Seniors of Significance
About the Award
The Seniors of Significance Award, created by the Division of Student Engagement in 2016, recognizes students who have excelled in scholarship, leadership, and service to campus and community and have brought distinction to Lamar University.
Seniors of Significance have made a lasting impact on the Lamar University campus and in their individual academic fields during their time at LU. They will continue to excel after graduation when they join the LU alumni family.
Seniors of Significance receive recognition at the Toast to Leadership Banquet, a graduation stole, and a commemorative gift. Honorees are also featured on the Lamar University website.
The Bess Gentry Award and the C. Robert Kemble Award recipients are selected from the Seniors of Significance. Recipients of these two awards each receive $1,000.
Criteria for Award Selection
Seniors of Significance must be undergraduate students graduating in May, August, or December 2024 who have:
- Excellence in scholarship
- Leadership and service to campus and community
- Brought distinction to Lamar University
LU faculty and staff members may nominate as many students as they feel are deserving of this recognition. Students may nominate themselves for consideration to be recognized.
Nominations are now closed for 2024.2023 Seniors of Significance
BACK ROW L-R: Jacob Murphy, management, Sour Lake; Umer Malik, political science, Bridge City; Zuhair Merchant, computer information sciences, Port Arthur; Shelbie Williams, political science, Port Neches; Chloe Smith, speech & hearing science, Beaumont; Jennifer Tsan, computer science, Orange; Britney Brevell, biology, Groves; Sindi Castillo, biology, Beaumont; Luis Arevalo, chemical engineering, Beaumont; Marcellious Prentice, industrial engineering, Baytown; Kalan Bonnette, mathematics & computer science, Orange
FRONT ROW L-R: Christine Osborne, marketing & English, Houston; Madison Taylor, nursing, Orange; Avery McLain, nursing, Tolar; Chloe Thompson, biology & studio art drawing, Vidor; Kaylee Goodspeed, psychology, Beaumont; Hannah Norwood, biology, Hillister; Caroline LeBlanc, chemical engineering, Beaumont; Dajha Myles, social work, Orange; Madison Richards, social work, Kountze; Lily Yoder, psychology, Beaumont
2022 Honorees
Back Row L-R: Dion Tran, Thanh Nguyen, David Williams, Lamarr Reed, Aris Martinez, Ali Hamza, Ayo Oni, Landon Richard, Cade Pellerin, Brendon Camp. Front Row L-R: Umera Ahmed, Krystal Le, Maissa Salibi, Vivica Edwards, Menna Elsaka, Taliah Belcher, Tiffany Tran, Lisseth Aguilar, Bethany Edwards, Kaylie Overstreet.
2021 Honorees
Top Row L-R: Hannah Abdullah, Samira Ahmed, Rachel Clark, Valen Elliot, Oris Granger, Joissy Grimaldo, Blaine Huff, Ashtyn Jones, Aurora Maldonado. Bottom Row L-R: Tyler Martin, Katey McCall, Neera Momin, Ayana Robinson, Yesenia Loera Romo, Chelsea Savoy, Todd Senters, Alexis Sturrock, Brooke Tant, Yen Vu.
2020 Honorees
Top Row L-R: Afsana Islam, Bailey Broussard, Bernice Adeeso, Bra’ah Hamdan, Casey Smith, Darien Phillips, Edward Doan, Elohor Okene, Govin Kaggal, Haya Alani. Bottom Row L-R: Jackson Dolce, Jordan Curl, Katelyn Meaux, Madison Boudreaux, Madison Jade Lewis, Marcus Rodgers, Mary Kim, Muskaan Ali, Omar Hamza, Raegan Minaldi.
2019 Honorees
Danny Abdullah, Roshney Ali, Tristen Anding, Michael Cheng, Carly DuPlant, Jenora Haynes, Lillian Hill, Derek Inoma, Cade Johnson, Serene Kaggal, Victoria LaFleur, Emily Lawrence, Alexus Locke, Madison Marino, Zhen Wei Ooi, Daniel Pemberton, Natalie Sfeir, Jennifer Watters