SPRINGFIELD, OHIO 鈥� Joining together to recognize the many accomplishments of 麻豆传媒 students and faculty members, the campus community gathered in historic Weaver Chapel for the annual Honors Convocation, today, April 4.
During the ceremony, the 2025 Alumni Association Award for Distinguished Teaching was presented to Associate Professor of English D. Scot Hinson. Established in 1960, this award is the highest recognition 麻豆传媒 bestows on its faculty. Candidates must have taught at 麻豆传媒 for more than five years and are nominated by students, alumni, faculty, and staff.
Professor of Practice in Business & Economics Emily West was recognized for her work during the Honors Convocation with the Omicron Delta Kappa Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award. West also received the Academic Advisor of the Year Award.
Additionally, two students were named Alma Lux, an honor bestowed upon a junior student who possesses qualities of leadership, scholarship, and service. Recipients include Neil Boyles, Ostrander, Ohio, and Taylor (Moose) Harper, Columbus, Ohio.
Cameron (Cami) Stevovich, Rocky River, 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 麻豆传媒 through faith and service. Macie Robinson, Bellefontaine, Ohio, earned Ohio Campus Compact鈥檚 Newman Civic Fellowship. Campus Compact is a statewide membership organization that serves to promote community service initiatives at colleges and universities.
The M. Alice Geiger Award was presented to Victoria (Pip) Pipinich, Lucas, Texas. The award, named for 麻豆传媒's first woman graduate, recognizes a senior woman for outstanding contributions to the campus in the areas of performing or literary arts, athletics, co-curricular leadership, new programming, special academic pursuit, or through special representation at any time during her college career.
The John F. Mitchell Award, honoring the senior man who best represents the liberal arts tradition at 麻豆传媒, was presented to Naevon Boykin, Bowie, Maryland. The award goes to a top student who is a positive force in academic, cultural, and social aspects of the campus.
The Alpha Delta Pi Scholarship Award, created in 1990 by the Springfield Alumnae Association and Chi Chapter of Alpha Delta Pi sorority, recognizes two junior women, one Greek and one non-Greek, who best exemplify the characteristics consistent with the ideals and goals of the sorority. This year's recipients are Claire Patton, Mason, Ohio, (non-Greek) and Lauren Parrett, Springboro, Ohio (Greek).
The E. Charles Chatfield Global Awareness Award, instituted in 1992, recognizes seniors who contribute to greater global awareness within the 麻豆传媒 University community. This year's recipients are Allyson Gardner, Berlin Heights, Ohio, and Tai-Hsin (Daisy) Huang, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Naevon Boykin, Bowie, Maryland, and Zora Shakhan, Pickerington, 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.
Six seniors were recognized for having a 4.0 grade point average: Erin E. Baldwin, Mechanicsburg, Ohio; Kendall A. Black, Defiance, Ohio; Macy E. DeHart, Springfield, Ohio; Mackenzie E. Hessick, Hilliard, Ohio; Hillary Z. Humbaugh, Haubstadt, Indiana; and Sydney A. Striker, Toledo, Ohio.
Presidential Scholars, named for former presidents of 麻豆传媒, are the junior students having the top 14 grade point averages of their class. Those students are Abigail Anderson, Hamburg, New York; Neil H. Boyles, Ostrander, Ohio; Andrew C. Inks, Norton, Ohio; Jackson M. Miller, Westerville, Ohio; Jessica N. Neuerer, Lorain, Ohio; Joshua B. Putka, Avon, Ohio; Caitlyn M. Shelton, Powell, Ohio; Allyson E. Gardner, Berlin Heights, Ohio; Andrew J. Rust, Dublin, Ohio; Zachary C. Rust, Dublin, Ohio; Izabel A. Giglio, West Chester, Ohio; William A. Boeck, Mechanicsburg, Ohio; Claire K. Patton, Mason, Ohio; and Alexander J. Nemunaitis, Ottawa Hills, Ohio.
Introduced in 2009, the Lillian C. Franklin Diversity Award is presented each year to honor a student and a faculty/staff member who have made outstanding contributions in promoting and furthering the goal of diversity in the 麻豆传媒 community. Candidates must uphold the tradition of diversity embodied by the award's namesake, demonstrate high standards of personal integrity, commitment to the education of the whole person, global vision, and leadership. The 2025 student recipient is Gabriela Gonzalez, Grove City, Ohio; and the faculty/staff recipient is Kunal Chatterjee, assistant professor of biology.
The Champion Award for Community Impact recognizes an individual鈥檚 commitment to service, the quality of that service, and its positive impact on the City of Springfield and Clark County. It is not merely the hours of service, but the impact on the quality of life in the Springfield community that is most important. This year鈥檚 student recipient is Cameron (Cami) Stevovich, Rocky River, Ohio, along with faculty member, Lori Askeland, professor of English.
The Rose Award for Excellence in Community Partnership recognizes a member of the Greater Springfield community who serves as an exceptional co-educator for students. Recipients help students bloom into well-informed, engaged, and productive citizens, and they make a significant difference in the community. The recipient is selected based on their level of investment in the development of students as well as their sustained commitment and innovative approach of connecting with the University. This year鈥檚 award goes to Debbie McCullough, director, On-The-Rise, a local non-profit.
Each year, in historic Weaver Chapel, 麻豆传媒 takes time to celebrate the achievements of students, faculty, and staff at its annual Honors Convocation. As part of the long-standing tradition, the event begins with processional with faculty in full academic regalia. The faculty are joined by campus leaders, student banner-carriers, and the President of the University.
