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GREETINGS TO THE CLASS OF 2025 AND TO YOUR VERY PROUD FAMILY MEMBERS AND, AND, AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE COME HERE TO CELEBRATE YOU REACHING THIS PINNACLE OF SUCCESS.
WELCOME ALSO TO USB'S AMAZING FACULTY AND STAFF.
OUR GRADUATE, AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE UNIVERSITY ITSELF, OWES YOU A GREAT AND TREMENDOUS DEBT OF GRATITUDE FOR MAKING THIS DAY POSSIBLE THROUGH YOUR INCOMPARABLE PROFESSIONALISM AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO HIGHER EDUCATION AND STUDENT SUCCESS.
WELCOME TO ALL THE SAME SHARKS AND OTHERS WHO HAVE COME TO SHARE IN OUR ADMIRATION OF THOSE WE ARE HONORING HERE TODAY AND TOMORROW AT COMMENCEMENT.
IT IS MY GREAT JOY TO BE HERE WITH YOU, TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS IN LEARNING SCHOLARSHIP TEACHING, AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO LAUNCH YET ANOTHER AMAZING CLASS OF USCB GRADUATES INTO LIVES OF MEANINGFUL LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE.
MY VISION FOR USCB IS THAT IT IS THE TOP CHOICE OF BEST IN CLASS STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF WHO WOULD THRIVE AT ANY HIGHLY COMPETITIVE INSTITUTION IN THE NATION OVER THE COURSE OF YOUR COLLEGE CAREER.
EVERY ONE OF YOU HAS EMBODIED THIS VISION BY REACHING NEW HEIGHTS OF SUCCESS.
I COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS, AND I THANK YOU.
YOU INDEED REPRESENT THE BEST OF USCB.
YOU ARE AMONG THE BEST IN THE WORLD, AND I AM SO PROUD TO STAND HERE WITH YOU TO CELEBRATE YOUR TRIUMPHS TODAY AND IN THE YEARS AHEAD, CLASS OF 2025, YOU ARE EXCEPTIONAL SAND SHARKS SWIM CONFIDENTLY INTO THE OCEAN WATERS OF LIFE, BEYOND THIS UNIVERSITY.
YOU ARE READY AND WE WILL BEGIN THE PROGRAM.
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THANKS FOR COMING TODAY.SO I'M HONORED TO PRESENT THE OUTSTANDING BIOLOGY STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD.
UM, AS A FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT IN THE MARINE BIOLOGY HONORS PROGRAM, THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE RESEARCH, STRENGTHS AND COMMITMENT TO SERVICE.
OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO RESEARCH IN OUR LAB.
AS A KEY TEAM MEMBER, HE HAS PLAYED AN INSTRUMENT ROLE IN ADVANCING THE ESTROGEN SOUNDSCAPE OBSERVATORY NETWORK IN THE SOUTHEAST.
HIS RESEARCH FOCUSES ON INVESTIGATING THE VARIABILITY OF FISH COSINE.
YES, FISH MAKES SOUND ACROSS DIFFERENT STATIONS IN YEARS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON, ON HOW CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND VESSEL NOISE, ESPECIALLY IN CHARLESTON HARBOR, MAY IMPACT FISH REPRODUCTION.
GARRETT'S DE, SORRY, THIS INDIVIDUAL, UH, IS DEDICATED TO MARINE SCIENCE, ALSO EXTENDED TO HIS SUMMER 2024 INTERNSHIP AT THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES WITH DELL MARICULTURE CENTER.
ADDITIONALLY, HE HAS DEMONSTRATED OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AT THE PRESIDENT AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND CONSERVATION CLUB.
FURTHER SHOWCASING HIS COMMITMENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND CONSERVATION.
THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN ACCEPTED INTO THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON GRADUATE PROGRAM MARINE BIOLOGY, WHERE HE WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE HIS CAREER IN MARINE SCIENCE.
CONGRATULATIONS, GARRETT WILFORD.
OKAY, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE DR.
RICK HINES, PROFESSOR OF BUSINESS WHO WILL INTRODUCE THE OUTSTANDING BUSINESS STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD.
UM, SO THIS YEAR'S RECIPIENT OF THE OUTSTANDING BUSINESS STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD IS AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ATHLETE FROM NORWAY WHO COMPLETED CONCENTRATIONS IN BOTH ACCOUNTING AND MANAGEMENT, UM, AN EXTREMELY CAPABLE AND MOTIVATED STUDENT.
SHE WAS RECOGNIZED AS AN NAIA DAKTRONICS WOMEN'S SCHOLAR ATHLETE, AND SHE WAS ALSO RECOGNIZED AS A MEMBER OF THE PEACH BELT CONFERENCE, PRESIDENTIAL HONOR ROLE AS A GOLD SCHOLAR.
UM, WHILE AT USCB, SHE WAS A CLASSROOM LEADER WHO ACTIVELY ENGAGED BOTH HER CLASSMATES AND PROFESSORS IN ACTIVE DISCUSSION AND DEBATE.
UH, SHE CHALLENGED OUR WAY OF THINKING AND ENCOURAGED US TO BROADEN OUR PERSPECTIVE ON THE WORLD AND CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES.
CONGRAT, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 20 24, 20 25 OUTSTANDING BUSINESS STUDENT OF THE YEAR, TINA EDISON VANGEN, AND, AND THE WEATHER IS FANTASTIC IN NORWAY THIS TIME OF YEAR, AND TINA ACTUALLY MADE IT OUT HERE, SO THAT'S FANTASTIC.
SO I'M GONNA INTRODUCE, UH, DR.
CAROLINE SAWYER, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF COMMUNICATIONS WHO WILL BE PRESENTING THE PAMELA J. COOPER COMMUNICATIONS STUDIES STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD.
IT IS MY GREAT HONOR TO PRESENT THIS YEAR'S OUTSTANDING COMMUNICATION STUDIES STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD TO SOMEONE WHO TRULY EMBODIES EXCELLENCE, LEADERSHIP, AND VERSATILITY.
THE STUDENT HAS MADE A LASTING MARK HERE AT USCB, NOT ONLY AS A TOP PERFORMING STUDENT, BUT AS WHAT WE CALL A TRUE SAND SHARK WHO BRINGS PASSION AND PROFESSIONALISM TO EVERYTHING THAT SHE DOES.
SHE PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE THE PAST TWO SEASONS IN OUR NATIONAL PUBLIC MEDIA SHOW BOOKS BY THE RIVER CONTRIBUTING AS OUR, UM, DIGITAL MEDIA PRODUCER THE FIRST YEAR, AND THEN AN ASSOCIATE PRODUCER THE SECOND SEASON.
THIS IS THE HIGHEST POSITION A STUDENT CAN REACH IN OUR STUDENT CREW.
UM, THIS STUDENT DIDN'T JUST CREATE COMPELLING CONTENT.
SHE LED FELLOW STUDENTS THROUGH EVERY STAGE OF PRODUCTION AND POST-PRODUCTION, DEMONSTRATING INITIATIVE, CREATIVITY AND COLLABORATION, NOT TO THE SURPRISE OF ANYONE.
HER COMMUNICATION TALENTS EXTEND BEYOND
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THE WORLD OF MEDIA, WHICH IS WHERE SHE PLANS ON GOING.SHE BROUGHT THE SAME LEVEL OF COMMITMENT TO TWO INTERNSHIPS AND IN THE HUMAN RESOURCES AREA, FIRST AT USCB IN CAREER SERVICES, AND THEN SECOND TO A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE PRESTIGIOUS INTERNSHIP WITH GULFSTREAM, WHERE SHE DEVELOPED TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT WILL, UM, HAVE A REAL IMPACT ON THEIR FUTURE EMPLOYEES, WHETHER PRODUCING STORIES OR INSPIRING AND HELPING OTHERS FIND THEIR PROFESSIONAL PATH.
THIS STUDENT HAS SHOWN ALL OF IT WITH PURPOSE AS A COMMUNICATOR, SHE'S POISED TO TAKE HER SKILLS AND HER HEART FOR PEOPLE INTO A CAREER WITH HUMAN RESOURCES.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING MARIA SANI, THIS YEAR'S OUTSTANDING STUDENT OF THE, UM, COMMUNICATION STUDIES STUDENT OF THE YEAR.
BRIAN CANADA TO PRESENT OUR NEXT AWARD OUTSTANDING COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE STUDENT OF THE YEAR.
UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS IS VERY PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT, UH, MR. JARRET KAISER IS OUR 2025 STUDENT OF THE YEAR FOR THE COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE PROGRAM.
I FIRST MET JARRET IN A ZOOM MEETING FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS GIVING HIM AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT TO EXPECT AS A COMPUTER SCIENCE MAJOR AT USCB.
AND EVEN FROM THAT VERY FIRST CONVERSATION, I COULD TELL JARRET WAS QUITE SPECIAL.
AND I DISTINCTLY REMEMBER THINKING DURING THAT CONVERSATION ONE DAY, THIS KID'S GONNA BE OUR STUDENT OF THE YEAR.
GUESS WHAT, MY FRIENDS, THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
AS A DOUBLE MAJOR IN COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE AND IN MATHEMATICS, JARRET HAS BEEN A STELLAR REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BEST OF WHAT USCB STUDENTS HAVE TO OFFER BOTH IN AND OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM.
IN ADDITION TO ACHIEVING EXCELLENT GRADES IN ALL OF HIS CLASSES, JARED'S RELENTLESSLY POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND HIS VORACIOUS APPETITE FOR INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY HAD EARNED RESPECT FROM HIS INSTRUCTORS AND HIS PEERS ALIKE.
HE WAS HIGHLY ACTIVE IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH.
MOST RECENTLY SERVING AS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE USCB STUDENT CHAPTER OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY, BETTER KNOWN AS A CM, AND ALSO SUPPORTING THE RESEARCH EFFORTS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE FACULTY MEMBER DR.
JARED ALSO SPENT TWO SUMMERS WORKING AS AN IT INTERN AT BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND HAD PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS A TUTOR FOR THE MATHEMATICS PROGRAM.
FOLLOWING, UH, FOLLOWING GRADUATION, JARRET WILL REJOIN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD AS A MAINFRAME ENGINEER.
ALTHOUGH I WOULD IMAGINE HE'S NOT RULING OUT PURSUING A GRADUATE DEGREE AT SOME POINT.
WE AS FACULTY ARE EXTREMELY CONFIDENT THAT JART WILL BE SUCCESSFUL NO MATTER WHAT HE DOES BECAUSE HE'S SO GOOD AT EVERYTHING HE DOES AND WE ARE SO PROUD TO RECOGNIZE HIM AS OUR 2025 COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE STUDENT OF THE YEAR.
EVERYBODY, PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING PRESENT AWARD RETURN TO PODIUM AND TURN THE PAGE AND INTRODUCE NEXT PRESENTER, PRESENTER, DR.
BRIAN CANADA
RACHEL HAS BEEN A STANDOUT PRESENCE WITHIN THE USCV COMMUNITY BEYOND BEING A TOP STUDENT IN OUR INFORMATION SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM, AS WELL AS BEING A COMMUNICATION STUDIES MINOR.
SHE HAS ALSO WORKED FOR SEVERAL YEARS AS A STUDENT TECHNICIAN WITH ITSS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, UH, AND SHE HAS SERVED IN MULTIPLE LEADERSHIP ROLES.
MOST RECENTLY AS PRESIDENT OF OUR STUDENT CHAPTER OF THE OF OF A CM FOR WHICH SHE ORGANIZED AND HOSTED A WOMEN IN TECH CONFERENCE THAT FEATURED, UH, CURRENT AND FORMER FACULTY FROM BOTH USCB AND AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY.
AND IT ALSO FEATURED A PANEL DISCUSSION FEATURING A NUMBER OF SUCCESSFUL USCB ALUMNI.
SHE IS ALSO DOING GROUNDBREAKING WORK IN VIDEO
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GAME DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT.IN 20, IN THE SUMMER OF 2023, SHE INTERNED WITH LOW COUNTRY GAMES, A STARTUP, UH, AT THE BEAUFORT DIGITAL PORT DOWN THE STREET WHERE SHE HELPED CREATE A GAME THAT SHE CALLED QUIET ONSET.
AND IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST VIDEO GAMES TO USE ETHICALLY SOURCED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO GENERATE CHARACTER DIALOGUE.
IT LAUNCHED ON THE PC GAME DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM, UH, STEAM JUST MONTHS AFTER DEVELOPMENT BEGAN, WHICH I THINK IS A REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT FOR A TEAM, UH, COMPOSED OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS.
RACHEL'S ACADEMIC INTERESTS INCLUDE LIMINAL SPACES, EERIE UNSETTLING, TRANSITIONAL SPACES THAT EVOKE UNEASE BETWEEN FAMILIAR GAME ENVIRONMENTS.
IT'S A TOPIC SHE EXPLORED IN HER GAME.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY PROFESSOR THAT SHE HELPED CREATE IN MY AND JIM S'S GAME PRODUCTION COURSE.
SHE IS CONTINUING THIS WORK THROUGH AN INDEPENDENT STUDY AND, UH, RECENTLY PRESENTED A NEW PROTOTYPE OF HER RESEARCH AT USCD STUDENT RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP DAY.
RACHEL EXPECTS TO GRADUATE IN FALL 2025 AND IS CONSIDERING THE PURSUIT OF GRADUATE STUDY IN COMPUTATIONAL MEDIA OR A RELATED FIELD.
RACHEL, I THINK I SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE COMPUTER SCIENCE FACULTY WHEN I SAY IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE JOY HAVING YOU IN CLASS, AND I'M THRILLED WE'LL HAVE YOU FOR ONE MORE SEMESTER.
EVERYONE, PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING OUR INFORMATION SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY STUDENT OF THE YEAR, MS. RACHEL VALVO.
IT IS NOW MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE DR.
AMY KUNKEL, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION AND OUR EDUCATION ACCREDITATION COORDINATOR WHO WILL PRESENT OUR NEXT AWARD.
UM, IT'S MY HONOR TO PRESENT THE TWO EDUCATION AWARDS TO TWO OUTSTANDING STUDENTS.
UH, THE FIRST AWARD IS OUR OUTSTANDING EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY, THE STUDENT IS NEEDED IN THE CLASSROOM.
SHE'S ALREADY SECURED A POSITION AND IS WORKING WITH, UH, STUDENTS AND WAS UNABLE TO JOIN US TODAY.
SO IT'S MY HONOR TO PRESENT THE, UH, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD TO ALEXANDRIA LEXI STANLEY.
UM, THE SECOND AWARD THAT I'LL BE PRESENTING GOES TO THE OUTSTANDING ELEMENTARY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION STUDENT OF THE YEAR.
UM, WHEN I FIRST MET THIS INDIVIDUAL, SHE CAME TO CLASS THE FIRST TIME AND SHE HAD HER PLANNER AND SHE HAD EVERYTHING PRINTED AND EVERYTHING READY, AND I THOUGHT, OKAY, THIS ONE
AND SHE WAS THE, FROM THE MOMENT SHE STEPPED INTO THE CLASSROOM, SHE WAS A TEACHER.
SHE WAS NOT A STUDENT TEACHER THERE TO, UM, JUST GATHER.
SHE WAS HUNGRY, SHE WAS READY TO LEARN AND GO, AND THAT'S WHAT SHE DOES FOR HER STUDENTS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
UM, WHEN I THINK ABOUT THIS PERSON, UH, SOME KEY WORDS COME TO MIND, DEDICATION, WORK ETHIC, METICULOUS PLANNING, AND, UM, IMPLEMENTATION OF HIGH QUALITY LESSONS.
UM, THIS PERSON NEVER GOES INTO THE CLASSROOM UNPREPARED.
SHE'S NEVER GONNA FLY BY THE SEAT OF HER PANTS AND HOPE THAT IT GOES WELL.
SHE IS ALWAYS GOING TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR HER STUDENTS, AND HER STUDENTS BENEFIT FROM HER EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND SO, UM, WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR THIS PERSON.
I KNOW AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER, SHE WAS ALREADY PLANNING HER NEXT STEPS ABOUT WHAT CERTIFICATIONS SHE WANTED TO SECURE, WHAT SHE WANTED TO DO, UH, NEXT IN HER EDUCATIONAL, UH, CAREER.
AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR HER.
SO IT IS MY HONOR NOW TO PRESENT THE OUTSTANDING ELEMENTARY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD TO MS. RILEY BUCHANAN.
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AND NOW IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE OUR NEXT PRESENTER, DR.SARAH SWOFFORD WITH THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT.
UM, IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE TO PRESENT IN AB ABSENTIA, UM, THE MADISON RILEY ATKINS AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SECONDARY ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDENT OF THE YEAR TO JORDAN MCCAMMON, WHO CANNOT BE HERE BECAUSE SHE IS GAINFULLY EMPLOYED AS A TEACHER.
UM, JORDAN GRADUATED DURING OUR DECEMBER COMMENCEMENT IN THE FALL AND IS CURRENTLY IN BEAUFORT COUNTY WORKING AS A TEACHER AS WE SPEAK.
SO LET'S GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR JORDAN.
AND OUR ENGLISH, UH, GRADUATES THIS YEAR ARE BOTH, UH, NOT HERE BECAUSE THEY ARE WORKING AND WE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE THEM WORKING IN THEIR FIELD.
UM, ABIGAIL VINING IS THE TOMB EB, UH, WINNER FOR OUTSTANDING ENGLISH GRADUATE.
AND THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE AT THE DECEMBER COMMENCEMENT WE'RE PRIVILEGED ENOUGH TO GET HEAR, TO GET TO HEAR ABIGAIL AS OUR STUDENT SPEAKER.
UM, AT THAT COMMENCEMENT, BOTH OF THESE STUDENTS REPRESENT, WE BELIEVE THE BEST OF WHAT ENGLISH STUDIES HAS TO OFFER THE WORLD, AND WE'RE SO PROUD OF THEM.
SO ABIGAIL, UM, AND NOW IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO BRING TO THE PODIUM PROFESSOR LIBBY RICARDO, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES TO PRESENT THE INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES AWARDS, I SET A NEW PRECEDENT THIS YEAR.
I STARTED CRYING THE MOMENT I LAID EYES ON OUR GRADUATES.
THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE YEAR AFTER YEAR, IF THAT WAS ON YOUR BINGO CARD, DING DING, DING, YOU WIN
UM, I FIRST MET JENNIFER LARSON ON ZOOM AT THE REQUEST OF HER GOLF COACH, MR. CORY COTTRELL.
HERE WAS THIS EXCITING NEW RECRUIT WHOSE INTEREST DIDN'T FIT NEATLY AND ANY OF OUR TRADITIONAL DISCIPLINES.
FROM THE FIRST MOMENT OF OUR ACQUAINTANCE, I KNEW THAT JENNIFER WAS TRULY EXCEPTIONAL, KIND, GENEROUS, CURIOUS, BRIGHT.
SHE ENTERED USCB AND INSTANTANEOUSLY BECAME A LEADER BOTH ON THE GOLF COURSE AND IN THE CLASSROOM.
SHE'S ONE OF THOSE STUDENTS THAT COMPELS US TO CONTEND WITH FERPA
WE JUST AS FACULTY CAN'T HELP BUT SHARE OUR ENTHUSIASM AND OUR AWE.
JENNIFER LEAVES US TO RETURN TO THE CONTINENT FOR GRAD SCHOOL.
UM, THE ALLURE OF A MASTER'S IN ANTHROPOLOGY AND STOCKHOLM WAS JUST TOO STRONG.
I WILL BE HOPING AND PRAYING SHE WILL BE ENTICED BY A PHD PROGRAM STATESIDE IN A FEW YEARS BECAUSE I'M GOING TO MISS HER.
JENNIFER LARSON IS OUR RECIPIENT OF THE GORDON HEIST INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES OUTSTANDING STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD.
YOU HAVE TO ENDURE ME FOR ONE MORE BOARD.
SHE WAS AND IS EXACTLY WHAT I IMAGINED WHEN WE DECIDED TO OFFER AN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES, UH, PROGRAM ONLINE, DETERMINED, THOUGHTFUL, INTELLIGENT, AND DISCIPLINED.
JOE FOUND HER WAY TO USCB WITH A CLEAR OBJECTIVE.
SHE WANTED TO STUDY LIBRARY SCIENCES.
I WON'T LEAVE YOU IN SUSPENSE.
JOE WILL BEGIN HER MASTER'S IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA THIS FALL.
THE HARDEST PART OF BEING JOE'S ADVISOR WAS WHITTLING DOWN THE MANY COURSES SHE WANTED TO TAKE EVERY SEMESTER.
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NEVER HAD AN ADVISEE THAT WAS SO RAVENOUS FOR KNOWLEDGE OR A SCHOLAR THAT WAS MORE CAPABLE OF DERIVING JOY IN LEARNING.JOE IS A TESTAMENT TO THE POSSIBILITIES OF LIFELONG LEARNING.
SHE'S AN INSPIRATION TO HER CHILDREN, TO HER GRANDCHILDREN, TO HER BELOVED COMMUNITY.
AND TO ME, IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE THAT JOE LITTLE WOULD BE THE FIRST TO RECEIVE OUR OUTSTANDING INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY STUDENT, ONLINE STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD.
MAY THOSE THAT COME AFTER YOU ASPIRE TO YOUR GREATNESS.
CONGRATS JOE LITTLE, I'M SO PROUD OF YOU.
OUR NEXT PRESENTER WILL BE DR. TIMOTHY JAMES.
I'M GOING TO LET HIM SAY THE NAME OF THE AWARD.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY INVITING, UM, TOM MICHAEL TO THE LECTERN.
HE WILL BE CO-PRESENTING THIS, UH, AWARD WITH ME, THE GOVERNOR PAUL HAMILTON, SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, OUTSTANDING HISTORY STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD.
AND, UM, TOM MICHAEL IS REPRESENTING THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
IN HIS REMARKS, YOUR CHANCELLOR MENTIONED OUTSTANDING CITIZENSHIP PERFORMANCES, WHICH WE'RE HERE TO AWARD TODAY.
BUT LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT A YOUNG MAN THAT WAS BORN IN 1762 IN THESE PARTS NAMED PAUL HAMILTON, WHO AT THE RIPE OLD AGE OF 17 YEARS OLD, VOLUNTEERED TO BE A MEMBER OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA MILITIA AND FOUGHT IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, BECAME A CONGRESSMAN FROM THIS DISTRICT, BECAME THE GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND BECAME THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, A VERY OUTSTANDING CITIZEN.
UH, IN 1986, A GROUP OF LOCAL CITIZENS JOINED TOGETHER TO FORM A LOCAL CHAPTER OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
AND SINCE THEN WE HAVE BEEN PRESENTING EACH YEAR AN AWARD TO THE OUTSTANDING HISTORY STUDENT WHO THIS YEAR IS MR. SEBASTIAN BIGGS.
IS HE HERE? AND YES, PLEASE COME UP
THANK, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE PROFESSOR SUE GIBSON, WHO WILL, UM, COME TO THE LECTERN TO PRESENT THE OUTSTANDING HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD.
OKAY, SO WITH ENDLESS ENERGY HIGH INITIATIVE AND A ZEALOUS DEDICATION TO BEING USEFUL, THIS STUDENT, UH, IS WHO YOU WANT BY YOUR SIDE WHEN YOU NEED TO GET THINGS DONE AND DONE BRILLIANTLY.
I WAS REMINDED THIS WEEK THAT GRADING PAPERS IS NOT MY FAVORITE THING TO DO, BUT I ALWAYS LOOKED FORWARD TO OPENING UP THE STUDENT'S WORK NO MATTER WHAT THE TOPIC WAS.
SHE HAD A LOT TO SAY AND IT WAS ALWAYS CAREFULLY RESEARCHED, WELL ORGANIZED, WITTY, AND PERSUASIVE.
THAT LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT CAME WITH HER INTO THE CLASSROOM AS WELL.
WHILE OTHER STUDENTS DUTIFULLY TRUDGED THROUGH THE COURSE, UH, CONTENT, I COULD ALWAYS COUNT ON HER TO ARRIVE TO CLASS PREPARED TO
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CHALLENGE IDEAS AND DISSECT COURSE CONCEPTS SO THAT SHE COULD SQUEEZE EVERY LAST DROP OF KNOWLEDGE OUT OF HER TIME AT SCHOOL.AS A NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENT AND THE MOTHER OF AN AMAZING YOUNG DAUGHTER NAMED RIPLEY, THIS STUDENT'S PATH TO GET HERE HAS BEEN FILLED WITH WINDING ROADS, BUT THOSE EXPERIENCES HAVE SHAPED HER WORLDVIEW AND ALLOWED HER TO FIND HER PASSION.
SHE NOT ONLY GETS THINGS DONE, BUT JUMPS IN WITH EYES WIDE OPEN AS A STUDENT.
HER INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY AND ABILITY TO LEAD HAS BEEN INSPIRATIONAL TO HER CLASSMATES, CHALLENGING THEM TO STRIVE FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AS WELL.
WE ARE PROUD TO CALL HER ONE OF OUR OWN.
AND DESPITE KNOWING THAT I WILL TRULY MISS HER, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE GREAT THINGS SHE WILL ACCOMPLISH AS A GRADUATE OF OUR PROGRAM.
CONGRATULATIONS, REBECCA POLLARD FOR THE OUTSTANDING HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD.
ALL RIGHT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, PRESENT PROFESSOR SARAH HALL, UM, TO PRESENT THE OUTSTANDING PUBLIC HEALTH STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD.
THIS STUDENT EXEMPLIFIES THE SPIRIT OF THE STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD THROUGH HER UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP.
WITH HER RICH INVOLVEMENT IN ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE USCB, PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY BOARD AND GAMMA BETA PHI HONOR SOCIETY, SHE HAS DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL COMMITMENT TO HER ACADEMIC AND EXTRACURRICULAR PURSUITS.
HER IMPACTFUL RESEARCH ON FOOD ENVIRONMENTS AND HEALTH DISPARITIES SHOWCASES HER DRIVE TO ADDRESS CRITICAL PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES.
HER LEADERSHIP AS PRESIDENT OF PHI THETA KAPPA AND HER VOLUNTEER WORK WITH VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS HIGHLIGHT HER PASSION FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE.
THIS STUDENT'S VISION FOR A HEALTHIER FUTURE AND HER PROACTIVE APPROACH MAKE HER A DESERVING RECIPIENT FOR THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD.
I WISH CARRIE WERE HERE TODAY.
I LEARN A LOT FROM HER AND IF YOU KNOW CARRIE, I LOOK UP TO HER IN MANY WAYS.
I HAVE HAD THE HONOR OF WORKING WITH HER AS, UH, IN AN INTERNSHIP THIS SEMESTER AS WELL AS AN INSTRUCTOR, I AM PLEASED TO PRESENT IN HER ABSENCE THE OUTSTANDING PUBLIC HEALTH STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD TO KERRY HILL.
DAWN ROBINSON WILL NOW BE PRESENTING THE LYNN M MILKY HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAM, OUTSTANDING STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD.
ALTHOUGH HE'S NOT HERE WITH US TODAY, IT'S A PLEASURE TO PRESENT OUR LYNN MOKEY HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAM, OUTSTANDING STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD.
WHAT STANDS OUT THE MOST ABOUT THIS STUDENT IS HIS ENTHUSIASM AND COMMITMENT TO LEARNING, AS WELL AS HIS DEDICATION TO MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE RECOVERING FROM ADDICTIONS.
AS A PROFESSOR, IT IS INSPIRING WHEN WE ENCOUNTER THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE THIS LEVEL OF DEDICATION TO HELPING OTHERS.
UM, HE COMPLETED AN INTERNSHIP AT ALPHA ALPHA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER AND HE WILL ACTUALLY BE WORKING THERE AFTER GRADUATION, AS WELL AS PURSUING HIS EDS IN CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING.
UM, SO IT IS A PLEASURE TO, UM, TO AWARD THE LYNN M MULKEY HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAM OUTSTANDING THROUGH THE YEAR AWARD TO KEYSTONE CASTILLO, ANOTHER OUTSTANDING STUDENT, UM, IN OUR PROGRAM IN THE PAST SEVEN YEARS, SHE'S BEEN A MOTHER.
SHE'S GAINED HER GED, SHE ENROLLED IN MIDLANDS TECHNICAL COLLEGE WHERE SHE WAS INVITED TO JOIN PHI THETA KAPPA HONORS SOCIETY FOR EXCELLENCE EXCELLENCE IN THE CLASSROOM, AND THEN SHE ENROLLED AT USCB.
LAST YEAR, SHE WAS AWARDED THE NEWMAN CIVIC SCHOLAR.
HER BIGGEST STRENGTH IS HER COMMITMENT TO MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS HER LEADERSHIP SKILLS.
SHE'S DEDICATED TO HELPING OTHERS
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TO LIVE THEIR LIVES TO THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL TO PARTICIPATED IN THE MOMS GROUP, WHICH IS PART OF LOAC.AND THE PURPOSE OF THE GROUP IS TO CELEBRATE OTHER MOTHERS IN RECOVERY.
SHE'S ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERN AT LOAC WHERE SHE DISTRIBUTED CRUCIAL LIFESAVING LIFESAVING RESOURCE MATERIALS TO HOSPITALS, URGENT CARE CENTERS, AND DOCTORS' OFFICES.
ADDITIONALLY, SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO HELP PROVIDE POSSIBLE SPONSORS FOR THE ROCK FOR RECOVERY CONCERT, AS WELL AS LOOK FOR SPONSORS IN DEALING WITH, UH, THE IMPORTANCE OF RECOVERY.
SHE HAS BEEN ACCEPTED INTO THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK WHERE SHE'LL BEGIN IN THE FALL.
SO IT IS A PLEASURE TO PRESENT OUR PALMETTO COLLEGE HUMAN SERVICES, STU OUTSTANDING STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD TO MADDIE WOLF.
I'D NOW LIKE TO INTRODUCE DR. LYNN HUTCHINSON, WHO WILL PRESENT OUR OUTSTANDING NURSING STUDENT OF THE YEAR.
THIS IS MY GREAT PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT THE OUTSTANDING NURSING STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD.
THIS IS AWARD THAT IS SELECTED BY THE FACULTY OF THE NURSING DEPARTMENT.
OUR RECIPIENT IS A NATIVE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND SHE WAS ACCEPTED INTO THE NURSING PROGRAM AS AN HONORS STUDENT.
AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL WITH AN ASSOCIATE OF ARTS DEGREE, THIS MAKES HER ONE OF OUR YOUNGEST EVER NURSING STUDENTS TO GRADUATE AT THE RIPE OLD AGE OF 20
UM, THIS HAS ALLOWED HER TO FAST TRACK IN THE NURSING PROGRAM AND SHE HAS EXCELLED.
SHE DISPLAYS A PASSION FOR LEARNING, IS GONNA BE A VERY GIFTED NURSE.
IN ADDITION TO EXCELLENT GRADES IN THE CLASSROOM, HER CLINICAL FACULTY IDENTIFIED HER AS A CARING AND COMPASSIONATE SKILLED STUDENT IN THE PATIENT CARE SETTING.
IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, SHE FOUND TIME TO BE ACTIVE IN THE USCB STUDENT NURSES ASSOCIATION, SERVING IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE AS VICE PRESIDENT.
SHE TRULY IS AN OUTSTANDING NURSING STUDENT AND EXCELLENT REPRESENTATIVE OF USCB.
SHE'LL START A CAREER AS A REGISTERED NURSE AT WELLSTAR MCG IN AUGUSTA, GEORGIA IS MY PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT.
IT IS NOW MY PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE DR.
SUMMER ROBERTS, WHO PRESENTING THE OUTSTANDING STUDENT IN SOCIOLOGY.
AND I PROBABLY REALIZE THAT IT IS RELATIVELY UNCOMMON FOR US TO BOTH ENTHUSIASTICALLY AGREE WITH LITTLE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHO THE BEST STUDENT IN SOCIOLOGY FOR ANY PARTICULAR YEAR IS GOING TO BE.
IT'S EVEN MORE RARE FOR ME TO FEEL LIKE I'M PRESENTING AN AWARD TO A FRIEND RATHER THAN JUST A STUDENT.
SO I'M THRILLED TO BE HERE TODAY TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SHANNON ADAMS, WHO IS THE SOCIOLOGY OUTSTANDING STUDENT AT THE YEAR AWARD.
SHANNON CAME TO US, UM, AS A PALMETTO COLLEGE STUDENT, WHICH MEANS SHE'S HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A WINDING PATH TO COMPLETE HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE.
UM, AND IN THE TWO AND A HALF YEARS I BELIEVE THAT I'VE KNOWN HER, I FEEL LIKE I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW HER AS WELL, IF NOT BETTER THAN A LOT OF OUR ON CAMPUS STUDENTS.
SHE HAS SERVED IN A MENTORING ROLE FOR, UM, THE, SHE WAS A FALL GRADUATE.
SHE GOT TO TAKE THE RESEARCH METHODS AND RESEARCH SEMINAR CLASS, UM, OVER THE COURSE OF LAST ACADEMIC YEAR.
AND SO THIS FALL, SHE SERVED IN A MENTORING ROLE FOR THE UPCOMING COHORT OF OUR SENIORS.
UM, SHE DID INDEPENDENT RESEARCH WITH ME BECAUSE WHETHER I DRAGGED HER INTO IT OR SHE WAS ENTHUSIASTICALLY ON BOARD, UM, SHE TOOK AN INTEREST IN GERONTOLOGY AND IN WORKING ON MAKING USCB, UM, AN AGE-FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT AND REALLY THREW HERSELF HEAD FIRST INTO THINKING ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANT IN TERMS OF THE STEPS WE WANTED TO TAKE IN EXPLORING, UM, US CVS UPCOMING PATH.
UM, SHANNON ALSO HAS SO MANY ROLES SHE TAKES ON IN HER DAILY LIFE.
UM, SHE'S A MILITARY MEMBER OF A MILITARY FAMILY, WHICH HAS LED
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HER TO PUT HER EDUCATION A LITTLE BIT ON THE BACK BURNER IN TERMS OF THINKING ABOUT HER NEXT STEP.BUT I KNOW WHEN SHE GETS READY TO START WORKING ON HER MASTER'S, SHE IS GOING TO BE AN OUTSTANDING COLLEAGUE AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU SHANNON FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR PROGRAM AND COME UP HERE TO ACCEPT YOUR AWARD.
CARMEN FERRELL, UM, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY WILL COME AND GIVE AWARDS TO THE PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS OF THE YEAR.
CARMEN BROWN FERRELL AND I'M AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY HERE AT USCB.
IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE TO PRESENT OUR TWO PSYCHOLOGY STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARDS.
I WILL START WITH OUR OUTSTANDING ONLINE STUDENT OF THE YEAR.
KRISTIN ROS HAS ABSOLUTELY EXCELLED IN OUR PALMETTO COLLEGE ONLINE DEGREE COMPLETION PROGRAM.
SHE HAS MAINTAINED EXCELLENT GRADES THROUGHOUT HER TIME WITH US, AND I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE HER IN TWO OF MY CLASSES.
HER DILIGENT WORK ETHIC AND STRONG ACADEMIC RECORD ALLOWED HER TO BE INDUCTED INTO OUR PSCI INTERNATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY, WHICH REFLECTS HER EXCELLENCE IN PSYCHOLOGY.
SHE COMPLETED HER CAPSTONE RESEARCH PROJECT WITH ME IN ADVANCED RESEARCH METHODS AND FOUND INTERESTING RELATIONSHIPS THAT EXIST BETWEEN VARIOUS HUMOR STYLES AND A PERSON'S EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE.
KRISTEN IS KIND AND HER COMPASSION FOR OTHERS WILL ALLOW HER TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT MARK ON THE WORLD AS SHE PURSUES HIGHER EDUCATION LEADERSHIP.
WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR AND PROUD OF HER.
OUR OUTSTANDING ONLINE STUDENT OF THE YEAR.
NEXT UP IS OUR CHARLES PETERSON PSYCHOLOGY PROGRAM AWARD RECIPIENT.
I FIRST MET MISS ANDREA SANTI, BONO TRUJILLO THE SECOND SEMESTER OF HER FRESHMAN YEAR.
SHE WAS ENROLLED IN MY LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY CLASS AND RIGHT AWAY I COULD TELL SHE WAS GOING TO BE AN EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT.
I WAS SO IMPRESSED BY HER CHARACTER IN CLASS AND HER ACADEMIC SUCCESS THAT I NOMINATED HER FOR ONE OF OUR FIRST YEAR STUDENT AWARDS.
SHE CLAIMS THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT ANYBODY EVER REALLY NOTICED HER, BUT REST ASSURED, IF IT WASN'T ME, SOMEONE ELSE WOULD'VE BEEN QUICK TO FOLLOW IN MY FOOTSTEPS.
ANDREA IS NOTHING SHORT OF THE ABSOLUTE BEST OF USCB.
WAS INVITED TO THE MCNAIR SCHOLARS RESEARCH PROGRAM AFTER HER SOPHOMORE YEAR, WON THE DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR AWARD THERE AND GOT TO PRESENT HER WORK AT UCLA THAT SUMMER.
IMMEDIATELY UPON RETURNING TO SEB, SHE REACHED OUT TO ME WANTING TO PURSUE RESEARCH, UM, AND APPLY FOR HER OWN RESEARCH GRANT THAT GRANT WAS FUNDED.
AND SHE SPENT HER JUNIOR YEAR ANALYZING A NATIONAL DATA SET WITH ME THAT FOCUSED ON HELP SEEKING BEHAVIORS OF VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, WHICH IS NOW AN ARTICLE IN PRESS.
HAVING A FIRST AUTHORED PEER REVIEWED MANUSCRIPT BEFORE YOU GRADUATE IS AN INCREDIBLE AND UNCOMMON FEAT FOR A PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR.
SHE ALSO COMPLETED A SUMMER INTERNSHIP DOING COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH AT RUTGERS LAST SUMMER.
HAS BEEN THE PRESIDENT OF OUR PSYCHOLOGY CLUB ON CAMPUS FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS AND IS CURRENTLY INTERNING AT LOW COUNTRY LEGAL VOLUNTEERS NOW THAT SHE'S GRADUATING.
IT IS NO SURPRISE THAT SHE HAS BEEN ACCEPTED INTO AND WILL ATTEND THE ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY DOCTORAL PROGRAM AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY.
BEING AWARDED BOTH FULL FUNDING AS WELL AS THEIR UNIVERSITY DISTINGUISHED FELLOWSHIP, IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO WATCH HER GROW IN HER RESEARCH SKILLS, PROFESSIONALISM AND CONFIDENCE OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
HER KINDNESS AND PASSION FOR OTHERS KNOWS NO BOUNDS.
THERE ARE TRULY NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE HOW PROUD WE ARE OF ANDREA AND WE CANNOT WAIT TO SEE HER SOAR.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR STUDENT OF THE YEAR, ANDREA BANYA TRU.
UM, I AM NOW EXCITED TO, UH, INVITE PROFESSOR JIM SY FOR THE OUTSTANDING STUDIO ART AWARD.
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UH, I AM HONORED TO PRESENT THE OUTSTANDING STUDIO ART STUDENT OF YEAR AWARD TO SYLVIA MARIE SMITH.THROUGHOUT HER TIME AT USCB, SHE'S BEEN A STEADFAST LEARNER EARNING HIGH MARKS IN ALL HER CLASSES.
SHE DID WELL IN HER INTERNSHIP AT LOW COUNTRY GAMES AND HAS EXCELLED IN COURSEWORK, IN ANIMATION, GAME DESIGN, GRAPHIC DESIGN, AND SHE HAS WORKED HARD IN CERAMICS AND PHOTOGRAPHY AND HELD LEADERSHIP POSITIONS IN THE U-S-C-B-R CLUB.
SHE IS WELL LIKED BY ALL OF HER INSTRUCTORS AND HER FELLOW CLASSMATES.
SHE WAS ALWAYS EAGER TO LEARN AND CREATE MEANINGFUL ART PROJECTS.
SHE DID THIS ALL WITH A GIRLY POP SPARKLE SMILE, HER WORDS, NOT MINE.
AND THAT WAS CONTAGIOUS TO ALL THOSE AROUND HER.
SHE RECENTLY SHOWED HER ARTISTRY AT THE SENIOR EXHIBITION AND TYPE FOR FIRST PLACE IN STUDENT RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP DAY.
WHAT MAKES MARIE SPECIAL ISN'T JUST HOW GOOD SHE IS OR WHAT SHE CAN ACCOMPLISH.
IN FACT, I BELIEVE SHE CAN ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING.
WHAT MAKES HER SPECIAL IS HOW SHE MAKES THOSE AROUND HER WANTS TO BE BETTER AS WELL.
OF COURSE, SHE HAS HELPED FOR ALL OF HER REFERRAL CLASSMATES.
SHE GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND TO HELP EVERYONE AROUND HER.
MORE THAN THAT, SHE INSPIRES EVERYONE TO DO BETTER AND TO BE BETTER.
FURTHERMORE, MARIA HAS GREAT PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.
SHE'S GONNA GO, SHE'S GONNA GET HER MASTER OF FINE ARTS AT THE SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, WHERE I'M SURE HER SKILLS IN ART AND GRAPHIC DESIGN WILL ONLY GET BETTER.
PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME SYLVIA MARIE SMITH.
UM, AND NOW, UH, PRESENTER PER PRESENTER IS GONNA BE PROFESSOR SARAH HULL WHO'S GONNA PRESENT THE NEW CIVIC FELLOWSHIP AWARD.
THIS STUDENT WAS BORN IN PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC, WHERE SHE OBTAINED A THREE YEAR DEGREE IN SOCIAL WORK AND LAW AND STARTED AS AN ENGLISH TEACHER IN HER NATIVE COUNTRY.
SHE MOVED TO THE UNITED STATES IN 2005 AND DURING HER CHILDREN'S YEARS IN SCHOOL, SHE TAUGHT A, TAUGHT A PROGRAM CALLED JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN WASHINGTON STATE.
THEN MOVING TO OREGON, SHE WORKED AS A SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM ASSISTANT FOR CHILDREN WITH BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS. AFTER MOVING TO SOUTH CAROLINA, SHE SERVED AS BOTH AN INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES WITH DSS AND AS A CHILD SUPPORT SPECIALIST, THIS STUDENT ALSO SERVED AS A PARALEGAL CONCENTRATING ON CASES OF ABUSE AND NEGLECT OF CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE ADULTS.
HER OUTSTANDING QUALITIES INCLUDE HER DEEP EMPATHY AND GENUINE CARE.
FOR THOSE IN NEED, HER DESIRE TO AFFECT SOCIAL CHANGE AND TO HELP THE LESS FORTUNATE IS WHY SHE BECAME A-U-S-C-V HUMAN SERVICES STUDENT WHERE SHE HAS EXCELLED IN THE PROGRAM.
OBVIOUSLY, THIS STUDENT HAS A HEART MADE FOR SERVICE.
WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE A STUDENT LIKE THIS WORKING IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING THIS YEAR'S NEWMAN CIVIC FELLOWSHIP AWARD TO THE VERY, VERY DESERVING LUCY DOLLARIDE.
DDAY FUSI WILL BE PRESENTING THE FOUNDING CHANCELLOR JANE R UPSHAW MATHEMATICS OUTSTANDING STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD.
OKAY, WELL, THE STUDENT SHOULD BE REWARDED JUST FOR, UH, CHOOSING MATH.
WHEN, UH, MATH IS AVOIDED LIKE A DEADLY DISEASE, GENERALLY
SO, BUT THEN WHEN THAT'S NOT THE CASE, THE AWARD IS NOT GIVEN TO THE BEST GRADUATING STUDENT.
OTHERWISE, THIS CASE, THE STUDENT WOULDN'T HAVE ANY COMPETITION, WOULD'VE WON BY DEFAULT, UH, BUT TO THE BEST GRADUATED STUDENT
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AMONG THOSE WHO MEET SPECIFIC CRITERIA, THIS CRITERIA INCLUDE THE DEDICATION, ABILITY TO EXPLAIN MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS, ABILITY TO APPLY, ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE TO NEW SITUATION AND ABILITY TO WORK INDEPENDENTLY.THE AWARD DOESN'T, DOESN'T NEED TO BE GIVEN.
DR CANADA KNOWS THAT I OPPOSE IN THE PAST TO CONFIRM SOME AWARDS AND, UH, THE STUDENT SHOWED ALL THE ABILITIES MENTIONED BEFORE WHILE TAKING CLASSES AT USCB IN PARTICULAR, PARTICULAR, I APPRECIATE ALL THESE ABILITIES AND, UH, IS A STRONG ABILITY TO WORK INDEPENDENTLY WHILE WORKING ON AN UNDERGRADUATE PROJECT UNDER MY SUPERVISION.
AND, UH, I REALLY THINK THAT THE STUDENT DESERVES IT AND THAT THE STUDENT IS, UH, ALEX LONG AND THE LAST, BUT NOT THE LEAST.
VICE CHANCELLOR, UH, FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIR AND PROVOST, DR.
DAVID WAS GOING TO BE OKAY, BUT THANK YOU.
SO I GET TO INTRODUCE A PERSON WHO NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION.
THIS IS OUR DARWIN, UH, DARWIN B BASHAW STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD.
IT GOES TO A PUBLIC HEALTH MAJOR, UM, WHO HAS COMPLETED A RESEARCH INTERNSHIP IN EPIDEMIOLOGY.
SHE IS THE LONGEST SERVING SGA, THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT, HAVING DEDICATED THREE YEARS TO FOSTERING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND SUPPORTING HER FELLOW STUDENTS.
SHE IS A RECIPIENT OF THE NORMAN BARNES SERVICE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNIVERSITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS PERSON HAS REALLY MADE IT WHEN, UH, THE MAYOR CALLS YOU ONE MORNING CALLED ME ONE MORNING AND SAID, HOW DO I GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR SGA PRESIDENT EMMA OSMOND.
SO EMMA OSMOND, WELCOME TO THE STAGE.
I GET TO INVITE TO INVITE TO THE STAGE, UH, SARAH SWOFFORD, WHO WILL PRESENT THE INAUGURAL CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING TEACHING AWARD.
UM, IN JANUARY OF 2021, USCB OPENED ITS CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING, AND I HAVE HAD THE GREAT PRIVILEGE OF BEING THE DIRECTOR OF THAT CENTER.
UM, OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, I HAVE GOTTEN TO SEE TEACHING IN EVERY DEPARTMENT AND DISCIPLINE AT THIS INSTITUTION.
AND SO I THINK I'M THE LUCKIEST FACULTY MEMBER AT USCB.
UM, AND SO BEFORE I ANNOUNCE OUR INAUGURAL FIRST EVER TEACHING AWARD AT USCB, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT AND RECOGNIZE OUR INCREDIBLE FACULTY.
WE HAVE THE BEST TEACHER SCHOLARS IN THE WORLD HERE AT THIS INSTITUTION.
SO CAN WE GIVE THEM ALL A ROUND OF APPLAUSE? THE, THAT LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE MADE CHOOSING THE WINNER OF THIS INAUGURAL AWARD DIFFICULT, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY WONDERFUL FACULTY AND TEACHING IS DIFFICULT, BUT REWARDING WORK.
THE WINNER OF THIS AWARD IS AS HER DEPARTMENT CHAIR DESCRIBES HER, A TEACHER'S TEACHER, ONE WHOSE INSTRUCTION IS TRULY CONSTRUCTIVIST IN NATURE.
THIS PERSON EXCELS IN THE CLASSROOM WHERE SHE CONNECTS USDB STUDENTS WITH THE NATURAL WORLD AND WITH THE CLASSROOMS WHERE THEY WILL SOMEDAY TEACH SCIENCE THEMSELVES.
SORRY, Y'ALL
I BELIEVE THAT'S THE SECRET SAUCE OF GOOD TEACHING.
UM, AND OUR FACULTY ADVISORY COUNCIL FOUND OURSELVES NEWLY INSPIRED ABOUT OUR OWN CLASSROOM PRACTICES.
WHEN WE REVIEWED HER APPLICATION MATERIALS, HER STUDENTS REMARK THAT HER CLASSES MAKE THEM FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH SCIENCE, UM,
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AND THAT THEY ENGAGE THEM IN THEIR OWN LEARNING AND HELP THEM UNDERSTAND HOW RELEVANT SCIENCE IS TO THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES.CATHERINE MADDEN IS UNFLAGGING IN HER SUPPORT OF USCB STUDENTS, AND WE ARE SO VERY LUCKY TO HAVE HER AS OUR COLLEAGUE.
AND, UM, I BELIEVE IN THE FUTURE TO BE DR. MADDEN AS SHE DEFENDS HER DISSERTATION THIS SUMMER.
SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING TO THE STAGE CATHERINE MADDEN, THE WINNER OF OUR VERY FIRST TEACHING AWARD.
MS. BEFORE I TURN THE STAGE BACK OVER, I WILL ALSO SAY, THIS AWARD IS IN SEARCH OF A NAME.
AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HONOR A TEACHER IN YOUR LIFE, I CAN CONNECT YOU WITH ADVANCEMENT.
UM, SO I WOULD LOVE TO WELCOME BACK TO THE STAGE MS. EMMA OSMOND, WHO WILL BE PRESENTING OUR NEXT AWARD.
UM, IT IS AN ABSOLUTE HONOR TO BE BE HERE WITH ALL OF YOU TODAY TO PRESENT, UH, THESE SPECIAL AWARDS TO OUR FACULTY AND STAFF MEMBERS.
UM, THIS AWARD CEREMONY IS ONE OF MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE THINGS I'VE GOTTEN TO DO IN MY TIME AS STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT.
I THINK MY FELLOW SAND SHARKS COULD AGREE WE WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY IF IT WASN'T FOR OUR WONDERFUL FACULTY AND STAFF MEMBERS SUPPORTING US EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
AND BEING SOME OF OUR BIGGEST CHEERLEADERS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM THAT MAKES THIS AWARD CEREMONY ONE OF THE MOST SPECIAL THINGS BECAUSE WE GET TO CELEBRATE ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK AS WELL.
I'LL ALSO LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK OUR FACULTY AND OUR STAFF MEMBERS FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO THE SAND SHARK COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF Y'ALL,
UM, FIRST, I'M HONORED TO PRESENT THE ACADEMIC ADVISOR OF THE YEAR AWARD TO SOMEONE WHO'S TRULY GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND.
UM, IN GUIDING HER STUDENTS WITH COMPASSION AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THEIR ACADEMIC JOURNEYS, HER ABILITY TO LISTEN WITH EMPATHY AND POWER AND PROVIDE DIRECTION EVEN IN THE MOST CHALLENGING MOMENTS HAS TRULY MADE A LASTING IMPACT ON OUR STUDENTS AND THE ENTIRE SAND SHARK COMMUNITY.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING CHELSEA POND'S, UH, ACADEMIC ADVISOR OF THE YEAR.
NEXT, I'M PROUD TO PRESENT THE ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR AWARD TO A FACULTY MEMBER WHO HAS TRULY BROUGHT EXPERTISE, ENTHUSIASM, AND GENUINE CARE FOR HIS STUDENTS.
HIS DEDICATION TO TEACHING SETS AN INCREDIBLE EXAMPLE FOR THE ENTIRE SAND CHART COMMUNITY.
PLEASE HELP ME CONGRATULATE DR.
KEVIN DFF, ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR.
AND FINALLY, THE PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR AWARD GOES TO AN EDUCATOR WHO TRULY HAS ALSO GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND, WHO INSPIRES CHALLENGES AND TRULY UPLIFTS EVERY STUDENT INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF HER CLASSROOM.
HER LEADERSHIP IN OUR ACADEMIC COMMUNITY AND COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE IS SOMETHING THAT IS SO SPECIAL.
PLEASE HELP ME IN, PLEASE HELP ME CONGRATULATE DR. MORGAN JONES WILLIAMS, PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR.
FLIP THE PAGE AND THEN FLIP IT ONE MORE TIME.
I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME BACK MR. OR DR.
SO NOW I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF PRESENTING
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THE AWARD THAT'S NAMED FOR USB'S.FIRST DEAN OF STUDENT SERVICES, WHO IS VINCENT P MAEK, WHO HAPPENS TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
WE SO THE VINCENT P MACER AWARD GOES TO A FULL-TIME FACULTY OR STAFF MEMBER WHO DEMONSTRATES A STRONG COMMITMENT TO WORKING WITH STUDENTS OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM IN STUDENTS SPONSORED ACTIVITIES.
THE RECIPIENT IS A CHAMPION FOR ALL KINDS OF THINGS, INCLUDING SUPERVISING STUDENT WORKERS WORKING WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLUB.
HE IS NOT ONLY A CHEERFUL PRESENCE, BUT HE'S ALSO A WONDERFUL POSITIVE ROLE MODEL FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND THE REST OF US AS WELL.
THIS YEAR'S VINCENT, PETE, MS. ERIC WARD GOES TO MR. NORMAN BARNES.
OKAY, NOW WE GET TO TRANSITION TO THE NEXT PART OF THE, OF THE EVENT.
BOBETTE VIENNA ALVAREZ TO THE STAGE OR TO THE PODIUM, RATHER TO RECOGNIZE OUR BUFORT COLLEGE HONORS CLASS OF 2025.
BEFORE I START WITH THE HONORS, UH, MEDALLION CEREMONY, I'D LIKE TO CALL A PERSON ON THE STAGE.
SHE'S ALREADY ON THE STAGE, BUT I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AN HONORS STUDENT, GABRIELA HERNANDEZ.
GABRIELA IS HERE ON HER FIRST YEAR AS AN HONOR STUDENT AND SHE'S THE PRESIDENT ELECT OF THE HONOR STUDENT ASSOCIATION.
AND SO IT'S BEEN A TRADITION FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS TO HAVE THE PRESIDENT OR PRESIDENT ELECT ASSIST US WITH THIS WONDROUS MOMENT FOR A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS.
UM, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, HONORS IS A VERY BIG JOB HERE AT THE USCB AND I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE PATRICIA HARDEN, WHO'S SEATING AT THE AUDIENCE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PATRICIA.
THE LAST GROUP I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE HONOR STEERING COMMITTEE, THE FACULTY MEMBERS.
AND I'D LIKE TO CALL ON THE CHAIR TO STAND UP ALONG WITH THE MEMBERS.
DR. MACK JAMES IS THE CHAIR AND THE MEMBERS ARE KIM ES MERCER LER, JOE KUN, DAVID DE HUI, AND, UH, LYNN HUTCHINSON HAS BEEN ASSISTING WITH US AS WELL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HONOR STEERING PD.
SO BEING AN HONOR STUDENT AND AN ACADEMIC AWARDEE STUDENT IS A RECOGNITION INTO PERPETUITY.
I WOULD LIKE ALL OUR HONOR STUDENTS AND OUR AWARDEES TO REMEMBER THAT YOU HAVE THIS AWARD INTO PERPETUITY.
NO ONE CAN TAKE IT AWAY FROM YOU.
SO ALWAYS BE PROUD OF THE AWARD YOU RECEIVE OR THE MEDALLION YOU'RE ABOUT TO RECEIVE BECAUSE YOU'VE WORKED HARD FOR THIS AND YOU OWN THIS AWARD INTO PERPETUITY.
WHEN ELSE CAN I USE THAT WORD RIGHT,
SO WELCOME TO THE BEAUFORT COLLEGE HONORS MEDALS CEREMONY.
YOU WILL FIND THE HISTORY OF OUR HONORS PROGRAM IN YOUR BROCHURE.
I WILL NOT REPEAT WHAT IS IN YOUR PACKET AND IN YOUR BROCHURE WE ARE GOING TO SAY THINGS AND SHARE INFORMATION THAT'S NOT SO MUCH WRITTEN THERE, BUT EXPERIENCED.
AND I WELCOME YOU ALL TO SAVE THE BROCHURE AND TO TREASURE IT FOR OUR AWARDEES, BECAUSE THEN YOU CAN LOOK BACK INTO EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN PUBLISHED THERE.
BEFORE I CONTINUE, I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE CHANCELLOR, DR.
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AND OUR PROVOST, UH, DR.ERIC SKIPPER SINCE THEY ENVISIONED THE HONORS PROGRAM WHEN THEY ARRIVED HERE.
AND WE WOULD NOT HAVE THIS HONORS PROGRAM WITHOUT THEM.
THANK THE HONORS PROGRAM IS NOT ABOUT HELPING STUDENTS DO WELL IN CLASS.
I DO WANT TO LET EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE KNOW ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THAT'S THE JOB OF THEIR PROFESSORS.
THE HONORS PROGRAM'S JOB IS TO PREPARE OUR HONORS STUDENTS FIVE YEARS AFTER THEY GRADUATE, 10 YEARS AFTER THEY GRADUATE, 20 YEARS AFTER THEY GRADUATE.
THAT IS WHAT THE HONORS PROGRAM IS ALL ABOUT.
AND YES, THIS STUDENTS WORKED HARDER MORE, THEY DID ADDITIONAL WORK BEYOND THE REGULAR STUDENTS, AND THAT ADDITIONAL WORK IS AN INVESTMENT INTO THEIR FUTURE.
AS EVIDENCE OF THAT, 15% OF THE ACADEMIC AWARDEES ARE ALSO HONOR STUDENTS.
SO YOU COULD SEE HOW MUCH WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE.
SO LET'S NOW START WITH OUR FIRST STUDENT, LINDSAY BAKER.
AS LINDSAY BAKER COMES UP THE STAGE, I'M GONNA SHARE WITH YOU THAT SHE HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH DR.
ED ANTONIO AND THAT SHE WAS AWARDED FIRST PLACE IN DISCOVER USC IN COLUMBIA AND SEVERAL TIMES, UH, FIRST PLACE HERE AT STUDENT RESEARCH AS WELL.
SO CHANCELLOR, OH, COULD WE HAVE, COULD, COULD WE HAVE A PICTURE WITH THE CHANCELLOR? I THINK WE WERE NOT DONE WITH THE CHANCELLOR.
BUT THESE PICTURES ARE IMPORTANT, RIGHT? OKAY.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO LINDSAY.
I FORGOT TO MENTION SHE WON FIRST PLACE IN DISCOVER USC HER SECOND YEAR HERE WHERE SHE COMPETED WITH IN HER CATEGORY.
SHE WON FIRST PLACE, BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF, UH, OVER A THOUSAND PARTICIPANTS, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
OKAY, LET'S CONTINUE WITH OUR SECOND STUDENT, TRACY BAPTISTE FUKO.
TRACY ALREADY, UH, GRADUATED LAST DECEMBER, WHICH IS WHY SHE'S ALREADY STARTED HER MASTER'S PROGRAM.
SO TRACY'S VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND HER MASTER'S PROGRAM IS IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY.
OH, I KNOW EMMAGEN VERY, VERY WELL.
SHE WAS ONE OF THOSE SUPER ACTIVE FIRST YEAR HONOR STUDENT.
YOU KNOW WHAT SHE DID? SHE'S A MOVER AND A SHAKER.
SHE GAVE A PROPOSAL FOR THE TOWN OF BEAUFORT AND GAVE IT TO THE MAYOR AND DICK STEWART, HER VERY FIRST YEAR HERE.
AND EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT MENTIONING IT, ALMOST ALL OUR HONOR STUDENTS ARE ALREADY FULLY EMPLOYED AND YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE EITHER A NURSE IN, UH, THE COMMUNITY OR ELSEWHERE IN ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
ACTUALLY, WE EVEN HAVE AN HONOR STUDENT GOING TO ALASKA.
BUT LET'S WAIT BEFORE WE CONTINUE THERE.
UM, LILLIAN BLAKE IS OUR NEXT STUDENT.
LILLIAN BLAKE IS SUPER ACTIVE AND SHE WON FIRST PLACE AT, UH, STUDENT RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP DAY.
SHE WAS FUNDED SUMMER RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND SHE'S GOING TO ALASKA.
SO SHE WON AN INTERNSHIP AT THE ALASKA SEA LIFE CENTER, THAT BIOLOGY PROGRAM.
THEY'RE GOING EVERYWHERE, RIGHT? DR.
OUR NEXT STUDENT CAME TO MY MINI HONORS HOURS SO MANY TIMES THAT I NOMINATED HER AS OUTSTANDING FIRST YEAR STUDENT OF THE YEAR.
SHE WAS, SHE WAS FUNDED BY THE HONORS OFFICE FOR A STUDY ABROAD STUDY AWAY PROGRAM THAT ENDED UP IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
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SIERRA CREATED THE, UH, BYLAWS FOR THE HONORS STUDENT ASSOCIATION GROUP.AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S MENTIONED IN THE BROCHURE THAT SHE'S ALREADY GOT A JOB WAITING FOR HER.
A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS ARE ALREADY GOING TO BE FULLY EMPLOYED.
NEXT WE HAVE RILEY BURNETT RILEY.
RENATA TOMPKINS WAS ABOUT BUILDING ORAL LANGUAGE FOR CHILDREN.
AND RILEY HAS BEEN SUPER ACTIVE IN BEAUFORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, LATEST ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BRIDGES PREPARATORY SCHOOL.
BUT HER JOB IS GOING TO BE IN GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA.
OUR NEXT HONOR STUDENT IN BIOLOGY IS AUSTIN CARTER.
AUSTIN WANTED TO BE A VETERINARIAN, AND YOU'LL KNOW WHY AFTER I FINISH.
IT'S, UH, WITH THE GUIDANCE OF DR.
STATON, UH, HE HAS BEEN ACCEPTED TO THE TUSKEGEE COLLEGE OF VETERINARIAN MEDICINE BECAUSE YES, ALREADY ACCEPTED BECAUSE HIS ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO TAKE OVER HIS DAD'S EQUINE CLINIC AT HOME.
OKAY, CONGRATULATIONS, AUSTIN.
OUR NEXT, OUR NEXT STUDENT HAS BEEN BUSY DOING SO MANY PROJECTS, HONORS PROJECTS, UH, HONORS CONTRACT PROJECTS.
AND ONE OF HER PROJECTS WAS ON CARDIOLOGY BECAUSE A LOT OF THE STUDENTS HAD DIFFICULTY LEARNING THAT UNIT IN CLASS WITH PROFESSOR BARRIOS.
SO HE DE SHE DECIDED TO DO A STUDENT ASSISTED AIDE TO HELP THE STUDENTS LEARN.
DAYTONA HAS ALREADY BEEN WORKING THREE YEARS AT A PHARMACY.
SO SHE'S ALL SET WITH URGENT SHIFTING TO ER AND URGENT CARE.
NEXT, LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR STUDENT WHO HAS DONE INFOGRAPHIC MATERIALS WITH AN HONORS PROJECT FOR PROFESSOR BARRIOS THIS TIME ON CARJACK CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, BECAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT SHE HAD, SHE ASSISTED THE STUDENTS TO LEARN.
SHE WILL BE WORKING AT MEMORIAL HEALTH SAVANNAH.
AND THE NEXT STAGE OF HER GOAL IS TO BE A CERTIFIED NURSE, AN ANTHESIS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? ONE OF THE HIGHEST NURSES PAID IN THE COUNTRY.
OKAY, NOT THREE, SIX FIGURE SALARIES.
SO THERE'S A STORY BEFORE I CALL OUR NEXT STUDENT WHO'S IN BIOLOGY.
HER FIRST YEAR HERE DURING THE CHRISTMAS BREAK, I WAS HELPING HER GET INTO AN INTERNSHIP AND SHE WAS IN HER CAR AND WE WERE ZOOMING WHILE SHE WAS IN HER CAR BECAUSE I WAS HELPING HER FOR HER APPLICATION, WHICH ENDED UP TO BE SUPER SUCCESSFUL AT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FOR A SUMMER.
INTERNSHIPS WE'RE SUPER PROUD.
HER FIRST YEAR HERE, SHE ALREADY GOT THAT AND THAT'S PIPER DAVIS, FIRST YEAR HERE.
AND SHE WAS ALREADY BUGGING MY OFFICE, I TELL YOU THAT
YOU NEED TO FINISH THIS, YOU NEED TO SUBMIT THIS.
WE NEED THE LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION AND ALL THAT.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE BROCHURE, SHE HAS ACCOMPLISHED SO MANY THINGS AND IS SET FOR HER MASTER'S PROGRAM HAVING BEEN ACCEPTED ALREADY AT GEORGIA SOUTHERN.
LET'S MOVE ON TO EMMA ROSE GILMAN COMMUNICATIONS STUDIES.
NOW, BEFORE SHE COMES ON STAGE, LET ME TALK ABOUT HER HONORS CONTRACT PROJECT WITH DR.
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VIOLET, BECAUSE SHE'S A COMMUNICATIONS MAJOR, SHE DECIDED SHE'S BEEN AN RA AND SHE'S WON AWARDS BEING AN RA.SHE IS CREATING OR HAS CREATED A COMMUNICATIONS GUIDE FOR RAS.
TALK ABOUT COMBINING TWO THINGS, HER MAJOR PLUS WHAT SHE'S BEEN DOING HERE.
SO LET'S WELCOME EMMA ROSE GILMAN IN THE PARAGRAPH SHE PRO, UM, THAT'S IN THE BROCHURE.
SHE MENTIONS, OUR LIVES AREN'T JUST MEASURED IN YEARS.
THEY'RE MEASURED IN THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WE TOUCH AROUND US, WHICH IS A QUOTE FROM A NOVEL THAT SHE'S READ.
OUR NEXT STUDENT IS A BIOLOGY MAJOR WHO WORKED WITH DR. KIM RICHIE ON AN HONORS CONTRACT PROJECT REGARDING HORSESHOE CRABS AND A MARINE POLICY ON HORSESHOE CRABS REGARDING HARVESTING THEM AND ALL.
AND SHE ALSO HAS WORKED WITH DR. PETTY AND DR.
UM, SHE HAS BEEN ALSO VERY ACTIVE WITH THE ENVIRONMENT CLUB.
AND THAT IS DANNY DANIELLA HUSTED.
OKAY, OUR NEXT AWARDEE HONORS MEDALLION STUDENT NURSING IS GOING TO BE WORKING AT PENN STATE HOLY SPIRIT MEDICAL CENTER IN PENNSYLVANIA.
AND UM, I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT SHE HAD DONE A PROJECT WITH DR. MORGAN EDWARDS, EDWARD EDMONDS, REGARDING, UM, EDUCATING THE FACULTY AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL.
DO YOU SEE HOW OUR HONOR STUDENTS ARE NOT JUST LIMITING THEMSELVES TO DO PROJECTS IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT ACTUALLY GOING INTO THE HOSPITALS? WE'RE SO PROUD OF OLIVIA CROWDS.
OUR NEXT HONORS STUDENT IS ALSO NURSING.
AND UH, THIS STUDENT HAS BEEN TO MY OFFICE.
THIS STUDENT WENT WITH ME WHEN WE DID, UH, THE HONORS TRIP TO THE CDC AND EMORY UNIVERSITY IN ATLANTA.
NINA LOGAN WILL BE DOING A MEDICAL INTERN AT SARAH NET VILLAGE IN NEW YORK.
OUR NEXT STUDENT IN BIOLOGY WENT TO BRAZIL AND HAS BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, DR.
ED ANTONIO ON RESEARCH AND WAS FUNDED BY THE HONORS OFFICE AND THE PROVOST OFFICE FOR A STUDY ABROAD AND A RESEARCH ABROAD IN BRAZIL.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, SHE'S ALSO WON MULTIPLE AWARDS AS WELL.
AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THE HANDOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN LISTED OUT.
D ANTONIO HAS BEEN PRESENTED AT CLEMSON.
IT'S BEEN PRESENTED AT, UH, COLUMBIA.
IT'S BEEN PRESENTED AT THE SOUTHEAST COASTAL CONFERENCE.
SHE'S NOT JUST A INSIDE THE CLASSROOM TYPE STUDENT, SHE'S ALL OVER THE PLACE.
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LAST YEAR, THIS STUDENT WHO WAS ABOUT TO RECEIVE HER MEDALLION, WHO WON THE HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT STUDENT OUTSTANDING STUDENT OF THE YEAR, AND THE STUDENT HAS ALSO BEEN A VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE AMBASSADORS PROGRAM.AND ONE OF HER HONORS PROJECTS WITH DR.
SEAN BARTH WAS ON VISITING THE COUNTRY CLUBS IN OUR AREA AND SHADOWING THE EVENTS COORDINATORS PREPARING HER FOR HER JOB.
SO LET'S WELCOME ON THE STAGE, MAYA
OKAY, WE NEED A COUPLE OF MINUTES BEFORE I CALL THE NAME OF OUR NEXT AWARDEE BECAUSE I HAVE A STORY TO TELL ON NOVEMBER 28TH, 2022, I SENT AN EMAIL TO THIS STUDENT NOMINATING THE STUDENT FOR THE MCNAIR PROGRAM IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
AND THIS STUDENT HAS TAKEN THAT AND HAS GONE SO MANY PLACES.
AND I TELL YOU FROM BEING THE MCNAIR SCHOLAR HERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA, TO BEING SELECTED AS THE NATIONAL MCNAIR REPRESENTATIVE AT UCLA TO GETTING A RUTGERS REU IN THE SUMMER AND NOW A FULLY FUNDED DIRECT TO PHD PROGRAM AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S THAT LITTLE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO FOR OUR STUDENTS.
A NOMINATION HERE, A NUDGE HERE, A NUDGE THERE.
AND THE MESSAGE I'VE TOLD THE STUDENT MULTIPLE TIMES IS MCNAIR IS NOT THE END GOAL.
IT'S JUST A STEP UCLA IS NOT THE MAIN GOAL, IT'S JUST A STEP.
AND NOW HER PHD, I TOLD HER, YOUR PHD IS NOT YOUR MAIN GOAL BECAUSE YOUR MAIN GOAL IS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE ON EARTH.
LET ME WELCOME ANDREA BANEZ TRULIO.
SO ANDREA HAS BEEN ON THE STAGE ALREADY.
MAYA HAS BEEN ON THE STAGE ALREADY.
WELL, OUR NEXT STUDENT HAS ALREADY BEEN ON THE STAGE BECAUSE DIDN'T WE SAY A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF OUR HONOR STUDENTS ARE ALSO ACADEMIC AWARDEES? ONE THING ABOUT THIS NEXT STUDENT IS THAT THIS STUDENT IS GRADUATING SO FAST, HAS ONLY BARELY BEEN HERE AT USCB AND IS GRADUATING EARLY, AND, UM, ALSO RECEIVED THE OUTSTANDING NURSING STUDENT OF THE YEAR.
EMMA TROOP, OUR NEXT HONOR STUDENT MAJORING IN PSYCHOLOGY, HAS BEEN WORKING AS AN RA FOR THREE YEARS AND IS NOW ABOUT TO EMBARK ON A MASTER'S PROGRAM IN MENTAL HEALTH.
BUT HER RESEARCH PROJECT FOR HER HONORS CONTRACT WITH PROFESSOR LEAH ROBINSON WAS ALL ABOUT FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY AND HOW SHE WAS DOING A PROJECT ON BEING AN EXPERT WITNESS AND HAVING A MOCK TRIAL FOR HER CLASS.
LET ME WELCOME KENNEDY, WASHINGTON.
AND YOU KNOW THE SAYING THE FIRST SHALL BE THE LAST.
SO OUR NEXT AWARDEE A BIOLOGY MAJOR WAS THE FIRST STUDENT
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ON STAGE EARLIER TODAY.AND I DO HAVE TO SAY THIS, STUDENT'S CLASSROOM WAS NEVER WITHIN THE FOUR WALLS, ALWAYS OUTSIDE WITH DR.
MONTY, ALWAYS ON A BOAT, ALWAYS HANDS-ON EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING, WHICH IS REALLY A VERY STRONG FOCUS OF USCB EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING.
SO GARRETT WILLIFORD WAS AWARDED THE OUTSTANDING BIOLOGY STUDENT OF THE YEAR, AND HE HAS A PHD IN THE HORIZON.
BUT FIRST HE'S GONNA DO A MASTER'S AT THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON AND PROCEED TO HIS PHD.
LET'S WELCOME BACK ON STAGE, GARRETT WILFORD.
SO BEFORE I GIVE THE FLOOR TO DR.
ERIC SKIPPER, OUR PROVOST FOR THIS PART, I WOULD LIKE TO END MY REMARKS WITH A MESSAGE FOR THE FACULTY AND THE STAFF.
PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO OUR STUDENTS.
MANY OF THEM ARE UNSURE AND MANY OF THEM NEED GUIDANCE, BUT YOUR WORDS AND YOUR ATTENTION TO THEM CAN MAKE SUCH SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS.
NOW, STUDENTS OR GRADUATES, SINCE YOU'RE ALL GRADUATING, RIGHT? THE LADDER TO SUCCESS MEANS YOU HAVE TO CLIMB.
EACH STEP UPLIFTS NOT ONLY YOUR LIFE, BUT THE LIVES OF MANY AROUND YOU, INCLUDING YOUR FAMILY.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE TODAY.
YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, BUT, UH, DR. ALVAREZ COMPLETED 30 YEARS AT THE UNIVERSITY THIS YEAR.
YEAH, SHE'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS LEADER.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE WAYS IN WHICH SHE'S ELEVATED.
OUR STUDENTS GET 'EM SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES AND LIKE SHE SAID, SO, SO MANY OF OUR STUDENTS, SO MANY OF THE PEOPLE AROUND US, JUST GIVE THEM A LITTLE SPARK OF AN IDEA, A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, OF ENCOURAGEMENT, A NUDGE AS SHE SAID, AND WATCH THEM GROW.
AND IT'S BEEN REMARKABLE TO WATCH YOUR IMPACT ON OUR STUDENTS.
SO CONGRATULATIONS DR. ALVAREZ, FOR 30 YEARS.
SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR ACADEMIC AWARDS IN BEAUFORT COLLEGE, HONORS RECOGNITION CEREMONIES.
LET'S PLEASE HAVE ONE FINAL ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF WHO HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED.
ALL OF YOU IN KEEPING WITH ACADEMIC TRADITION.
PLEASE REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL THE STAGE PARTY LED BY CHANCELLOR PANU HAS EXITED THE STAGE.