Announcing May 2020 LSU Distinguished Communicators

05/05/2020
BATON ROUGE – During the May 2020 graduation celebration, 44 graduates across six colleges will receive the LSU Distinguished Communicator Medal. Recipients of this honor are outstanding writers and speakers, with a strong command of visual literacy and technological communication. They have earned high GPAs in their communication-intensive courses throughout their baccalaureate years, sought 1-1 mentorships with faculty and have built websites that display their communication competencies and professional talents, both in and beyond the classroom.

With the postponement of traditional commencement ceremonies, CxC will be celebrating these students virtually through a series of video messages and digital posts on social media and cxc.lsu.edu. These Distinguished Communicators will also be receiving their medal in their graduation boxes in May.

This distinction is the first of its kind in the nation and is sponsored by LSU Communication across the Curriculum, or CxC, a program founded in 2004 and recognized nationally for its excellence in enhancing learning experiences and improving students’ communication skills across all disciplines. As of May 2020 graduation, LSU has awarded 664 graduates with the Distinguished Communicator Medal.

College of Art & Design
Sarah Alexander, Studio Art
Advisor: Luisa Restrepo

Louise Charbonnet, Interior Design*
Advisor: Marsha Cuddeback

Madison Harrison, Interior Design
Advisor: Marsha Cuddeback

Chunfeng Lu, Landscape Architecture
Advisor: Bruce Sharky

Kim Nguyen, Interior Design
Advisor: Marsha Cuddeback

Olivia Ott, Studio Art
Advisor: Lynne Baggett

Kelsey Ralph, Interior Design*
Advisor: Marsha Cuddeback

Pei Yu, Architecture
Advisor: Traci Birch

College of Engineering
Mallory Bartow, Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Warren Waggenspack

Lydia Beebe, Industrial Engineering
Advisor: Laura Ikuma

Adrianna Copeland, Biological Engineering
Advisor: Marybeth Lima

Timothy Craig, Chemical Engineering
Advisor: Adam Melvin

Christopher Diaz, Petroleum Engineering
Advisor: Ipsita Gupta

Sarah Dunn, Industrial Engineering*
Advisor: Laura Ikuma

Chace Edwards, Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Keith Gonthier

David Field, Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Paige Davis

Lucy Guo, Mechanical Engineering*
Advisor: Genevieve Palardy

Andrew Hopkinson, Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Paige Davis

Tiffany Le, Biological Engineering
Advisor: Nick Totaro

Robert McPherson, Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Hunter Gilbert

Sonja Nguyen, Chemical Engineering
Advisor: Chris Arges

Amaury Regnard, Industrial Engineering
Advisor: Roberto Champney

Elizabeth Reiner, Electrical Engineering
Advisor: Theda Daniels-Race

Jordan Remont, Biological Engineering
Advisor: Nick Totaro

Krista Scafidel, Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Genevieve Palardy

Jessica Sims, Chemical Engineering
Advisor: Liz Melvin

Michael Smith, Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Paige Davis

Allison Swetledge, Industrial Engineering
Advisor: Isa Nahmens

Amelie Thomas, Mechanical Engineering*
Advisor: Hunter Gilbert

John Wallace, Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Paige Davis

Gabrielle Welty, Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Warren Waggenspack

College of Humanities & Social Sciences
Amanda Husein, French and Biological Sciences*
Advisor: Joomyeong Kim

College of Human Sciences & Education
Katie Fairchild, Early Childhood Education
Advisor: Angela Barnes

Fallon Nixon, Elementary Grades Education
Advisor: Alica Benton

Hana O'Neill, Early Childhood Education
Advisor: Hillary Eisworth

Erin Ricken, Early Childhood Education
Advisor: Jennifer Baumgartner

Manship School of Mass Communication
Pryce Bahnsen, Mass Communication
Advisor: Sadie Wilks

Christopher DeFelice, Mass Communication
Advisor: Lance Porter

Amaya Lynch, Mass Communication
Advisor: Sadie Wilks

College of Science
Ryan Agsunod, Biological Sciences*
Advisor: SeYeon Chung

Justin Champagne, Physics
Advisor: Chelsea Duhon Graves

Jordan Cross, Biological Sciences
Advisor: Chelsea Duhon Graves

Amanda Husein, Biological Sciences and French*
Advisor: Joomyeong Kim

Michael Simons, Biological Sciences
Advisor: Khoa Nguyen

Hailey Simpson, Biological Sciences*
Advisor: Bill Wischusen

*Students graduating with the Ogden Honors College are designated with an asterisk.

Contact Ernie Ballard
LSU Media Relations
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