Student Awards

2021

Naomi Choy

Chancellor’s List

Titus Harris

Dean’s list

Andrea Vargas

Chancellor’s List Fall 2021, Dean’s List Fall 2021

Tayler Gamble

Signature Experience Grant

Ruby Trotter

Chancellor’s list Fall 2021, publication as second author in the Journal of Nanobiotechnology, first place poster presentation at the ARK-LSAMP State Conference, feature in the annual Research in the Rock publication

Kwame Williams

Associates Degree in Electronics & Computer Engineering Technology (Summer 2020)
Associates Degree in Computer Science (Summer 2020)

2017

Osvaldo Cossio

Undergraduate Research Award from the Department of Chemistry

Jasmine McKissick

Second Place Poster in STEM at the Arkansas LSAMP Spring Research Conference

Verenice Perez

Honorable Mention for Poster in STEM at the Arkansas LSAMP Spring Research Conference

2016

C’Asia James

Thomas Hogue Memorial Award for the most outstanding undergraduate researcher in biology

Undergraduate Departmental Research Award in Chemistry

First Place Oral Presentation in Chemistry at the Emerging Researchers National Conference

Jeffrey Jones

Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award in the Department of Systems Engineering

First Place Poster in Technology and Engineering at the UA Little Rock Research Expo

Taylor McClanahan

Most Outstanding Graduating Senior Award in the Department of Mathematics.

Taylor Washington

First Place Poster in STEM at the Arkansas LSAMP Spring Research Conference

2015

Osvaldo Cossio

Honorable Mention for Poster in Physics at the Arkansas INBRE Research Conference

Lafayette DeRamus

First Place Poster in Nanoscience and Physics at the Emerging Researchers National Conference

 Second Place Poster in STEM at the Arkansas LSAMP Spring Research Conference

Outstanding Research Award by the Earth Sciences Department

C’Asia James

First Place Oral Presentation at the Ronald McNair Research Symposium at UA Little Rock.

Jeffrey Jones

First Place Poster in Technology and Engineering at the Emerging Researchers National Conference

Grant from the ASTA-ASSET Initiative for Undergraduate Research Experience and Internship Program ($6,000)

Grant from the NASA-ASGS STEM/Minority Student program ($3,000)

Taylor McClanahan

Third Place Poster in STEM at the Arkansas LSAMP Spring Research Conference

Outstanding Achievement Award by an Undergraduate in Mathematics

Damerow Endowed Mathematics and Statistics Scholarship for academic excellence

2014

Victoria Dawson

First Place Poster in STEM at the Arkansas LSAMP Spring Research Conference

Lafayette DeRamus

Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award in Physics

Field Camp Award from the Dept. of Earth Sciences

Second Place Poster in Physics at the Arkansas INBRE Research Conference

Taylor McClanahan

Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement Award in Mathematics 

Bukola Odeniyi

Martha Couch Givens Memorial Award for Outstanding Graduating Senior in Biology

Third Place Poster in STEM at the Arkansas LSAMP Spring Research Conference

Dolapo Odeniyi

Thomas Hogue Memorial Scholarship for the most outstanding undergraduate researcher in biology

First Place Oral Presentation in Plant Research at the Emerging Researchers National Conference

2013

Marissa De La Paz

Thomas Hogue Memorial Scholarship for the most outstanding undergraduate researcher in biology

ACS Outstanding Graduating Senior in chemistry

Lafayette DeRamus

Second Place Poster in Physics at the Arkansas INBRE Research Conference

Corey Graham

Tracey L. Thompson Scholarship for outstanding student in science and mathematics education

Bukola Odeniyi

First Place Poster in Undergraduate Life Sciences at the UA Little Rock Research Expo

Dolapo Odeniyi

Third Place Poster in Undergraduate Life Sciences at the UA Little Rock Research Expo

2012

Bukola Odeniyi

First Place Poster in Health Sciences at the UA Little Rock Research Expo

Second Place Poster in Cell Biology at the Emerging Researchers National Conference

2011

Nora Bouzihay

Pre-college Research Award from UA Little Rock’s Department of Chemistry