CBSHS recognizes student achievement

The College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences (CBSHS) is recognizing its outstanding students with college and departmental awards for the 2020-2021 academic year.

“Our students in the College amaze me every day – never more so than during this past year,” said Denise Anderson, CBSHS Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, Faculty Affairs, and Inclusive Excellence. “Each one of these award recipients represents the power of committing to excellence and rising to a challenge all while pursuing a dream. We could not be prouder of our CBSHS award winners!”

Students who received college awards are:

• Award for Entrepreneurship in Community Service – Tyler Mandel, Department of Public Health Sciences
• Award for Professional Engagement – Reagan King, School of Nursing
• Blue Key Academic and Leadership Award – Will Brown, Department of Public Health Sciences
• Dean’s Award for Outstanding Achievement – Michaela Knox, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice
• M.S. Award, Outstanding Research Assistant – Anitra Alexander, Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management
• M.S. Award, Outstanding Teaching Assistant – Katie Thurson, Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management
• Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award – Lily Haeberle, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice
• Ph.D. Award, Outstanding Research Assistant – Riley Pegram, Department of Psychology
• Ph.D. Award, Outstanding Teaching Assistant – Thomas Clanton, Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management
• Phi Kappa Phi Certificate of Merit – Abigail McCarter, Department of Political Science
• Undergraduate Academic Excellence Award – Rachel Knauer, Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management
• Undergraduate Emerging Leadership Award – Grace Falgoust, Department of Psychology

Undergraduate and graduate students are also recognized within their departments. By department, these honorees include:

Department of Communication

• Doreen Geddes Memorial Award for Excellence in Women and Communication – Na-Dya Gamble
• Outstanding Academic Achievement in Communication – Brooke Tannehill
• Outstanding Academic Achievement in Sports Communication – Spencer Peltz
• Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award – Sai Mikkilineni

Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management

• Bert and Johnnie Brantley Outstanding Student Award – Rachel Knauer and Marissa Kuula
• Fran McGuire Excellence in Teaching Award – Kaitlin Mueller
• Greg Schoper Leadership Award – Elizabeth Denton
• Lawrence R. Allen Engaged Future Professional Award – Emily Childers and Caroline Yates
• Lawrence Allen Professional Contributions to the Field of Youth Development Award – Rima Sliman and Emily Swett
• Stevenson-Smith-Lovett Award – Adeline Cagle

Department of Political Science

• Horace Fleming Award – Sergio Antonio Gonzalez Varela
• Jack Tuttle-Pi Sigma Alpha Award – May Mazyck Harrelson
• James F. Byrnes American Government Award – Abigail Elizabeth McCarter
• Matt Locke Faculty Award for Excellence – Anthony Vincent DePietto

Department of Public Health Sciences

• Certificate of Recognition for Excellence – Lauren Elizabeth Anderson, Carly Rose Bechtloff, Sydney Catherine Bertram, Perry Richard Fleming, Lauren Catherine Gohs, Margaret Kathleen Mahoney, Tyler Steele Mandel, Emily May Martin, Halli Rose Nold, Katherine Theresa Skola, and Lindsey B. Urban
• Distinguished Service Award – Sarah Ann Elizabeth Kenneson
• Dr. Lee A. Crandall Leadership Award – Nicole Sophia Karanicolas
• Mentoring and Teaching Excellence (Ph.D. students) – Laura J. Rolke
• Outstanding Cardiovascular Imaging Leadership Award – Lindsey B. Urban
• Outstanding Health Promotion and Behavior Award – Sarah Kathlyn Finleyson
• Outstanding Health Services Administration Award – Amanda Marguerite Hermanns
• Outstanding Master’s Student Leadership – Samantha Joan Kanny
• Outstanding Pre-Professional Health Student – Perry Richard Fleming
• Research Excellence (Ph.D. students) – Laksika Banu Madushani Sivaraj
• Scholastic Achievement Award – Sydney Catherine Bertram

Department of Psychology

• Bernard Caffrey Award for Excellence in Psychology – Halle Freedman and Emily Richardson
• Ernest Jewell Hardesty Moore Award for the Outstanding Senior in Psychology – Hanna Kent
• Eugene Galluscio Award for Undergraduate Leadership – Audrey Hartis
• Graduate Student Research Paper – Kathryn Lucaites and Chloe Wilson
• Psi Chi Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award – Katilyn Rubley and Tiffani Paul
• Psychology Department Award for Academic Excellence – Katherine Blackwood, Laura Dodson, Owen Minello, and Kelsey Quinn
• Outstanding Doctoral Degree Student in Psychology – Jeremy Lopez and Riley Pegram
• Outstanding Master’s Degree Student in Psychology – Kathryn Baringer and Alexxa Bessey

Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice

• Department Chair’s Award – Cody Linday
• Ernest-Jewell Hardesty Moore Award for Outstanding Senior in Sociology – Caroline MacDonald
• Meg Wilkes-Karraker Award – Terryn Witherspoon
• Outstanding Anthropology Student Award – Reagan Ross
• Outstanding Criminal Justice Student Award – Rachel Holscher

School of Nursing

• Certificate of Excellence in Nursing – Hope Epting, Claire Ginsberg, Isabel Joiner, Catherine King, Lillian McKenzie
• Community Service Award – Emma Canedo, Anna Corontzes, Reagan King, Juanita Pacheco, and Emma Preston
• Edwards Memorial Award – Rebecca LeCroy and Hope Louis
• Shearin Award for Excellence – Carsyn Saverance

Read more about each award here.

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Established in July 2016, CBSHS is a 21st-century, land-grant college that combines work in seven disciplines – communication; nursing; parks, recreation and tourism management; political science; psychology; public health sciences; and sociology, anthropology and criminal justice – to further its mission of “building people and communities” in South Carolina and beyond.