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Bluefield College recognized dozens of outstanding students for academic excellence during its year-end Honors Convocation, April 25.

Chris Shoemaker

May 8, 2012

Each spring, the college acknowledges academic achievement among its students through the capstone awards program. In welcoming students to this year’s ceremony, President David Olive spoke about the significance of the day.

“This is a special day in the life of Bluefield College as we recognize students who have demonstrated outstanding scholarship,” said Dr. Olive. “It is a highlight of the academic year, a day in which we all should be proud.”
 

Among the students honored and the awards presented during the 2012 Honors Convocation:

• Kim Alcorn of Anchorage, AK: English Department Achievement Award and Honors Program Award
• Rutger Allen of Bastian, VA: Biology Academic Achievement Award
• Brooke Bailey of Bluefield, WV: Biology Academic Achievement Award and Marvin G. Williams Biology Award
• Jeremy Bartlett of Bluefield, WV: Graphic Communication Award
• Alandra Blume of Forest Hill, VA: Music Department Academic Achievement Award and Beazley Scholar Award
• Melinda Blume of Forest Hill, VA: Music Department Outstanding Performer Award
• Lindsey Burris of Independence, VA: Teachers of Promise Award
• Donovan Buterakos of Bluefield, VA: General Chemistry Award
• Leah Elswick Cline of Tazewell, VA: Teachers of Promise Award
• Jacob Coleman of Falls Mills, VA: Beazley Scholar Award
• Holly Dillon of Bluefield, VA: Teachers of Promise Award
• Yeda Duarte of Bluefield, VA: Sports Medicine Award
• Katilyn Duggins of Waynesboro, VA: Bonner Scholar Service Award
• Courtney Dutton of Abingdon, VA: Criminal Justice Award and Beazley Scholar AwardJessica Fox of Bluefield, VA: Biology Academic Achievement Award
• Lydia Freeman of Bristol, VA: Communications Award
• Kara Georgiades of Virginia Beach, VA: Judaica Studies Hebrew Award
• Katie Green of Bland, VA: Sports Management Award
• Angela Highlander of Hampton, VA: Marketing Communications Award
• DuyThanh Huynh of Richlands, VA: Frank S. Easley Business Award
• Celia Jones of Brookneal, VA: Paul W. Beasley Service Award, Outstanding Art Student Award, Graphic Communication Award, and Honors Program Award
• Ashley Lam of Fredericksburg, VA: Bonner Scholar Service Award
• Ethan Lewis of Powhatan, VA: Student-Virginia Education Association Service Award
• Bethany Liddle of Galax, VA: Dr. Gerald E. Clay Scholar Award
• Rae Linkous of Tazewell, VA: Biology Academic Achievement Award
• Jessica Looney of Bastian, VA: Outstanding Art Student Award
• Amber MacDonald of Beckley, WV: Honors Program Award
• Keri Joyce McCracken of Cedar Bluff, VA: Delta Kappa Gamma Education Award
• Stephen Melhorn of Bellbrook, OH: Virginia Collegium Scholar Award
• Emily Minter of King George, VA: Teachers of Promise Award, Heather Smith Student Teacher Award, and Honors Program Award
• Gregory Moon of Midlothian, VA: Marketing Communications Award
• Casey Palmer of Roanoke, VA: Bonner Scholar Service Award
• Hannah Parobek of Lower Burrell, PA: Zondervan Biblical Greek Award, Christian Studies Award, Theta Alpha Kappa Honors Award, and Honors Program Award
• Jackie Puglisi of Winchester, VA: Tom Colley Rampage Student Newspaper Award
• Emily Reynolds of Falls Mills, VA: Dr. Gerald E. Clay Scholar Award
• Brittany Rhoton of Gate City, VA: Dr. John W. Tresch, Jr., History Scholarship Award
• Emily Sears of Hinton, WV: Teachers of Promise Award, Honors Program Award
• Kelsee Smith of Saltville, VA: Virginia Collegium Scholar Award and Appalachian College of Pharmacy Award
• Hannah Spicer of Rocky Gap, VA: Student-Virginia Education Association Service Award
• Ashley Strickland of Galax, VA: Teachers of Promise Award, Jason Elswick Student Teacher Award, and the Exercise and Sports Science Award
• Elizabeth Tinsley of Montross, VA: Music Department Outstanding Student Award
• Trey Wilson of Portsmouth, VA: Rampage Student Newspaper Sportswriting Award.

Fourteen additional students were recognized as a group for their 2012 induction into the school’s Alph Chi National Honor Society. Twenty-six business students in the school’s Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) business club were acknowledged together for winning 34 awards during PBL state competition. Nine business students were recognized as a group for induction into the Sigma Beta Delta Business Honor Society.
 

Eight fine arts students were acknowledged as a group for their induction into the BC chapter of Kappa Pi International Honorary Art Fraternity. Three English students were named as a group for their inclusion in the Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society. And, three social science students were recognized as a group for their induction into the Psi Chi Honor Society.

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