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Sixteen OU Students Named Outstanding Senior Award Recipients

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Group photo of OU Outstanding Seniors.
Outstanding Seniors group photo. Photo by Travis Caperton.

Sixteen OU Students Named Outstanding Senior Award Recipients


By

Jacob Guthrie
ounews@ou.edu

Date

Nov. 1, 2024

NORMAN, OKLA. – Sixteen seniors from the University of Oklahoma have been selected as Outstanding Seniors for their exceptional achievements in scholarship, honors, awards, leadership and service. Of these 16 students, Kyle Eskew from Beavercreek Township, Ohio, was chosen by a committee of OU faculty, staff and students as the overall Outstanding Senior.

The group was recognized at a recent ceremony, where OU President Joseph Harroz Jr., OU Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Students David Surratt and representatives from OU colleges presented each recipient with their Outstanding Senior Award.

Awards were presented to the following seniors:

Outstanding Senior

Hometown

College

Kyle Eskew, Overall Outstanding Senior 

Beavercreek Township, Ohio

College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences

Taylor Fleming

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture

Syed Aslam

Norman

Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences

William McGovern-Fagg

Norman

College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences

Jillienne Connell

Grapevine, Texas

Michael F. Price College of Business

Braeden Moreland

Elgin

Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy

Kenny Kim

Oklahoma City

Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education

Ziyad Asli

Marrakech, Morocco

Gallogly College of Engineering

Jody Farmer

Maidstone, Vermont

Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts

Juan Dills

Oklahoma City

Honors College

Mary Sofia Torres Mendez

Bogotá, Colombia

David L. Boren College of International Studies

Douglas Farley III

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

College of Professional and Continuing Studies

Haleigh Hurst

Decatur, Texas

Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

Kaylee Wimberley

Ponca City

College of Allied Health

Aaron Hui

Edmond

College of Dentistry

Caitlin Newton

Anadarko

Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing

About the University of Oklahoma

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