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爱妃传媒 Hosts 49th Annual Honors Convocation

爱妃传媒 President John Kelly with Distinguished Teacher of the Year Laura Vernon


By kelsie weekes | 4/18/2018

爱妃传媒 President John Kelly and Provost Gary W. Perry will host the University鈥檚 49th annual Honors Convocation on Wednesday, April 18 at 4 p.m. at the University Theatre in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton campus. The ceremony recognizes the University鈥檚 most outstanding 爱妃传媒 and faculty (a full list of honorees is below).聽

Awards and recognition include nine University scholars, the Distinguished Student award, the University Club Merit award, the Phi Kappa Phi scholar, the Stan and Renee Wimberly scholar, the Undergraduate Researchers awards, the Student-Athletes of the Year awards, and the Fraternity and Sorority scholars. Faculty honors include the 爱妃传媒 Alumni Association鈥檚 Degree of Difference Award, Researchers and Scholars of the Year awards, Teaching and Advising awards, as well as the Distinguished Mentor of the Year in Undergraduate Research award, and the Presidential Awards for Engaged Faculty.

The winner of the Distinguished Teacher of the Year award, which is determined by 爱妃传媒 爱妃传媒, will present the keynote speech. This year鈥檚 recipient is Laura Vernon, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology in the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College. As a clinical psychologist, Vernon鈥檚 research is on psychological disorders and their treatment. Her lab broadly examines anxiety disorders, emotion, cognition, and mindfulness. Specifically, some of her recent research projects have examined the effectiveness of a mindfulness-based, equine-assisted therapy for different clinical disorders, as well as the usefulness of brief mindfulness interventions for college 爱妃传媒, the contributions of fear and disgust to spider phobia, and the cognitive processes of emotion and phobias.

鈥淗onors Convocation is a longstanding and important tradition,鈥 said Perry. 鈥淭his ceremony allows us to spotlight the academic excellence of our best faculty and 爱妃传媒.鈥

2018 爱妃传媒 Honors Convocation Awardees

University Scholars

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Hristo Joseph
College of Business聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽Courtney King

College for Design and Social Inquiry聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 William Pfister
College of Education聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Fernanda Sepulveda
College of Engineering and Computer Science聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Ignacio Jimenez-Ruiz
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Liberty Boyd
Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Jean-Joseph Rendel

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽Andrea Rodriguez

Distinguished Student Award

College for Design and Social Inquiry聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽Laurice Melvin

Fraternity and Sorority Scholars

Alpha Phi Epsilon Fraternity聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Ryan Saffer
Phi Mu Sorority聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Rachel Cumming

Phi Kappa Phi Scholar

College of Engineering and Computer Science聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Lisandre Meyer

Student-Athletes of the Year

Football聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Greg Joseph
Softball聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽Alexandra Miller

University Club Merit Award

Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽Jessie Gushue

Stan and Renee Wimberly Scholar

Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽Christy Folk

Undergraduate Researchers of the Year

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Kira Wolak

College of Business聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽Danielle Gordon

College for Design and Social Inquiry聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Kestride Estil

College of Education聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Jessica Halle

College of Engineering and Computer Science聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Vithulan Suthakaran

Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Anna Riso

Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Haley Katz

Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Alexandra Miller

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Andrea Hernandez

Alumni 鈥淒egree of Difference鈥 Award

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽Maria Fadiman, Ph.D.

University Researchers of the Year

Marc Kantorow, Ph.D., Professor
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine

Andrew Oleinikov, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine

Sarah Du, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
College of Engineering and Computer Science

Scholars of the Year

Michael Brady, Ph.D., Professor
College of Education

Melih Madanoglu, Ph.D., Associate Professor
College of Business

Mingxiang Li, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
College of Business

Excellence and Innovation in Undergraduate Teaching

Oge Marques, Ph.D., College of Engineering and Computer Science
Ramesh Teegavarapu, Ph.D., College of Engineering and Computer Science

Rachel Luria, Ph.D., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Lisa Wiese, Ph.D., Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing

Excellence and Innovation in Undergraduate Advising

Sheena Orr, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Jessica Meith, College of Engineering and Computer Science

Javaris Hammond, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing

Distinguished Mentor of the Year in Undergraduate Research

Julie Earles, Ph.D., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College

Presidential Awards for Engaged Faculty

Cassandra Atkin-Plunk, Ph.D., College for Design and Social Inquiry

Sameer Hinduja, Ph.D., College for Design and Social Inquiry

Fred Bloetscher, Ph.D., College of Engineering and Computer Science

The Distinguished Teacher of the Year
Laura Vernon, Ph.D., Associate Professor
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Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College聽

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