Outstanding Student of the Year

Every year the College of Liberal Arts asks each department to select their outstanding student(s) for that year- students who possess the passion and creativity for new discoveries and scholarship, students who demonstrate independence of thought and action in the pursuit of knowledge, and students who exemplify excellence.

The Department of Psychology has chosen the following as students who embodies these qualities and so much more. Thank you for all your hard work and contributions to your department. You make a difference at UAF.

 

Congratulations to our 2025 Outstanding Student of the Year!

Shooka Bennett. Photo courtesy of Bennett
Shooka Bennett

Psychology major with a minor in ±õñ³Ü±è¾±²¹±ç

"With my minor in ±õñ³Ü±è¾±²¹±ç, I'm hoping to teach my own family and my younger siblings and keep our dialect alive, basically—and also be able to use my knowledge of ±õñ³Ü±è¾±²¹±ç in a counselor setting... being able to talk to Native people of my region in a language that they understand, besides English."

 

Always Outstanding

Kayli Breunenger. Photo courtesy of UAF Department of Psychology
Kayli Breunenger, 2022 Outstanding Student

2024-2025

2023-2024

    • Razan Yousif 

2022-2023

    • Camille Perez
    • Amanda Neely

2021-2022

    • Kayli Breuninger

2020-2021

    • Simon Friday

2018-2019

    • Cassidy Kelly

2017-2018

    • Didar Baumgartner

2016-2017

    • Gabriel Cartagena

2021-2022

    • Kirsten Pickard
Gabriel Cartagena. Photo courtesy of the UAF Department of Psychology
Gabriel Cartagena, 2017 Outstanding Student

B

C

    • Gabriel Cartagena

F

    • Simon Friday

K

    • Cassidy Kelly

    • Amanda Neely

P

    • Camille Perez
    • Kirsten Pickard

Y

    • Razan Yousif
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