The University of North Carolina at Asheville presented academic and leadership awards to UNCA students, faculty and staff members at a ceremony May 2 at the Grove Park Inn. The annual presentation was sponsored by the Office of Student Development and the Student Government Association.

The following awards were presented:

Julienne M. Winner Achievement Award for leadership and scholarship to Donna Sorrells Deweese.

Campuswide Leadership Awards: President’s Awards to Angela Berrong and Steven Green; Outstanding Organization of the Year Awards to Bulldog Stompers Clogging Club; Emerging Leader of the Year Awards to Jennifer Bowen, Jonathan Miller, Anne Moukperian and Kevin Skolnik; Outstanding Leader of the Year Awards to Kevin Brinson and Shelly Moss; Outstanding Dedication to Community Service Award to Simona Smalls; Carolyn Briggs Award for Contributions to Expanding an Awareness and Appreciation of Diversity to Joshua Kumm; and Faculty Advisor of the Year Award to Jacqueline Mattingly.

Student Affairs Faculty Appreciation Award to Keith Ray, Health and Fitness Department Chair, and the Student Affairs Staff Appreciation Award to Steve Honeycutt, University Budget Officer.

Art:Awards of Distinction to Mary Aldrich, Maria Andrade, Jennifer Lipsey Edwards, Jonathan Fisher, Cheryl Lore, Madalyn Rogers and Hague Williams.

Athletics: Male Athlete of the Year to Brett Carey; Female Athlete of the Year to Zola Davis; and Scholar Athlete of the Year to Mike Roach.

Atmospheric Sciences: Academic Achievement Award to Brian Lovern and Departmental Service Award to Patrick McKee.

Biology: Harry Henry Johnston Awad for Excellence to Lisa Gonora and Kim Ann Angelton.

Chemistry: American Chemical Society (ACS) Western Carolinas Section and the Chemistry Department Award for Outstanding Senior to Peter Kekenes-Huskey; Most Valuable Senior Award to Stanley Howell; Outstanding Performance in Organic Chemistry Award to Kevin Watt; Outstanding Performance in Analytical Chemistry Awards to Melinda Beaver and Maegan Spencer; Outstanding Performance in General Chemistry Award to Jaya Dorf; Outstanding ACS Student Affiliate Award to Stanley Howell; and Outstanding Accomplishment Awards to Paul Beaton for a Goldwater Scholarship and Peter Kekenes-Huskey for a Fulbright Scholarship.

Classics: Guy Cooper Prize in Classics to Summer Whitson.

Computer Science: Outstanding Senior Project Award to the Jack and Mary Louise Tackett Award for Outstanding Senior to Gina Noto.

Drama: U.S. Institute of Theatre Technology (USITT) Award for Best Overall Technician to Danny Tauber; USITT Award for Crosby and Thimble to Danny Tauber; USITT Award for Knot Tying to Jennifer Bowen; and Leadership Awards to Suzanne Cresswell, Michael Armstrong, Michelle Carello, Angela Koon, Dove Engle, Mary McAvoy, Kate Yuhas and Mike Henning.

Economics: Dana Zimmerman Service Award to Nathan Mann; Outstanding Performance Award to Nathan Mann; Keith and Kevin Davis Research Award to David Black and Bradley Branham; David Reiner Awards to Paul Cathey and James Lackey; and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Award for Excellence in Finance to Tracie Dowd.

Education: Academic Awards to Angela Kello, Jennifer Holland and Scott Shaw; and Service Awards to Michael Armstrong, Karen Chapman, Melanie Currie, Terese Gregoire, Joshua Kumm, Troy Miller, Shelly Moss, Rachel Strivelli, Sunshine Wilson and Melissa Wireman.

Environmental Studies: Goldwater Scholarship to Stacy Hatcher; Outstanding Rising Upperclassman Award to David Losure; and Outstanding Rising Senior Award to Elizabeth Harp.

Foreign Languages: Spanish Book Award to Joseph Wilde-Ramsing; Russ Reynolds Award and Grant for Study Abroad to Emily Carter; and French Book Award to Jessie Simpson.

History: Philip Walker Award to Reed Wood; Ruth Feldman Scholar Award to Dan Maddalena; Phi Alpha Theta Prize to Alison Franks; and Mark Lawson Scholarship to Bruce Cahoon.

Literature and Language: Gullickson Award for Outstanding Rising Senior to Mason Curry; Virginia Bryan Award for Senior Thesis to Emily Kader; William Comfort Scholarship to Miranda Volborth and Noah Dunlap; Language 101 Freshman Writing Contest First Place Award to Nivedita Nadkarin, Second Place to Sai Vue, Third Place to Jonathan Meadows and Fourth Place to Audrey Rinehart; and Language 102 Freshman Writing Contest First Place Award to Jean Shepard; Second Place to Tamara Pandolfo; Third Place to Elizabeth Guthrie and Fourth Place to Kristen Willett.

Management and Accountancy: Dr. Robert D. Williams Award in Recognition of Outstanding Leadership, Service and Scholarship to Bryant Hargreaves; Academic Excellence in Accounting Award to Erin Cole; Academic Excellence in Management Award to Mary Freeman; Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Excellence in Financial Management Award to Jakub Jez; Witzel Outstanding Directed Research Award to Jason Boyles; Western Carolina Industries Outstanding Internship Award to Chad Miller and Jill Smith; Academic Excellence in Industrial and Engineering Management Award to Travis Short; and Outstanding Senior Design Project to Cathy Rhoney.

Mass Communications: Mort Cohn Rising Senior Award to Angela Brook; Mort Cohn Outstanding Scholar Award to Rachel Crumpler; Blue Banner Student Newspaper Feature Writing Award to Mason Currey IV; Blue Banner Student Newspaper News Writing Award to Thaddaeus Eckard; Blue Banner Student Newspaper Photography Award to Anthony Greco; and Blue Banner Student Newspaper Sports Writing Award to Jessica Welch.

Mathematics: Outstanding Student Award to Dominic Braun; and Achievement Awards to Thomas McCoy, Jennifer Springer, Miriam Varner, and Melissa Wireman.

Music: Certificates of Appreciation to Tony Harp and Christ Vanderford.

Philosophy: Outstanding Student Leadership Awards to Natasha Staatz, Thaddaeus Eckard and Andrew D’Onotrio.

Political Science: Outstanding Student Scholar Award to Joseph Wilde-Ramsing; Gene Rainey Service Awards to Jennifer Tucker and Jessica Klick; and Chair’s Awards to Carmen Canty and Kathleen Willows.

Sociology and Anthropology: Sociology Senior Scholar Awards to Catherine Basnight, Piper Cheek and Kimberly Hunt; Sociology Senior Research Award to Aminda Byrd; Sociology Senior Service Awards to Laura Hastay, John Rockwell and Shara Schenck; and Anthropology Senior Research Award to Ashley Fleetwood.

Alpha Kappa Delta Sociology Honor Society memberships to Marilyn Anderson, Sheri Barber, Amanda Bucci, Aminda Byrd, Piper Cheek, Heidi Cole, Jennie Cole, Angela Conner, Lawrence Evans, Debra Higgins, Kimberly Hunt, Amy Knight, Lisa Leokum, Carlos Lopez, Michael Maher, Tracy Mason, John McAfee, Amy Parker, Lily Polanski, John Rockwell, Ana Rodriguez, Mariah Waring, Paula Wilbanks, Roland Williams Jr. and Laird Wilson.

Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honor Society memberships to Jessica Beal, Paul Beaton, Bethany Bostrom, Sara Buss, Meghan Cummings, Alison Franks, Amanda Garrett, Andrew Hainsworth, Katie Harmuth, Angela Koon, Dawn LoPresti, Laura Miller, Edwin Mwencha, Matthew Pons, William Scharf, Judy Wilson, Eric Winters, Melissa Wireman and Kate Wittman.

Order of Omega Greek Academic Honor Society memberships to Bradley Branham of Kappa Delta Rho, Aminda Byrd of Gamma Phi Beta, Wendy Davis of Alpha Xi Delta, Matthew Hunt of Sigma Nu, Georgia Pavlidou of Alpha Xi Delta, Merritt Pryor of Gamma Phi Beta and Jennifer Spring of Alpha Xi Delta. Honorary Faculty memberships to George Heard, Cheryl McClary and Joseph Sulock.

Phi Eta Sigma Freshman Honor Society memberships to John Acker, Jennifer Ahler, Carmen Canty, Lariza Chalfant, Michelle Dean, Elizabeth Ford-Cox, Rebecca Furr, Walter Fyler, Amy Galloway, Gray Gannaway, Carly Gramer, Blake Griffin, Johnston Hall, Stacey Hatcher, John Hine Jr., David Hughes, Dara Jones, Melissa King, Elizabeth Lareau, Mary McAvoy, Donna Morey, Joshua Mullins, Amber Neill, Kristy Ollis, Kristen Pinyan, Christopher Pittman, Tuesda Roberts, Heather Rossi, Hannah Shepherd, Jessie Shuman, April Sides, Calley Stevens, Debra Stikeleather, Matthew Todd and Lisa Vaughn. Honorary Faculty memberships to Linda Cornett, Eileen Crowe, Laura Facciponti, Timothy Forrest, Deborah James, Heon Lee, Sandra Malicote, Mark McClure, Michael Ruiz and Ann Weber.

Pi Sigma Alpha Omicron Psi Chapter Political Science Honor Society memberships to Lindsey Berginski, Carmen Canty, Jamie Close, Andrew Hainsworth, Jessica Klick, Emily Livingstone, Isaac Stanford, Jennifer Tucker, Kristen Waldman, Joseph Wilde-Ramsing and Kathleen Willows.

Sigma Delta Pi Lamba Gamma Chapter Spanish Honor Society memberships to Huma Alvarado, Maria Arcos, Katarzyna Barenska, Emily Cade, Nicholas Faherty, Jessica Klick, Elizabeth Laughlin, Lisa Leokum, Cynthia Nicholson, Amy Parker, Tuesda Roberts, John Rockwell, Anna Tuttle, Wendy Wheatley, Joseph Wilde-Ramsing and Reed Wood. Honorary Faculty membership to Michelle Bettencourt.

Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Honor Society memberships to Steven Ansari, Brandon Bucy, Matthew Fisher, Kenneth Myers and Jeffrey Tharp.

Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges memberships to Nicholas Aldridge, Heidi Allen, Amanda Allgood, Jessica Becker, Spencer Bolejack, Sarah Bradley, Bonnie Buchanan, Brandon Bucy, Sarah Buss, Carmen Canty, Sarah Clere, Melanie Currie, Jennifer Davis, Lauren Deal, Josette Expura, Matt Fisher, Amy Galloway, Tanner Gamble, Terese Gregoire, Joseph Hackett, Andrew Hainsworth, Carol Holden, Matt Hoyle, Joshua Kumm, Dawn LoPresti, Krystel Lucas, Christy Lusk, Joyce McCraw, Nicholas McDevitt, Nicholas McGinty, Karen Monaco, Marasi Mwencha, Emmie O’Neill, Georgia Pavlidou, Nicholas Phillips, Tuesda Roberts, Christy Scott, Troy Shurtleff, Ceceila Stamey, Alexis Stephenson, Rachel Strivelli, Jennifer Stuman, Margarita Talavera, Charmie Tate, Jeff Tharp, Stephanie Watts, Gillian Westmore, Summer Whitson, Joseph Wilde-Ramsing, Sunshine Wilson, Melissa Wireman, Reed Wood and John Young.