Spring Awards Celebration

The DaVinci Institute hosts an annual Spring Awards Celebration to recognize recipients of the DaVinci Fellowship, DaVinci Creativity in Education Fellowship, DaVinci Scholarship, and the OKA+ Teacher of the Year award. DaVinci Fellows and Scholars receive $1,000 and a commemorative medallion.

We recognized our latest award recipients on March 29, 2024 at the Oklahoma History Center:

2024 OKA+ Teacher Award
Morgan Mayhue, Millwood Arts Academy, Oklahoma City

2024 DaVinci Fellows
Samuel Asante, Northeastern State University
Renée Cowan, Northeastern State University
Tugba Sevin, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

2024 DaVinci Creativity in Education Fellows
Janaki Iyer, Northeastern State University
Douglas Price & Amy Rains, Tulsa Community College
John R. Wood, University of Central Oklahoma

2024 DaVinci Scholars
Isabelle Esau, University of Central Oklahoma
Jocelyn Holden, Northeastern State University
Kimberly Scalberg, Cameron University

As a part of the celebration, the DaVinci Institute also invited past Fellows to present about their DaVinci-supported work and demonstrate how their ongoing efforts are continuing the creativity renaissance in teaching and research across Oklahoma at the heart of the DaVinci mission. Learn more about this year’s Spotlight Presenters.

Please see the links below for photos from past Awards Celebration:

2018 Spring Awards Celebration
2012 Spring Awards Celebration, Part 1
2012 Spring Awards Celebration, Part 2