2019 Recipients

See the list of the 2019 Premier Award winners.

Sakina Dhondia

William P. and Estan J. Bloom Award

Sakina has been incredibly active in the SGA, Honors College and the Alabama Transportation Institute.

Shannon Hubbard

Judy Bonner Presidential Medallion Prize

Shannon empowers foster youth, orphans, emancipated minors and wards of the state of Alabama to pursue higher education.

Alexis Matallana

Morris L. Mayer Award (student recipient)

Alexis served as president of the Alabama Panhellenic Association and director of homecoming’s Paint the Town Red.

Dr. Lucy Curzon

Morris L. Mayer Award (staff recipient)

Dr. Curzon inspires her students to show how much the visual arts affects the everyday lives of adults and children.

Emily Adams

John F. Ramsey Award

Emily wrote a publication that helped her goals of studying law and working to explain and influence U.S. policy.

Donna Xia

Catherine J. Randall Award

Donna conducted a project that analyzed metabolic interactions in a bacterial community that propagated colorectal cancer tumors.

Joline Hartheimer

Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award (student recipient)

Jolilne uses her research to fight tumors and trained as a medical scribe at DHC.

Kyle Van Frank

Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award (student recipient)

Kyle serves as vice president of Alpha Psi Omega theatre honor society and raised $4,000 to fight AIDS.

Dr. Ron Dulek

Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award (staff recipient)

Dr. Dulek has published more than 40 articles and co-authored six books on business communication and presented papers at national and international conferences.