CONGRATULATIONS 2008-2009

University of West Florida Honors Convocation

April 3, 2009

Congratulations to the Following Students for Their Excellence

• April Jardine for winning the Hal Crosby Leadership Award. April is a Political Science and History major and currently the SGA president and serves as the student representative to the UWF Board of Trustees.
• Georgia Adams named Outstanding International Studies Student of the Year.
• Gywn Ellsworth named Outstanding Political Science Student of the Year.
• The following students were named in the Who's Who Among Students in American Universitites and Colleges 2008:

  • Erin Bartholomew-Cook - Political Science
  • Jennifer Gulley - International Studies
  • Hilary Turner - International Studies
• The following students were named for the Voyages Leadership Development Program award:
  • Alexis Harper - International Studies
  • April Jardine - Political Science and History
  • Katherine McLaurin - Political Science
  • Mary Ann Vaughan - International Studies minor
    

Students Present Papers at Conferences

• Bryan Allen Waters - presented a paper entitled "Puritanism in America: Tocqueville's Puritans and the Implication for Modern American Politics" at the Florida Political Science Association conference in Orlando, April 18, 2009.
• Hengel Reina - presented a paper entitled "Framers or Figureheads: Examining Activist Centered Realignment in Contemporary Republican Politics" at the Florida Political Science Association conference in Orlando, April 18, 2009.

• Ryan McNutt - presented a paper entitled "Redrawing the Face of America: Explaining the Impact of Electoral Heterogeneity on Presidential Elections" at the Florida Political Science Association conference in Orlando, April 18, 2009.

• Maureen Yann - presented a paper entitled "U.S. House of Representatives Voting Behavior on Roll Call Vote 661/HR4137: Border Protection, Antiterrorism and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005" at the Florida Political Science Association conference in Orlando, April 18, 2009.

• Julie Goldberg, Erica Sapp, Maureen Yann, Samantha Adams, and Josiane Welsh - presented a paper entitled "Women Leading Congress: Is the First Female Speaker Really All That Different?" at the Florida Political Science Association conference in Orlando, April 18, 2009.

• Jean Paul Agustin - presented a paper entitled "The Brazilian Praetorian Guard" at the Florida Political Science Association conference in Orlando, April 18, 2009.

• Kari Crawford - presented a paper entitled "Argentina: Falkland's War" at the Florida Political Science Association conference in Orlando, April 18, 2009.

• Angelica Jenkins - presented a paper entitled "The Congressional Black Caucus" at the Florida Political Science Association conference in Orlando, April 18, 2009.

• Sara Zandi - presented a paper entitled "The Iranian Military's Enforecement of Martial Law During Revolution" at the Florida Political Science Association conference in Orlando, April 18, 2009.

• Maureen Yann - presented a paper entitled "Women Leading Congress: Is the First Female Speaker Really All That Different?" at the Southern Political Science Association conference in New Orleans, January 9, 2009 coauthored with Erica Sapp, Julie Goldberg, Samantha Adams, and Josiane Welsh.

• Ana Picota - presented a paper entitled "Junk that Nobody Cares About? Examining the Relationship between Political Science and Policy Making." at the Southern Political Science Association conference in New Orleans, January 9, 2009.

• Krista Billingsley - presented paper entitled "Why are we here? Examining the impact of the positivist political scientist through research and teaching." at the Southern Political Science Association conference in New Orleans, January 9, 2009.