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BOLIVAR, Mo. – Å·ÃÀÊÓƵ students were recognized for their contributions to their academic departments and colleges at Honors Chapel on May 2 in Pike Auditorium on the Bolivar campus.

Spring 2018 graduates honored included:

• Outstanding Music Graduate – Karen Kelley, Jefferson City
• Outstanding Commercial Art Graduate – Bethany Russell, Viburnum
• Outstanding Studio Art Graduate – Erin Ashcraft, Monticello, Ark.
• Outstanding Art Education Graduate – Jessica Griffis, Eldon
• Outstanding Elementary Education Graduate – Brooke Miller, El Dorado Springs
• Outstanding Middle School Education Graduate – Tori Harbison, Glen Carbon, Ill.
• Outstanding Secondary Education Graduate – Josie Slump, Shawnee, Kan.
• Outstanding Behavioral Science Graduate (male) – Jordan Beck, Richmond
• Outstanding Behavioral Science Graduate (female) – Emma Richardson, Grain Valley
• Outstanding Social Science Education Graduate – Rebekah Hynes, Springfield
• Outstanding History Graduate – Cinasee Tapee, Jefferson City
• Outstanding Political Science Graduate – Jacob Saatmann, Forest City, Iowa
• Outstanding Accounting Graduate – Joseph Wagner, Joplin
• Outstanding Business Administration Graduate – Taylor Parrish, Blue Springs
• Outstanding Computer Science Graduate – Jordan Brown, Hermitage
• Outstanding College of Business & Computer Science Graduate and Computer Information Science Graduate – Emily Munsell, Osceola
• Outstanding Web Systems & Design Graduate – Sami Cruse, Coffeyville, Kan.
• Outstanding Chemistry Graduate – Jacob Immel, Wooldridge
• Outstanding English/Writing Graduate – Amy Vitt, Raymore
• Outstanding Communication Arts Graduate – Tiana Brownen, Seneca
• Outstanding Communication Arts Graduate – Kensey Dressler, Alexandria, Ky.
• Outstanding Christian Ministry Graduate – Emily Jones, El Dorado Springs
• Outstanding Theology Graduate – Gary Bernhardt, Falmouth, Mass.

Other honorees and scholarship recipients were:

• J.A. Clark Biology Award recipient – Averi Walker, Ovilla, Texas
• Snellen Scholar & Service Award recipient – Allison Cormican, Sedalia
• James Frederick Hurst Memorial Mathematics Award recipient – Kemper Bash, West Plains
• James Frederick Hurst Memorial Mathematics Award recipient – Jordan Brown, Hermitage
• James Frederick Hurst Memorial Mathematics Award recipient – Josie Slump, Shawnee, Kan.
• Outstanding First-Year Chemistry Student – Kai Woodfall, Launceston, Australia
• Presser Scholarship recipient – Brittany Tarrant, Bolivar
• Baker Book Award recipient – Collin Campbell, Lebanon
• Autry & Irene Brown Scholarship recipient – Brenna Barber, Dixon
• Autry & Irene Brown Scholarship recipient – Kasidee Miller, Springfield, Mo.
• Joe B. Shelton Behavioral Sciences Award recipient – Kaytlynn Collins, Stockton
• Rose E. Ray Scholarship recipients – Addilyne Bresee, Springfield, Mo.; Haley Gill, Roseville, Calif.; Whitney Sands, Newburg; Mackenzie Steelman, Springfield, Mo.; Kimber Stout, Mansfield.
• Sara McGaha Memorial Scholarship recipient – Monica White, Eldon
• Virginia Hopper Scholarship recipient – Audri Detlor, Bolivar

Å·ÃÀÊÓƵ will hold three Spring commencement ceremonies. The Bolivar campus undergraduate ceremony will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, May 19, on the Merrill Burnidge Memorial Forum; the graduate degree commencement will be at 3 p.m. in the Jane and Ken Meyer Wellness and Sports Center; and the Springfield campus commencement will be at 7 p.m., Thursday, May 17, at Second Baptist Church, Springfield.

*Published: 5-9-18