UI Alumni Awards Night Honors Top Students
Tuesday, December 7 2004
Dec. 7, 2004 MOSCOW, Idaho -- The University of Idaho Alumni Association will present Awards for Excellence at its banquet Friday evening, Dec. 10, at the University Inn Best Western. 2004 UI Alumni Association Dean's Scholarship recipients receive $500 to $1,000. This program, now in its second year, is funded by the UIAA board of directors and the criteria is determined by each college. Recipients are: BOISE Charles Scott, business major, College of Business and Economics JEROME Karen and Laura Marshall, computer science majors in the College of Engineering MOSCOW Mackenzie Shardlow, wildlife resources and natural resources ecology - conservation biology major in the College of Natural Resources; T. Bart Plocher, molecular biology and biochemistry major in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences; Megan Spendlove, sport science major in the College of Education; Thomas Welch, history major in the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences Peter Marcy, mathematics major in the College of Science Also, UI students who represent the top 40 seniors, two law students and 14 graduate students will be honored at this year's Alumni Award for Excellence Banquet. They must have at least a 3.5 grade point average or be in the top 10 percent of their class to be nominated. A panel of alumni, faculty and staff reviewers selected 56 students of excellence from over 200 nominees, 17 with a perfect 4.0 gpa. The cumulative gpa for the group is 3.88. Each of the awardees selects one faculty or staff person to accompany them to the banquet, in thanks for their mentoring or inspiration. Students chosen for their academic success and extracurricular involvement are: BLACKFOOT Jamál K. Lyksett, history and philosophy BOISE Josh Elliott, civil engineering; Madelyn Lodge, business marketing; Felicia Moore, chemical engineering; Jennifer Phillips, electrical engineering COEUR D'ALENE Autumn Lynn Hansen, sociology and justice studies EMMETT David Andrew Little, accounting and finance GOODING Elizabeth R. Bento, political science and english HAYDEN Brian Robert Buckham, law IDAHO FALLS Cami Johnson, biological systems engineering JEROME Allison Marshall, environmental science LEWISTON Steven N. Kaufman, agribusiness; Lori Elliott Ravét, school psychology; Kara Marie Simon, human resources and accounting; Peter Douglas Stegner, english and latin MIDVALE Diane Marie Evans, journalism MOSCOW Tina Anne Carlson, art education; Sarah E. Davis, law; Matthew Erlandson, communication/education; Marie Lyn Freeman, natural resources ecology - conservation biology; Jamie Garlinghouse, psychology and communication studies; Christy Maurin, food science; Abilio B. Monteiro, history; Barbara Netz-Lycan, elementary education and special education; John David Ophus, curriculum and instruction; Elizabeth Marie Scherling, biological and agricultural engineering; Kevin D. Smith, accounting; Karen M. Toerne, counseling and school psychology; Brenda L. Toevs, family and consumer science education MOUNTAIN HOME Brian Dorgan, Jr., chemical engineering and mathematics PARMA Melanie Paige Goodson, secondary education; T. Barton Plocher, molecular biology and biochemistry POST FALLS Todd Matthew Davis, physical education; Mackenzie Shardlow, wildlife resources and natural resource ecology - conservation biology POTLATCH Rosalynn West, communication studies and spanish SALMON David I. Goodman, economics, international studies and international business; Breann J. Westfall, environmental science ST. MARIES Kira Furman, anthropology WALLACE Craig William Zanetti, justice studies OTHER STATES: WALNUT CREEK, CALIF. Pamela S. Overholtzer, architecture DELMAR, DEL. Bradley J. Johnson, conservation social sciences CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA Nancy Patterson, international studies and Spanish HELENA, MONT. Rachel Lynn Hicks, interior design MISSOULA, MONT. Adair D. Muth, natural resource ecology - conservation biology and spanish ROBERTS, MONT. Crystal Jones, agricultural economics and Spanish PULTENEY, N.Y. Michael Colvin, fisheries ALBANY, ORE. Erin Davis, electrical engineering CLACKAMAS, ORE. Erik J. Mentze, electrical engineering ATHENS, TENN. Erin Mosley, animal physiology MEMPHIS, TENN. Rebecca Lynn Conrad, marketing NEW KENT, VA. Alton L. Smith, history FERNDALE, WASH. Alicia E. Lewis, higher education administration LIBERTY LAKE, WASH. Britney K. Larson, special education and secondary education OTHER COUNTRIES SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA Ruth Zuniga, community and rehabilitation counseling AMMAN, JORDAN Zaid Abdo, bioinformatics and computational biology CARACAS, VENEZUELA Bernardo A. Alvarez, resource recreation and tourism and marketing Contact: Tim Helmke, Associate Director, UI Alumni Office, (208) 885-7957, helmke@uidaho.edu; Web site: www.idahovandals.com; or Nancy Hilliard, University Communications, (208) 885-6567, hilliard@uidaho.edu -30- nh-12/7/04-ALUMNI, ADM, HT
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