This is the top academic award given to a Communication Studies Major who is a graduating senior, also known as "Senior of the Year."
1992 Richard J. Rischling
1993 Amy L. Leinen
1994 Shannon L. Mack
1995 Tara M. Diamond
1996 Maria K. Threadgold
1997 Jodi M. Fougeron & Michele K. Moluf
1998 Kathleen Pratt
1999 Angela Merksick & Anne Svoboda
2000 Janine E. Jham
2001 Jennifer Parker
2002 Grant Mussman
2003 Angelina Walls
2004 Micah Kiel
2005 Sarah Dobel
2006 Callie Schons
2007 Lucija Bajzer
2008 Abigail Baumann & Elizabeth Fassbender
2009 Ashley Hinck & Joseph De Guzman
2010 Lydia Reinig & Tammy Williams
2011 Alicia Runge
2012 Shirley Cemaj & Megan Welch
2013 Rachel Gulden & Diana Criser Burns
2014 Tammy Potter
2015 Sarah Escamilla & Melanie Rhode
2016 Kerri Delaney
2017 Kenzie Pavlik
This is an award given to the outstanding submitted paper in a Communication Studies course.
2004 Elizabeth Blasberg
2005 Heidi Click
2006 Jacob Meusch
2007 Elizabeth Fassbender & Beth Woodward
2008 Ashley Hinck & Tammy Williams
2009 Lydia Reinig
2011 Diana Criser-Burns
2012 Matt Carnazzo & Toni Freilich
2013 Michael Kotrous
2014 Chelsea Balzer
2015 Courtney Batterson
2016 Danny Steiner & Jaimee Bodtke
2017 Taylor Enderle
This is an award given to a declared Communication Studies major with 12 hours or fewer of Communication Studies coursework.
2012 Kathy Kampschnieder
2013 Erin Huerter & Gabrielle Bruckner
2014 Sinead Gaffney & Danny Steiner
2015 Laura Blenkush & Brenda Jano-Coleman
2016 Kenzi Pavlak
2017 Cat Henning
This is an award given to a declared Communication Studies major who has more than 12 hours, but who is not a graduating senior.
2012 Diana Criser-Burns & Rachel Gulden
2013 Kate Vazquez & Marge Redding
2014 Amy Guziec & Jennifer Cunningham
2015 Kerri Delaney & John Rumbaugh
2016 Amanda Mazzone & Laura Blenkush
2017 Kourtney George
Award given to a declared Communication Studies minor who has made a positive contribution to our department and enriched our classes.
2017 James Perll and Mattie Potthoff
This is an award given to a graduating senior who embodies the spirit of both the academic and service missions of the Department of Communication Studies.
2012 Reva Aguilar & Michael Mutcheson
2013 Annelise Ewing, Mary McGroarty, & Mike Kelly
2014 Carli Tritz & Westin Givens
2015 Erin Browne, Jennifer Cunningham, & Amy Guziec
2016 Devin O'Dowd & Brenda Kelly
2017 Mackenzie Graybill
This is an award given to the outstanding video project submitted from the student's COM 101 course.
2016 Hailee Domagalski
This is an award given to the outstanding submitted project in a Communication Studies course.
2014 Kathleen Vazquez
2015 Paige Rainforth
2016 Katie Maquire
2017 Lydia Dimke