Department of Geography and Anthropology Awards

The Department of Geography and Anthropology celebrates the exceptional achievements of our students through various awards and scholarships. These recognitions honor outstanding performance in geospatial sciences, GIS, anthropology, and community engagement. Below is a list of award recipients, highlighting their academic excellence and contributions to their fields.

  • Chanice Brown (2024)
  • Outstanding GIS Certificate Student
    • Zaren Youngblood (2024)
    • AJ Sherrell (2023)

    Rebecca Mattord Outstanding Achievement Award

    • Laura Bailey (2024)
    • Tyler Nuttall (2023)

    Outstanding Geospatial Sciences Student

    • Ethan Manigbas (2024)
    • Derek Schmidt (2023)

    GSS Community Engagement Award

    • InterDev (2024)
    • Georgia Geospatial (2023)

    John C Gaskins Endowed Scholarship

    • Sam Johnson (2024)
    • Pete Jones (2024)
    • Jose Gamez-Herrada (2024)

    Rochester Scholarship

    • Zaria Dunn (2024)

    Rebecca Mattord Scholarship

    • Whitney Gregory (2024)
  • Kathleen Smith (2019-2020)

    Artis Trice (2020-2021)

    Ellen Spiceland (2021-2022)

    Lilly Colantuono (2022-2023)

    Chanice Brown (2023-2024)

  • India Daniel (2019-2020)

    Morgan Bendzinski (2020-2021)'

    John Tomko (2021-2022)

    Chandler Wooten (2022-2023)

    Maygui Jean (2023-2024)

  • Riley J. Dugan (2018-2019)

    Caleb Griffin (2029-2020)

    Charles Gowdie (2020-2021)

    Raymond Goslow (2021-2022)

    Derek Schmidt (2022-2023)

    Ethan Manigbas (2023-2024)