During Hastings College’s day-long Celebration of Excellence April 30, students and faculty were recognized for their achievements at Honors Convocation.
The Don and Nancy Seaton Faculty Achievement Award was presented to Nick Dinan, assistant professor of Exercise Science, while Becky Hamik, assistant professor and chair of the Physical Education & Human Performance Department, received the Vondrak Outstanding Advisor Award.
Dr. Kittie Grace, professor of Communication Studies, and Casey Molifua, instructor of Physical Education & Human Performance, were selected by a vote of the students to present the 2019-20 Invited Faculty Lectures on the subject of their choice.
Members of the academic honorary Alpha Chi selected Dr. Robert Amyot, professor of Political Science, as the Alpha Chi Outstanding Faculty.
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Hastings College students receiving recognition as part of Honors Convocation are listed below.
COLORADO
Bennett
- Jonathan Wallace – Philosophy Book Award
Castle Pines
- Nathan Holdridge – Dr. Ralph Lamb Economics/Business Administration Scholarship
Centennial
- Celeste Borg – Dr. Lorrie E. Bryant Psi Chi Scholarship
- Sarah Sepan – Dr. Harry R. James Physics Scholarship
Central City
- Rachel Schmalz – Tamara Babcock Endowed Scholarship
Colorado Springs
- Darci Wax – Alpha Chi Outstanding Sophomore Student
Denver
- Thomas Burdette – Alice and Jack Marvel Endowed Scholarship
Eads
- Eboni Nash – Chuck Eigenberg Outstanding Senior Award and the Sociology Outstanding Senior Award
- Laura Lindholm – Dr. Ralph Lamb Economics/Business Administration Scholarship
Evergreen
- Maddie Downey – Dr. Art and Eunice Langvardt English Scholarship
Highlands Ranch
- Erik Wetteland – Einspahr Accounting Excellence Award
Lakewood
- Kaylyn Schoen – Outstanding Performer in Music
Mancos
- Andie Paschal – Religion Book Award
Parker
- Tyler Huntsman – Elmer B. Van Horn Memorial Scholarship
Severance
- Caroline Black – Outstanding Student Association Executive Council Member
Woodland Park
- Jenny Sells – Stephen Lingwall Senior English Award
IOWA
Brooklyn
- Caitlin Smith – Mabel Gray Newburn Communication Scholarship
MINNESOTA
Elko New Market
- Alli Kennon – Pi Kappa Delta Speaker of the Year
Wayzata
- Carly Spotts-Falzone – Pi Kappa Delta Speaker of the Year and the Lambda Pi Eta Outstanding Communication Studies Scholar
NEBRASKA
Amherst
- Trevor Adelung – Madgett (Welton) Physics Scholarship
Ashland
- Holly Haswell – Sociology Outstanding Senior Award
- Jessica Klaudt – Dr. Ralph Lamb Economics/Business Administration Scholarship
Bennington
- Jake Arnett – Outstanding Achievement in Art
Cairo
- Hannah Adams – Jackson Dinsdale Scholarship
Central City
- Tyler Djernes – Arnold A. Alberts Outstanding Chemist Award
Columbus
- Joe Jahn – Madgett (Welton) Physics Scholarship
Fremont
- Elizabeth Hansen – Dee R. Yost Scholar, Gray Newburn Communication Scholarship and the Dwayne and Cindy Strasheim Scholarship
Grand Island
- Hugo Madera – Dr. James L. Loch Secondary Education Scholarship and the Outstanding Senior in Music
- Jaydn Smith – Denny Storer Political Science Scholarship
- Rebecca Riley – Omicron Delta Kappa Leader of the Year
Gretna
- Haleigh Cunningham – Louise C. Walter Memorial Awards
- Justin Hines – Dr. Ralph Lamb Economics/Business Administration Scholarship
Hastings
- Nastasha Boden – Virginia Holyoke-McKeag Memorial Scholarship for Excellence in Academics and Service
- Skyler J. Good – Principal Financial Group Scholarships
- Brooke (Eller) Hinrichs – Nebraska Society of CPAs Foundation Scholarship
- Heather Hartman – Locke Family Scholarship
- Sam Johnson – Kevin Heineman Outstanding First Year Student Award, Dr. Clement F. Bridenhagen History Scholarship and the Alpha Chi Outstanding First-Year Student
- Nolan Kohmetscher – Drs. Philip and Kay K. Jordan Endowed History Scholarship and the Duane Freeman Memorial Scholarship
- James Lapka – Dr. Sara Jane Gardner Phi Alpha Theta Memorial Scholarship
- Brook McCurdy – Tamara Babcock Endowed Scholarship
- Thu Nguyen – Outstanding Senior in Mathematics and Computer Science
- Julia Reimer – Dr. Frederick H. Mattes Chemistry Achievement Award
- Sam Reimer – Wendell V. Showalter Biology Scholarship
Lincoln
- Sierra Johnson – Saville-Heflebower Teacher Education Award, Student Education Association Outstanding Senior
- Olivia Perez – Reverend Joseph Kyle Memorial Scholarships
Louisville
- Natalie Knott – Outstanding Senior in Business and Economics
Omaha
- Hannah Gehle – English Assistant
- Melissa Loney – Jackson Dinsdale Scholarship
- John Witulski – Most Promising Art Student
Palmer
- Claira Thede – Aabel Accounting Scholarship, Nebraska Business Hall of Fame Scholarship
Papillion
- Mariah Seip – Gregory L. Plock M.D. Memorial Scholarship
Red Cloud
- Rebecca Weber – Louise C. Walter Memorial Awards
- Timothy Ellis – Outstanding Student Association Senator
SOUTH DAKOTA
Brookings
- Courtney Hanson – Kevin Heineman Memorial Scholarship
WYOMING
Cheyenne
- Abby Fearneyhough – Madgett (Welton) Physics Scholarship
Hastings College is a private, four-year institution located in Hastings, Nebraska, that focuses on student academic and extracurricular achievement. Hastings College has been named among “Great Schools, Great Prices” by U.S. News & World Report and a “Best in the Midwest” by The Princeton Review. For more, go to hastings.edu.
