College honors students, alumni, faculty at awards banquet
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Congratulations to our winners from the 2015 awards banquet, held April 20, 2015. Chad Furst, who will graduate this spring with a public relations degree, received the Ruth and Rae O. Weimer Award. This award, named for the founding director and first dean of the College, is presented each year to the outstanding graduate of the College.
ALUMNI OF DISTINCTION
Cynthia Barnett
JOU 1989, MA 2003
Fabiola D. Santiago
JOU 1983
Ann Marie Woods Smith
PUR 1982, MAMC 1985
Joe O. Zubizarreta
ADV 1982
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COLLEGE-WIDE AWARDS
Ruth and Rae O. Weimer Award
Chad Furst
Dean’s Cup for Professional Promise
Kelly Price & Krystal Lambert
Dean’s Cup for Scholarship
Jennifer Leggett
Dean’s Cup for Service
Connor Hachey & Katie Brady
ADVERTISING
Outstanding Advertising Scholar
Chris Burg & Katie Duguid
Joseph R. Pisani Service Award
Katie Brady
Robert Glafcke Award
Katy Whitehurst
Richard W. McGinnis Professional Promise Award
Krystal Lambert
John Sutherland Great Ideas Award
Kristina Camara & Devin Lee
Respess Award
Haley Bell
JOURNALISM
Outstanding Journalism Scholar
Chabeli Herrera
Journalism Service Award
Justin Galicz
John Paul Jones Jr. Award
Zack Peterson
Elmer Emig Award
Alex Harrisn & Kelly Price
H.G. “Buddy” Davis Award
Kathryn Varn
Society of Professional Journalists Award
Ayana Stewart & Erica Hernandez
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Outstanding Public Relations Scholar
Jennifer Leggett
Frank F. Rathbun PRSSA Award
Chad Furst & Ana Gomez
Charles Wellborn Service Award
Andrea Cepeda
Jack Detweiler Professional Promise in Public Relations Award
Elliot Levy, Jenna Perlman, James E. Parker & Paige Thies
Florida Public Relations Association Award
Chad Furst & Jennifer Leggett
TELECOMMUNICATION
Outstanding Telecommunication Scholar
Virginia Hamrick
Major Garland Powell Award
Lizette Arocha
May Burton Award
Connor Hachey
F. Leslie Smith Management Award
Joselyn Oliva
WJXT-TV Award
Leah Harding
MEDIA PROPERTIES AWARDS
Jon Quattlebaum Award
Rochelle Alleyne & Zak Dahlheimer
Ralph L. Lowenstein Broadcast News Award
Morgan Falcon
Kenneth A. Christiansen Award
Leanna Schachetti
TV Production & Creative Services Frank Counts Award
Kaley LaMarca
“Red” Barber Award
Corey Brooks
Doris Bardon Award
April Lanuza
Excellence in Digital Media Award
Katie Campbell
Excellence in Multimedia Meteorology Award
Sean Bellafiore
Excellence in Media Leadership
Andrew Arons & Julian Hernandez
GRADUATE AND RESEARCH AWARDS
Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher
Nicki Karimipour & Annelie Schmittel
Outstanding Master’s Student
Kendra Auguste & Gary Green
Outstanding Student Research Award
Annelie Schmittel & Yulia Strekalova
FACULTY AWARDS
Outstanding Doctoral Mentor
Juan-Carlos Molleda
Teacher of the Year
Ann Christiano
Faculty Research
Kim Walsh Childers
Faculty Service
Cynthia Morton Padovano
Posted: April 21, 2015
Category: College News, Student Awards
Tagged as: Ann Searight Christiano, Cynthia Barnett, Cynthia Morton, Juan-Carlos Molleda, Kim Walsh-Childers
