Salem honored the achievement of students and faculty during the annual Honors Convocation ceremony in May. Visit our Awards and Honors page for a full list of award descriptions and criteria.
This year’s award honorees were:
H. A. Pfohl Award (student): Christina Johnson
H. A. Pfohl Award (faculty): Dr. John Hutton
Salem Distinguished Professor: Professor Barbara Lister-Sink
ODK Outstanding Teacher Award: Dr. Jennifer Piscopo
Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society Inzer Byers History Award: Jennifer Ashley Palmer
Penelope Niven Award for Creative Writing: Amy Marie Cushman
Lucy Bramlette Patterson Award for Creative Writing: Caroline Elizabeth Wall
Women in Science and Mathematics Program Prize: Jessica Nicole Bullins
K. Boyd Remley Voice Award: Jennie Louise Walker
Bright and Annie Lee Fitzgerald Sink Award for Excellence in Piano: Jonathan Blake Borton
Katherine B. Rondthaler Award for Studio Art: Alexandra Randall
Katherine B. Rondthaler Award for Poetry: Jessica Paige Goodard
Katherine B. Rondthaler Award for Prose: Chastin Le’nai Kornegay
Katherine B. Rondthaler Award for Music: Sarah Singleton Wilson
Katherine B. Rondthaler Award for Choreography: Janet Bronte Emery
Nancy B. Hayes Elementary Education Award: Nicole Rebhan Howard
Marjorie Hedrick Bailey Scholarship: Nataly Mojica
Harry and Hannah Smith Scholarship: Chelsea Cotteau
Jess Byrd Merit Scholarship: Kelsey Danielle Hurlbut
Lovin History Award: Lauren Adele Rohrbach Poole
Minnie J. Smith Scholarship: Devin Ariel DeCanio
Dorris Collie Hall Scholarship: Joelisa Khun
Scholar Athlete of the Year: Angela Elizabeth Reavis
President’s Prizes:
Monnie Louise Frank, Accounting
Ingrid Zulema Galindo, Art History
Taylor Dee-Anne Hayes, Arts Management
Susan Renee Ivey, Biology
Heather Elizabeth McCracken, Business Administration
Rachel Marie Mobley, Communication
LeeAnn Nichole Holmes, Creative Writing
Alicia Renee Hagin, Criminal Studies
Victoria Elizabeth Hall, Economics
Shelby LeAnn Wilson, English
Nina Renee Asbury, Exercise Science
Katherine Marie McMahon, History
Amanda Leigh Miller, Integrative Studies
Katherine Grey Elliott, Interior Design
Aurora Arselia Gallegos-Mata, International Business
Roodline Volcy, International Relations
Jessica Ann Vargas, Mathematics
Meredith Nicole Dowdy, Music
Sara Marie Dowdle, Not-for-Profit Management
Ariel Logan Rost, Psychology
Roodline Volcy, Race and Ethnicity Studies
Carrie Lee Pugh, Religion
Zoe Elizabeth Fawcett, Sociology
Aurora Arselia Gallagos-Mata, Spanish
Diana Isabel Vasquez, Studio Art
Pamela L. Hall, Teaching, Schools and Society
Carolyn Jane Cole, Women’s Studies