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Commencement 2020 Honorees Recognized Remotely

Published: April 13, 2021

Though Greenville University postponed its 2020 Commencement celebration to Homecoming Weekend, October 18, university officials recognized three special Commencement honorees on schedule. Early in May, ProfessorDaryl Coxand students CJ Falls and Jessie Chappel received congratulatory calls via Zoom notifying them of their awards.

Cox received the 2020 W. Richard Stephens Outstanding Faculty Award. Falls received the Presidents Character and Service Award, and Chappel received GUs Presidents Citation. Each award included a plaque and a $1,000 check mailed to the awardees home.

Unfaltering Excellence

Students nominate professors for GUs Outstanding Faculty Award, and past recipients weigh in as well. GUs Board of Trustees makes the final decision. Students praised Professor ofChemistryDaryl Cox as inspirational, thorough, engaging, and patient. They expressed appreciation for the grace and respect he brought to challenging classroom discussions, and for his unwavering integrity and excellence.

Cox drew particular praise for the thoughtful care and guidance he provided students as they navigated challenging ideas in a course calledScience and Christianity.

A daunting subject for many reasons . . . a sensitive topic, to say the least, wrote one student. Cox, said the student, offered insights not to provide answers, but rather to assist us in thinking critically for ourselves.

Inspires the Best In His Peers

Selfless, generous, noble, integrative and committed to Christthe criteria for GUs Presidents Award for Character and Service seem tailored to CJ Falls, according to the faculty and staff who nominated him for this years honor.

They cited CJs ability to bring out the best in his peers, his selfless nature, and his ability to draw others toward Jesus Christ in creative ways, like forming the Ultimate Frisbee Club.

He brings students of all walks of life together to play and then concludes the match with a bible study, says Admissions CounselorJohnny Milabu. The event grew, said Milabu, and brought people from across campus closer to each other and closer to Jesus Christ at the same time.

CJ, a native of Bloomington, Illinois, majored inbusiness management.

Rigorous Enough For Seniors, Accessible to Freshmen

Professors who nominated Jessie Chappel for GUs most prestigious academic award, the Presidents Citation, said her great work ethic, consistent mastery of material, and exceptional writing skills set her apart from her peers. Jessie achieved an overall 4.0 GPA majoring inbiologyandchemistryand demonstrated impressive soft skills as well. She worked two years as a teaching assistant.

She is highly collaborative, working with her classmates on course work, said Professor of BiologyEric Nord. I am confident that other students do better in classes with Jessie because she works with them.

Professor of Chemistry Darryl Cox acknowledged Jessies excellent interpersonal skills and the great care she gives to communicating: Her presentations are rigorous enough for the seniors and at the same time accessible to the freshmen.

Jessie is a native of Edwardsville, Illinois.

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