Wilmington College recognized many of its “best and brightest” on Saturday (April 25) at the 46th 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 only the academic area awards. The other awards appear on separate news releases.
Faculty members presented the academic awards. They are mentors and guides, people the president said, “know their students not only by their names, they know them by their dreams.” As selected by the faculty, the top seniors in academic areas are: AGRICULTURE — Agricultural Business, Morgan Evans; Agricultural Communications, Wyatt Morrow; Agronomy, Matthew Maramasaka; Animal Science, Ruth Beery; Agricultural Education, Holden Nuhn; and Equine Business Management, Maegan Pearson. BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION — Accounting, Amanda Hitt; Business Management, Alaina Reynek; Cybersecurity, Zach Sizemore; Finance, Bell Baughman; Economics, Bradley Brown; Marketing, Sondre Haugen; Online Accounting, Olivia Brooke Jenkins; Online Business Management, Summer Auer; and Online Strategic Organizational Leadership, Faith Parsley.
PICTURED: History Professor Keith Orejel presents Lucy Gabbert with the Top Senior in History Award.
EDUCATION — Adolescent Young Adult English, Elva Craig; Adolescent Young Adult Social Studies, Collin Barker; K-12 Intervention Specialist, Riley Shaw; Middle Childhood, Jed Smith; Primary Education, Rylee Oglesby; Primary Education Intervention Specialist, Mackenzie Bennett and Kayliegh Pugh. FINE ARTS — Communication Arts/Digital Media Production, Carly Baker; Communication Arts/Organizational Communication, Danielle Hibbs; and Theatre, Ollie Basta. HUMANITIES — English, Elva Craig; and History, Lucy Gabbert.
SOCIAL SCIENCES — Criminal Justice, Madison Curtis; Political Science, Lucy Gabbert; Psychology, Niccole Lakes; and Social Work, Jessica Crutchleo. SPORT SCIENCES — Sport Management, Quin Meyers; Exercise Science/Allied Health, Emma Pitstick; Exercise Science, Kinsey Gilliland; and Dr. Elizabeth S. Kinzig Award for 4.0 GPA, Emma Pitstick and Kinsey Gilliland.
NATURAL SCIENCES — Biology/Environmental Science, Hayden Wibbeler; Biology/Life Science, Makayla Herrington; Chemistry, Olivia Cupp; Mathematics, Nina Peak; and Mathematics/Data Science, Zach McGuirt.
TOP PHOTO: Agriculture Professor Kasey Kelly presents Wyatt Morrow with the Top Senior in Agricultural Communications Award.