On Saturday, June 14, 2003, friends and family gathered in the bright morning sun as the newest group of SOJC alumni received their diplomas. The procession, led by standard bearer Michael J. Kleckner, included Bagpiper Tim Birr, Dean Tim Gleason and outstanding young alumna Marcia Leonard Aaron, ’86, followed by members of the SOJC faculty and more than 300 graduating students who participated in the ceremony. The school awarded one doctoral degree, 18 master’s degrees and 327 baccalaureate degrees in the 2002-2003 school year. Congratulations to the class of 2003!

Honors and Awards:
Warren C. Price scholarship:
Kim Mangun

Rich Jernstedt scholarship:
Jackie Nguyen

2003 Phi Beta Kappa member-select:
Anne Paige Austin
Windy Renee Borman
Jonathan Allen Clements
Karen Anne Curry
Morgan McKenzie Dethman
Kelly Ann Freimuth
Diane Michelle Huber
Michael Jason Kleckner
Tova Rachel Moore
Eleanor Danielle Pierce
Karman Marie Ratliff
David Alden Weaver
Ying Zhu

Robert D. Clark Honors College graduates:
Windy R. Borman
Emily E. Cooke
Mana L. Haeri
Heather A. McConochie
Joel N. Weber
Rebecca R. Wilson

Liz Cawood award for outstanding public service in public relations:
Allena Baker

Jack Ewan award for outstanding public relations graduate:
Katie Edlin

SOJC Outstanding Graduates:
Outstanding magazine graduate:
Emily Cooke

Outstanding video production graduate:
Charlotte Nisser

Outstanding electronic news graduate:
Steve “Cascene” Gibson

SPJ outstanding graduate:
Cameron Ballantyne

Outstanding graduate in news/editorial:
Tonya Alanez

Outstanding communication studies graduate:
Gary Held

Willard. L Thompson award for advertising copy writing:
Ginger Loeschner

Roy Paul Nelson award for advertising design:
Cyrus Coulter

Willis Winter Award for outstanding advertising graduate:
Megan Harris

Warren C. Price award for best journalism/communication history paper:
Jane Marcellus, for her paper “Woman was Machine: Representation of Female Clerical Workers in Interwar Magazines.”

Harpham award for best paper by an international student:
Estella Porras for “Carrots, Mimes, and Communicative Encounters in the Public Space: Constructing Cultural Citizenship in Bogota, Columbia.”

Eric W. Allen award for opinion writing:
Julie Lauderbaugh for columns in the Oregon Daily Emerald

Phyllis Van Kimmell Bell leadership award:
Hillary McClintick

Best Master’s Project:
Tricia Brick. Project title: “Here/Now: Stories from the Edge of the World.” With distinction.

Best Dissertation:
Beate Gersch. Dissertation title: “Dis/Connected: Media Use Among Inmates.”

William Gurney award for outstanding senior man:
Michael Jason Kleckner

Hillsboro Argus/Emma C. McKinney award for outstanding senior woman:
Ana Haase-Reed

Glenn Starlin award:
Micky Lee