Hillyer College faculty, staff, and students recently gathered in the Shaw Center to congratulate the following second-year students on their academic achievements and those serving as Hillyer College Student Ambassadors:
Justin Wichowski – Academic Strategies Award
Arohi Verma – Tutor Award
Victoria Carreras – Marilyn S. Smith Humanities Award
Na’Shawn Williams-Smith and Sariah Lewis – Patricia Moylan Award
Diana Isaacs – Science Award, Social Science Award, Completion of Hillyer Honors Experience
Madeline Ketcham – Kenneth L. Meinke Award
Gabrielle Stanley – Completion of Hillyer Honors Experience
Jolene Tagnon– Completion of Hillyer Honors Experience and Hillyer Student Ambassador
Joshua Ortiz – Hillyer Student Ambassador
Serenity Palmer – Hillyer Student Ambassador
Jayleen Rivera – Hillyer Student Ambassador
Justine Ramos – Hillyer Student Ambassador
In addition, Anthony Vetro ’25 (Barney, Accounting) received the Rising Star Award, for having the highest GPA of all UHart graduating seniors who started their academic journey in Hillyer College.
Professors of English Robert Dryden and Mary Fister also recognized students who had their writing published in the Hillyer College literary journal Shell Keeper.
My Father’s Hand, Sariah Lewis
Eight Ways of Looking at Space, Na’Shawn Williams-Smith
Clouds, Melanie Beadenkopf
No Rain No Flowers, Taliyahmarie Trueheart
See You Soon, Ms. Barrett, Summer Fenner
Ever / After, Daila Cortez
Chasing a Ghost, Jayleen Rivera
The Colors of My Dreams, Elle Stanley
Explosions, Jacob Simansky
Deep Within the Silence, Natalia Freeman
Heavy Shoulders, Emily Unger
Beneath the Quiet Struggle, Madeline Ketcham
A Return to Form, Diana Isaacs