Leadership Studies Program Holds 2024 Awards Ceremony Senior Toast
The Leadership Studies program held its Senior Toast and Awards Ceremony last night where we celebrated our forty-four (44) 2023-24 graduates. Annually, our graduates lead a Capstone project as their culminating experience in the minor, with the most exceptional being awarded a medal. We selected Tyler Johnson’s project “Addressing the Mental Health of IFC” and Amara Pappas’ “Musical Theatre Rehearsal Project and Major” as this cohort’s Self-Directed and Faculty-Initiated Capstones of the Year. Elle Caldow’s, Kyle Stork’s Margaret Priest’s, Devon Thompson’s, Jane Carson Wade’s exceptional Capstones also earned Honorable Mentions. Erin McKee earned her Leadership Studies Engaged Community Scholar Medal and Grace Woodside the Zanoni Award for contribution to the Leadership Studies Academic Community. We also recognized Dr. Sean Basso as our Faculty Member of the Year and ELPS’ own Diamond Leonard as our Staff Member of the Year.
The highlight of the evening is the induction of graduates, faculty, and staff to the Tri-Star Society. The 2024 Class of the Tri-Star Society is: Brody Carmack, Mackenzie Galloway, Tyler Johnson, Erin Mckee, Alay Mistry, McKaylee Mix, Amara Pappas, Devon Thompson, Mikele Vickers, Kendall William, and Grace Woodside. These leaders truly distinguished themselves as Leaders of Leaders with exceptional potential for continued leadership within our state, as demonstrated by their time at the University and in our community. Undergraduate Leadership Studies celebrates each of our graduates, all they have and will accomplish, and those in the UT community that contributed to their success.