Special Initiative Award
Winner: Samantha Hines by Elaine Schnabel
Jim Lampley Award
Winners: Jill O’Dell, Alyssa Wedley, and Alex Anton by Joyce Rudinsky
Lucia Morgan Scholarship
Winner: Elaina Eakle by Pat Parker
NC TV Award
Winners: Steven Johnson and Elaine Schnabel by Julia Haslett
John Robert Bittner Award Fund
Winner: Chandler Classen by Joseph Megel
J. Robert Cox Award
Winner: Amrut Mishra by Michael Palm
Martha Nell Hardy Award
Winner: Taylor Jackson by Sarah Dempsey
Outstanding Achievement in Leadership Graduate
Winner: Stephanie Kaczynski by Lisa Calvente
Jelena Stojakovic and Melody van Lidth de jeude Award
Winners: Preston Adcock and Rebekah Vaisey by China Medel
Jim Barry Production Scholarship
Winners: Kristen Alikakos, Amani Bushiri, and Haleigh Cooper by Ed Rankus
Rick Dees Award
Winners: Alex Anton, Marisol Cruz, Zachary Edwards, Emily Newsome, Crystal Medrano Rangel, Eve Golecruz, Sarah Glas, Steven Johnson, Yanan Sun, and Nykolas Zollbrecht by Julia Haslett
Outstanding Achievement in Interpersonal and Organizational Communication Award
Winner: Brooklyn Avery by Mike Waltman
John and Tatiana Moore Internship Award
Winners: Tikiyah Davis, Gina Park, Olivia Benton, Jamie Collier, Imani Edwards, Taylor Riga, Maia Sichitiu, & Eleazar Yisrael by Jonah Hodge
Outstanding Achievement in Performance Studies Award
Winner: Imani Williams by Renee Alexander Craft
Michael Piller Excellence in Screenwriting Award
Winner: Sydney Pope by Dana Coen
Outstanding Achievement in Rhetorical Studies
Winners: Dylan Heneghan and John Charles Steele by Cori Dauber
Outstanding Achievement in Service and Leadership
Winner: Rebecca L. Barnes by Steve May
Saint- Hayden Humanitas Award
Winners: Taylor Riga for scriptwriting and Eve Golecruz for Filmmaking, by Michael Acosta and Mark Robinson, respectively
Wallace Ray Peppers Award
Winner: Janae Gamara by Tony Perucci
Outstanding Achievement in Media and Technology
Winner: Sheena Edmundson by Michael Palm
Sherrill-Pence Award for Applied/Engaged Communication
Winner: Smita Misra by Sarah Dempsey