CBSHS recognizes student achievement | Clemson News

May 7, 2024May 7, 2024

The College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences (CBSHS) recently recognized its outstanding students with college and departmental awards for the 2023-2024 academic year.

“We are so proud of our students and their accomplishments while at Clemson,” said Denise Anderson, CBSHS associate dean for undergraduate studies, faculty success, and inclusive excellence. “Each of these students has worked incredibly hard and made an indelible mark on their department and this college. Congratulations to our CBSHS award winners!”

Students who received college awards were:

• Phi Kappa Phi – Helena Harte, Department of Political Science
• Blue Key Academic Leadership Award – Hannah Conroy, School of Nursing
• Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award – Riley Stotzky, Department of Political Science
• Undergraduate Academic Excellence Award – Carson Goodier, Department of Psychology
• Dean’s Award for Outstanding Achievement – Nicholas Miscioscia, Department of Public Health Sciences
• Award for Entrepreneurship in Community Service – Browning Blair, Department of Communication
• Award for Professional Engagement – Ainsley Hartman, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice
• Undergraduate Emerging Leader Award – Bailee Smith, Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management
• Outstanding Teaching Assistant, Master’s Student – Malaysia Barr, Department of Communication
• Outstanding Researcher, Master’s Student – Marlee Johnson, Department of Psychology
• Outstanding Teaching Assistant, Doctoral Student – Michael Lepore, School of Nursing
• Outstanding Researcher, Doctoral Student – Caitlin Koob, Department of Public Health Sciences

Undergraduate and graduate students were also recognized within their departments. By department, these honorees include:

Department of Communication

• The Communication Faculty Book Award – Cassidy Gruber
• Outstanding Academic Achievement Award in Communication – Callie Raines
• The Communication Outstanding Graduate Student Award – Bennett Katarzynski
• David Malcolm Geddes/Mark Roderick Memorial Award – Sienna Kent
• Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award – Emma Cox
• Outstanding Academic Achievement Award in Sports Communication – Corina Smith

Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management

• Bert and Johnnie Brantley Outstanding Student Award – Jill Courtney and Savannah Taylor
• Stevenson-Smith-Lovett Award – Juliana Gonzalez
• Greg Schoper Leadership Award – Eva Welborn
• Judith Voelkl Scholarship Award – Lillie Eldridge
• Lawrence R. Allen Engaged Future Professional Award – Seth Richardson
• Fran McGuire Excellence in Teaching Award – Sunwoo Park and Derek Whaley

Department of Political Science

• James F. Byrnes Award – Riley Stotzky
• The Matt Locke Faculty Award for Excellence – Helena Harte
• Jack Tuttle – Psi Sigma Alpha Award – Leah Terry
• Horace Fleming Award – Caroline O’Neal
• Vladimir Matic Award for International Engagement – Hannah Connerney
• Award for Distinguished Service by a Teaching Assistant – Mahmoud Alarab and Khamani “Gigi” Williamson
• Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award – Gugu Selela

Department of Psychology

• The Bernard Caffrey Award for Excellence in Psychology – Vanessa Martinez and Tatum Steele
• Psychology Department Award for Academic Excellence – Grace Drolet, Kelsey Harris, Skylar Weiskittel and Jillian Young
• Ernest Jewell Hardesty Moore Award for Outstanding Senior in Psychology – Carson Goodier
• The Eugene Galluscio Award for Undergraduate Leadership – Laura Gage
• Outstanding Master’s Degree Student in Psychology Award – Marlee Johnson, Alexis Lamere and Elenah Rosopa
• Outstanding Doctoral Student in Psychology Award – Baylor Graham and Stephanie Six
• Psi Chi Research Award – Sydney Chadwick and Hannah Korson
• Best Graduate Student Publication Award – Sydney Begerowski and Savana King

Department of Public Health Sciences

• Distinguished Service Award – Nicole Sopala
• Scholastic Achievement Award – Elizabeth (Lizzie) Peacock
• Dr. Lee Crandall Leadership Award – Ellie Jansen
• Outstanding Health Promotion and Behavior Student Award – Maggie Bliek
• Outstanding Health Services Administration Student Award – Caroline Furman
• Rising Outstanding Health Services Administration Student Award – Anna Maresca
• Outstanding Pre-Professional Health Studies Award – Shrika Ravichandran
• Rising Outstanding Pre-Professional Health Studies Award – Jasmine Sampson
• Master’s Student Leadership Award – Luke Hall

Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice

• Ernest Jewell Hardesty Moore Award for Outstanding Senior in Sociology – Rylie Parker Wartinger
• Larson-Krupka Award for Excellence in Sociology – Gage Carlton
• Outstanding Anthropology Student Award – Skylar McGinnis
• Outstanding Criminal Justice Student Award – Abby Curran and Olivia Henderson
• Department Chair’s Award – Zaria Amore’ Blain, Tori Alyson Greene and Kensley Lonnell Horne

School of Nursing

• Herbert N. Shearin Memorial Award – Reagan Starin
• Eugene Edwards Memorial Award – Vittoria Mazzone
• Community Service Awards – Elizabeth Eastham, Rachel Girvin, Marin Johnson, Savannah Manning, Julianna Wagner
• Certificate of Recognition for Excellence in Nursing – Jackson Campeau, Emma Lindsey, Dominique McCoy, Kayla Puck, Eleanor Wilkinson

The College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences (CBSHS) was established in July 2016. CBSHS is a 21st-century, land-grant college that combines work in seven disciplines – communication; nursing; parks, recreation and tourism management; political science; psychology; public health sciences; sociology, anthropology and criminal justice – to further its mission of “building people and communities” in South Carolina and beyond.