LSUS student organizations announce annual awards
04/29/05

The LSUS Student Government Association and Student Organization Council have announced their annual awards honoring outstanding students, campus organizations and faculty.

Alfred Barrow, a junior general studies major, received the SOC’s Outstanding Student of the Year Award and, along with Temper Stokes, a sophomore psychology major, the SGA’s Senator of the Year Award. Dr. Jean Hollenshead, associate professor of psychology, was named the SOC’s Outstanding Advisor of the Year.

Dr. Cheryl White received the SGA-sponsored Professor of the Year Award. All registered students are given the opportunity to submit the name of one faculty member whom they believe is most worthy of the Professor of the Year title. White is a professor in residence and development coordinator for the LSUS Institute for Human Services and Public Policy. She also teaches in the Department of History and Social Sciences.

Along with White, faculty members in the “Top 20” in Professor of the Year balloting were: Richard Arnold, instructor of criminal justice; Dr. Beverly Burden, associate professor of biology; Dr. Lisa Burke, associate professor of management; Dr. Norman Dolch, professor of sociology; Dr. Blake Dunnavent, assistant professor of history; Rhonda Failey, instructor of psychology; Kenna Franklin, instructor of sociology; Sharon Green, instructor of criminal justice; Dr. Wolfgang Hinck, assistant professor of marketing; Wayne Hogue, instructor of marketing/management; Dr. Mary Margaret Lusk, assistant professor of psychology; Wanda Moseley, instructor of mathematics; Dr. Helen Powell, assistant professor of sociology; Dr. Keitha Rogers, assistant professor of education; Dr. Helen Taylor, professor of English; Dr. Richard Thompson, associate professor of biochemistry; Dr. Tim Vines, associate professor of finance; Dr. Tara Williams-Hart, assistant professor of biological sciences, and Amy Wren, associate professor of business law.

Baptist Collegiate Ministry received the SOC’s Outstanding Student Organization of the Year and Outstanding Campus Service awards, while two campus organizations – Louisiana Association of Educators-Student Programs and Phi Eta Sigma – shared the SOC’s Outstanding Community Service Award.

The SGA’s Appreciation of Service Award went to Denitra Dennis, a senior marketing major; Terrance Neal, a senior accounting major, and Lacey Spencer, a senior biological sciences major and SGA president.

Spencer was also named a recipient of the SGA’s Who’s Who Award, along with Virginia Blake, Meredith Dupree, Krystal King and Jessica Phipps, all of whom received BA degrees in elementary education in December; Kara Burt, a senior elementary education major; Jacquelyn Harper, a senior biological sciences major, and Stephanie Johnson, a senior special education major.