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Students, faculty recognized at 2025 Honors Convocation

During Hastings College’s Honors Convocation April 30, 2025, students and faculty were recognized for their outstanding achievements.


Photos from the event are available here. A video is here.


Photo of people sitting and the chapel stage. The Don and Nancy Seaton Faculty Achievement Award was presented to Dr. Louie Eckhardt, associate professor of music. Dr. Brian Corr, associate professor of art, 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 Casey Molifua, senior lecturer of physical education and human performance, as the Alpha Chi Outstanding Faculty. Molifua also received the Vondrak Outstanding Advisor Award.

Dr. Cat Clifford, assistant professor of English, and Dr. Brad Dinardo, assistant professor of physics, were elected through a joint faculty and student vote to present the 2025-26 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 an international student at the end.

ARIZONA

Douglas

  • Isabel Tanabe – Arnold A. Alberts Outstanding Chemist Award

Flagstaff

  • Jake Weidinger – William R. Welton Physics Award

Glendale

  • Riley S. Lanning – Chuck Eigenberg Outstanding Psychology Senior Award

COLORADO

Aurora

  • Margie Osorio Barrios – Pi Kappa Delta Outstanding First Year Student

Bennett

  • Peyton Wallace – Lloyd S. and Helen M Jones Theatre Award

Fort Collins

  • Kaelyn Pontes – Outstanding Senior Student in Mathematics

Highlands Ranch

  • Vince Byrne – Lambda Pi Eta Outstanding Communication Studies Scholar

La Junta

  • Karl Ludwig – Outstanding Senior in Music

Loveland

  • Cecilia Velarde – Outstanding Senior in Business and Economics

Norwood

  • Claire Jacobs – Lloyd S. and Helen M Jones Theatre Award

Thornton

  • Emma Morelli – Squash-Buckler Award for Outstanding History Student

Westminster

  • Victoria Mallory – Tamara Babcock Award

Windsor

  • Dakota Pritchard – Teacher Education Outstanding Senior – 7-12

Woodland Park

  • Claire Fuqua – Lloyd S. and Helen M Jones Theatre Award

KANSAS

Arlington

  • Elizabeth Miller – Outstanding Senior in History

MISSOURI

Warrensburg

  • Eli Nappe – Outstanding Exercise Science Major

NEBRASKA

Alliance

  • Chloe Blumanthal – Outstanding Criminology Senior

Aurora

  • Carrie Brosman – Denny Storer Political Science Award

Bellevue

  • Brianna Narick – Pi Kappa Delta Speaker of the Year

Farwell

  • Sam Acosta Castellanos – Harry James Physics Award

Fremont

  • Camden McKenzie – Teacher Education Outstanding Senior – K-6

Gering

  • Teyla Huff – Fred Mattes Outstanding First Year Chemistry Student Award
  • Lily Teeple – Outstanding Student Association Executive Council Member

Grand Island

  • Erick Rodriguez – Hastings College Outstanding Performer in Music

Hastings

  • Grace Hartman – Outstanding Sophomore English Award and Alpha Chi Outstanding Sophomore Student
  • Abigail Fielder – Harry James Physics Award
  • Markus Miller – Outstanding PE Major of the Year

Lexington

  • Hailey Vigil – Clara Altman Award for Foreign Languages

Lincoln

  • Joy Blocker – Outstanding Engagement Award in Art
  • Luke Lewandowski – Dr. Art and Eunice Langvardt Award
  • Avery Usher – Outstanding First Year English Award and the Pi Kappa Delta Outstanding First Year Student

Mason City

  • Caden Holm – Outstanding PE Major of the Year

Omaha

  • Lucy Reid – Outstanding Sophomore Student in Mathematics

Orleans

  • Ann Bose – Alpha Chi Outstanding First Year Student

Papillion

  • Annalise Doorlag – Outstanding Student Association Senator

Shickley

  • Maddie Kamler – Dr. Harold Shiffler Award

Sutherland

  • Molly Kammerer – Adrian Award

Waverly

  • Anna Bultman – Steven Lingwall Senior English Award and Outstanding Achievement Award in Art

NEVADA

Las Vegas

  • Marissa Ruiz – Adrian Award and Outstanding Student Association Programming Board Member

NORTH DAKOTA

Bismark

  • Jilee Golus – Outstanding Sociology Senior

TEXAS

League City

  • Victoria Harris – Lambda Pi Eta Outstanding New Communicator Award

INTERNATIONAL

THE BAHAMAS

Nassau

  • Nicky Georges – Wendell V. Showalter Award

Hastings College is a four-year residential college that focuses on student academic and extracurricular achievement. Discover more at hastings.edu.

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