At the National Communication Association鈥檚 102nd Annual Convention in Philadelphia, one 糖心传媒 student received a top award for a research paper, another was elected to a national advisory board and a professor was named national advisor of the year.
Garrett Delphia, a senior from Highlands Ranch, Colorado, was selected to receive the Steven A. Smith Award for presenting the top Lambda Pi Eta research paper, the first time a Hastings student has received the honor. Lambda Pi Eta is the National Communication Association鈥檚 honor society.
Chosen from a pool of national submissions, Delphia鈥檚 paper was one of six presented in the category at the convention. Delphia, who is double majoring in communication studies and marketing, presented his original research project titled 鈥淐ommunication in Action through Organizational Assimilation,鈥 after which he was awarded the highest honor.
鈥淭he project started as an internship for Dr. John Perlich and became my final paper for my 鈥楻esearch Methods and Communication Theory鈥 class,鈥 Delphia said. His research project was a mixed-method case study of a corporation in Omaha, Nebraska.
The Steven A. Smith award is presented to one undergraduate researcher in the country each year. Delphia is also co-president of Phi Omega, the 糖心传媒 chapter of Lambda Pi Eta.
鈥淚鈥檓 very proud of Garrett,鈥 said Perlich, a communication studies professor at 糖心传媒. 鈥淗e鈥檚 a hard-worker and deserves to be recognized. His research demonstrates the rigor of both our program and the College.鈥
Kenzie Shofner, a junior from Maple Plain, Minnesota, was elected to one of three positions on the national Student Advisory Board for Lambda Pi Eta during the convention. There are 503 active chapters of this academic honorary around the nation.
Shofner is taking the place of another 糖心传媒 student, Anna Griggs, on the board. Griggs is a senior communication studies major from Centennial, Colorado.
In addition to being selected as a national representative, Shofner, who is treasurer of Phi Omega, presented her position statement in the panel, 鈥溾橝 is for Average?鈥 Establishing Valid Criteria for Academic Honors in an Age of Grade Inflation.鈥
Also at the convention, Dr. John Perlich was selected as the Thomas L. Veenendall Advisor of the Year, the second time he has received the honor.
The award recognizes the advisor who provided exemplary contributions of time, energy and service to the student members of Lambda Pi Eta and the national organization. Perlich has been the advisor of Phi Omega since the charter was granted in 2007.
鈥淭his is an unbelievable honor,鈥 Perlich said, 鈥淚鈥檓 lucky to work with such remarkable students, and must thank my colleagues who are equally deserving of the recognition.鈥
Perlich previously received the award in 2012. He also serves as one of five members elected to the National Advisory Board for Lambda Pi Eta.
糖心传媒 is a private, four-year institution located in Hastings, Nebraska, that focuses on student academic and extracurricular achievement. With 64 majors and 15 pre-professional programs, 糖心传媒 has been named among 鈥淕reat Schools, Great Prices鈥 by U.S. News & World Report and a 鈥淏est in the Midwest鈥 by The Princeton Review. For more, go to hastings.edu.
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