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McPherson College Recognizes Award-Winning Students

McPherson College recognized the outstanding students of the 2015-2016 academic year at its annual Celebration and Awards Convocation on April 29. Faculty and staff presented the awards and recognitions.

Recipients were as follows:

Technology Department-Auto Restoration Program

  • “Pop” Rice Award – Coye Savell, senior, McPherson, Kan.
  • Jay Leno/Popular Mechanics Scholarship – Adam Mashiach, sophomore, Encino, Calif.
  • Paul Russell Award for Excellence – Zane Luekenga, freshman, Glenwood, Ark.

Business

  • Outstanding Business Student Award– Daniel May, senior, Caracas, Venezuela

Curriculum & Instruction

  • Model Educators for 2013-2014– Kayla Burke, senior, Derby, Kan., and Cami Engelbert, senior, Belioit, Kan.
  • Teachers of Promise– Lisa Goering, senior, McPherson, Kan; Brooke Vorhees, senior, Riverside, Calif.

History & Politics

  • Leland L. Lengel Memorial Scholarship in History – Kendall Kelly, freshman, Svendborg, Denmark
  • History & Politics Best Senior Thesis Award – James Covel, senior, Wichita, Kan.
  • Phi Alpha Theta, History Honor Society – Matthew Edmonds, junior, Flagstaff, Ariz., and Christian Johnston, senior, Lyons, Kan.

Natural Science

  • CRC Press Freshman Chemistry Achievement Award – Keisha England, freshman, Sand Springs, Okla., and Parkes Wolters, freshman, Osborne, Kan.
  • Merit Research Award – Alia Khalidi, senior, Augusta, Kan.; Kaley Kinnamon, senior, McPherson, Kan.
  • Burkholder Research Award – Tiffany Fraser, senior, Georgetown, Texas; and Ashley Frankenbery Long, senior, McPherson, Kan.

Behavioral Sciences

  • Outstanding Behavioral Science Students – Amanda Darrow, senior, Jasper, Mo.; Simone Donaldson, senior, Halstead, Kan.; Shannon Popp, senior, Galva, Kan.; Rea Samuels, senior, Williston, Fla.
  • Conference Presentation Award – Carmen Carranza, senior, McPherson, Kan.

Lambda Pi Eta, Communication Honor Society

  • Jo Hoffman, junior, Hillsboro, Kan., and Daniel May, senior, Caracas, Venezuela

Visual Arts

Excellence in Competitive Exhibitions

  • Wichita AIGA Student Portfolio Forum – Nathan Holthus, senior, McPherson, Kan.
  • McPherson College Juried Student Exhibition – Scott Bullis, junior, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Chloë Cloud, freshman, Wichita, Kan.; Monica Ewy, junior, Halstead, Kan.; Melicia Foster-Evans, senior, McPherson, Kan.; Nora Grosbach, sophomore, Evergreen, Colo.; Dani Jacks, senior, Stafford, Kan.; Lisa Koehn, junior, Galva, Kan.; Kaleena Nelson, freshman, Spring Hill, Kan.; Ste’fon Walker, senior Mendenhall, Miss.
  • 42nd Annual Prairie Art Exhibition – Melicia Foster-Evans, senior, McPherson, Kan.
  • Competitive Exhibition – Chloë Cloud, freshman, Wichita, Kan.; Monica Ewy, junior, Halstead, Kan.; Arelyn Fallis, senior, McPherson, Kan.; Nora Grosbach, sophomore, Evergreen, Colo.; Dani Jacks, senior, Stafford, Kan.; Lisa Koehn, junior, Galva, Kan.; Nick Lechner, sophomore, Wichita, Kan.

Athletics

  • Female Athlete of the Year – Rea Samuels, senior, Williston, Fla.
  • Male Athlete of the Year – Dixon Cooney, senior, Loveland, Calif.

Physical Education

  • Outstanding Physical Education Major – Whitney Miller, senior, Valley Center, Kan.

Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges

  • Miranda Clark Ulrich, Russell, Kan.; Tyler Henning, Sedgwick, Kan.; Ashley Frankenbery Long, McPherson, Kan.; Dixon Cooney, Loveland, Colo.; Austin Hiebert, Newton, Kan.; Daniel May, Caracas, Venezuela; James Covel, Wichita, Kan.; Addie Johnson, McPherson, Kan.; Crystal Osner, Conway Springs, Kan.; Lisa Goering, McPherson, Kan.; Alia Khalidi, Augusta, Kan.; Rea Samuels, Williston, Fla.

Service Awards

  • Outstanding Achievement in MinistryTiffany Fraser, senior, Georgetown, Texas, and Alia Khalidi, senior, Augusta, Kan.
  • Outstanding Achievement in ServiceLiz Lindsey, senior, Kansas City, Kan.

Professor of the Year Award – David O’Dell, professor of accounting

Staff Person of the Year AwardVicki Trimmell, admissions receptionist and office assistant