Celebrating Scholarships

Every spring, outstanding graduate and undergraduate students are recognized for their achievements and awarded much-appreciated scholarships.

Thank you to the donors who have made these scholarships possible!

Graduate Awards

  • Joab Langston Thomas Scholarship – Feng Kong, Nathan Hofford
  • Ralph L. Chermock Prize – Paula Adams
  • Isabella H. Graham Prize – Phoenix Rogers, Thomas Franzem
  • Bishop-Stackman Marine Science Endowed Scholarship – Aurora Giorgi, Matteo Monti
  • William and Ilouise Hill Research Award for Excellence in Teaching Spring Semester – Phoenix Rogers, Youn-ji Nam
  • William and Ilouise Hill Research Award for Excellence in Teaching Fall Semester – Annie Blalock, Emery Davis
  • William and Ilouise Hill Research Award in Ecology and/or Evolution – Jamie Bucholz, Sontosh Deb
  • Carolyn Lawless and Janice Elizabeth Innes Research Award in Cell and Molecular Biology–
  • Corey Willicot, MaryBeth Rowland, Tolulope Kolapo
  • Carolyn Lawless and Janice Elizabeth Innes Research Award in Ecology – Delaney Peterson
  • Carolyn Lawless and Janice Elizabeth Innes Research Award in Marine Sciences –
  • Aurora Giorgi, Matteo Monti, Tim Bushman, Taylor Ledford
  • Graduate Summer Research Fellowship in Ecology and Evolution – Sontosh Deb
  • Graduate Summer Research Fellowship in Cell and Molecular Biology – Moresh Shokri, Lindsey Starr

Undergraduate Awards

  • Michael L. McDaniel Memorial Scholarship –Brianna Holder, Lilah Havens, Yonathan Janka
  • Henry Walker Memorial Scholarship – Thomas Penta, Julia Mamana
  • James D. and Donjette Yarbrough Scholarship – Hannah Berry, Emily Ray, Cole Kiser, Benjamin Trost, Marguerite Padgett
  • Septima Cecilia Smith Award (Biology) – Daija Lampkin
  • Septima Cecilia Smith Award (Marine Science) – Karoline Copeland
  • Septima Cecilia Smith Award (Microbiology) – Abigail Myers
  • Grantland and Louise Rice Scholarship (Biology) – Hudson Tate, Maddie Natemeier, Andrew Atkinson
  • Grantland and Louise Rice Scholarship (Marine Science) – Priya Gilman, Maxwell Gordon
  • Grantland and Louise Rice Scholarship (Microbiology) – Gabrielle Humber, Quinn Cunneely, Joshua Kelley,
  • Mackenzie Wallace, Haley Bounds
  • Wallace E. Holznagel Jr. Award in Biology – Andrew Busby
  • TriBeta Honor Society Inductees – Julia Mamana, Sydney Ringold, Patrick Moore, Cole Witte