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Honors Convocation presents awards to Brownlee, Otte and Barbour Seniors Jeremy Brownlee (Franklin, Ind.) and Liz Otte (Crothersville, Ind.), along with Professor of English Kathy Barbour, led the list of recipients at the 72nd annual Honors Convocation held at Fitzgibbon Recital Hall April 9. David Yeager, vice president and dean of student life, presented Brownlee with the John Finley Crowe Citation for Scholarship and General Excellence as the outstanding senior male. “It’s very humbling to know that people would think so highly of me,” Brownlee said after the ceremony. “It was unexpected but certainly appreciated.”
Otte garnered two awards — the Henry C. Long Citation for Scholarship and General Excellence as the outstanding senior female, and the Joseph W. Evans Prize, which she earned for her article “The Great Fish Debate.” Otte also attained membership in Gamma Sigma Pi, Hanover’s honor society for juniors and seniors. “It feels fabulous to know that (my) hard work has paid off,” she said. “I feel like I’ve made an impact and that I’m part of a community here.” Robert Graham, vice president and dean of academic affairs, presented Barbour with the Arthur and Ilene Baynham
Outstanding Teaching Award. It marked the second time she has won the prestigious honor. “My knees buckled,” Barbour said about her reaction when her name was called. “I had to hang on to (President) Sue (DeWine) and Rob (Graham). When asked what the award meant to her, she said, “You immediately think of all the reasons why you shouldn’t have won and (then) you think of all your friends who deserve it more.” For a complete list of the Honors recipients, visit www.hanover.edu/news.
Clockwise from top left: Seniors Jeremy Brownlee and Liz Otte; Barbour; Julia Taylor ’09, her mother, Lizz Taylor, and Callie Moore ’09. Moore is the recipient of this year's Philip R. Taylor Award for Student Publishing, endowed in memory of family member Phil Taylor ’00.
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