The semester is winding down, and the SMU award season has begun. Earlier this month, scores of CCPA students were acknowledged and honored at the division’s annual CCPA New Majors Induction and Senior Awards Ceremony.

You may view most of the photos from the event at the end of this story. If you wish to download any of these photos, please visit https://stevelee.zenfolio.com/ccpaawards24 and use the passcode CCPAAWARDS.

Here is how the awards ceremony unfolded.

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Dr. Duhé

Invocation
Alyssa Ceballos

Presentation and Induction of New Majors

Reese Alecxih, Grace Anci, Avery Bahl, Dylan Ballard, Haley Beilke, Clay Belmarsh, Danielle Blakey, Yasmine Boueri, Sierra Brewer, Isabel Bushey, Shelby Clausen, Reynolds Cole, Clare Coleman, Caroline Corcoran, Taylure Craven, Cayti Culberson, Lyla Day, Alex De La Moram Skylar Demers, Diandra DiNucci, Henry Driscoll, Arden Eiland, Keilah Eletu, Mollie Essner, Preston Ewing, Sophie Fast, Sammy Field, Skyler Fields, Mary Kathryn France, Renee Garza, Dani Gates, Sydney Glover, Zoe Gomez, Isabella Grover, Averi Heard, Talie Hess, Emma Hill, Chloe Hill, Conrad Im, Parker Jackson, Nevaeh Jones, Adele Keeney, Kendyl Kirtley, Angelica Koutsoubis, Kai Lanier, Natalia Lomelin, Bella Lopez, Maeve Malloy, Patrick Mason, Sophia McFerrin, Natie Mekonnen, Hank Minchin, Sallie Bell Moore, Mimi Morales, Jordan Morgan, Maria Murad, Abbigayle Murphy, Precious Nibigigwe, Ally Nolan, Kylie O’Connor, Precious Onalaja, Sonia Patel, Ashley Pitts, Izzi Placenti,
Julia Preston, Vale Prida-Seifer, Vivian Ralton, Gigi Remy, Amelia Rewis, McKinley Riddle, Mimsie Roberts, Elle Roth, Hope Ryan, Ben Schlange, Chase Schoellhorn, Tevy Sek, Madeline Sexhus, Addy Shaw, Tilly Small, Peyton Smith, Addie Smithers, Caleigh Stanton, Allie Stec, Sarah Theodros, Ava Todd, Buck Todd, Carly Turner, Kamila Vargas-Gonzalez, Mia Verrochi, Michaela Vial, Mariana Villalobos, Abby Walker, Rory Watson, Megan Watson, Alexa Williams

Presentation of Graduating Seniors

Olivia Allen, Katrina Anderson, Cam Arthur, Lexi Bartel, Caroline Benou, Lauren Bernacki, Sarah Braun, Grace Brown, Alyssa Ceballos, Nora Collins, Lincoln Dales, Delaney Davalos, Brenna Davison, Isabel Foncillas, Kenzie Ford, Niara Gill, Arti Golemi, Bella Gouzoulis, William Hamill, Holly Hardman, Harriett Hudspeth, Hudson Huffard, Khadija Ijaz, Ava Iversen, Claire Jakubowicz, Madeline Jervis, Mia Johnson, Connor Keenan, Charlotte Kolman, Beritt Landeen, Chad Lilly, Hannah Lorasbi, Leah Mangold, Kate Marquardt, Anna McDonald, Marlowe McEfee, Barrett McFerrin, Ellen McGuire, Bridgette Molumphy, Vanessa Montgomery, Adam Neff, Ava Nelson, Lauren Nolan, Kate Norton, Katherine O’Leary, Andrea Orazen, Emmie Rieth, Shane Rooney, Emma Shamon, Ari Srb, Caleigh Stanton, Anna Katharine Sullivan, Riley Tanner, Helena Theodore, Kaylin Thomson, Bryce Tonkin, Jane Margaret Turner, Shae Walker, Julia Ward, Riley Warner, Isabelle Weldon, Claire Williamson, Gwynne Wolgemuth, Isabella York

Outstanding Senior Awards

Commencement Marshal
Kate Marquardt

Commencement Reader
Katrina Anderson

Welcome from the CCPA Alumni Network
CCPA Alumna and Professor Emily Potts, Founder

Outstanding Academic Achievement in Corporate Communication & Public Affairs
Anna McDonald

Outstanding Corporate Communication & Public Affairs Student in Organizational Communication
Daniel Song

Outstanding Corporate Communication & Public Affairs Student in Political Communication
Grace Brown

Outstanding Corporate Communication & Public Affairs Student in Public Relations and Strategic Communication
Rachel Morrow
See the podcast and interview with Rachel.

Outstanding Corporate Communication and Public Affairs Graduate in Nonprofit and Arts Leadership
Lexi Bartel

Outstanding Corporate Communication and Public Affairs Graduate in Social Innovation, Creative, and Arts Entrepreneurship
Connor Keegan

Recognition of Graduate Students

MA/MBA Graduates
Camilla Allsup, Allison Gaughan, Ashley Guevara, Taylor Henigsman

MMIAM Graduates
Chiara Adinolfi, Cara Alizadeh-Fard, Bryan Arevalo, Mary Buckland, Florencia Giulio, Sebastian Grimaldos, Anna Mercier, Jonathan Nemtanu, Camilla Secco, Wen Wen, Zihan Zuo

Outstanding Arts Management Graduate Student
Anna Mercier

Scholarship Awards

Corporate Communication and Public Affairs Advisory Board Scholar Award
Spencer Croston, Mollie Essner, Gracie Holder, Megan Watson

Stan Levenson Honorary Scholar Award
Princess Igwe-Icho

Doug Bauer Incentive Scholar Award
Emma Barrett, Sierra Brewer, Princess Igwe-Icho, Angelica Koutsoubis, Chloe Young

Stephen & Dawn Farrell CCPA Study Abroad in London Award
Talie Hess

Outstanding PRSSA Leader
Chloe Young

CCPA Graduating Fellows
Katrina Anderson
Cam Arthur
Isabel Foncillas
Bella Gouzoulis
Ava Iverson
Maddie Jervis
Chad Lilly
Marlowe McEfee
Ellis Rold
Alyce Tanner
Gwynne Wolgemuth

Special Presentation honoring Dr. Duhé

Here are most of the photos from the evening. If you wish to download any of these photos, please visit https://stevelee.zenfolio.com/ccpaawards24 and use the passcode CCPAAWARDS.