UM Students Receive Taylor Medals

OXFORD, Miss. – Sixty-four University of Mississippi undergraduates were recognized as recipients of Taylor Medals April 12 during the 69th annual Honors Convocation at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts. Taylor Medals, the university’s highest academic award, recognize no more than 0.45 percent of undergraduates for meritorious scholarship and deportment. Recipients of the award must have at least a 3.90 grade-point average. The award was established at UM in 1904 by Dr. William A. Taylor of Booneville in memory of his son, an honored 1871 alumnus of the university. Following is a list of the spring 2012 Taylor Medalists: Caitlin Elizabeth Adams, Meek School of Journalism and New Media Brian Davis Barnes, College of Liberal Arts Caitlin Marie Brock, College of Liberal Arts Chany Fehr Buchanan, College of Liberal Arts Norma Katharine Butts, College of Liberal Arts Casey Allan Chinn, College of Liberal Arts Katherine Suzanne Conely, School of Pharmacy Hallie Virginia Cook, School of Pharmacy Burleigh Wyatt Dabney, College of Liberal Arts Joanna Leigh David, School of Engineering Vihara Anjalee Dharmaratne, College of Liberal Arts Corrine Anna Doornberg, School of Engineering Emily Elaine Duke, School of Applied Sciences Ryan Keith Ezelle, College of Liberal Arts Logan Dwayne Fair, College of Liberal Arts Sarah Joangela Farris, School of Engineering Apral Patrice Foreman, College of Liberal Arts Kerri Leann Franks, School of Education Elizabeth Ramsey Frey, College of Liberal Arts Megan Elise Gargiulo, College of Liberal Arts Joseph Wellington Golden, College of Liberal Arts Jill Elaina Haley, College of Liberal Arts Kimberly Rebekah Harris, College of Liberal Arts Molly Hunter Harris, College of Liberal Arts Sara Stevens Hazard, School of Accountancy Matthew Powers Herring, School of Engineering Hillary Michelle Howell, College of Liberal Arts Amanda Kathryn Hutcheson, School of Applied Sciences Ellen Marie Karp, School of Business Administration Cody Paul LeBlanc, College of Liberal Arts Carroll Darlene Lee, School of Education Camille Lyn Lesseig, College of Liberal Arts Patrick Kin-Wing Lo, School of Accountancy Rebecca Lane MacNeill, School of Applied Sciences Kely Jo Markley, School of Engineering Taylor Michael McGraw, College of Liberal Arts Matthew Brannon Miller, College of Liberal Arts John Abraham Montgomery II, College of Liberal Arts Mary Margaret Myers, School of Accountancy Hunter Owen Nicholson, College of Liberal Arts Mariel Aubra Kittredge Parman, College of Liberal Arts Matthew Craig Pharr, School of Education Gabriela Rangel, College of Liberal Arts Timothy Sean Ray, College of Liberal Arts Ianthony Marie Reiner, School of Applied Sciences Daniel Safley Reynolds, School of Accountancy Daniel Windham Robbins, College of Liberal Arts Sarah Kathryn Sams, School of Engineering James Corbett Senter, School of Engineering Jessica Elaine Sewell, College of Liberal Arts Tracey Erin Sisco, School of Engineering Alyssa Rae Smith, School of Engineering Katharine Elizabeth Smith, College of Liberal Arts Brian Michael Spurlock, College of Liberal Arts Thomas Daniel Strini, School of Applied Sciences Cody Ryan Swindle, School of Pharmacy Kira Jordan Thomas, College of Liberal Arts David Ford Thompson, School of Accountancy Kathryn Eileen Trabue, College of Liberal Arts Derek Anthony VanDunse, School of Accountancy Anna Lee Whitley, School of Engineering Emily Erin Wicks, School of Business Administration Meredith Leigh Wilson, College of Liberal Arts Steven Brian Worley, School of Engineering