Kellogg Community College is pleased to announce the recipients of KCC’s annual Outstanding Bruin Awards, recognizing the College’s top students for outstanding achievement in their field of study and extra-curricular activities.
Outstanding Bruin Award winners were recognized during an awards ceremony on campus on April 25. This year’s award winners are listed below.
To qualify for an academic Outstanding Bruin Award, students must major or exhibit interest in their award area; earn a specified GPA in their award area; evidence significant growth; and exhibit a high degree of participation in and/or contributions to the department activities in one or more capacities.
Awards are also given to the overall outstanding full- and part-time graduates in each of the College’s two academic divisions: Arts & Sciences and Workforce Development. Winners are selected by faculty and administrators from the department that corresponds with each award.
In addition to academic departmental awards, the Student & Community Services Division awards the following:
- Catalyst Award: The Catalyst Award honors a student who has sparked positive change at the College and is deeply engaged in campus activities such as Student Life programs, athletic events and/or volunteering at College events. The winner is very school spirited and has a never-ending bucket of positivity.
- Emerging Leader Award: The Emerging Leader Award recognizes a first-year student who demonstrates promising leadership talent and has exhibited initiative on campus through engaging in campus activities.
- Golden Hammer Award: The Golden Hammer Award honors a student that has faced many obstacles and barriers but always finds a way to persist onward. This student is resilient and known for busting barriers.
- Level Up Award: The Level Up Award recognizes a student employee at KCC who has demonstrated significant personal growth while excelling in their job at the College. This type of personal growth and on-the-job excellence is what will help this student “level up” professionally.
- Program of the Year Award: The Program of the Year Award recognizes an event, project or program planned during the academic year that has had a positive impact on students.
- Registered Student Organization Advisor of the Year Award: The Registered Student Organization Advisor of the Year Award is given to an advisor nominated by their students. Advisors have made outstanding contributions to the success and development of the organization as well as its individual student members.
- Registered Student Organization of the Year Award: The Registered Student Organization of the Year Award recognizes an organization that stands out among other student organizations based on its programming, spirit and overall contributions to the College.
- Registered Student Organization Officer of the Year Award: The Registered Student Organization Officer of the Year Award recognizes a student RSO officer who stands out from other officers through leadership and going above and beyond the scope of their position, often handling the “in between” tasks that do not align with any specific position.
- Student Veteran Award: The Student Veteran Award honors a student who has served in a branch of the military and continues to demonstrate service beyond their service to our country by engaging on campus and/or in the community.
- Trailblazer Award: The Trailblazer Award highlights a pioneer, someone who has blazed a trail and forged a path for other current and future KCC students. This student is highly engaged on campus and demonstrates leadership and positivity. They have made meaningful contributions to the student and surrounding community through responsible leadership, have held a leadership position within a College-affiliated organization or department and must have been enrolled during this academic year with a 2.5 GPA or higher.
INSTRUCTIONAL DIVISION AWARDS
Arts & Sciences Awards
Arts & Communication
- Jeanne Bekampis, of Hastings, Excellence in Art – Binda Award
- India Carney-Wright, of Battle Creek, Excellence in Communication – Binda Award
- India Carney-Wright, of Battle Creek, Excellence in Music – Binda Award
- Blake Allen, of Battle Creek, Outstanding Achievement in Communication
- Anthony Stevens, of Battle Creek, Outstanding Achievement in Creative Writing
- Isabella Elliot, of Kalamazoo, Outstanding Achievement in English
- Hanna Nichols, of Battle Creek Outstanding Graphic Design Graduate
- Amey Elkins-Little, of Quincy, Outstanding Achievement in Photography & Multimedia
Education & Human Services
- Jessica Rought, of Mattawan, Outstanding Early Childhood Education Program Graduate
- Hannah Slaughter, of Hastings, Outstanding Education Major Graduate
- Rebecca Pruess, of Delton, Outstanding Human Services Program Graduate
Math & Science
- Hannah Boulanger, of Battle Creek, Outstanding Achievement in Biology
- Allyson Horton, of Bellevue, Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry
- Drew Warren, of Battle Creek, of Hastings, Outstanding Achievement in Mathematics
- Allison Reed, of Battle Creek, Outstanding Achievement in Physical Science
Social Science & Integrative Learning
- Sadie Kern, of Marshall, Service-Learning Commitment Award
- Allison Reed, of Battle Creek, Outstanding Student in Social Services
Workforce Development Awards
Allied Health
- Lynsey Mead, of Grand Rapids, Outstanding Dental Hygiene Graduate
- Regan Miner, of Battle Creek, Outstanding Physical Therapist Assistant Graduate
- Walter Hamilton, of Portage, Outstanding Radiography Graduate
Business, Information Technology & Public Safety Education
- Jake Ickes, of Battle Creek, Outstanding Business Management Graduate
- Abigail Getman, of Battle Creek, Outstanding Computer-Aided Drafting and Design Technology Graduate
- Joshua Isham, of Battle Creek, Outstanding Computer Engineering Technology Graduate
- Sarah Stallings, of Battle Creek, Outstanding Office Information Technology Graduate
Industrial Trades
- Blake Larder, of Marshall, Outstanding Industrial Skilled Trades Student
Nursing
- Eliza Samra, of Marshall, Outstanding Associate Degree Full-Time Nursing Graduate
- Chelsea Standler, of Hastings, Outstanding Associate Degree Part-Time Nursing Graduate
STUDENT & COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION AWARDS
- Alexia Kryszewski, of Battle Creek, All-Michigan Academic Team
- Mitchell Laske, of Battle Creek, All-Michigan Academic Team
- Laura Salmeron, of Battle Creek, All-Michigan Academic Team
- Celia Kyger, of Battle Creek, Catalyst Award
- Aubrie Evans, of Battle Creek, Emerging Leader Award
- Angela Kimball, of Battle Creek, Golden Hammer Award
- Timothy Dix, of Battle Creek, Level Up Award
- Krissy Stolz, of Battle Creek, and Emily Willard, of Ceresco, KCC Free Store, Program of the Year Award
- Corrin Replogle, of Middleville, Outstanding Female Scholar Athlete Award
- Aaron Piasecki, of Muskegon, Outstanding Male Scholar Athlete Award
- Kassie Dunham, of Bellevue, Registered Student Organization Advisor of the Year
- Krissy Stolz, of Battle Creek, and Emily Willard, of Ceresco, KCC Environment Club, Registered Student Organization of the Year
- Annabelle Hull, of Union City, Registered Student Organization Officer of the Year
- Larry McMillian, of Battle Creek, Student Veteran Award
OUTSTANDING GRADUATE AWARDS
- Hannah Slaughter, of Hastings, Outstanding Arts & Sciences Graduate – Part-Time Student
- Hanna Nichols, of Battle Creek, Outstanding Arts & Sciences Graduate – Full-Time Student
- Sarah Stallings, of Battle Creek, Outstanding Workforce Development Division Graduate – Part-Time Student
- Joshua Isham, of Battle Creek, Outstanding Workforce Development Division Graduate – Full-Time Student
- Corrin Replogle, of Middleville, Outstanding Student & Community Services Division Graduate – Trailblazer Award
For media photos of individual recipients receiving their awards onstage, please email Marketing Director Simon Thalmann at thalmanns@kellogg.edu.
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