Undergraduate Communication Experience + Theory

Undergraduate Student Awards

Outstanding Seniors
Bruce Kendall Award for Excellence in Communication
Lamb Scholarship Award
McDowell & Gilliam Study Abroad Scholarship Award
William Wigglesworth Communication Scholarship Award
Planck Study Abroad Scholarship
Communication Service Award
Distinguished New Major
Charles G. & Susan Armstrong Scholarship
Fraser Speaking Competition

Outstanding Seniors

2022 – Anna Szolwinski
2021 – Anya Welborn
2020 – Katelyn Milligan
2019 – Caroline Shanley
2018 – Mackenzie Breneman
2017 -Jessica Peine
2016 – Brenda Ramirez
2015 – Autumn Brown
2014 – Chelsea Spring
2013 – Scott Oliver
2012 – Jaclyn Gross
2011 – Stephanie Grebe
2010 – Natalie Palmer
2009 – Elizabeth O’Connor
2008 – Shannon Daiber
2007 – Ashley Eiler
2006 – Julie Truesdell
2005 – Stephanie Mathes
2004 – Amanda Brettnacher
2003 – Monika Jedrzejek
2002 – Linda Bogan
2001 – Julie Klish

Bruce Kendall Award for Excellence in Communication

2022 – Will Obendorfer and Natalie Fedor
2021 – Siddharth Sinha and Ramisa Reza
2020 – Sara Cunningham
2019—Lindsey Wurz and Laura Boodt
2018—Gabby Gary, Katie Market, and Frank Vandeputte
2017—Madeleine Holmes, Jared Kassebaum
2016 – Paige Pope and Sutton Roach
2015 – Kourtney Freiburger & Allison Tucker
2014 – Jonathan Bruce & Mingjian Cui
2013 – Meghan Grady & Rebekah Pastor
2012 – Sharyl Pels
2011 – Katie Beck
2010 – Lauren East
2009 – Megan Jahrling
2008 – Abrar El-Abiad
2007 – Christina Jones
2006 – Claire McCormick
2005 – Emily R. Freed
2004 – Jessica Shepherd
2003 – Emily Baldauf
2002 – Kelly Mackus
2001 – Amy Southwood

McDowell & Gilliam Study Abroad Scholarship Award

2022 – Kara Larch and Shannon Doran
2021 – Christine Butcher, Tori Chodzinski, Carly Rosenberger, and Sarahy Duenas
2020 – Giovanna Salazar
2019 – Gabriel Cassala, Sarah Cunningham, Katelyn Milligan, Gracen Stanczykiewicz
2018—Grace Van Orman, Kelsey Cochran, Jessica Bullitt, Chelsea Ho, Shauna McAulay, Madison Sanneman
2017—Mackenzie Breneman, Brittany Epley, Lauren Miltenberger, Jinghong Zhu, Erice Perez, Anissa Orozco, Elizabeth McFadden
2016 – Mackenzie Breneman and Kristen Conoley
2015 – Francesca Smeriglio & Paige Pope
2014 – Lauren Isaacs, Allison Prestipino, Brenda Ramirez

William Wigglesworth Communication Scholarship Award

2021 – Anna Szolwinski
2020 – Anna Szolwinski
2019 – Samantha Broering
2018 – Shenetha Shepherd
2017 – Laura Boodt
2016 – Kelsey Johnson
2015 – Brenda Ramirez
2014 – Austin Jewell & Sutton Roach

Planck Study Abroad Scholarship Award

2021 – Fatima Esquivel Benjamin
2020 – Giovanna Salazar
2019 – Kathleen Messmer, Angel Upshaw
2018 – Laura Boodt
2017 – Jessica Bruder, Tori Houk
2016 – Katie Erdelac
2015 – Brittany Hemphill
2014 – Autumn Brown

Communication Service Award

2022 – Kirsten Burke
2021 – Darci Truman
2020 – Sapphire Lai
2019 – Ben McGuire
2018—Anissa Orozco
2017—Caroline Shanley
2016 – Christa Szalach
2015 – Lewis Day
2014 – Emily Lake

Lamb Scholarship Award

2022 – Cassandra Evans and Matthew Stachler
2021 – Jenna Davis, Jill Reabe, Katherine Jacobson, Abigail Myers, Samanthi Obeyesekera
2020 – William Oberndorfer, Jared Huber, Morgan Pierce
2019 – Kelsey Cochran, Kaleigh Karageorge, Hannah Puckett
2018 – Amelia Kramer, J.D. Arland, Caroline Shanley
2017 – Amelia Kramer, Katie Market, Sarah Faulkner, Allison Hemingway, Frank Vandeputte
2016 – Claire Andrews, Trevor Peters, Abigail Wilson, Katelyn Market, Alejandra Duran Trinidad
2015 – Kelsey Eversole, Claire Andrews, Sutton Roach, Kaylee Parks, Kelsey Johnson, Katalina Valle, Paige Annee, Paige Pope, Hannah Compton, Kaleigh Spencer, Trevor Peters, Audrey Peters, Jessica Peine
2014 – Autumn Brown, Amanda Green, Austin Jewell, Natascha Perez-Rios, Paige Pope, Mariah Rodriguez

Distinguished New Major

2022 – Divya Nittur
2021 – Lindsay Porter
2020 – Anna Szolwinski
2019 – Jackie Ham
2018 – Faith Hoffman, Katelyn Milligan, Lindsey Wurz
2017 – Mackenzie Breneman
2016 – Erika Yohn
2015 – Kelsey Johnson
2014 – Autumn Brown
2013 – Jessica Walters
2012 – Molly Longest
2011 – Scott Oliver
2010 – Sharyl Pels

Charles G. & Susan Y. Armstrong Scholarship

2019 – Heather Ren
2018 – Elle Huff, Laura Boodt, Shenetha Shepherd
2017 – Bobbi Jo Bergum, Taylor Martin, Taylor Cody
2016 – Kelly O’Keefe

Fraser Speaking Competition

Learn more about the Fraser Speaking Competition here.

Fall 2021 – Miles Klube, Vanessa Sida, Kelly Reagin, Abby Miller, Remmington Moeller and Nick Quinn (Instructor: Connor Evans)
Spring 2019 – Andrew Chen, David Israbian, Ben Perillo, Rhiana Ragheb and Crystal Webb (Instructor: Monika Tomar)
Fall 2018 – Aryan Ghadge, Tristan Hargett, Claire Rightley, Payton Yardley and Arman Yousefizadeh (Instructor: Andrew Exner)