University of the Cumberlands

The University of the Cumberlands' Student Government Association named Alex Franklin the male student leader of the year. This Student leadership award was presented during the 56th Annual Honors Day.

Emily Paige Rose was named the student of the year by the Student Government Association at University of the Cumberlands during the 56th Annual Honors Day.

University of the Cumberlands presented Hope Rebecca Coleman with the Angel Unaware Award and the Kappa Delta Pi Scholarship during the 56th Annual Honors Day.

University of the Cumberlands presented Melissa Faye Roark with the Angel Unaware Award during the Annual Honors Day program.

University of the Cumberlands presented eight students with Alden Scholarships during the 56th Annual Honors Day Program. Two students received the George I. Alden Endowed Full Scholarship and six students received the George I. Alden Endowed Half Scholarship.

University of the Cumberlands presented Jamie Nicole Bell (Burnside, Kentucky) with the A.T. Siler Memorial Award during the 56th Annual Honors Day.

University of the Cumberlands presented Charles Stephan Davis with the T.E. Mahan Award and selected him as a member of Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges for 2014-2015 during the 56th annual Honors Day Program.

Erin Mckenzie Hart received the 2015 Gorman Jones Campus Leadership award at the University of the Cumberlands' 56th Annual Honors Day.

University of the Cumberlands honored Benjamin Staggs with the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award at the 56th Annual Honors Day.

University of the Cumberlands honored Julie Paris (Southaven, Mississippi) with the Mary Mildred Sullivan Award at the 56th Annual Honors Day.

Two University of the Cumberlands' students were inducted into the Upsilon-Upsilon Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta on April 28, 2015. The ceremony was conducted by Dr. Eric L. Wake, chapter advisor. The students inducted were: Rhyana Barker (Lily, KY) and Tristan James New (Whitley City, KY).

University of the Cumberlands is pleased to announce that eight students were honored as recipients of the Jim Taylor, II Memorial Scholarship during the 56th annual Honors Day service in the Gatliff Chapel.

UC's Dan Fraser (Cooma, Australia) and Isabella Dale (Invercargill, New Zealand) are the Mid-South Conference Men and Women's Tennis Players of the Week, conference officials announced on Tuesday. The weekly conference honor is the first of the season for both Fraser and Dale.

University of the Cumberlands named 37 students to the J.T. Vallandingham Scholastic Honor Society during the 56th Annual Honors Day program.

University of the Cumberlands honored several outstanding students during its Annual Honors Day program. Among those recognized were students selected as members of Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges for 2014-2015.

UC's Danielle Hoop (Owenton, KY) and teammate Courtney Rhodes (Riceboro, GA) are the MSC Women's Track and Field Athletes of the Week, conference officials announced on Tuesday. This is the 2nd weekly award for Hoop this season while Rhodes is earning her 1st.

UC's Wendall Williams (Syracuse, NY) and Hunter Lewis (Dunlap, TN) are the Mid-South Conference Men's Track and Field Athletes of the Week, conference officials announced on Tuesday. The weekly honor is the 3rd for Williams this season and 2nd straight while Lewis earns his 1st of the year.

University of the Cumberlands' (UC) Baptist Campus Ministries (BCM) sent four teams out for their annual spring break mission trips across the east coast. BCM sent 11 people, including UC's campus minister Dean Whitaker, to Panama City Beach, Florida for a week to provide free shuttle rides and free pancake breakfasts to beachgoers.

University of the Cumberlands' (UC) senior Sofia Mena Molina (Williamsburg, Kentucky) received the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF) Outstanding Senior in French award.

University of the Cumberlands (UC) strives to instill Christian values and morals into the lives of their students and community, but when a student has a strong, positive family and upbringing pushing them to succeed in Christ's light, the student has nowhere to go but up. That is exactly the situation when it comes to UC's freshman Destiny Beattie (Williamsburg, KY) and her main supporter and cheerleader, mother, Cindy Hambrick, a UC employee.

Ethan Hamilton and Tiffany Herron, students at University of the Cumberlands (UC), each received a $1000 scholarship from the Williamsburg Grand Commandery of Kentucky Knights Templar and Williamsburg Lodge 490 on March 28, 2015.

On Monday, March 30th, University of the Cumberlands' (UC) Hagan Memorial Library held its third annual International Edible Books Festival Contest. The festival gave UC students, faculty, and staff, as well as the community, the opportunity to show off their creative talents by baking cakes based on their favorite books.

University of the Cumberlands (UC) is pleased to announce that UC student, Virginia Jacobs (Waynesboro, PA) is the first UC recipient to ever receive the Jim Thorpe Family Scholarship. Jacobs is a sophomore, pursuing a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Psychology.

One Patriot male along with five Patriot ladies were awarded Mid-South Conference Academic All-Conference awards on Friday. Twenty-four men along with twenty-three women earned the academic honor this year in the conference. In order to be nominated by an institution, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.25 on a 4.0 scale and must have achieved at least sophomore academic status.

UC's Bethany Davis (Nicholasville, KY) was named the Mid-South Conference Softball Player of the Week, conference officials announced on Monday. The weekly honors are the first of the season for Davis.

UC's Danielle Hoop (Owenton, KY) is the Mid-South Conference Women's Track Athlete of the Week, conference officials announced on Tuesday. The weekly award is the first of the season awarded by the conference.

UC sophomore Rachel Pingleton (Parksville, KY) is the Mid-South Conference Women's Golfer of the Week, conference officials announced on Tuesday. The weekly honor is Pingleton's second of the season. She also earned the award on March 3rd.

UC's Wendall Williams (Syracuse, NY) is the MSC Men's Field Athlete of the Week, conference officials announced on Tuesday. The weekly award is the first for him this season.

The Patriot ladies had two players reach and excel past their expectations in the classroom this season, with seniors Brooke Forsythe (Brunswick, OH) and Danijela Svircic (Sibenik, Croatia) earning the prestigious honor. On the men's side, senior Chance Armstrong (Mt. Washington, KY) was the lone athlete to earn the distinction, demonstrating his success on the floor as well as in the classroom this year.

Patriot seniors Xavier Owens (Tampa, FL) and Brooke Forsythe (Brunswick, OH) were named NAIA Honorable Mention All-Americans on Wednesday, which was announced by the NAIA. All of the selections are made by the All-American Committee and comprise a First, Second, and Third team as well as an Honorable Mention Team. There are 10 members on each of the first three All-American teams.