Greensboro College Honors Students with Academic Achievement Awards (4/24/2017)

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College has honored more than 30 students with academic achievement awards in various disciplines during its annual academic awards convocation.

The awards and their winners are:

Clara Dougherty Brown Art Award: Darrah M. Roberson, a senior art major from Greensboro, N.C.
Regina Mouw Scholarship Award in Art: Antony Ramon Thomas, a freshman art major from Dry Fork, Va.
Arnold Van Pelt Biology Award: Kali Lea Puckett, a senior biology major from Oxford, N.C.
Fred L. and Myrtle R. Proctor Endowed Scholarship Award in Business: Max Elliott Jenks-Gilbert, a junior business administration and economics major from Colwyn Bay, U.K.
Academic Achievement in Business Award: Sarah Elizabeth Bailey, a sophomore business administration and economics major from Stokesdale, N.C.
Dean’s Award for Most Outstanding Graduating Student in Business: Kelsey Morgan Cenate, a senior business administration and economics and exercise and sport study major from Greensboro, N.C.
Zelda C. Pemberton Education Award: Briana Kathleen Fonseca, a senior music education major from Cameron, N.C., and LaRinda Redd Neal, a senior elementary-education major from Stoneville, N.C.
Proctor Special Education Scholarship: Allison Rene Killette, a junior special-education major from Whitsett, N.C.
Leroy Lee Smith Memorial English Award: Adelaide Leigh Elliott, a junior English and Communication Studies and sociology/cultural studies major from Walnut Cove, N.C.
Leroy Lee Smith Memorial English Award: Timothy Samuel Crowell, a sophomore psychology major from Pinnacle, N.C.
Mary L. Ginn Award for Excellence in English: Savannah Yvonne Bowen, a senior English and Communication Studies major from Greensboro, N.C.
Marvin L. Skaggs History Award: Paul Matthew Freeman, a senior history major from Winston-Salem N.C.
Mayo C. Harlow III Athletic Training Award: Rachael Elizabeth Hamilton, a senior athletic training major from Anderson, S.C.
Outstanding Student in Exercise and Sport Studies Award: Amanda Jo Ballard, a senior exercise and sport studies/exercise science major from Mebane N.C.
Willie Taylor Health and Physical Education Award: Olivia Grace Masaitis, a senior health/physical education major from Culpepper, Va.
Myrtis Davis Scholarship Award in Mathematics: Joshua Taylor Fitzgerald, a junior mathematics major from Elon, N.C.
Blanche Burrus Piano Scholarship: Natalie Danielle Craven, a freshman K-12 music education major from Asheboro N.C.
Hunt Family Music Scholarship: Jonah Benjamin Springs, a junior K-12 music education major from Stokesdale, N.C.
Hunt Family Music Scholarship: Davis Lane Cahill, a senior K-12 music education and liberal studies major from Pleasant Garden, N.C.
Luella Pugh Knott Music Award: Briana Kathleen Fonseca, a senior music education major from Cameron, N.C.
Jazz Ensemble Award: Andrew Mcfarland Gainey, a senior music major from Greensboro, N.C.
Jazz Ensemble Award: Jonah Benjamin Springs, a junior K-12 music education major from Stokesdale, N.C.
Horace R. Kornegay Political Science Award: Sofia Pernilla Sedergren, a senior history/political science major from Bromma, Sweden
David Caldwell “Log College” Scholarship: Alla Ahmed Alaghbri Alaghbri, a junior history/religion major from High Point N.C.
Hardee Christian Service Award: Matthew Graham Monroe, a senior religion major from Greensboro, N.C.
Thelma Dixon Taylor Religion Scholarship: Abigail Elizabeth Bügger, a junior religion and sociology/human services major from Raleigh, N.C.
Distinguished Sociology Student Award: Andrew T. Mails,. a senior sociology major from Greensboro, N.C.
Alpha Chi Award (all-around academic excellence): Briana Kathleen Fonseca, a senior music education major from Cameron, N.C.
Collegian Excellence Award in print journalism: Savannah Yvonne Bowen, a senior English and Communication Studies major from Greensboro, N.C., and Amanda Victoria Owens, a senior sociology/cultural studies major from Greensboro, N.C.

Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and, spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.

Founded in 1838 and located in downtown Greensboro, the college enrolls about 1,000 students from 29 states and territories, the District of Columbia, and seven foreign countries in its undergraduate liberal-arts program and four master’s degree programs. In addition to rigorous academics and a well-supported Honors program, the school features an 18-sport, N.C.A.A. Division III athletic program and dozens of service and recreational opportunities.

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