The Arkansas Tech University College of Natural and Health Sciences honored its top performing students from the 2017-18 academic year during an awards convocation at McEver Hall on Friday, April 20.
Faculty presenters during the ceremony included Dr. Ruth Enoch, associate professor of mathematics; Dr. Mariusz Gajewski, assistant professor of chemistry; Dr. Tom Nupp, professor of wildlife science and director of the fisheries and wildlife science program; Dr. Jason Patton, associate professor of geology; Dr. Hamed Shojaei, associate professor of physics; and Dr. Tsunemi Yamashita, professor of biology.
The following students were recognized during the ceremony:
Outstanding Biology Students
Ashlyn Kay Tedder, Sara M. Warrick, David Ryan Williams
Outstanding Wildlife Student
Jessica Brown-Rogers
Outstanding Fisheries Student
Jennifer Sloan
Outstanding Fisheries and Wildlife Graduate Student
Charles Jordan
Lake Dardanelle Big Bass Scholarship
Katrina Sims
Quail Unlimited/Jim Ed McGee Scholarship
Ashleigh McCullough
Yell County Wildlife Federation Scholarship
Ashleigh McCullough and Drake Cooper
Most Outstanding Mathematics Education Student
Justa Frank
Most Outstanding Mathematics Student
Landon Growns
Fort Smith Geological Society Scholarship
Hunter Vickers
Richard Cohoon Endowed Field Camp Scholarship
Daniel Rivera Belzares
Vic Vere Endowed Field Camp Scholarship
Hunter Lawhon
Tracy Wright Endowed Field Camp Scholarship
Michael Dollar
Geology Foundation Scholarship
Richard Mathews
Geology Senior Fellowship
Hunter Vickers and Hunter Lawhon
American Chemical Society Analytical Chemistry Achievement Award
Benjamin A. Quattlebaum
American Chemical Society Inorganic Chemistry Achievement Award
Hannah R. Lykins
Biochemistry Achievement Award
Dennis G. Molina
Organic Chemistry Achievement Award
Aiden R. Brummett
Freshman Chemistry Achievement Award
Sarah E. Isom
Outstanding Chemistry Teaching Assistant Award
Harrison T. Dale
Chemistry Senior Fellowship
Ashton B. Hale
Most Outstanding Chemistry Student (Dr. David R. Matayo Award)
Harrison T. Dale
Most Outstanding Physics Students
Jesse Griffiths and Yosuke Kitakaze
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