Commencement Awards
Discover awards honoring UofL's top graduate achievers, celebrating excellence, leadership, resilience and their impactful contributions to their field.
Spring 2025 Commencement Award Winners
We congratulate the following Commencement Award Winners as well as those recognized as having earned a Dean's Citation.
Guy Stevenson Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies
Idoia Meaza Isusi
Ph.D. Pharmacology and Toxicology
John Richard Binford Memorial Award
Daniel C. Nguyen
Ph.D. Physiology
The Virginia "Jenny" Madden Award for Graduate Student Leadership and Service
Eisey Eisenhardt
M.F.A. Studio Art and Design
Alice Eaves Barns Award
Wala Daher Al Zara, M.A., Applied Philosophy Healthcare Ethics
Graduate Dean's Citations
To be eligible for a Graduate Dean’s Citation, the student must have significant accomplishments (e.g. publications, teaching excellence, and professional service) beyond the achievement of a high-grade point average.
| Name | Program |
|---|---|
| Wala Al Zara | Applied Philosophy (MA) |
| Rayko Anderson | Urban Planning (MUP) |
| Giovanna Barham | English (MA) |
| Katelyn Blaszynski | Music Performance (MM) |
| Erika Buchanan | Social Work (MSW) |
| Corey Burks | Social Work (MSW) |
| Benjamin Carter | Music Performance (MM) |
| Mona Dajani | Social Work (PHD) |
| Eisey Eisenhardt | Studio Art and Design (MFA) |
| Doug Evans | Couple and Family Therapy (MS) |
| Hannah Fulkerson | Health Administration (MS) |
| Jessica Gottbrath | English Rhetoric and Composition (PHD) |
| Prabathi Gunathilake | Social Work (PHD) |
| Kendyl Harmeling | English Rhetoric and Composition (PHD) |
| Prameet Jha | Industrial Engineering (PHD) |
| Autumn Koehling | Anthropology (MA) |
| James Layton | Music Performance (MM) |
| Jorgia Mcmeans | Couple and Family Therapy (MS) |
| Idoia Meaza Isusi | Pharmacology and Toxicology (PHD) |
| Sarah Melloy | Art History (MA) |
| Jacob Miller | Chemical Engineering (PHD) |
| Rachel Morgan | English Rhetoric and Composition (PHD) |
| Amber MortonStout | Couple and Family Therapy (MS) |
| Anthony Munger | Social Work (MSW) |
| Sarah Neff | Communication (MA) |
| Daniel Nguyen | Physiology (PHD) |
| Joshua Nielsen | Industrial Engineering (PHD) |
| Isaac Offei | Civil Engineering (PHD) |
| Keri Otte | Social Work (DSW) |
| Eli Polley | Political Science (MA) |
| Jane Post | Couple and Family Therapy (MS) |
| Cody Pryer | Sports Administration (MS) |
| Aakarsha Rao | Interdisciplinary Studies - Bioinformatics (PHD) |
| James Richie | Humanities (PhD) |
| Henrietta Ransdell | Interdisciplinary Studies - Sustainability (MS) |
| Anya Shorey-Smith | Experimental Psychology (PhD) |
| Andrea Sparrow | Social Work (DSW) |
| Deidre Thompson | Social Work (DSW) |
| Katie Toth | Social Work (MSW) |
| Alvin Tran | Computer Science |
| Dwan Turner | Couple and Family Therapy (MS) |
| Benjamin Veasey | Electrical Engineering (PHD) |
| Aggie Williams | Pharmacology and Toxicology (PHD) |
| Jean Zelenko | Social Work (PHD) |
| James Zimmer | Social Work (DSW) |