Happy Award Recipients
2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 - 2012 - 2011
2018-2019 Happy Award Recipients
Dr. Jinx C. Broussard, Professor, Manship School of Mass Communication
Randa Lopez Morgan & David Dunaway, LSU Libraries
Tia Jordan, student majoring in English
Mary Ellen Day, physical science teacher at Iberville Math, Science and Arts Academy
Sadie Wilks, Instructor, Manship School of Mass Communication
Samantha Aldridge, student majoring in music
Maria Musso, student majoring in sociology
Stephanie Elwood, Extension Associate with the Community School Garden Programs at Southern University Ag Center
Katherine McKenzie, science teacher at the Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired (LSVI)
Kathy Coleman, Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Information Center of Louisiana
2017-2018 Happy Award Recipients
Chloe Riviere, student double majoring in political science and international studies
Alexandra Williams, CCELL Graduate Assistant
Knock Knock Children’s Museum, Cate Heroman & Peter Olson
Sarah Gaurisco Swanner, Friends of the Animals
Kameryn Poullard, student majoring in child and family studies
Ollie Doucette, Baton Rouge Garden Alliance/Garden of Champions
Elizabeth Sherman, student majoring in Biological Sciences
John White, Professor, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, College of the Coast and Environment
Estanislado (Stan) Barrera IV, Assistant Professor, School of Education, College of Human Sciences & Education
Irina Shport, Assistant Professor, Department of English, College of Humanities & Social Sciences
2016-2017 Happy Award Recipients
Jun Zou, Associate Professor, School of Interior Design, College of Art and Design
Kim Skinner, Assistant Professor, School of Education, College of Human Sciences & Education
Sarah Christian, honors college student majoring in psychology
Alejandra Torres, graduate student in the Department of English
Grady Stewart, student majoring in Mass communication
Alzheimer’s Service of the Capital Area
Rick Moreland, Professor, Department of English, College of Humanities & Social Sciences
Paula Shaw, Companion Animal Alliance
Dustin LaFont, Front Yard Bikes
Josh Dean, Assistant Director for Service, Campus Life
2015 Happy Award Recipients
James Honeycutt, Professor, Department of Communication Studies, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Victoria Cantelli, Student majoring in Kinesiology
Kenneth Fasching-Varner, Associate Professor, School of Education, College of Human Sciences and Education
Jensen Moore, Assistant Professor, Manship School of Mass Communication
Chauncey Stephens, Student majoring in Elementary Grades Education
Tony J. Pryer and Judy K. Bethly, Volunteers In Public Schools
Katelyn McCoy & Eric Brown, CCELL Student Workers
Barry Aronhime, Instructor, Biological Sciences, College of Science
Kurt Ristroph, Student double majoring in Chemical Engineering & Classical Civilizations
Aldreamer Smith, Baton Rouge Garden Alliance
2014 Happy Award Recipients
Christy Foreman, English
Paige Davis, Construction Management
Theresa Townsend, Leo S. Butler Center
Melissa Bellow, Carver Branch Library
Mina Posey, McKinley High School
Judy Myhand, Nutrition & Food Sciences
Christy Kayser Arrazattee, Director of Center for Community & Civic Engagement at USM
Lori Martin, Sociology
Christopher Miguez, Student, Kinesiology
Whitney Miller, Student, Nutrition & Food Sciences
2013 Happy Award Recipients
Joyce Jackson, Geography & Anthropology and African American Studies
Jeffrey Nunn, Geology & Geophysics
Andrea Morris, Foreign Languages & Literatures
Debra Kopcso & Stephanie Kurtz, Mathematics
Linda Cross, Student, Honors College, Biological Engineering
East Baton Rouge Library, Mary Stein
Operations Pathways, Kevin Lewis
BREC, Claire Coco
Chaiss Matthews, Student, Honors College, Biological Sciences
Ciera Duronslet & Marshall Moulis, Chemistry PhD Students
2012 Happy Award Recipients
Alma Dawson, Library & Information Science
Lisa Johnson, Kinesiology
Younghee Lim, Social Work
John Scalzo, Electrical Engineering
Yejun Wu, Library & Information Science
Connections for Life, Karen Stagg
Highland Elementary School, Kaye Van Sickle
Betsy Irvine, Louisiana Delta Service Corps
Sandy Joslyn, MPA Student
Mary Hannah Prevot, Art Student
2011 Happy Award Recipients
Sharon Andrews, English
Hope Diwan, Everyone Reads and VIPS
Jennifer Jolly, Educational Theory, Policy, and Practice
Barrett Kennedy, Architecture
University Presbyterian Church, University Outreach Ministry
Summer Steib, Capital Area Family Violence Intervention Center
LSU Student Government
Nicole Walker, Biological Engineering Student
Millena Williams, Mass Communication Student
Partnership between Grandparents Raising Grandchildren and LSU, Pat Robinson and Dot Thibodeaux (GRG), Ann Martin and Deborah Normand (LSU)