MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave College Lake Havasu City Campus held its Student Recognition Awards Ceremony Wednesday, April 29 to celebrate students for their outstanding achievements inside and outside of the classroom. Students were celebrated among family, friends and employees. Students received awards for academic achievement, student club involvement and more.
Outstanding Achievement
This award is given to students who are at all stages of their educational goals, from new students to students who are graduating. Students can be in transitional courses or sophomore-level courses. Some may have high GPAs, and some may not, but all of them made great strides to accomplish a task or educational goal. Nominations are made by faculty, staff and program directors.
Amanda Mae Bowers – Accounting, Chris Bashaw – Mathematics, Klayton Bullard – HVAC, Taylor Capistrant – Biology, Edith Castellanos – English Language Acquisition, Jacob Catalfamo – Surgical Technology;
Katryna Crisp – English, Connor Enos – HVAC, Mia Escobar – Business, Margarita Favela – English, Elizabeth Rachel Finch – Education, Deborah Foerster – Education;
Reese Ford – Mathematics, Benedict Garganera – Surgical Technology, Dakota Geary – Chemistry & Mathematics, April Gilliland – Biology, Alyssa Hild – Chemistry, Camaro Iseminger – Education;
Nancy Kemp – Accounting, Camden Lange – English, Sarah Puerner – Biology, Shay Perez – Chemistry, Marta Ramirez – Surgical Technology, William Renteria – Welding, and Connor Stone – HVAC.
Outstanding Service Awards
This awarded is given to active students involved with campus clubs and organizations for their leadership and service to the college’s internal and external communities. Nominations are made by faculty and staff club advisors.
Amornweena “Dear” Boonsopa – STEAM, Milo Chavez-Panuco – Bighorn Nerd Herd, Green Collins – Equal Club & Bighorn Nerd Herd, Vanessa Condra – Student Activities Council, Sylvia Cowan – Student Activities Council, Cody Donahue – STEAM;
Dylan Matyja – Scrub Club, Jade Mitchell – Bighorn Nerd Herd, and Amanda Twiford – Scrub Club.
All-Arizona Academic Team
Members are students who, by virtue of their outstanding academic achievement, outstanding leadership, and demonstrated service to their community, have won the highly competitive undergraduate tuition scholarship offered to a select number of community college transfer students planning to attend one of the three state universities to pursue their first bachelor’s degree.
Tina Braniger and Micah Ugartechea.
Dean’s Award
This award is given to a student(s) for their academic excellence and integrity, demonstrated scholarship ability, and dedicated leadership and service to the college community. The award is granted by the Dean of Student Life and Community Engagement.
Lawrence Ball and Andrew Grogan.
Club Advisor of the Year
Glenn Burrows-Taras.
