[351]EIGHTEEN MTSU STUDENTS GARNER PSYCHOLOGY AWARDS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 18, 2008
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Department of Psychology, 615-898-2706

EIGHTEEN MTSU STUDENTS GARNER PSYCHOLOGY AWARDS

(MURFREESBORO, Tenn.)—The Department of Psychology at MTSU will present its annual awards ceremony for outstanding students who were enrolled in the program during the 2007 academic year beginning at 6 p.m. March 20 in the Tennessee Room of the James Union Building.
Prior to the 6 p.m. ceremony, psychology faculty will meet with student award winners beginning to view the students’ plaques, meet parents and take photographs.
The Department of Psychology is part of the university’s College of Education and Behavior Science, which is led by Dr. Gloria Bonner, dean.
Eighteen MTSU students, all of whom are majoring in programs of study within psychology, will receive 13 academic honors during the March 20 event, which is open to media and the public.
Those students who will receive awards at the upcoming ceremony are listed below by their respective hometown counties. Unless indicated otherwise, the students’ hometowns are in Tennessee.

The winning students, along with their respective hometowns, are as follows:

·Outstanding Clinical Psychology Graduate Student
--Kelli Blevins of Smyrna, a 2002 graduate of La Vergne High School.
--Amber Mackey of Murfreesboro, a native of Wake County, N.C., and graduate of Southeast Raleigh High School.

·Outstanding Quantitative Psychology Graduate Student
--Andrey V. Koval of Murfreesboro, an international student at MTSU.

·Outstanding Experimental Psychology Graduate Student
--Joseph Baker of Murfreesboro, a native of Las Cruces, N.M.

·Outstanding Professional Counseling Psychology Graduate Student
--Jennifer Adams of Murfreesboro, a 1997graduate of Oakland High School.

·Outstanding School Psychology Graduate Student
--Marisa Shubert of Franklin.

·Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant Spring 2007
--Joy Pollard of Murfreesboro, a native of Alamogordo, N.M.
--Shannon Riggs of Burleson, Texas.


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·Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant Fall 2007
--Amber Mackey of Murfreesboro.

·Elizabeth Wright Psychology Graduate Student Award
--Jenny Gilbert of Hendersonville, a 2000 graduate of Beech High School.

·Robert Prytula Memorial Scholarship ($500)
--Kelli Blevins of Smyrna, a 2002 graduate of La Vergne High School.
--Andrey V. Koval of Murfreesboro, an international student at MTSU.

·Keith W. Carlson Professional Counseling Scholarship ($500)
--Brittany Dyer of Smyrna, a graduate of Cookeville (Tenn.) High School.
--Joyce Hollins of Nashville, a 2000 graduate of Dacula High School.

·Willard A. Kerr Award of Excellence for Outstanding Psychology Undergraduate ($100 bond)
--Barbra McLane of Murfreesboro, a graduate of Hilton Head (S.C.) High School.
--Paige Greene of Murfreesboro, a 2004 graduate of La Vergne High School.

·Willard A. Kerr Award of Excellence for Outstanding Psychology Graduate Student ($100 bond)
--Ashley Crow of Murfreesboro, a graduate of Louisiana High School and native of Louisiana, Mo.
--Kara Jeansonne, a native of Metairie, La.
--Kimberly Wilson of Murfreesboro.

·Larry W. Morris Outstanding Senior in Psychology ($100)
--Jessica Busler of Murfreesboro, a graduate of Powell (Tenn.) High School.
--Sarah Marler of Murfreesboro.




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