During Hastings College’s Honors Convocation April 26, 2023, students and faculty were recognized for their outstanding achievements.
Photos from the event are available here and are free to download.
A video is here.
The Don and Nancy Seaton Faculty Achievement Award was presented to history professor Dr. Rob Babcock, and Dr. Rachael Robinson-Keilig, assistant professor of psychology, received the Vondrak Outstanding Advisor Award. George Ayoub, Studio 200 academic support staff and adjunct professor, received the Anderson Mentoring and Advising Award, which is presented to an employee who has advised, mentored or made a significant difference in the life of a Hastings College student.
Members of the academic honorary Alpha Chi selected Dr. Amy Black, professor of economics, as the Alpha Chi Outstanding Faculty.
Dr. Brian Corr, assistant professor of art, and Dr. Rhesa Ledbetter, assistant professor of biology, were elected through a joint faculty and student vote to present the 2023-24 Invited Faculty Lectures on the subject of their choice. Invited Faculty Lectures began in 1967 and are the highest and longest-standing faculty honor at Hastings College.
Hastings College students receiving recognition as part of Honors Convocation are listed below by state and city; with international students at the end.
ARIZONA
Glendale
- Riley Lanning – Alpha Chi Outstanding Sophomore Student
Queen Creek
- Max Blankenship – Lloyd S. and Helen M. Jones Theatre Arts Scholarship
COLORADO
Aurora
- Bailey Schwartzkopf – Chuck Eigenberg Outstanding Senior Award
Centennial
- Noah Sullivan – Drs. Philip and Kay K. Jordan Endowed History Scholarship
Denver
- Lindsey Pratt – Louise C. Walter Memorial Award
Erie
- Liam Sites – Creative Engagement
Fort Collins
- Kaelyn Pontes – Denny Storer Political Science Scholarship
Fort Morgan
- Citlaly Quiroz – Mabel Gray Newburn Communication Scholarship, Pi Kappa Delta Outstanding First Year Student and the Kevin Heineman Memorial Scholarship
Highlands Ranch
- Vincent Byrne – Lambda Pi Eta Outstanding New Communicator Award
Littleton
- Emily Nevins – Dwayne and Cindy Strasheim Scholarship
- Lauryn Metz – Clara Altman Award for Foreign Languages
Loveland
- Cecilia Velarde – Mabel Gray Newburn Communication Scholarship
Sedgwick
- Darrien Miller – Virginia Holyoke-McKeag Memorial Scholarship for Excellence in Academics and Service
Strasburg
- Cody Wilson – Storer-Evans Lecture in Political Science, Tamara Babcock Endowed Scholarship and the Dr. Sara Jane Gardner Phi Alpha Theta Memorial Scholarship
Thornton
- Emma Morelli – Dr. Clement F. Bridenhagen History Scholarship
Westminster
- Nikki deSeriere – Lambda Pi Eta Outstanding Communication Studies Scholar and the Pi Kappa Delta Speakers of the Year
IOWA
Council Bluffs
- Josie Cooley – Creative Engagement
KANSAS
Arlington
- Betsy Miller – Tamara Babcock Endowed Scholarship
Liberal
- Milly McClure – William R. Welton Physics Scholarship
Overland Park
- Anya Myers – Outstanding Student Association Senator
Perry
- Samantha Worthington – Outstanding Senior in Mathematics and Computer Science
Winfield
- Stephanie Bloyer – Dee R. Yost Scholar
MISSOURI
Kansas City
- Carlo Terrell – Chuck Eigenberg Outstanding Senior Award
Warrensburg
- Elijah Nappe – Dr. Ralph Lamb Economics/Business Administration Scholarship
NEBRASKA
Bennington
- Cullen Buscher – Einspahr Accounting Excellence Award
Falls City
- Kade Bredemeier – Duane Freeman Memorial Scholarship
Fremont
- Ashton Vukson – Dr. Harry R. James Physics Scholarship
Geneva
- Claire Kimbrough – Einspahr Accounting Excellence Award
Grand Island
- Skye Hillman – Dr. James L. Loch Secondary Education Scholarship
- Savannah Thornton – The Foundation of the Nebraska Society of CPAs
Hallam
- Morgan Wohl – Outstanding Student Association Programming Board Member
Harvard
- Celina Chrisman – Dr. Art and Eunice Langvardt English Scholarship, Dee R. Yost Scholar
Hastings
- Caroline Anderson – The Foundation of the Nebraska Society of CPAs
- Brandon Hamel – Reverend Joseph Kyle Memorial Scholarship
- Tyler Ohrman – Arnold A. Alberts Outstanding Chemist Award
- Emily Struss – Louise C. Walter Memorial Award
Juniata
- Hailey Moore – Outstanding Senior Theatre Arts Student
Lincoln
- Eli Baker – Outstanding Student Association Executive Council Member
- Marcus Dustin – Dr. Frederick H. Mattes Chemistry Achievement Award
- Katie Heller – Wendell V. Showalter Biology Award
Mitchell
- Cassidy Coalson – Outstanding Achievement in Art
North Bend
- Jaxon Wietfeld – Dr. Ralph Lamb Economics/Business Administration Scholarship
Omaha
- Jennifer Alonso – Outstanding Achievement in Art
- Paul Bierman – Einspahr Accounting Excellence Award
- Kyleigh Boever – Ruth Walter Meyer Memorial Award
Overton
- Ivey Zimmerman – Outstanding Senior in Music
Papillion
- Allison Knowles – Saville-Heflebower Teacher Education Award and the Elmer B. Van Horn Memorial Scholarship
Shickley
- Maddie Kamler – Lloyd S. and Helen M. Jones Theatre Arts Scholarship
Thedford
- Marlee Taylor – Outstanding Senior in Business and Economics
Wahoo
- Taylor Stuhr – Aabel Accounting Scholarship and the The Foundation of the Nebraska Society of CPAs
York
- Grace Sinsel – NSEA-AE Outstanding Senior Award and the Stephen Lingwall Senior English Award
NEVADA
Las Vegas
- Marissa Ruiz – Alpha Chi Outstanding First-Year Students
TENNESSEE
Franklin
- Natalie Watson – Sociology Outstanding Senior
WYOMING
Cheyenne
- Morgan O’Neill – Outstanding Performer in Music
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
THE BAHAMAS
Eleuthera
- Kyle Collins – Alice and Jack Marvel Endowed Scholarship
Nassau
- Summer Pratt – Dr. Ralph Lamb Economics/Business Administration Scholarship
ITALY
Biella Piedmont
- Alessandro Urlati – Tamara Babcock Endowed Scholarship
