College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences honors top students, scholarship recipients

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences recognized its top students and scholarship recipients during the college’s awards ceremony on May 1.  The college’s departments include art and design, biology, chemistry, English, history, mathematics and statistics, music, philosophy and interdisciplinary studies, physics and astronomy, theatre arts and dance, and world languages.

College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences

Stephen L. Mourning Science Scholarship – Erica Olson Mexican Studies Endowed Scholarship – Catherine McGibbony Science and Mathematics Leadership Endowed Scholarship – Carol Bowerman, Chandrasimha Reddy Penthala, Kenneth Burnett, Thuy Thanh Le, Carson Smith, and Amber Hill

Department of Art and Design

Charles D. Massey Scholarship – Chassidy Siratt and Brandy Thrower Cindy Conger Endowed Visual Art Awards – Carley Brown Dorothy Gillespie Foundation Scholarship – Mary Bowling Friends of The Arts Scholarship – Christina Osorio Jerry E. Arrowood Memorial Scholarship – Sandi Harvell and Kennedy Butler Joan R. Taylor Scholarship – Madeline Hutson, Monica Penny, Carley Brown, Olivia Blair, Austin Bowers, and Alexis Stiles Lewis and Debbie May Scholarship – Mary Bowling Nabholz Endowed Scholarship for Art and Design – Wendell Martin Judith A. Wrappe Scholarship – Brady Jackson, Henry Thomas, Jennifer Bell, Robert Berry, and Brandy Thrower Windgate Foundation Scholarship – Rachel Struthers, Lilliana Reinoso, Joshua Goff, Savana Holland, Kiersin Webb-Carrington, Erin Vaughn, Jennie Vaughn, Lauren Fuller, Tatiana Correa, Annika Shunn, Candace McJunkin, Briana Hardin, Marcus Crutchfield, and Lauren Johnson Lori Grimes Memorial Scholarship – Chassidy Siratt

Department of Biology

James H. Fribourgh Endowed Biology Scholarship – Abdallah Abou-Diab Tom and Debbie Lynch Biology Scholarship – Humam Shahare Martha Couch Givens Memorial Award – Samantha Gray Thomas Hogue Memorial Award – Grace Rutter John D. Rickett Outstanding Graduate Student Award – Lisa Williams and Richard Connor Clarance B. Sinclair Memorial Scholarship – Alaa Shahare

Department of Chemistry

AIC Outstanding Graduating Senior – James Sellers and Rebecca Moreira ACS Outstanding Graduating Senior – Samantha Macchi and Marina Avram Outstanding Graduating Master’s Student – Raymond Patey Outstanding Graduating Ph.D. Student – Sreevishnu Cheerla Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award – Mavis Forson Frank Lamar Setliff Endowed Scholarship – Caroline Kornelsen and Robert Hill Darryl K. Reach Endowed Scholarship – Carol Bowerman and Thuy Thanh Le ACS Book Scholarship – Kendall Riley Wood

Department of English

Cooper Success Scholarships – Brooke Turner, TiLena Camp, and Heidi Clement Ruth Lovett Booker Scholarship – Frankie Alford Marilynn Keys Endowed Scholarship – Caleb Alexander-McKinzie Eleanor Orts Francis English Scholarship – Kimberly Mauer Roslyn L. Knutson English Award – Kyrsten Younge Alma K. Dougherty Award – Frankie Alford Martha Sawrie Stephenson Endowed Scholarship – TiLena Camp Gladys K. Brown Award – Joy Reinbold Kathryn Ramsey Award – Joy Reinbold Richard Stanley Cooper Literary Award – Caleb Alexander-McKinzie

Department of History

Richard B. Dixon Scholarship – Tyrene Jones, Crystal Shurley, Devin Sorrows, Kyna Stys, and Ellis (Gene) Thompson Dr. Edward Madden and Lucy Dorothy Anson III Award – Morgan Guzman and Jade Kitchel Craig Powell Memorial Scholarship – Ian Gaebel Martha Sawrie Stephenson Endowed Scholarship – Amy King Jack Freshour Scholarship – Nancy Tell-Hall Fred Williams Scholarship in Public History – Rachel Walters

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Jerry and Sherry Damerow Endowed Math and Statistics Scholarship – Hayden Hensen, Tanaya Williams, Michael McKenzie, David Johnson, and Susanna More Dewoody and Emily Fleming Dickinson Math Scholarship – Shazeena Ashraf and Susanna More David A. Schonert Endowed Scholarship – Tristan Gregory Linda and Tom Mcmillan Mathematics Scholarship – Joseph Sorensen Ma Endowed Family Scholarship – Carrie Callo Barraza Ann Jameson Wilson Mathematics Scholarship – Richard Inakpenu and Grizel Macias Outstanding Senior Awards – Mason Cox and Jamie Burrows Award for Outstanding Achievement By an Undergraduate Student – Scott Wolf and  Hayden Hensen Award for Outstanding Teaching By a Graduate Student – Joshua Hairston Award for Outstanding Achievement By a Graduate Student – Chary Akmyradov Outstanding Tutor Award – Allen Lunnie and Ha Trinh Friends of The Department – James Hollander, Sam Lawhorn, and Jerry and Sherry Damerow

Department of Music

Edith Willis Woodall Scholarship – Karah Poole Eleanor Orts Francis Scholarship – Isaac Helgestad, Dakota Jackson, and Earnie Williams Homer and Betty Jones Opera Endowment – Elizabeth Wheeler Joan R. Taylor Scholarship – Jillian Armstrong, Sarah Hylton, Benjamin Moore, Alexander Rupert, Kyndriatta Sears, and Maria Zarate Stella Boyle Smith Award – Alyssa Anwar, Hannah Blacklaw, David Burkhalter, Lucas Bush, Michael Caysido, Brandon Dorris, Andrew Gerstenberger, Reagan Gray, Kyra Hatley, Melissa Legendre, Dante Leon, Eri Okawa, Samuel Schalchlin, and Ryan Wilder.

Department of Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Studies

Socratic Award for Most Outstanding Students in Philosophy – Ra’phael Davis and Melissa Vachon Richard Frothingham Achievement Award for Excellence in Philosophy and Religious Studies – Audrey Driskill Lee Asbill Johnson Scholarship – Sydney Brazil Brent Knutson Memorial Award for Excellence in Religious Studies – Jessica Chavez and Sandi Harvell Outstanding Interdisciplinary Studies Student Award – Taylor Travis and Rachel Mulligan Annie L. Harrison Scholarships – Erin Beeman and Michelle Burton

Department of Physics and Astronomy

Paul Engle Scholarship – David Cline Coleman Scholarship – Alex Kingston Outstanding Graduating Senior – Marvin Bonney Outstanding Teaching Assistant – Rauf Hussein Outstanding Graduate Research Award – Nawzat Saadi

Department of Theatre Arts and Dance

Performing Arts Award, Dance – Ronesha Butler, Travis Clark, Perin Creek, Erin Fallis, Victoria Fender, Carmen Gutierrez, Hadley Hume, Brandy Mimms, Emily Moore, Lauren Pafford, Madison Price, Jessica Regalado, Shelby Robertson, Emily Shellabarger, Rebecca Shunn, Paige Tarrow, and Mario Valdez Joel Ruminer Scholarship Award, Dance – Alysa Anderson and LaVentry Easter Performing Arts Award, Theatre – Maggie Donald, Elizabeth McKee, and Kaitlynn Mitchell Eleanor Orts Francis Scholarship, Theatre – Sabrina Hatchett, Emorie Mansur, and Gage Pipkin Ike Murry Scholarship, Theatre – Alex Calhoun and Kat Hall Friends of the Arts Scholarship – Taylor Jaggers Joan Taylor Scholarship, Theatre – Travis Clark, Char Dupins, Leah Gelé, Mykenzie Gordon, Taylor Green, Kat Hall, Keith Harper, Andrew Jaramillo, Jessica Ley, Blake Morris, Tre’Vaughn Whitley

Department of World Languages

Emile B. de Sauzé Award for Outstanding Graduate in French – Emily Summers Cervantes Award for Outstanding Graduate in Spanish – Rebecca Moreira Award for Excellence in French – Andrea Elias Vance C. Ogden Memorial Scholarship – Jennifer Harrison and Emily Mendiola Sharon Sellars Award for Outstanding Language Resource Center Tutor – Jessica Tate