- Senior Academic Awards
- Geography and Regional Planning Faculty Scholarship
- Alan Mehwa Scholarship
- Geography & Regional Planning Research Week Scholar Award
Each year, at the Commencement ceremony in May and the Gamma Theta Upsilon banquet, the department hands out its student accolades. Three major awards are given out at these events, all of which are based on cumulative grade-point averages at the universitythe Senior Academic Awards, handed out to the top graduating senior(s) in the department;the Geography and Regional Planning Faculty Scholarship, given to the outstanding junior in the department; and the Alan Mehwa Scholarship, given to the outstanding sophomore in the department.
Below are lists of recent winners of these awards. In the case of the Senior Academic Awards, the names of all past recipients (back to 1960) appear on plaques outside the geography department office.
Senior Academic Awards
2019
Carliee Benhart
Colin Kelly
Abigail Roberts
Molly Sarver
2018
Austin Cooper
Dane Higbee
Chris Volpe
2017
Paige Bogats
Luke Dubois (Dec 2016 Graduate)
Jeremy Miller
Guadalupe Ortiz Cortez
Stephanie Walters
2016
Ryan Anderson
Marysa Myers
2015
Olivia Holden
Matthew Leigey
Cody Nolen
2013
Nicholas Fazio
Evan Tobin
Christopher Townley
2012
Dana Turgeon
2011
Joshua Hoke
Heather Nunn
2007
Joshua Reinard
2006
Traci Enciso
2005
Shannon Carson
2004
Kadey Repko
2003
Jeffrey Grim
Brandon Jaeger
2002
Carla J. Blaisdell
Jessica D. Golembesky
Christopher M. Stahl
2001
Christopher A. Moniodes
1999
Leann C. Chaney
Brian D. Temple
1998
Beth A. Anslinger
Erich E. Halstead
1997
Nicole C. Carrigan
1995
Julie M. Gross
1994
Wendy L. Livengood
Geography and Regional Planning Faculty Scholarship
2013
Jessie Bruckhart
2012
Ryan Cunningham
2011
Jawanda Jackson
2010
Joshua Hoke
2003
Kadey Repko
Jeff Grim
Alan Mehwa Scholarship
2013
Crew Newcomer
2012
Madeline Matusik
2011
Ryan Cunningham
2010
Ken Tinkey
2005
Joshua Reinard
2002
Kadey Repko
Geography & Regional Planning Research Week Scholar Award
2019
Presentation 1st Place: Abigail Roberts
Presentation 2nd Place: Logan Balch
Poster Winner: Zach Hollingshad
Poster Winner: Madilyn Sodowsky
Poster Winner: Wyatt Stitely
2018
Presentation 1st Place: John Risinger
Presentation 2nd Place: Dane Higbee
Poster Winner: Evan Gray
Poster Runner Up: Ben Cutler