Honors Students

who received

2008 Prestigious Awards

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS__________________________________________________________________

(student listed flush left, followed by faculty mentor and student’s major)

American String Teachers Association State Solo Competition, First Place

Luke Hubbard                           Er-Gene Kahng            Music—Viola Performance

Amgen Fellowship for Teach for America

Elaine Christman                       Gay Stewart                  Physics

Arkansas Space Grant Consortium Awards

Whitney Birch                           Tim Kral                       Biological Sciences

Marcus Chase Law                         “                             Biological Sciences

Adrienne Lueders                            “                             Biological Sciences

Jay Thorpe                                      “                             Biological Sciences

Aspen Summer Music Festival Award

Sarah Mesko                             Janice Yoes                  Music—Vocal Performance

Barry Goldwater Scholars

Whitney Gammill                       Andrew Proctor                        Biochemistry

Rachel Thomas                         Roger Koeppe               Biochemistry

Gilman Study Abroad Scholars

Corderro Baxter                                    DeDe Long                   Music (Spain)    

Jesse Hipp                                Katherine Quinn            Philosophy (China)

Brianna Jonak                           Katherine Quinn            Anthropology (India)

Michelle Reynolds                     DeDe Long                   English, Spanish (Costa Rica)

Coca-Cola Scholarship

Jennifer Araujo                                                             Biological Sciences

Franco-American vocal Academy Grand Concours de Chant, First Place

Sarah Mesko                             Janice Yoes                  Music—Vocal Performance

Freeman Award for Study in Asia

Jesse Hipp                                Rembrandt Wolpert       Philosophy (China)

Gates Millennium Scholarship

Bianca Johnson                         Gigi Secuban                 Chemistry

Harry S. Truman Scholarship                                     
Olivia Meeks                             Amy Farmer                 Economics, Political Science

Harry S. Truman Finalist

Matthew Bender                       Javier Reyes                 Economics/European Studies

Nate Looney                             Gerald Jordan                Political Science                                     

Humanity in Action Fellowship

Shayne Henry                           Janine Parry                  Political Science & International Relations

International Trumpet Guild Solo Competition Finalist

Doug Lindsey                            Richard Rulli                 Music—Trumpet Performance

J. William Fulbright International Study Scholars

Brian Lee                                 Kathleen Condray &     International Relations (Austria)

                                                David Gay

Caleb Stein                               Judith Ricker                 German (Germany)

James Wright                            David McCombs           English (Malaysia)

Music Teachers National Association Young Artist Performance Competition

First Place (state); First Place (region); Second Place (national)

Luke Hubbard                           Er-Gene Kahng             Music—Viola Performance

National Science Graduate Research Fellows

Randy Carney                           Xiaogang Peng              Chemistry

National Science Foundation Research Experiences (REU) for Undergraduates

Ever Cavender                          John Stewart                 Physics

Elaine Christman                       Lin Oliver                          “

Christine Nicholson                    Gay Stewart                       “

Jared Ostmeyer                         Eitan Gross                        “

Clint Riley                                 Lin Oliver                          “

Ashley Stewart                         Julia Kennefick                   “

Josiah Walton                             Julia Kennefick                              “

Kristin Watson                          Lin Oliver                            “

National Security Education Program Boren Scholarship

William Watts                           Hoyt Purvis                   Political Science (China)

Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grant

Mac Stephen                             Charles Adams             English (Belize)

State Undergraduate Research Fellows

Student                                                  Faculty Mentor                                    Department of Study