From a game of SC&I Bingo (complete with heckling from the audience), to Professor Craig Scott’s use of props during the awards ceremony, the 2017 SC&I Honors Day Celebration was particularly lively and fun.

The SC&I Honors Day celebration, which has been an annual tradition for nine years, was held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday, May 5, at the Brower Commons Dining Room on College Avenue.

This event provides faculty, staff and students with the opportunity to spend an evening together to enjoy great food, mingle and catch up, and celebrate their colleague’s successes.

Professor Marie Radford, who, as Director of the Ph.D. program, planned the event, said, "Honors Day is an amazing experience every year as we celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of our SC&I graduate students, faculty and staff. It is my pleasure to have hosted this event for the past three years, as Ph.D. Director. This year is my last, and I appreciated the fun spirit in which everyone engaged in our SC&I Bingo game with fabulous prizes and lots of laughter!"

2017 AWARDS

AWARDS GIVEN BY DEPARTMENTS TO FACULTY AND INSTRUCTORS

Communication Department:

Teaching: Assistant Professor Jeffrey Lane

Research: Associate Professor Marya Doerfel

Service: Associate Professor Galina Bolden and Teaching Instructor and Debate Coach Matthew Maddex

Part-time Faculty: Part Time Lecturer Michael Bzdak

Teaching Assistant/Instructional Support: Doctoral Student Katie Kang

Journalism and Media Studies Department:

Teaching: Teaching Instructor Neal Bennett

Research: Associate Professor Deepa Kumar

Barbara Reed Service Award: Associate Professor Regina Marchi

Roger Hernandez Memorial Part-time Faculty Award: Part Time Lecturer Carol Cassidy

Teaching Assistant: Doctoral Student Omar Hammad

Library and Information Studies Department:

Teaching: Assistant Teaching Professor Joyce Valenza

Research: Assistant Professor Kaitlin Costello

Service: Associate Teaching Professor Lilia Pavlovsky

Part-time Faculty: Vanessa Kitzie, Ph.D. '17

Teaching Assistant: Doctoral Student Cheryl Klimaszewski

AWARDS GIVEN BY GRADUATE PROGRAMS TO STUDENTS

Master of Communication and Information (MCIS) (now called Master of Communication and Media):

MCIS Outstanding Student: Allyson Bontempo

Master of Information (MI):

Service Award: Gina Policastro and Lauren Bell

Outstanding Student: Frederick Mangol, Jr. and Sherri Hinrichs Farber

Ph.D.:

Communication area:

Outstanding graduating student: Surabhi Sahay, Ph.D. '17

Outstanding continuing student:  Katie Kang

Information Science area:

Outstanding graduating student: Si Sun, Ph.D. '17

Outstanding continuing student: Sarah Barriage

Media Studies area:

Outstanding graduating student: Jonathan Bullinger, Ph.D. '17

Outstanding continuing student: Qun Wang

AWARDS GIVEN BY STUDENT GROUPS TO FACULTY

MCIS Graduate Student Assn (GSA):

MCIS Graduate Student Association Award: Teaching Professor R. Richard Dool

Doctoral Student Assn (DSA):

DSA Outstanding Ph.D. Faculty Honors Award: Assistant Professor Jeffrey Lane

AWARDS GIVEN FROM THE SCHOOL TO STAFF

Service Excellence Award: Director of Business and Administration Narda Acevedo

Service Excellence Award: Assistant Director, IT Tina Pappas