Twenty Bumpers College Students Earn Senior Scholar Designation

Twenty students from 10 different majors and concentrations have been named Senior Scholars for 2020-21 by U of A's Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences.

Nine students are First-Ranked Senior Scholars, signifying a 4.0 grade point average with all coursework completed at the U of A, and 12 are Senior Scholars, signifying students with the highest GPA (also all 4.0s) with at least half of their coursework completed at the U of A.

First-Ranked Senior Scholars

• Braden Keith Bateman, agricultural business, Ratcliff
• Anna Kate Beasley, human nutrition and dietetics, Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Ashley Marie Berghoff, human development and family sciences, St. Louis, Missouri
• Kayla Marie DeMark, apparel merchandising and product development, Fayetteville
• Brook Madisson Forth, apparel merchandising and product development, Flower Mound, Texas
• Jacqueline Louise Pizzuti La Perna, apparel merchandising and product development, Houston, Texas
• Madison Paige Looper, animal science, Greenwood
• Thomas Maxwell McKeown, horticulture, landscape and turf sciences, Monticello
• Henley Marie Walker, human nutrition and dietetics, Melissa, Texas

Senior Scholars

• Alexandria Houston Bramucci, food science, Marion
• Cassidy Lynn Dutton, apparel merchandising and product development, Tulsa, Oklahoma
• William Andrew Evans, food science, Springfield, Missouri
• Mckayla Joy Howard, agricultural education, communication and technology, Beebe
• Katie M. Lanier, human development and family sciences, Prairie Grove
• Jacob Donovan Marley, agricultural education, communication and technology, Elkins
• Jeffrey Dean Marley, agricultural education, communication and technology, Elkins
• Heidi Elizabeth O'Brien, human nutrition and dietetics, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Lauren Middle Patrick, hospitality management, Rogers
• Elle Anna Therese Rottman, animal science and Spanish, Little Rock
• Iris Jane Wormington, poultry science, Monett, Missouri

They were recognized in a virtual ceremony on April 15.

About the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences: Bumpers College provides life-changing opportunities to position and prepare graduates who will be leaders in the businesses associated with foods, family, the environment, agriculture, sustainability and human quality of life; and who will be first-choice candidates of employers looking for leaders, innovators, policy makers and entrepreneurs. The college is named for Dale Bumpers, former Arkansas governor and longtime U.S. senator who made the state prominent in national and international agriculture. For more information about Bumpers College, visit our website, and follow us on Twitter at @BumpersCollege and Instagram at BumpersCollege.

About the University of Arkansas: The University of Arkansas provides an internationally competitive education for undergraduate and graduate students in more than 200 academic programs. The university contributes new knowledge, economic development, basic and applied research, and creative activity while also providing service to academic and professional disciplines. The Carnegie Foundation classifies the University of Arkansas among only 3 percent of colleges and universities in America that have the highest level of research activity. U.S. News & World Report ranks the University of Arkansas among its top American public research universities. Founded in 1871, the University of Arkansas comprises 10 colleges and schools and maintains a low student-to-faculty ratio that promotes personal attention and close mentoring.