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04/30/2021

Bluffton University recognized many of its top students for their academic achievements at the annual Academic Awards and Honors Forum on April 27.

Thirty-one seniors were honored as distinguished scholars in their respective academic areas.

Six seniors were recognized for completion of the Honors Program. They are: Brianna Baker, of    Defiance, Ohio; Alana Holsapple, of New Madison, Ohio; Stephanie Fox, of Pickerington, Ohio; Claire Myree, of West Chester, Ohio; Kori Frey, of Kirby, Ohio; and Leonard Winiarski, of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Receiving departmental honors for their independent-study projects were three seniors. Alana Holsapple of New Madison, Ohio, for her psychology project; Isaac Paine of Pickerington, Ohio, for his history project; and Leonard Winiarski of Cincinnati, Ohio, for his history project.

Other academic awards went to:

  • Olivia Tennefoss, Greenwood, Del., First Place, C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Award
  • Molly Bollinger, Lima, Ohio, the John D. Unruh, Jr. Award for exceptional research paper written for humanities
  • Alana Holsapple, New Madison, Ohio, the John D. Unruh, Jr. Award for exceptional research paper written for social sciences
  • Claire Myree, West Chester, Ohio, the Mary Ann Sullivan Award
  • Abby Bush, Marion, Ohio, Creative Writing Award
  • Jessica Lovell, Orient, Ohio, the Beaver-Falcon Master of Accountancy Scholarship
  • Sydney Cobb, Archbold, Ohio, the Esta Lugibill Dye Award for Excellence in Chemical Science by a Woman
  • Ermias Assefa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Sattler-Keiper Mathematical Research Award
  • Sidney Staton, Bluffton, Ohio, the Sattler-Keiper Mathematical Research Award
  • Evan Burden, Sidney, Ohio, the Russell A. Lantz Choral Award
  • Devon Bilimek, Bluffton, Ohio, Art Show Juror’s Awards of Distinction
  • Leslie Diaz, Bluffton, Ohio, Art Show Juror’s Awards of Distinction
  • Berlin Fuqua, Ada, Ohio, Art Show Juror’s Awards of Distinction
  • Autumn Graves, Mount Blanchard, Ohio, Art Show Juror’s Awards of Distinction
  • Leslie Diaz, Bluffton, Ohio, The Gregg Luginbuhl Award for Best of Show
  • Marissa Hall, Avon Lake, Ohio, The Gregg Luginbuhl Award for Ceramics
  • Caitlyn Renner, Cairo, Ohio, President’s Choice Art Show Award
  • Shelby Herrmann, Greenville, Ohio, Lion & Lamb Art Award
  • Madison Heckman, Ottawa, Ohio, Dr. Elizabeth Hostetler Outstanding Educator Award
  • Cade McClellan, Edgerton, Ohio, Criminal Justice Merit Award
  • Sienna Sullivan, Columbus, Ohio, Criminal Justice Merit Award
  • Tajah Upshaw, Lima, Ohio, Criminal Justice Merit Award
  • Stephanie Fox, Pickerington, Ohio, Athlete with the Highest Scholastic Record

Concluding the program was the recognition of four graduating members of Psi Chi National Psychology Honor Society; 36 new members of Bluffton’s Pi Delta Society, an honor for seniors with a grade point average of at least 3.75 during their college careers; and 36 C. Henry Smith Scholars—12 graduating, 6 continuing and 18 newly elected scholars.

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