FINE MINDS
Student award winners showcase promise, excellence
With the coming of spring, a new group of
high-level student award winners burst forth like tree blossoms.
ASU has seen a healthy share of student achievers rewarded for
their hard work this season, as the following roundup of award
announcement demonstrates.
TRUMAN SCHOLAR
It's hard to say what may have impressed the Truman Scholarship
Foundation committee the most, leading them to award a $30,00
scholarship to ASU junior Megan McGinnity in
early April.
Whatever it was, the committee awarded her
the prestigious Harry S. Truman Scholarship, the nation's highest
undergraduate leadership award given to about 75 college juniors
each year who exhibit outstanding leadership potential and
the intent to pursue careers in public service.
USA TODAY: ALL-USA COLLEGE
ACADEMIC SECOND TEAM
James Cronican,
a senior in biochemistry
was
named to the USA Today All-USA
College Academic Second Team
for his exceptional intellectual
achievement and leadership.
Cronican was recognized in
part because he designed
a machine that will rapidly
and automatically extract
DNA and RNA from tissue,
streamlining the complex
hour-long process into one
that takes about 20 minutes.
UDALL SCHOLARS
Three dynamic women who share a dream of helping Native American
communities have won national Udall Scholarships. Only about
70 sophomores and juniors are selected to receive the $5,000
awards each year, given to students who intend to pursue careers
in tribal policy, health care and environmental public policy.
ASU's 2007 class of Udall Scholars includes:
Sharon Cini, an American Indian Studies major
in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Jennifer
Jackson, majoring in elementary
education in the Fulton College of Education and also in family
studies; and Andrea Garfinkel-Castro, an urban
planning major in the College of Design.
GOLDWATER SCHOLARS
Two outstanding students having been chosen to receive Goldwater
Scholarships, the nation's highest award for undergraduates
who are planning careers in scientific research, Eric
Anderson,
bioengineering sophomore, and Allison Engstrom, material science
and engineering junior, were awarded the $7,500 scholarship.
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