Colorado woman gains double honors at Ivy Day

Amy Madison of Woodland Park, Colo., was crowned the Ivy Day queen and also received the Platinum Eagle Award for women. The latter award is given by the Student Senate for “distinguished leadership and service,” and is considered one of the highest honors a Chadron State student can receive.

The Ivy Day king is Carl Fanning of Bayard while the male recipient of the Platinum Eagle Award is Michael Donner of Burwell.

Madison is an elementary education major. This past year, she was the special events coordinator for the Campus Activities Board, treasurer of the Student Senate, secretary of the Lions Club and a Presidential Diplomat.

Besides being Ivy Day king, Fanning received the award as the outstanding senior in marketing and graduated Magna Cum Laude, which requires a grade point average of at least 3.75.

Like Madison, Donner is a four-year member of the Student Senate, and served as chief justice this year. He also was a resident adviser and a member of the Health Professions Club and Circle K. He will attend the University of Nebraska Medical Center to study medicine, beginning this fall.

The first attendants to the Ivy Day royalty were Kelly Kuzel of Schuyler and Anthony Ybarra of Gering. Ybarra and Tessa Dormann of Mitchell were the first runners-up for the Platinum Eagle Awards.

The second attendants were Chelsie Lammers of Wood River and Doug Lynch of Hot Springs, S.D. Lynch also was the Ivy Day orator representing Blue Key National Honorary Society. The Cardinal Key orator was Heather Murphy of Atkinson.

The other royalty attendants were Anita Bartlett, a graduate of Sandhills High at Halsey who now lives near Bayard and Nick Kaczor of Ewing along with Connie Jurgens of Madison and Mike Kochis of Matheson, Colo.

Numerous seniors were recognized as the outstanding scholars in their academic areas. The awards and the recipients are:

Accounting—Sara Hatzenbuhler, Buffalo, Wyo.; agribusiness and business administration—Michael Kochis, Matheson, Colo; agriculture—Paul Beaver, Crawford; finance—Tamara Spahn, Chadron; marketing—Carl Fanning, Bayard; management— Christopher Ross, Gering; information science and technology—Matthew Harris, Sidney; management information systems—Tebarek Teketel, Ethiopia; office management—Jodi Cerney, Kadoka, S.D.

Criminal justice—Jared Bangerter, Sheridan, Wyo.; criminal justice/law—Anthony Ybarra, Gering; history—Jill Hidy, Trenton; law enforcement—Loren Cole, Lisco; legal studies—Kari Daly, Hershey; social science—Heather Murphy, Atkinson; social work—Sharon Gardner, Chadron.

Family and consumer science—Stacey Heller, Rapid City; journalism—Heather Phipps Beebout, Whitman; library media—Dan Hughes, Wisner; music—Rachel Lowry, Fort Morgan, Colo., Melissa Phillips, Mullen; and Ben Stinson, Rushville; theater—Hannah McMaster, Chadron.

Early childhood education—Megan Groskopf, Scottsbluff; elementary education—Chuck Turnbull, Chadron; health—Dusty Deterding, Halsey; physical education—Ben Holscher, Ogallala; psychology—Anne Hessler, Scottsbluff; special education—Shannon Santero, Lewellen; recreation—Anne Frates, Brule.

General biology—Emily Baily, Chadron; environmental studies—Nick Kaczor, Ewing; health professions—Tessa Dormann, Mitchell, and Douglas Lynch, Hot Springs, S.D.; mathematics—Angala Miller, Lodgepole, and Starla Tronstad, Powell, Wyo.

Several other special awards were presented at Ivy Day. Those recipients were:

Clyde Bond Memorial Award to a scholar-athlete for outstanding sportsmanship and character—Lindsay Erwin, Lincoln; Dow Jones Business Award—Sarah Hatzenbuhler, Buffalo, Wyo.; National Business Education Award—Lorie Morris, Purdum.

Honors Program graduates—Cassie Bohn, Newcastle, Wyo.; Julie Lancaster, Aurora, Colo.; Eric Lubbers, Yuma, Colo.; Erica Parish, Chadron; Sara Beth Ramsay, Buffalo, Wyo.; and Sonja Tennyson, Custer, S.D.

Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society Honor Cords—Phil Darley, Scottsbluff; Anne Greenia, Hot Springs, S.D.; Jill Hidy, Trenton; Jamie Hoek, Grass Valley, Calif.; Jessica Isenberger, Wright, Wyo.; Eric Lubbers, Yuma, Colo.; Toni Mathewson, Scottsbluff; Sara Beth Ramsey, Buffalo, Wyo.; Nick Schledewitz, Hemingford; Christopher Skeen, Imperial; Josh Sprock, Casper, Wyo.; Rena Tucker, Ashland.

Admissions ambassador certificates of appreciation—Tessa Covington, North Platte; Connie Jurgens, Madison; Ethan Mann, Wayne; Anthony Ybarra, Gering.