In celebration of KGI’s accomplishments during the 2020-21 academic year, the School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and Henry E. Riggs School of Applied Life Sciences hosted virtual award ceremonies late last week to honor their students, faculty, preceptors, and staff.
Congratulations to the award winners and all of our students who have earned degrees and certificates in 2021!
HENRY E. RIGGS SCHOOL OF APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES
STUDENT AWARDS
Highest Academic Performance Award
- Elizabeth Iantosca
- Nicole McKee
- Marie Starksen
- Taylor Carlson
- Timothy Chai
- Kaitlin Wilson
- Melissa Joyce Valerio
- Mary Camille Ybanez
- Sabeh Rahmen
- Angelo Beltran
Distinguished Service Award
- Stephanie Lee
Mission Award
- Shahil Patel
Exemplary Leadership Award
- Erik Wehse
TEAM-BASED AWARDS
Business Plan Competition Awards
- Team Synova: Joseph Pecoraro, Adi Thiyagarajan, Jonathan Woo
TMP Excellence in Collaboration Award
- Team Soil Carbon: Nia-Renee Cooper, Safia Hassan, Isabella Maramica, Kai Silkwood, Tristan Yang
FACULTY & STAFF AWARDS
Staff Of The Year Award
Student Advocate Award
- Jane Rosenthal
FACULTY AWARDS
Service Award
Innovation In Teaching Award
Henry E. Riggs Excellence In Teaching Award
SCHOOL OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES
STUDENT AWARDS
CVS Health Foundation Standard Award
- Trevor Quach – current P4 student
CVS Health Foundation Spanish Award
- Melissa Avina – current P1 student
Albertson’s Scholarships
- Lisa Huang – current P2 student
Walgreens Diversity and Inclusion Excellence Award
- Jemal Hussein – current P2 student
Walgreens Multilingual Scholarship
- Joanna Cruz- current P1 student
Student Pharmacist of the Year Award
- P1 - Calib Hale
- P2 - Ivy Hang
- P3 - Carolyn Saba
Outstanding Club Project Award
- C.A.R.E Club (Homies Care Project)
Exceptional Pharmacist Student of the Year
- P1 – Melissa Avina
- P2 – Tina Doan
- P3 – Sydney Eck
- P4- Ali Hasan
Impact Award
- Chidozie Olumba
Viatris Award
- Salar Sheykhsoltan
GCAT Award for the Human Genetics and Genetics Counseling Program
- Sam Apodaca
Genetic Counseling Impact Award
- Nicole Choy
MSGC Thesis Award
- Josephine Gao
- Kayla Lam-Little
GCAT Award for the Human Genetics and Genomic Data Analytics Program
- Jessica Farmer
SPHS Exceptional Genomic Data Analytics Student
- Betty Mathias
Capstone Project Award
- Jacqueline Williams
STAFF AND FACULTY AWARDS
Excellence in Teaching
- MSGC: Melissa Randall
- MSGDA: Barbara Fortini
- PharmD Class of 2024: Julie Truong
- PharmD Class of 2023: Srikanth Kolluru
- PharmD Class of 2022: Quintin Broussard
- PharmD Class of 2021: Jeany Jun and Stephanie Kourtakis
Teacher of the Year
- Julie Truong
Staff of the Year
- Jason Hartfield
Excellence in Research
- Alex Zambon
Excellence in Professional Service
- Tania Stewart
PRECEPTOR AWARDS
Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) Preceptor of the Year
- Parmis Khatibi
Advanced Practice Experience (APPE) Preceptor of the Year
- Mei Tang
Faculty Preceptor of the Year
Experiential Education Coordinator of the Year
- Hemi Jung