FAU Hosts 54th annual Honors Convocation
FAU recently hosted the University’s 54th annual Honors Convocation at the University Theatre in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Boca Raton campus.
FAU PresidentStacy Volnickand Interim ProvostMichele Hawkinsrecently hosted the University’s 54th annual Honors Convocation at the University Theatre in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Boca Raton campus. The ceremony recognized the University’s most outstanding students and faculty.
Awards and recognition included eight University scholars; the Distinguished Student award; the University Club Merit award; the Hersker, Shaw, Gosser Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi scholar; the Stan and Renee Wimberly scholar; the Undergraduate Researchers awards; the Student-Athletes of the Year awards; and the Fraternity and Sorority scholars. Faculty honors include the FAU Alumni Association’s Degree of Difference Award; Researchers and Scholars of the Year awards; Teaching and Advising awards; as well as the Distinguished Mentor of the Year in Undergraduate Research award and the Presidential Awards for Engaged Faculty.
The winner of the Distinguished Teacher of the Year award is determined by FAU students. This year’s recipient is Lincoln Sloas, Ph.D., associate professor in theCollege of Social Work and Criminal Justice. He conducts research in the areas of problem-solving courts including drug courts and how individuals navigate substance abuse treatment services. As a result of his research interests, he was the first faculty member in his college to design and implement a research intensive course for students.
2023 õ Honors Convocation Awardees
University Scholars
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Maria Emilia Santander, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters |
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Maria Ducharme, College of Business |
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Sierra R. Van Dreason, College of Education |
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Victor Zauder, College of Engineering and Computer Science |
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Ashley Bobnar, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College |
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Lillian Wakeman, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing |
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Luis Carrillo, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science |
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Erin Pyper, College of Social Work and Criminal Justice |
Distinguished Student Award
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Casey Leary, College of Social Work and Criminal Justice |
Fraternity and Sorority Scholars
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Srihith Narahari, Pi Kappa Alpha |
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Eden Greene, Delta Phi Epsilon |
Hersker, Shaw, Gosser Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Scholarship Award
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Haven Gray, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College |
Student-Athletes of the Year
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Maddison “G” Krstec, Women’s Soccer |
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Jackson Ross, Baseball |
University Club Merit Award
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Valentina Rodriguez Ramirez, College of Engineering and Computer Science |
Stan and Renee Wimberly Scholar
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Nicole Neginsky, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing |
Undergraduate Researchers of the Year
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Ciara O’Neill, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters |
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Mya Barsoum, College of Business, Allen E. Smith Awardee |
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Daylenis Mendez, College of Education |
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Lusnel Ferdinand, College of Engineering and Computer Science |
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Esther Peramune, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College |
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Steven Shatkhin, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine |
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Cecilia Malafia, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing |
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Carolina Hernandez Burgos, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science |
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Briana Thomas, College of Social Work and Criminal Justice |
Gilman Scholarship
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Eureka Appolon, Finalist |
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Genesis Del Castillo, Finalist |
Goldwater Scholarship
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David Baldwin, Finalist |
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Michael Green, Finalist |
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Camila Rimoldi Ibanez, Nominee |
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program
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Kate Maier, Awardee |
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Ivan Riveros, Awardee |
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Casey Hudspeth, Awardee |
Fulbright Student Scholarship
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Haley Davis, Fulbright Future Scholarship, Australia, Semi-Finalist |
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Irene Gatimi, English Teaching Assistantship, Taiwan, Finalist |
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Elisha Myers, Open Study, Ireland, Semi-Finalist |
Rangel Graduate Fellowship
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Irene Gatimi, Alternate |
Udall Scholarship
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David Baldwin, Environmental Nominee |
Rhodes Scholarship
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Satviki Singh, Nominee |
Mitchell Scholarship
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Helen Peluso, Nominee |
Luce Scholarship
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Irene Gatimi, Semi-FInalist |
Coro Fellowship in Public Affairs
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Irene Gatimi, Finalist |
Princeton in Asia Fellowship
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Irene Gatimi, Eko-in Temple School, Tokyo, Japan, Finalist |
Alumni “Degree of Difference” Award
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Mary Ann Gosser-Esquilín, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters |
Researchers of the Year
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Aditya Nayak, College of Engineering and Computer Science |
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Waseem Asghar, College of Engineering and Computer Science |
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Frederick Bloetscher, College of Engineering and Computer Science |
2021-2022 Researchers of the Year
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Lawrence Toll, Professor, College of Engineering and Computer Science |
Scholars of the Year
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Danielle Groton, College of Social Work and Criminal Justice |
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Sofia Johan, College of Business |
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John Renne, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science |
Excellence and Innovation in Undergraduate Teaching
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Mara Schiff, College of Social Work and Criminal Justice |
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Mehrdad Nojoumian, College of Engineering and Computer Science |
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Chitra Chandraskekhar, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College |
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Bianca Nightengale-Lee, College of Education |
Excellence and Innovation in Undergraduate Advising
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Monica Martinez, University Advising Services |
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Sita Ramnarace, College of Education |
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Jessica Meith, College of Engineering and Computer Science |
Distinguished Mentor of the Year in Undergraduate Research
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Maré Cudic, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science |
President’s Award for Career Achievement
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Isaac Elishakoff, College of Engineering and Computer Science |
Presidential Awards for Engaged Faculty
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Ayse Torres, College of Education |
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Lisa Wiese, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing |
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Myeongsub Kim, College of Engineering and Computer Science |
The Distinguished Teacher of the Year
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Lincoln Sloas, Ph.D., associate professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, College of Social Work and Criminal Justice |
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