The University Club at Arizona State University was the setting for the April 25 reception to honor the Hugh Downs School scholarship, fellowship, and award recipients. Scholarship donors, Hugh and Ruth Downs, Kristin Bervig Valentine, Christine Muldoon, and Milissa Hutloff-Koehler, were there to share in the celebration along with the award winners, their families, and faculty.
The following undergraduate student scholarships were awarded: Sebastian Paz, ASU College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Dean’s Medal; Dwayne Holmes, Kristin Bervig Valentine Performance Studies Scholarship; Michelle Nicole Vered, Karatz Forensics Endowed Scholarship; Lynda Ann Brown, House of Broadcasting, Inc. Endowed Scholarship; Rachel Ellen Harrison-Lewis, Communication Award for Summer Abroad. The Hugh Downs School Scholars Program recipients were Alison Lynn Graham, Mimi Claire Ringness, Karen Leslie Wisniewski. The Hugh Downs School also awarded the following scholarships: Cassandra Marie Smith, Drakos Endowed Scholarship; Steffi Chen, Gentlemen Endowed Scholarship; Katelin Anne Hodson, Menk Endowed Scholarship; Jimmy Bunn, Lyon Endowed Scholarship.
Hugh Downs School graduate students were awarded the following fellowships and awards: Gino Giannini, Melissa Hutloff Koehler Endowment Fellowship, Suzanne Pullen, Christine Duff Muldoon Communication Fellowship; Chema Salinas, Dessie E. Larsen Graduate Fellowship in Performance Studies; Shawna Malvini-Redden, Outstanding Research Award; Gino Giannini, Superior Research Award; Tim Huffman, Teaching Award; Lauren Amaro, Service Award; Tim Huffman, Public Scholarship & Engagement Award; Scott Boras, Recognition of Sustained Innovation Creative Activity.
Faculty and Staff Service Awards were presented to Angela Trethewey, 15 years; Heather Freireich, 10 years.
The Communication Graduate Student Association presented awards and recognitions to Tara Hack, CGSA distinguished liaison; The Association of Human Communication, Community Service accepted by AHC member Sebastian Paz; and dissertation recognitions for Amy Way, Douglas Deiss, Erin Bryant, Jieyoung Kong, Kendra Knight, Nurhayat Bilge, Scott Boras, and Tristan Booth.
