Rising Scholars Award

This award recognizes an undergraduate student who demonstrates excellence in their discipline and clearly shows potential to rise to scholarly recognition. This undergraduate student has garnered the attention of faculty and administration as an emerging student on the path as a student scholar who will impact the larger research/academic/professional community.

2024 Recipients

College of Education and Human Development

Abbey Poirier (Junior)
Department of Educational Curriculum and Instruction

College of Liberal Arts

Liliana Therese Pagan (Junior) 
Department of English

College of Engineering

Renee Ward (Junior) 
Department of Chemical Engineering

College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Micah Sorrell (Junior) 
Department of Nursing

B. I. Moody III College of Business Administration

Sydnee Johnson (Junior) 
Department of Accounting

Ray P. Authement College of Sciences

Ethan Adams (Sophomore) 
Department of Biology

University College

Hannah Daigle (Junior) 
Bachelor of General Studies

College of the Arts

Megan Ivey (Junior) 
School of Architecture and Design

Past Recipients

College of Education & Human Development

Kathryn Boone (Junior) 
School of Kinesiology

College of Liberal Arts

Sydney K. Guidry (Sophomore) 
Department of Psychology

College of Engineering

Michelle Lam (Senior) 
Department of Chemical Engineering

College of Nursing & Health Sciences

Haley Anslem (Junior)
LHC Group–Myers School of Nursing

B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration

Sophia Dinh (Junior) 
Department of Accounting

Ray P. Authement College of Sciences

Moiz Mohammad Fazal-ur-Rehman (Junior) 
Department of Biology

University College

Joshua Gerard (Junior) 
Applied Sciences

College of the Arts

Emily LeBlanc (Junior) 
School of Architecture and Design