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Student Honors and Awards for 2009
Atlanta (April 30, 2009) — The annual Student Honors Awards luncheon was held on April 23rd, and several of our School of Chemistry and Biochemistry undergraduates were honored. Please join the School in congratulating our outstanding undergraduates.
Mr. Marc Bruce
Lubrizol Scholarship in Chemistry
Ms. Roya Kalantari
Undergraduate Award in Analytical Chemistry
Ms. Kristin Herrel, Ms. Candice Sherwood, and Ms. Catherine Trippe
CRC Awards in Freshman Chemistry
Mr. Ignacio Beccera-Licha and Ms. Yue Geng
W.M Spicer Scholarships in Chemistry
Ms. Jessica Barnard, Ms. Brenda Morales-Pico, and Ms. Sierra Schmidt
Peter B. Sherry Memorial Scholarships
Mr. Mehmet Bajin and Mr. Andy Tran
Merck Index Awards
Ms. Katie Ryder and Mr. Kenneth Taylor
Richard W. Fink Memorial Scholarships
Mr. Ari Gordin
Hypercube Scholar Award
Mr. Michael Chen and Mr. Kevin (K.C.) Vavra
School of Chemistry and Biochemistry Research Initiation Awards
Mr. Soo Hee Cho
Anthony Arduengo, III Award
Additionally, two of our undergraduates were honored with awards from outside of our School:
Ms. Hilda Castillo
Georgia Tech Women’s Forum Scholarship
Mr. Jason Murray
Henry Ford II Scholar Award
We are exceptionally proud of these students and their accomplishments!
Many thanks to the faculty members who participated in the Awards ceremony yesterday. Your support of the program is greatly appreciated.
Dr. Jiri Janata
Dr. Mira Josowicz
Dr. David Sherrill
Dr. Robert Braga
Dr. Mary Peek
Dr. Nicholas Hud
Dr. Cameron Tyson
Dr. David Collard
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