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CU students at Honors and Awards Day Chapel

Campbellsville University recently honored students in the Honors and Awards Day Chapel, held each year at the end of each academic year to celebrate the accomplishments and achievements of students.

Among the local award recipients were: Sport Medicine - Exercise Science: Kaylee Shay Campbell from Columbia; Honors Program: Makenna Marie Meeks from Russell Springs; Marriage and Family Ministries: Gracie Elizabeth Skaggs from Campbellsville; Outstanding Graduate Student-Instrumental: Connor Hogan from Campbellsville; Outstanding Graduate Student-Vocal: Abigail Rebecca Russell from Jamestown; Entrepreneurship: Halle Faye Hills from Edmonton; General Business: Ceanna Jean Denham from Greensburg; Pastoral Ministries: Samuel Robert Bennett from Campbellsville; Environmental Science: Julio Benedicto Perez from Campbellsville; Draven Blade Reynolds from Campbellsville; Computer Information Systems: Joseph Clark Kidwell from Campbellsville; Environmental Science: Julio Benedicto Perez from Campbellsville; and Criminal Justice: Makenna Marie Meeks from Russell Springs.


The full listing follows:
Co-valedictorians for the December commencement, listed with their hometowns and degrees, are as follows: Landon B. Cambron of Lebanon, Ky. (Bachelor of Science in Political Science/Economics);

Morgan Mackenzi Carter of Lafayette, Tenn. (Bachelor of Science in P-5 and Special Education); Tanaya Jaylynn Cecil of Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Bachelor of Science in Sport Management);

Sara Covelli of Torre Boldone, Italy (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration); Ellie Emberton Veach of Tompkinsville, Ky. (Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education/Primary-5);

David Shane Messer of Pineville, Ky (Bachelor of Arts in Music Area - Theory and Composition); and Lauren Thomas of Loretto, Ky. (Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education/Primary - 5).

Ashley Danielle McCoun of Lawrenceburg, Ky. (Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education/Primary - 5) was salutatorian for the December commencement.

Co-valedictorians for the May commencement, with their degree listed, are as follows: Steven Glen Bates, of Ferguson, Ky. (Bachelor of Science in Pastoral Ministries); XoXo Cecil of Harrodsburg, Ky. (Bachelor of Science in Economics);

Kennedy Nicole Chesser of Springfield, Ky. (Bachelor of Science in Biology/Psychology); Francisco Philippe Cocar Montenegro of San Salvador, El Salvador (Bachelor of Science in Psychology/Sociology);

Taryn Malia Harper of Southaven, Miss. (Bachelor of Science in Psychology/Criminal Justice Administration); Kate Lin Rae Hollenbach of Campbellsville, Ky. (Bachelor of Science in Psychology/Criminal Justice Administration)

Shuichi Kitajima of Campbellsville, Ky. (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art and Design Area with Animation Emphasis; Briana Alaura Mardis of Campbellsville, Ky. (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in accounting); and Makenna Marie Meeks of Russell Springs, Ky. (Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Administration).

Campbell Hays Sims, of Hodgenville, Ky., who received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in accounting, was salutatorian for the May commencement.

Other academic awards given at the Honors and Awards Day Chapel are as follows:

Art & Design: JeKwan Calvin Gholston from Campbellsville, Ky.

Biology: Patricia Loka from Louisville, Ky.

Chemistry: Draven Blade Reynolds from Campbellsville, Ky.

Environmental Science: Julio Benedicto Perez from Campbellsville, Ky.

Physics: Draven Blade Reynolds from Campbellsville, Ky.

Pre-Health Professions: Kennedy Nicole Chesser from Springfield, Ky.

Accounting: Samuel Robert Bennett from Elizabethtown, Ky.

Business Information Technology: Jignesh S. Patel from San Francisco, Calif.

Computer Information Systems: Joseph Clark Kidwell from Campbellsville, Ky.

Computer Science: Walter Daniel Laguna Velarde from La Paz, Bolivia

Economics: Landon Blake Cambron from Lebanon, Ky.

Entrepreneurship: Halle Faye Hills from Edmonton, Ky.

General Business: Kaycee A. Short from Harrodsburg, Ky.

Healthcare Management: Ceanna Jean Denham from Greensburg, Ky.

Dr. Ann Moore Human Resource Management: Rachel Leilani Manning from Hodgenville, Ky.

Dr. Patricia H. Cowherd Management: Olivia Cavero Ibanez from Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Marketing: Danyale Maree Atwell from Mammoth Cave, Ky.

Supply Chain Management: Llewellyn John Crewe Brown from Graaf Reinet, South Africa

School of Business Excellence: Sebastian Enrique Serrano Mata from Caracas, Venezuela

School of Music Outstanding Senior: Bailey Karen Pascarella from Somerset, Ky.

Outstanding Graduate Student-Instrumental: Connor Hogan from Campbellsville, Ky.

Outstanding Graduate Student-Vocal: Lydia Charlotte Cantrell-Montalvo from Bowling Green, Ky. and Abigail Rebecca Russell from Jamestown, Ky.

School of Education:

IECE: Molly Elizabeth Yates from Henderson, Ky.

P-5: XoXo Cecil from Harrodsburg, Ky.

5-9: Dalton Patrick Kehm from Lebanon, Ky.

8-12: Cade Daniel Crume from Owensboro, Ky.

P-12: Annika Lynn Wallitsch from Louisville, Ky.

Beth Kemper Memorial Scholarship: Jennifer Lizbeth Cress from Russell Springs, Ky.

L.M. Hamilton Scholarship: Savannah Nicole Gumm from Campbellsville, Ky.

Ruby Curry English Award: Sophia Grace Wright from Louisville, Ky.

Broadcast and Digital Media: Nathan A. Whaley from Amelia, Ohio

Journalism : Joseph Michael McBride from Everett, Wash.

Photography: Oriana Alejandra Espinoza Mendoza from Cornelius, N.C.

Spanish: Whitney Leigh Bowden from McKee, Ky.

Theatre: Colin James Harris from Campbellsville, Ky. and Priscilla Grace Wilson from Lebanon, Ky.

Nursing (Main): Chloe Elizabeth Little from Black Mountain, N.C.

Nursing (Harrodsburg): Sammy Jo Stigall from Somerset, Ky.

Christian Missions: Kelsey Brooke Overall from Loudon, Tenn.

Educational Ministries: Katelyn Michelle Edwards from Vine Grove, Ky.

Marriage and Family Ministries: Gracie Elizabeth Skaggs from Campbellsville, Ky.

Pastoral Ministries: Samuel Robert Bennett from Campbellsville, Ky.

William E. Bennett Political Science: Landon Blake Cambron from Lebanon, Ky.

Dr. Jacquelyn L. Sandifer Criminal Justice: Kate Lin Rae Hollenbach from Campbellsville, Ky.

Criminal Justice: Makenna Marie Meeks from Russell Springs, Ky.

Dr. Damon Eubank History: Conner Joseph Bickett from Loretto, Ky.

Bobby R. Himes Social Studies: Dalton Patrick Kehm from Lebanon, Ky.

Psychology: Francisco Philippe Cocar Montenegro from Rialto, Calif.

Sociology: Charlotte Gabrielle Stull from Greenville, S.C.

Honors Program: Kennedy Nicole Chesser from Springfield, Ky. and Makenna Marie Meeks from Russell Springs, Ky.

Global Engagement Award: Luis Ricardo Castro Coronado from Piura, Peru and Oluchi "Mercy" Enemuo from Ikeja, Nigeria.

Carver School of Social Work: Addison Riley from Lexington, Ky.

Health & Physical Education: Jordan Cade Jenkins from Stanford, Ky.

Sport Management (Main): Lina Elise Berrah from Epalinges, Switzerland

Sport Management (Harrodsburg): Tanaya Jaylynn Cecil from Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Sport Medicine - Exercise Science: Kaylee Shay Campbell from Columbia, Ky.

Sport Medicine - Fitness Wellness Specialist: Henry Arthur Wright from San, Jose, Calif.


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Congratulations to CU graduate Kaylee Campbell



2025-08-13 - Taylor County, KY - Photo from Gerard Flanagan, CU Communications.
Kaylee Shay Campbell from Columbia was honored at the annual Campbellsville University honors and awards event for having received her degree in Sport Medicine, Exercise Science.

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Congratulations to Makenna Marie Meeks



2025-08-14 - Taylor County, KY - Photo from Campbellsville University communications.
Campbellsville University recently honored students in the Honors and Awards Day Chapel, held each year at the end of each academic year to celebrate the accomplishments and achievements of students. Among the award recipients was Makenna Marie Meeks from Russell Springs who received the honors award and more.

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