Wilmington College recognized its “best and brightest” Sunday (April 27) at the 45th annual Student Honors Convocation and Senior Recognition Awards ceremony. President Corey Cockerill said, “We are so very proud of the accomplishments of our students we recognize today,” while Campus Minister Nancy McCormick added, “We celebrate in a community we have come to love.”
The event featured the selection of top seniors in academic areas, Quaker Impact Awards, Green Key Honor Society induction and senior awards in Student Life. This news release features the area academic awards. The other awards appear on separate news releases.
As selected by the faculty, the top seniors in academic areas are: AGRICULTURE — Agricultural Business, Shelbie Snoke; Agricultural Communications, Kristen Whitaker; Agronomy, Noah Perry; Animal Science, Jorja Hazelwood; Agricultural Education, Bryan Pope; and Resource Conservation and Regenerative Agriculture, Elise Snarr. BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION — Accounting, Paige Flowers; Business Management, Blaise Morris; Finance, Trinity VanDusen; Economics, Austin Reed; and Marketing, Makenzie O’Neil.
EDUCATION — Adolescent Young Adult Math, Brennan Wedig; Adolescent Young Adult Social Studies, Robert (Ashton) Griffith; K-12 Intervention Specialist, Jacob Thompson; Middle Childhood, Gavin Heimlich; Primary Education, Ashleigh Dunn; Primary Education Intervention Specialist, Emily Lozano and Liv Bronner; Education Studies Diverse Learning, Madison Hatfield; and Education Studies Teaching and Learning, Logan Florea. FINE ARTS — Communication Arts, Julie Tolliver and Andie Dolven; Theatre, Sterling Goodwin. HUMANITIES — English, Alfie Harris; History, Molly Lynch; and Spanish, Ashley Mullen;
SOCIAL SCIENCES — Criminal Justice, Noah Honkamp; Political Science/Political Studies, Alfie Harris; Political Science/Food Studies, Garrett Simmons; Psychology, Shannon O’Boyle; and Social Work, Corissa Oeder. SPORT SCIENCES — Sport Management, Trinity VanDusen; Exercise Science, Kaylee Warfield; and Dr. Elizabeth S. Kinzig Award for 4.0 GPA, Kaylee Warfield.
NATURAL SCIENCES — Biology/Environmental Science, Angela Muse; Biology/Health Science, Jada Pohlen and Jaylah Captain; Biology/Life Science, Olivia Furman; Biotechnology, Nina Lombardo; Chemistry, Paige Kopiec; and Mathematics, Brennan Wedig.
PICTURED: President Corey Cockerill congratulates Alfie Harris for being named the top senior for both English and Political Science/Political Studies.