UFCJC Honors Faculty, Staff and Students for 2021-2022 Academic Year Accomplishments
The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications honors its best and brightest students, faculty and alumni each year. The annual College Awards Banquet was held on April 14 at the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention in Gainesville.
The College inducted four alumni into its Hall of Fame:
- Naeemah Clark, M.A.M.C. 2000, Ph.D. 2002, Elon University Chair and Professor in the Cinema and Television Arts Department
- Tonya Cornileus, B.S. Telecommunication 1985, ESPN Vice President of Learning & Talent Solutions
- Jerry Ketcham, B.S. Broadcasting 1976, Walt Disney Pictures Senior Vice President for Feature Production
- Jay Schwedelson, B.S. Public Relations 1989, CEO of Worlddata
The following is a full list of faculty, staff and student awards.
Faculty and Staff:
- Spiro Kiousis, Outstanding Doctoral Mentor Award
- Dan Windels, Teacher of the Year Award
- Robert Hughes, Adjunct Teacher of the Year Award
- Jordan Alpert, Faculty Research Award
- Rachel Grant, Faculty Service Award
- Natalie Asorey, Faculty Advisor/Mentor of the Year
- Nicki Dankers, Professional Advisor of the Year Award
- Julia Seay, Staff Superior Accomplishment of the Year Award
- Princess Alexandria Wilkerson, Staff Superior Accomplishment of the Year Award
Graduate Studies and Research:
- Osama Albishri, The Julie Dodd Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award
- Xiaobei Chen, Outstanding Master’s Student: Research and Theory
- Kim Fowler, Outstanding Master’s Student: Professional
- Yufan “Sunny” Qin, Outstanding Student Research Award
Undergraduate Awards:
College-Wide Awards
- Dana Cassidy, Sandra Salvatierra and Arianna Meekings, Dean’s Cup for Professional Promise
- Ellen Bausback, Samantha Chery, Lila Greenberg, Elisabell Velazquez, and Gabriella Zwolfer, Dean’s Cup for Scholarship
- Samantha Chery, Dean’s Cup for Service
- Hamza Razuman, Ruth and Rae O. Weimer Award
Advertising
- Leah Clapper, Outstanding Advertising Scholar
- Alexis Hebron, Joseph R. Pisani Service Award
- Yalanda Nicolas, W. Robert Glafcke Award
- Sandra Salvatierra, Richard W. McGinnis Professional Promise Award
- Malyna Reed, John Sutherland Great Ideas Award
- Lynn Le, Respess Award
Journalism
- Elisabell Velazquez, Samantha Chery and Ellen Bausback, Outstanding Journalism Scholar
- Natalia Galicza, John Paul Jones, Jr. Award
- Kalia Richardson and Marlowe Starling, Elmer Emig Award
- April Rubin, H.G. “Buddy” Davis Award
- Dana Cassidy, Society of Professional Journalists Award
- Samantha Chery, Jean Chance Service Award
- Pamela Comme, WJXT-TV Award
Media Production, Management, and Technology
- Lila Greenberg, Outstanding Scholar
- Alejandro Avila, Major Garland Powell Award
- Hamza Razuman and Anneliese Taylor, May Burton Award
- Victoria Baldwin, F. Leslie Smith Management Award
Public Relations
- Gabriella Zwolfer, Outstanding Public Relations Scholar
- Erin Lewis, Frank R. Rathburn PRSSA Award
- Cassandra Huffman, Charles Wellborn Service Award
- Arianna Meekins, Jack Detweiler Professional Promise in Public Relations Award
- Nicholas Suriel, Florida Public Relations Award
Media Properties
- Elizabeth Biro, Jon Quattlebaum Award
- Meleah Lyden, Ralph L. Lowenstein Broadcast News Award
- Sofia Mingote, Kenneth A. Christiansen Award
- Sara Dastgerdi and Taylor Fishman, Frank Counts TV Production & Creative Services Award
- Alexa Harley, “Red” Barber Award
- Violet Comber-Wilen, Doris Bardon Award
- Alex Flanagan, Excellence in Digital Media Award
- Kristin Bausch, Excellence in Media Leadership
- Valentina Angel and Guamay Martell, Excellence in Spanish-Language Media Award
Posted: April 14, 2022
Category: Alumni News, College News, Student News
Tagged as: 2021-2022 Annual College Awards
