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Sixteen OU Students Named Outstanding Senior Award Recipients

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OU's Outstanding Seniors pose for group photo along with President Joseph Harroz Jr. and Dean of Student Dr. David Surratt.
Photo by Travis Caperton.

Sixteen OU Students Named Outstanding Senior Award Recipients


By

Jacob Guthrie
ounews@ou.edu

Date

Nov. 21, 2025

NORMAN, Okla. – Sixteen seniors from the University of Oklahoma have been selected as Outstanding Seniors for their exceptional achievements in scholarship, honors, awards, leadership and service. Of these 16 students, Jhanvi Patel from Oklahoma City was chosen by a committee of OU faculty, staff and students as the overall Outstanding Senior.

The group was recognized at a recent ceremony, where OU President Joseph Harroz Jr., OU Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Students David Surratt, Ed.D., and representatives from OU colleges presented each recipient with their Outstanding Senior Award.

Awards were presented to the following seniors:

Outstanding Senior Hometown College
Jhanvi Patel* Oklahoma City Michael F. Price College of Business
Jared Schenk     Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture
Elizabeth Crawford Ada Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences
Jamie Reed Tulsa College of Professional and Continuing Studies
Emily Elder Oklahoma City Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy
Callin Dover Bristow Jeanine Rainbolt College of Education
Oluwatimilehin Akinloye Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria Gallogly College of Engineering
Emily Cashdollar Norman Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts
Liam Thompson Norman College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences
Kate Needham     McKinney, Texas Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication
Aubrey McNiel Stillwater Honors College
Elle Evans Edmond Michael F. Price College of Business
Randi Wright Yukon David L. Boren College of International Studies
Allison Muntz Gordonville, Texas College of Allied Health
Addison Rosiere Haslet, Texas Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing
Lauren Arrington Norman College of Dentistry

* Overall Outstanding Senior

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