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FAU Celebrates 52nd Annual Honors Convocation Awardees

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By brittany sylvestri | 4/14/2021

红玫瑰社区 President John Kelly and today announced the recipients of the 52nd annual Honors Convocation awards. The celebration recognizes the University鈥檚 most outstanding students and faculty.

鈥淗onors Convocation is a longstanding and important tradition,鈥 said Danilowicz. 鈥淓ven if we can鈥檛 all be together, this remote ceremony will allow us to spotlight the academic excellence of our best faculty and students.鈥听听听听听听听听听

Awards and recognition include nine University scholars, the Distinguished Student award, the University Club Merit award, the Phi Kappa Phi scholar, the Stan and Renee Wimberly scholar, the Undergraduate Researchers awards, the Student-Athletes of the Year awards, Prestigious Fellowship, and the Fraternity and Sorority scholars. Faculty honors include the FAU Alumni Association鈥檚 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鈥檚 recipient is Danielle Groton, Ph.D., assistant professor of social work in the College of Social Work and Criminal Justice.Groton鈥檚 area of expertise is on homelessness, particularly related to how health disparities and employment opportunities impact women experiencing homelessness. In only her fourth year as an assistant professor, she has already been named Social Work Educator of the Year for Palm Beach County.

2021 红玫瑰社区 Honors Convocation Awardees

University Scholars

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters 聽 聽 聽 聽Sarah Hipps
College of Business 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽Kevin Figueroa
College of Education听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听聽聽聽聽Angeline Mendoza
College of Engineering and Computer Science聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽David Navarrete
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听聽聽 Reece Humphreys
Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽聽Caroline Brodi
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听聽聽Starr Warner
College of Social Work and Criminal Justice听听听听听听听听听聽聽 Mariya Josiah聽

Distinguished Student Award

Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽聽Mary Doan

Fraternity and Sorority Scholars

Alpha Delta Pi Sorority 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Kayla Radaker
Alpha Psi Lambda National Fraternity, Inc. 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Luis Argueta Pulido

Phi Kappa Phi Scholar

College of Engineering and Computer Science 聽 聽 聽 聽Brandyn Nutter

Student-Athletes of the Year

Beach Volleyball听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听聽 Erica Brok
Soccer听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Daniel Skistad

University Club Merit Award

Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听聽聽 David Harbaugh

Stan and Renee Wimberly Scholar

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽聽Daniel Gil Valenzuela

Undergraduate Researchers of the Year

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Maria Gabriela Esquivel
College of Business, Allen E. Smith Awardee 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Daniela Rivera-Cintron听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听聽聽聽聽聽聽
College of Engineering and Computer Science聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Julie Deshommes
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听聽聽 Alyssa Payne
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Darian Peters
Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽Caroline Brodi
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听聽聽Angel Rodgers
College of Social Work and Criminal Justice听听听听听听听听听聽聽 Erika Stone聽

Prestigious Fellowship

Gilman Scholarship Award听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听聽聽聽 Jeanne Astremon

Alumni 鈥淒egree of Difference鈥 Award

Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Lisa Martinez, M.D.

University Researchers of the Year

Janet Robishaw, Ph.D., Professor
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine

Jianning Wei, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine

Johanna Kowalko, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College

Scholars of the Year

Ramesh Teegavarapu, Ph.D., Professor
College of Engineering and Computer Science

Anil Bilgihan, Ph.D., Associate Professor
College of Business

Nicholas Baima, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College

Excellence and Innovation in Undergraduate Teaching

Angela Nichols, Ph.D., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Deborah Searcy, Ph.D., College of Business
Myeongsub Kim, Ph.D., College of Engineering and Computer Science聽
Mary Ann Leavitt, Ph.D., Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing

Excellence and Innovation in Undergraduate Advising

Gili Rabone, College of Business
Tamsyn Carey, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Nicole Alderson, Undergraduate Studies

Distinguished Mentor of the Year in Undergraduate Research

James VanZwieten, Ph.D., College of Engineering and Computer Science

Presidential Awards for Engaged Faculty

David Devraj Kumar, Ph.D., College of Education
Patricia Gustafsson, College of Social Work and Criminal Justice
Precious Skinner-Osei, Ph.D., College of Social Work and Criminal Justice

The Distinguished Teacher of the Year

Danielle Groton, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Social Work
College of Social Work and Criminal Justice

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