuel Louis Buckner, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Leon Garrett Achievement Award in Health Promotion – Emily Frith, Stanford, Kentucky
Ryan P. Malone Undergraduate Achievement Award in Exercise Science – David Edward Green, Gautier
Graduate Achievement Award in Health and Kinesiology – Scott Dankel, Howell, New Jersey; and Emily Frith, Stanford, Kentucky
Gordon McMurray Graduate Achievement Award in Sport and Recreation Management – Alison Hovatter, Meridianville, Alabama; and Sydney Elizabeth Malone, Tuscumbia, Alabama
Columbus B. Hopper Scholarship Endowment Award – Natalie Swords, New Albany
Chief Richard Michael Popernik and Joan Grisham Popernik Legal Studies Scholarship Award – Janice Dewitt, Renton, Washington
Robert Langley Memorial Scholarship Award – Adrianna Cheyenne Guin, Guntown
Robert T. Warren Outstanding Criminal Justice Student Award – Jason Hunter Robbins, Shannon
Outstanding Legal Studies Graduate Student Award – Kirby Rhodes, Bay St. Louis
Outstanding Criminal Justice Student Award – Allison Dillon, Belden; Ja’Michael Handy, Water Valley; and Maryana Tyshkivski, Olive Branch
Outstanding Paralegal Student Award – Emma McNair, Brandon; and Hunter Story, Oxford
Nutrition and Hospitality Management
Outstanding Coordinated Program Student in Dietetics – Virginia Ellen Mitchell, Memphis, Tennessee
Outstanding Student in Dietetics and Nutrition Award – Elizabeth Baylee Edwards, Birmingham, Alabama
Outstanding Student in Hospitality Management Award – Mallory Kaitlyn McAlister, Southaven
Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Nutrition and Hospitality Management – Prabhdeep Sandha, Jalandhar, Punjab India
NHM Faculty Award for Student Service – Charles Sheriff, Marietta, Georgia
Sydney E. Pucheu HM Scholarship – Elizabeth Hurdle, Oxford; Nadia Radowick, Munster, Indiana; and Harley Saxton, Water Valley
Ole Miss Hospitality Management Scholarship – Danielle Foster, San Antonio, Texas; and Katherine Grizzel, Lorton, Virginia
Susan Haskins Scholarship – Emma Cousins, Plainfield, Illinois; and Chandler Law, Birmingham, Alabama
Tommy Ramey Scholarship – Caroline Acomb, Pass Christian; Meghan Bullock, Columbia; and Marlee Young, Oxford
Louise Burnett Scholarship – Katelyn Tarr, Pawnee, Illinois
Vasilyev Family Scholarship – Danielle Foster, San Antonio, Texas; and Chandler Law, Birmingham, Alabama
Velmer Stanley Burton III Memorial Scholarship – Ericka Barnes, Greenwood Springs
Liz Triplett Walker Scholarship – Austin Conner, Batesville; Alexandra Eben, Olive Branch; and Ashleigh Jones, Oxford
“We are so proud of these students and all they’ve accomplished,” said Teresa Carithers, interim dean of applied sciences. “We commend them and wish them continued success in all of their academic endeavors.”
For more information about the School of Applied Sciences, visit http://sas.olemiss.edu/ or call 662-915-7900.