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The University honored outstanding undergraduates April 15 at its annual Honors and Awards Day ceremony on the Horseshoe.
Highlighting the ceremony, which recognized more than 250 USC undergraduates' academic achievements, leadership, and service contributions, was the presentation of the Algernon Sydney Sullivan and Steven N. Swanger awards by President Sorensen.
The Sullivan awards, the University's highest honor for undergraduates, were presented to Benjamin Perry Edwards of Greer and Lara Bratcher of McMinnville, Tenn. Sullivan awards are given each year to one male and one female graduating senior for their outstanding academic achievements, campus leadership, exemplary character, and service to the community. The award, named for a 19th-century New York lawyer and philanthropist, goes to students at 15 U.S. colleges and universities.
The Swanger award, USC's second-highest undergraduate honor, was presented to Amanda Lea Marshall of Plainview, Texas. The award is named for a former president of Omicron Delta Kappa, which sponsors Honors and Awards Day, and is given to a graduating senior for exemplary leadership and for making significant contributions to the USC community.
"These three students represent the many outstanding students who have chosen the University of South Carolina for their education," Sorensen said. "Not only do they excel academically, but each has made time to share their talents with the Carolina and Midlands communities. They join an impressive group of USC students who are receiving awards at this ceremony and others who have received top honors in national competitions during the 2003–04 academic year."
Edwards received a Life Scholarship and Gamecock Club Scholarship for his education. An Honors College senior philosophy major, he has been on the Dean's List for four years and the President's Honor Roll for three years. He has earned membership in a number of honor societies, including Alpha Lambda Delta, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Golden Key, Omicron Delta Kappa, and Phi Beta Kappa.
Edwards also received the Josiah Morse Award in Philosophy, was named a Carolina Outstanding Senior for 2004, and chosen for Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities.
Bratcher is a McNair scholar, USC's most prestigious scholarship program for out-of-state students, and a senior anthropology major, with a minor in medical humanities, in the Honors College. Active in student government, she was on Freshman Council, a student senator for four years, president pro-tempore, and vice chair of student services. Her academic achievements have been awarded with membership in Mortar Board Honor Society, Order of Omega Honor Society, Rho Lambda Panhellenic Honor Society, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society, Golden Key Honor Society, Phi Beta Kappa, and Omicron Delta Kappa, for which she is president.
Bratcher also was chosen for Who's Who Among American Colleges and Universities and named the Omicron Delta Kappa Outstanding Senior and a USC Outstanding Senior.
Marshall, a McNair scholar and National Merit Scholarship Finalist, is a senior Spanish major in the Honors College. Recognized for her student leadership at USC, Marshall came to USC and immediately enrolled in the Emerging Leaders program. During her freshman year, she distinguished herself as the Order of Omega Sorority Model Initiate and Collier Panhellenic Best Pledge Award recipient while a pledge to Chi Omega Sorority. She was inducted into the Alpha Lambda Delta honor society. Her scholarly achievements have merited membership in the Mortar Board Honor Society, the Golden Key International Honor Society, Sigma Delta Pi Hispanic Honor Society, and Phi Beta Kappa. She has earned the Order of Omega Parker F. Enright Scholarship, the Order of the Gamecock, and the Order of the Owl Academic Achievement Award.
Marshall also was named to Who's Who Among American Colleges and Universities and is a USC Outstanding Senior of 2004.
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