April 02, 2007
Bowling
Green, Ky. - Western Kentucky University’s Potter College of Arts & Letters will recognize its top students on April 15.
The Student Awards Ceremony is held each spring to recognize students in Potter College and its 12 departments who have excelled academically or who have demonstrated exceptional leadership or service.
Students being honored this year include the following (listed by department):
African American Studies
Reba Gatewood of Bowling Green, Ky., African American Studies Academic Excellence.
Vernon Nixon of Bowling Green, Ky., African American Studies Leadership and Service.
Art
Steven Evans of Belton, Ky., William D. “Bill” Thomas Scholarship.
Larisa Chavarria-Smith of Bowling Green, Ky., Jeff Jensen Scholarship.
Ashley Davison of Bowling Green, Ky., Hesta Petty Munns Scholarship.
Megan Kelley of Bowling Green, Ky., Joe Downing Scholarship.
Matthew Barnes of Bowling Green, Ky., Jack E. Lunt Scholarship.
Laina Seay of Bowling Green, Ky., Irmagarde Mielke Scholarship.
Shanda Ciemniecki of Franklin, Tenn., US Bank Scholarship.
Nancy Perry of Franklin, Ky., Ann McKeel Ross Scholarship.
Amanda Tuscan of Godfrey, Ill., Jeff Jensen Scholarship.
Benjamin Davis of Hopkinsville, Ky., Ruth Hines Temple Award.
Adrienne Ledbetter of Knoxville, Tenn., Ruth Hines Temple Award.
Jason Burnett of Louisville, Ky., Ivan Schieferdecker Scholarship.
Kelly Scheurich of Louisville, Ky., Gerald Printing Scholarship.
Brittany Jarboe of North Vernon, Ind., Helen and Mark Hooper Scholarship.
Kelly Allday of Shelbyville, Ky., Sherilyn Gale Rinehart Scholarship.
Communication
Dustin Wood of Bowling Green, Ky., Outstanding Communication Studies Graduate.
Jennifer Corum of Crestwood, Ky., Outstanding Master of Arts in Communication Graduate.
Lauren Willoughby of Louisville, Ky., Outstanding Corporate & Organizational Communication Graduate.
English
Lesley Doyle of Bowling Green, Ky., Dr. Jim Wayne Miller Scholarship.
John Owen of Bowling Green, Ky., Outstanding Writing Major.
Rebekah Russell of Bowling Green, Ky., Wallace and Patience Nave Scholarship.
Glenda Shank of Bowling Green, Ky., Thomas G. Jones Scholarship.
James Wassom of Bowling Green, Ky., Gordon Wilson Award.
Michelle Kessler of Elizabethtown, Ky., Gladly Award.
Emmett Barton of Franklin, Tenn., Outstanding Literature Major.
Margaret Brown of Glasgow, Ky., Outstanding Graduate Student in English.
Jason Simpson of Gravel Switch, Ky., Willson E. Wood Outstanding Graduate Student.
Rachel Sanders of LaGrange, Ky., Earl A. Moore Scholarship.
Robert Deignan of Louisville, Ky., Mary Lucille Scott Scholarship.
Annie Just of Louisville, Ky., Outstanding English & Allied Language Arts Major.
Jessie Magee of Louisville, Ky., Noma Dunn Scholarship.
Daniel Gordon of Montgomery, Ala., Dr. Karen Pelz Scholarship.
Joshua Gregory of Portland, Tenn., Frank L. Atkinson Scholarship.
Folk Studies and Anthropology
Amanda Fickey-Fields of Bowling Green, Ky., Outstanding Graduate Student in Folk Studies.
Amy McCray of Bowling Green, Ky., Outstanding Senior Anthropology Student and Outstanding Anthropology Graduate in the Cultural Resource Management Concentration.
Joanna Miller of Bowling Green, Ky., Outstanding Anthropology Graduate in the Cultural Anthropology Concentration.
Hope Hawkins of Glasgow, Ky., Outstanding Anthropology Graduate in the Biological Anthropology Concentration.
Mindy Yarberry of Toledo, Ohio, Cam Collins Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Folk Studies.
History
Jesse Bray of Bedford, Ky., A.M. Stickles Memorial Scholarship.
Jeff Bracken of Bowling Green, Ky., Lowell Harrison Scholarship.
Blake Jones of Dickson, Tenn., A.M. Stickles Award.
Paul Love of Hendersonville, Tenn., Richard L. Troutman Award.
Emily Gibson of Hodgenville, Ky., James H. Poteet Award.
Jennifer Osbourne of Mount Washington, Ky., Richard V. Salisbury Award.
Charlene Beall of Nashville, Tenn., A.M. Stickles Award.
Reagan Gilley of Pineville, Ky., A.M. Stickles Scholarship.
Joseph McReynolds of Scottsville, Ky., A.M. Stickles Scholarship.
Kate Cline of Smiths Grove, Ky., Crowe-Crocker-Carraco Award.
Journalism and Broadcasting
Megan Filiatreau of Bardstown, Ky., Outstanding Senior in Broadcasting, Broadcast Radio and TV Operations.
Dara Hardin of Bardstown, Ky., Outstanding Senior in Public Relations.
Meredith Moore of Evansville, Ind., Julian & Betty Goodman Scholarship in Broadcast Journalism.
Helen Thompson of Fancy Farm, Ky., Charles M. Anderson Scholarship in Communication & Technology.
Kellen Young of Georgetown, Ky., Charles M. Anderson Scholarship in Communication & Technology.
Tony Oswald of Glasgow, Ky., Bob Proctor Scholarship.
Michael DePersio of LaPorte, Ind., Outstanding Senior in Broadcasting, TV Production.
Ashlee Clark of Louisville, Ky., Outstanding Senior in News/Editorial Journalism and Kappa Tau Alpha Top Scholar.
William DeShazer of Louisville, Ky., Outstanding Senior in Photojournalism.
BryAnn Roth of Neenah, Wis., Outstanding Senior in Advertising.
Mary Johns of Nicholasville, Ky., Outstanding Senior in Broadcasting, Broadcast News.
Modern Languages
Jennifer Allison of Austin, Ky., William R. Walls Jr. International Travel Award and Finley C. Grise Scholarship.
Rebekah Williams of Bowling Green, Ky., Outstanding Senior Spanish Student.
Senad Zlatovic of Bowling Green, Ky., Outstanding Senior German Student.
Victoria Burton of Elizabethtown, Ky., Finley C. Grise Scholarship.
Richard Harrison of Glasgow, Ky., Outstanding Senior French Student.
Charlene Beall of Nashville, Tenn., Sigma Delta Pi Award.
Haley Krek of Norcross, Ga., William R. Walls Jr. International Travel Award.
Angelika Masero of Radcliff, Ky., William R. Walls Jr. International Travel Award.
Music
Jessica Broady of Adolphus, Ky., Kent Campbell Scholarship.
Ashley Grueter of Ashland City, Tenn., Jerry Baker Scholarship.
Amberly Bush of Bowling Green, Ky., Jerry Baker Scholarship.
Cody Gilstrap of Bowling Green, Ky., Walter F. Harter Music Scholarship and Music Department Faculty Scholarship.
Drew Krutza of Bowling Green, Ky., Bowling Green Music Club Award.
Bronson Murphy of Bowling Green, Ky., Seymour Spiegelman Scholarship.
Natalie Riley of Bowling Green, Ky., Blanche and Austin Duckett Strings Music Scholarship.
Michelle Underhill of Bowling Green, Ky., Bowling Green Music Club Award.
Erin Goad of Brownsboro, Ala., Edward J. Pease Memorial Scholarship.
Rachel Stewart of Central City, Ky., Sylvia Kersenbaum Scholarship.
Steven Lopez of Franklin, Ky., Walter F. Harter Music Scholarship .
Lindsey Harned of Lebanon Junction, Ky., Howard Carpenter String/Piano Scholarship.
Phoebe Simpson of Lexington, Ky., Dr. Samuel W. and Jeane Payne Tinsley Scholarship.
Melissa Gensler of Rockfield, Ky., Athena Cage Scholarship.
Chris Osborne of Springfield, Tenn., Bennie Beach Jr. Scholarship.
Aaron West of Utica, Ky., Hugh F. Johnson Scholarship.
Philosophy and Religion
Noah Kapley of Franklin, Ky., Excellence in Scholarship in Philosophy.
Rebecca Brandt of Madisonville, Ky., Larry D. Mayhew Book Scholarship.
Katherine Hale of Nicholasville, Ky., Excellence in Scholarship in Religious Studies.
Political Science
Rifat Erdemli of Istanbul, Outstanding Achievement in Masters of Public Administration Program.
Ena Viteskic of Bowling Green, Ky., Outstanding Junior in Political Science.
Senad Zlatovic of Bowling Green, Ky., Outstanding Senior in Political Science.
Stephanie Wade of Indianapolis, Ind., Outstanding Senior in Political Science.
Sociology
Megan Filiatreau of Bardstown, Outstanding Alpha Kappa Delta Undergraduate Student.
Amanda Bragg of Bowling Green, Ky., Outstanding Student in Criminology.
Tovara Gray of Bowling Green, Ky., Outstanding Service to the Department.
Susan Hook of Bowling Green, Ky., Jennie B. and N.O. Taff Scholarship.
Matthew Moore of Bowling Green, Ky., Outstanding Alpha Kappa Delta Graduate Student.
Erica Burnett of Brandenburg, Ky., Outstanding Graduate Student.
Amy Meador of Hendersonville, Tenn., Outstanding Sociology Major.
Theatre and Dance
Christopher Carter of Bowling Green, Ky., Colonel Oscar Payne Cleaver Award.
Megan Coutts of Bowling Green, Ky., Mrs. T.C. Cherry Award.
Jordan Gottke of Bowling Green, Ky., James L. Brown Technical Theatre Scholarship.
James Lynch of Bowling Green, Ky., O. V. Clark Scholarship.
Rachel Sevedge of Bowling Green, Ky., Colonel Oscar Payne Cleaver Award.
Julia Snyder of Clarksville, Tenn., Doris L. Owens Dance Scholarship.
Robert Anderson of Crescent Springs, Ky., Mrs. T.C. Cherry Award.
Holly Yokley of Fountain Run, Ky., Russell H. Miller Scholarship.
Rebekah Shade of Henderson, Ky., Dance Educators of America Dance Scholarship.
William Bryant of Hendersonville, Tenn., W. Jackson Kesler II Theatre Costuming Scholarship.
Lindsay Crabtree of Huber Heights, Ohio, O. V. Clark Scholarship.
Sally Fakes of Kirkwood, Mo., Jack E. Lunt Dance Scholarship.
Ginny Primeaux of Lebanon, Tenn., Beverly Veenker Dance Scholarship.
Sean Taylor of Lexington, Ky., William E. Leonard Scholarship.
Krystle Clark of Louisville, Ky., Jeffrey H. Mildenstein Dance Scholarship.
Bernard Passafiume of Louisville, Ky., D. Whitney Combs Theatre Scholarship.
Stephen Etheridge of Marion, Ky., D. Whitney Combs Scholarship.
Kellye Crawford of Memphis, Tenn., Jack E. Lunt Scholarship.
Michael Gee of Oak Ridge, Tenn., Joseph Levinoff Dance Scholarship.
Ashley Mishell of Paducah, Ky., W. Jackson Kesler II Theatre Costuming Scholarship.
Corey Morrison of Park City, Ky., Russell H. Miller Scholarship.
Ruby Lewis of Shelbyville, Ky., Dr. Mildred Howard Award.
Kelly Estes of Winchester, Ky., Russell H. Miller Scholarship.
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