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Eighteen undergraduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder have received the prestigious Jacob Van Ek Award for outstanding academic achievement and contributions to the university and Boulder communities.
The recipients were honored May 9 along with faculty members they named as mentors. The award was established in 1973 to honor Jacob Van Ek, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at CU-Boulder from 1929 to 1959. Van Ek died in 1994 at the age of 97.
Following is a list of the 18 Jacob Van Ek Award recipients from 2002, their major fields of study and faculty mentors.
COLORADO
Boulder:Ìý Elizabeth Daisy Irwin Klaber, linguistics and philosophy, mentor Lise Menn of linguistics.
Colorado Springs:Ìý Alanna C. Van Antwerp, linguistics, mentor Zygmunt Frajzyngier of linguistics.
Denver:Ìý Taylor Kiessig, history and finance, mentor Colin Dueck of political science.
Laura M. Graham, communication, mentor Cindy H. White of communication.
Golden:Ìý Erin A. Overturf, economics and anthropology, mentor Jeffrey S. Zax of economics.
Highlands Ranch:Ìý Paul H. Cahill, Spanish, mentor Jose M. del Pino of Spanish and Portuguese.
Amina Nawaz, history and molecular, cellular and developmental biology, mentor James Jankowski of history.
Idalia:Ìý Tiffany A. Wiley, communication and psychology, mentor Lauri H. McNown of the Presidents Leadership Class.
Littleton:Ìý Tracey L. Ketcham, kinesiology and applied physiology, mentor William C. Byrnes of kinesiology and applied physiology.
Nathan T. Scherer, kinesiology and applied physiology, mentor Cynthia Carey of kinesiology and applied physiology.
Longmont:Ìý Noah Schabacker, history, mentor Rebecca Dickson of the Program for Writing and Rhetoric.
Loveland:Ìý Megan H. Lillie, history and classics, mentor Robert L. Hohlfelder of history.
Mancos:Ìý Jessica W. Sucherman, English and anthropology, mentor Douglas A. Burger of English.
ALASKA
Bethel:Ìý Teresa M. Dean, kinesiology and applied physiology, mentor Robert S. Mazzeo of kinesiology and applied physiology.
CONNECTICUT
Hartford:Ìý Justin Baker, religious studies, mentor Loriliai Biernacki of religious studies.
PENNSYLVANIA
Dillsburg:Ìý Jessica Eichelberger, kinesiology and applied physiology, mentor Joanna E. Starek of kinesiology and applied physiology.
NEW YORK
Rochester:Ìý Katherine F. King, philosophy, mentor Marjorie K. McIntosh of history and the Undergraduate Academy.
TEXAS
Houston:Ìý Amanda Parker, environmental, population and organismic biology, mentor David O. Norris of environmental, population and organismic biology.