{"id":3669,"date":"2020-11-03T12:54:18","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T20:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/steve-kay-named-university-professor-at-usc-academic-honors-convocation\/"},"modified":"2023-11-26T08:34:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T16:34:40","slug":"steve-kay-named-university-professor-at-usc-academic-honors-convocation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/steve-kay-named-university-professor-at-usc-academic-honors-convocation\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Kay named University Professor at USC Academic Honors Convocation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-container\">\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>Press Release<\/span>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title\">\n\n    \n  <h1>Steve Kay named University Professor at USC Academic Honors Convocation<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>The USC Academic Honors Convocation recognizes that USC is above all else a community of scholars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n          <div class=\"meta\">\n        \n                  <span class=\"date\">November 03, 2020<\/span>\n              <\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--embed\">\n\n    \n  <div class=\"heateor_sss_sharing_container heateor_sss_horizontal_sharing\" data-heateor-ss-offset=\"0\" data-heateor-sss-href='https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/steve-kay-named-university-professor-at-usc-academic-honors-convocation\/'><div class=\"heateor_sss_sharing_ul\"><a aria-label=\"Facebook\" class=\"heateor_sss_facebook\" 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data-src=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2023\/11\/Steve-Kay_MESH-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2023\/11\/Steve-Kay_MESH-1920x1080.jpg 1920w,https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2023\/11\/Steve-Kay_MESH-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2023\/11\/Steve-Kay_MESH-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n          <figcaption>Karen Symms Gallagher received the Presidential Medallion at the 2020 USC Academic Honors Convocation. (Photo\/Cody Pickens)<\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\r\n\r\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text white\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>(Originally posted at <a href=\"https:\/\/news.usc.edu\/178214\/karen-symms-gallagher-among-honorees-at-usc-academic-honors-convocation\/\">USC News<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.provost.usc.edu\/faculty-distinctions\/university\/university-professors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University Professors<\/a>:\u00a0<\/strong>Awarded based on multidisciplinary interests and significant accomplishments in several disciplines.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Estela Mara Bensimon<\/li>\n<li>Yang Chai<\/li>\n<li>Steve Kay<\/li>\n<li>Shrikanth Narayanan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.provost.usc.edu\/faculty-distinctions\/university\/usc-faculty-lifetime-achievement-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award<\/a>:\u00a0<\/strong>Awarded to a very select number of retired faculty at the annual Academic Honors Convocation, the USC Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes eminent careers and notable contributions to the university, the profession and the community.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lois W. Banner<\/li>\n<li>Harry DeAngelo<\/li>\n<li>Ronald R. Garet<\/li>\n<li>Robert A. Scholtz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Recognition Award:\u00a0<\/strong>Founded in 1897, Phi Kappa Phi is the oldest interdisciplinary honor society at USC.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bettine Birge<\/li>\n<li>Priya Jaikumar<\/li>\n<li>Matthew Pratt<\/li>\n<li>Shang-Hua Teng<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Provost\u2019s Mentoring Award:\u00a0<\/strong>The Provost\u2019s Mentoring Award honors an individual faculty member whose investment in and generosity toward the academic and professional success of other USC faculty, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students or undergraduate students demonstrate exemplary mentoring.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Michael A. Messner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>USC Associates Awards:<\/strong>\u00a0The USC Associates Awards are the highest honors the university faculty bestows upon its members for distinguished intellectual and artistic achievements and for outstanding teaching, both in and out of the classroom.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Creativity in Research and Scholarship<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Michele D. Kipke<\/li>\n<li>Steven J. Ross<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Excellence in Teaching<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tien M. H. Ng<\/li>\n<li>Karen Sternheimer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Artistic Expression<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Howard A. Rodman<\/li>\n<li>Ewa Wojciak<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Students honored at USC Academic Honors Convocation<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Class of 2020 valedictorian and salutatorians:\u00a0<\/strong>At USC, it is the custom to name one student to serve as the university valedictorian and one or more students to serve as university salutatorian. The USC selection process recognizes the very highest levels of academic achievement, but it is also more holistic and takes into consideration service and leadership as well.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Valedictorian: Isabella S. Hauptma<\/li>\n<li>Salutatorians: Thomas J. Kim,\u00a0Gavin Kress<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>University Trustees Award:\u00a0<\/strong>Awarded to the graduating students who have attained the highest scholarship average of all undergraduate men at the university.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nihar Agrawal<\/li>\n<li>Neelesh Bagrodia<\/li>\n<li>Rae Lan<\/li>\n<li>Michael J. Wong<\/li>\n<li>Jingyun Yang<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>E<\/strong><strong>mma Josephine Bradley Bovard Award:\u00a0<\/strong>Awarded to the graduating students who have attained the highest scholarship average of all undergraduate women at the university.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Savannah Benz<\/li>\n<li>Rose Bueno<\/li>\n<li>Danielle Collins<\/li>\n<li>Isabella S. Hauptman<\/li>\n<li>Sarah E. Leitner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>USC Provost\u2019s Award:\u00a0<\/strong>Awarded to the graduating students who have attained the highest scholarship average of all undergraduate transfer students at the university.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Annelisse Cuellar-Montes<\/li>\n<li>Honor Hayball<\/li>\n<li>Mami Horikawa<\/li>\n<li>Aris Mangasarian<\/li>\n<li>Danielle Morales<\/li>\n<li>Zhonghao Shi<\/li>\n<li>Adrien Verus<\/li>\n<li>Elizabeth Winnicki<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Phi Kappa Phi Student Recognition Award:\u00a0<\/strong>Founded in 1897, Phi Kappa Phi is the oldest interdisciplinary honor society at USC. It recognizes scholarship and awards prizes annually to graduate and undergraduate students for creative and scholarly achievements.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nikki Darling<\/li>\n<li>Sophie Hammond<\/li>\n<li>Xiaochen Li<\/li>\n<li>Danielle Takahasi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Phi Beta Kappa Undergraduate Awards:\u00a0<\/strong>Devoted to liberal learning in arts and sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, founded in 1776, presents two undergraduate awards to honor creativity, scholarship and leadership in faculty-student community relations.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jane Clark<\/li>\n<li>Isaiah Smith<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Rockwell Dennis Hunt Award:\u00a0<\/strong>Awarded to an alumna or alumnus of USC who is pursuing a graduate or professional degree at the university and who is most representative of the Trojan Family\u2019s traditions and values.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mackenzie D. Postel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>University Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award:\u00a0<\/strong>Awarded to three graduate teaching assistants \u2013 from diverse areas such as the natural sciences and engineering, the social sciences, and the humanities and arts \u2013 who have exhibited consistent excellence in the classroom and thus symbolize the university\u2019s dedication to the education of scholar-teachers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nina C. Christie<\/li>\n<li>Zhanerke Temirgaliyeva<\/li>\n<li>David Velasquez<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Harry S. Truman Scholarship:<\/strong>\u00a0Awarded to\u00a0juniors who have outstanding leadership potential, plan to pursue careers in public service and wish to attend graduate school in the U.S. or abroad to prepare for their careers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kayla M. Soren<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Schwarzman Scholarship:\u00a0<\/strong>Designed to prepare young leaders to serve as a bridge between China and the rest of the world.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Songzhi Huang<\/li>\n<li>Christopher Carpenter<\/li>\n<li>Gabrielle B. Roberts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>American Association of University Women Fellowship:\u00a0<\/strong>Supports female \u00a0scholars who are completing dissertations, planning research leave from accredited institutions\u00a0or preparing research for publication.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Conscience Princesse Bwiza<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theasa.net\/about\/news-events\/announcements\/acls-announces-recipients-mellonacls-dissertation-fellowships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mellon\/American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship<\/a>:\u00a0<\/strong>Offers promising graduate students a year of funding so that they can focus their attention on completing projects that form the foundations of their scholarly careers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sarah E. K. Fong<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The USC Academic Honors Convocation is traditionally held in April and recognizes faculty and student scholars for the academic year that is coming to a close. 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