April 16, 2007
Bowling
Green, Ky. - Western Kentucky University’s Ogden College of Science and Engineering recognized its top students on April 15.
Students honored during a ceremony at the Knicely Conference Center included the following (listed by department):
Agriculture
Ashley Monfort of Newport, Ky., Outstanding Graduate Student.
Lacey Kabel of Horse Branch, Ky., Outstanding Agronomy Student.
Jennifer N. Bowen of Owensboro, Ky., Outstanding Agricultural Education Student.
Tyler Seymour of Franklin, Ky., Outstanding Turfgrass Management Student.
Jeffrey S. Campbell of Adairville, Ky., Outstanding Animal Science Student.
Melissa Peyton of Madisonville, Ky., Outstanding Horticulture Student.
Architectural & Manufacturing Sciences
Tyler LeMarinel of Glasgow, Ky., Outstanding Senior in Architectural Sciences.
Michael Vandiver of Madisonville, Ky., Outstanding Senior in Construction Management.
Rodney M. Albin of Hartford, Ky., Outstanding Senior in Industrial Vocational Education.
Dean Knight of Louisville, Ky., Outstanding Senior in Manufacturing Management.
Gene Gearlds of Tompkinsville, Ky., Outstanding Senior in Technology Management.
Biology
Sarah R. Legates of Laramie, Wyo., Outstanding Biology Graduate Student.
Courtney Miles of Sanders, Ky., Outstanding Biology Student.
Brooke Polen of Bowling Green, Ky., Outstanding Biotechnology Center Student.
Cabrina Hamilton of Springfield, Ky., Outstanding Biodiversity Center Student.
Margaret Mahan of Bowling Green, Ky., Dillard/Hoyt Graduate Scholarship.
Joseph Chavarria-Smith of Elkton, Ky., Larry N. Gleason Scholarship Award.
Yi Zhou of Bowling Green, Ky., L.Y. Lancaster Award.
Chris Pendleton of Shepherdsville, Ky., Skean Award.
Chemistry
Yan Zhang of Bowling Green, Ky., Outstanding Graduate Student and McNally Fellowship Award.
Becca Davis-Sandlin of Monterey, Tenn., Outstanding Graduating Senior in Chemistry.
Amanda Jones of Paducah, Ky., Outstanding Senior in Chemical Education.
Erik Lundin of Glasgow, Ky., Outstanding Senior in Chemical Education.
Belinda Lady of Bowling Green, Ky., Outstanding Chemistry Major and Outstanding Physical Chemistry Major.
Mark Sandefur of Calhoun, Ky., Organic Chemistry Award.
Jacob Vervynckt of Plymouth, Ind., American Chemical Society’s Analytical Division Award.
Edward Doran of Bowling Green, Ky., 2006 CRC Press Freshman Achievement in Chemistry.
Troy Reece of Bowling Green, Ky., C.P. McNally Undergraduate Award.
Rebekkah Lively of Caneyville, Ky., Glenn Dooley Undergraduate Scholarship Award.
Victoria Sansom of Russellville, Ky., Ward C. Sumpter Undergraduate Scholarship Award.
Stephanie Bragg of Etoile, Ky., Nell Skean Award for Outstanding Laboratory Assistant.
Aenoy Sananikone of Bowling Green, Ky., Nell Skean Award for Outstanding Laboratory Assistant.
Computer Science
Venkata Srikanth Vanapalli of State College, Pa., Outstanding Graduate Student in Computer Science.
Doug Ayers of Bowling Green, Ky., Outstanding Senior in Computer Science.
Robert Hume of Tompkinsville, Ky., Outstanding Junior in Computer Science.
Lindsey Akin of Bowling Green, Ky., Outstanding Sophomore in Computer Science.
Engineering
David Iner Hurd of Bowling Green, Ky., Outstanding Student in Civil Engineering.
Parker Oliver Sloan of Shawnee Mission, Kan., John Russell Award in Civil Engineering.
Louisa A. Kirby of Alvaton, Ky., Award for Academic Excellence in Electrical Engineering.
Jason Andrew Kondracki of Morgantown, Ky., John Russell Award in Electrical Engineering.
Jimmy Ray Sandusky of Windsor, Ky., Evan McCasland Award in Mechanical Engineering.
Kyle Ketterman of Hendersonville, Tenn., Evan McCasland Award in Mechanical Engineering.
Ryan Farris of Marion, Ill., John Russell Award in Mechanical Engineering.
Geography and Geology
Ashley Littell of Louisville, Ky., Outstanding Geoscience Graduate Student.
Courtney Baines of Richmond, Ky., Outstanding Geography Senior.
Daniel Hawkins of Hanson, Ky., Outstanding Geology Senior.
Mathematics
Yale A. Madden of Frankfort, Ky., Outstanding Graduate Student Award.
James Cory Roy Skees of Huff, Ky., Outstanding Graduate Student Award.
Jennifer Hohn of Bowling Green, Ky., Henry M. and Zula G. Yarbrough Award in Mathematics.
Cody Lorton of Glasgow, Ky., Henry M. and Zula G. Yarbrough Award in Mathematics.
Robert Hume of Tompkinsville, Ky., Hugh F. and Katherine A. Johnson Award in Mathematics.
Tonja Miick of Russell Springs, Ky., Pauline Lowman Memorial Secondary Education Mathematics Award.
Stephanie Ann Micallef of Lexington, Ky., The Pi Mu Epsilon Award.
Nathan Salazar of Shelbyville, Ky., The Robert C. Bueker Mathematics Award.
David Vickery of Taylor Mills, Ky., The Robert C. Bueker Mathematics Award.
Physics and Astronomy
Sarah G. McMurray of Summitville, Ind., Dr. George V. and Sadie Skiles Page Award for Excellence in Scholarship.
Ian A. Rice of Harvest, Ala., Dr. Randall Harper Award for Outstanding Research in Physics and Astronomy.
Jeremy S. Board of Webster, Ky., Dr. Douglas Humphrey Award for Outstanding Service.
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