SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Wittenberg University honored the achievements of students and faculty members at the annual Honors Convocation Friday, April 11 in Weaver Chapel. The convocation, held with faculty in full academic regalia, recognizes high achievement of students and faculty members in academic and co-curricular activities.
Chenoa Stock of St. Louis, Mo. was named Alma Mater, which is elected by students, faculty and staff on the basis of character and integrity, service to the community, concern for others and high standards of scholarship.
Colin Castle of Galloway, Ohio was named Alma Lux, a new honor bestowed upon a junior male student who possesses qualities of leadership, scholarship and service.
Kathryn Ann Bringman of Grand Rapids, Ohio received the Heimtraut Dietrich Award, which was established in 1981 to recognize the student who best emulates the spirit of the late associate dean of students' devotion to Wittenberg through faith and service.
The M. Alice Geiger Award was presented to Amanda Clapp of Kent, Ohio. The award recognizes the first woman graduate of Wittenberg and honors a senior woman for specific, outstanding contributions to the area of the performing or literary arts, athletics, extracurricular leadership, new programming, special academic pursuit or special presentation.
The John F. Mitchell Award, honoring the senior man who best represents the liberal arts tradition at Wittenberg, was presented to Dustin Plummer of Selma, Ind. The award goes to a top student who is a positive force in academic, cultural and social aspects of the campus.
The Global Awareness Award, instituted in 1992, recognizes seniors who has contributed to greater global awareness within the Wittenberg University community. This year's recipients are Samuel Harris of Monrovia Liberia, Lucinda Morgan of Hamilton, Ohio, and Megan Stucki of Middlefield, Ohio.
Geoffrey Moorehead and Brandy Walker, both of Columbus, Ohio, were the recipients of the Martin Luther King Jr. Award for positive examples to members of the African American community and to the university.
Harold "Skip" Ivery of Columbus, Ohio received the Broadwell Chin Award, named for one of the first African American students to enroll at Wittenberg in the 1870s. The award honors the student holding the highest grade-point average among African American juniors. Ivery was also awarded the Dr. Woodrow Wilson Prize for Excellence in Management and was named to the United States Track Coaches Association Div. III All-Academic Team.
The Omicron Delta Kappa Award for outstanding teaching by a professor who has been on the faculty five years or less was presented to Lowell W. Monke, assistant professor of education. Monke taught for 20 years in K-12 schools in South America and Europe, as well as the United States. He received his Ph.D. from Iowa State and taught at Grinnell College before coming to Wittenberg in the fall of 2000.
Presidential Scholars, named for former presidents of Wittenberg, are the junior students having the top 11 grade point averages of their class. Those students are Christopher Sanders, Springfield, Ohio; Laurel Rodelander, Raleigh, N.C.; Rebecca Torsell, St. Marys, Ohio; Mary Lynn Butcher of Springfield, Ohio; Laura Drinkwine, New Knoxville, Ohio; Rapp Crook, Lima, Ohio; Kelly Riedel of Springfield, Ohio; Leah Krotine, Strongsville, Ohio; Katie Preuss, Glenview, Ill.; Kathryn Martin, Louisville, Ky. and Kimberly Knowle, Northwood, Ohio.
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