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Ƶ Hosts 53rd Annual Honors Convocation

University Theatre

(Photo by Alex Dolce)


By brittany sylvestri | 4/12/2022

Ƶ President John Kelly and Provost Bret Danilowicz will host the University’s 53rd annual Honors Convocation on Wednesday, April 13 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’s most outstanding students and faculty.

“Honors Convocation is a longstanding and important tradition,” said Danilowicz. “We look forward to hosting the event in-person for the first time in three years.”

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 Ƶ Alumni Association’s 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 is determined by Ƶ students. This year’s recipient is Vijaya Iragavarapu, Ph.D., professor in the . She specializes in cancer research with a focus on mechanisms involved in metastasis of breast cancer and understanding how the immune system plays a role. She is also a course director for medical students, teaches graduate cancer immunology course and trains students in cancer research.

2022 Ƶ Honors Convocation Awardees

University Scholars

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Peter Reilly
College of Business

Rebecca Dorvil

College of Education

Daniely Da Silva

College of Engineering and Computer Science

Vincenzo Macri

Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College

Hillary Moran

Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing

Liam Carrasco

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

Jo Laura

College of Social Work and Criminal Justice

Angemie Mathieu

Distinguished Student Award

College of Social Work and Criminal Justice Nicole Tartal

Fraternity and Sorority Scholars

Alpha Psi Lambda National Fraternity, Inc Luis Argueta Pulido
Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc. Ameera Sabit

Phi Kappa Phi Scholar

Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College David Harbaugh

Student-Athletes of the Year

Baseball Hunter Cooley
Beach Volleyball Mackenzie Morris

Student-Athletes of the Year

Baseball Hunter Cooley
Beach Volleyball Mackenzie Morris

University Club Merit Award

Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College Breana Hanley

Stan and Renee Wimberly Scholar

College of Engineering and Computer Science Kayla Tapscott

Undergraduate Researchers of the Year

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Jaimie Yap
College of Business, Allen E. Smith Awardee Christiaan Lecky
College of Education Kayla Crawford
College of Engineering and Computer Science Thu Nguyen
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College David Harbaugh
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine Vanessa Stubbs
Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing Angela Siclari
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science Satviki Singh
College of Social Work and Criminal Justice Robin Jimenez-Bean

Goldwater Scholars

Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College Kate Maier
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College Samantha Zaninelli

Fulbright Student Scholarship

Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, Christopher Shepler
Romania, Finalist

Alumni “Degree of Difference” Award

Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College Miguel Vázquez, Ph.D.

University Researchers of the Year

Dimitris Pados, Ph.D., Professor
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Sarah Du, Ph.D., Associate Professor
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Zhen Ni, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
College of Engineering and Computer Science

Scholars of the Year

Robert Rabil, Ph.D., Professor
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Morgan Cooley, Ph.D., Associate Professor
College of Social Work and Criminal Justice
Christine Spadola, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
College of Social Work and Criminal Justice

Excellence and Innovation in Undergraduate Teaching

Ting Levy, Ph.D., College of Business
Masoud Jahandar Lashaki, Ph.D., College of Engineering and Computer Science
Catherine Trivigno, Ph.D., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Tamara Love, DNP, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing

Excellence and Innovation in Undergraduate Advising

Tania Tucker, Ph.D., College of Business
Jessica Brynes, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Chandra McKinney Clarke, College of Social Work and Criminal Justice

Distinguished Mentor of the Year in Undergraduate Research

Keith Jakee, Ph.D., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College

Presidential Awards for Engaged Faculty

Heather Howard, Ph.D., College of Social Work and Criminal Justice
Nicole Baganz, Ph.D., Division of Research and Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Timothy Steigenga, Ph.D., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College

The Distinguished Teacher of the Year

Vijaya Iragavarapu, Ph.D., Professor
Biomedical Science
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine

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