May 14, 2020

Graduates recognized for outstanding achievement at Honors Convocation

The following student(s) were recognized for outstanding achievement at Mount Mercy University’s Honors Convocation on May 15:

Sisters of Mercy Award: Hilaire Zigashane Tshombe

Sister Immaculata Business Award: Andrea Ertz

Sister Mary Agnes Hennessey Award: Taylor Marie Petersen

Sister Mary Edward McConohy Nursing Award: James P. Burke

Sister Mary Ildephonse Award: Haley Anne Weideman

Sister Mary Norbert Karnik Art Award: Matthew Trueblood

Sister Mary Roberta Lyness Award: Ethan B. Wherry

Sister Mary Xavier Creative Writing Award: Jessica Rose Purgett

Sister Roseline Kos Education Award: Michelle Merschbrock

Outstanding Accounting Student Award: Matthew Pelzer

Outstanding Computer Science Student Award: Irena Henry

Outstanding Criminal Justice Student Award: Madelyn M. Irwin

Outstanding Economics Student Award: Connor Christophersen

Outstanding Finance Student Award: Maximilian Thomas Rieger

Outstanding Human Resource Management Student Award: Tyler James Follett

Outstanding Journalism Student Award: Madelyn Lee Orton

Outstanding Marketing Student Award: Vanessa Alexis Cortes

Outstanding Mathematics Student Award: Joshua J. Jurgensmeier

Outstanding Natural Science Student Award: Samantha Marie Kitterman

Outstanding Political Science Student Award: Margaret Kathryn Peterson           

Dale Harrison Outstanding Management Student Award: Jessica Ertz

Anne K. Stenzel Outstanding Social Work Student Award: Karina Hutchison

Christine L. Woodruff Outstanding Psychology Student Award: Margaret Kathryn Peterson

Sister Siena Religious Studies Award: Kasey Christopher Kaimann

Accelerated Student of the Year Award: Manda M. Marshall

Co-Curricular Service Award: Franchelie Sonia Mounzeo Mampassi

President’s Award: Maximilian Thomas Rieger

Nearly 30 awards were given during the ceremony, recognizing students for excelling in academics and extra-curricular activities while demonstrating leadership and personal growth during their time at Mount Mercy.