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-- Three engineering students are the first to receive scholarships through the Chemical Engineering Minority Scholars Program. The 1997 recipients are Andre L. Riley and Dexter L. Thompson, both of Indianapolis , and Jacqueline E. Ware, Racine , Ill . Recipients attend a short orientation period at a sponsor company the summer after their freshman year and receive a stipend from their sponsor to attend summer classes at Purdue. Students also gain work experience at their sponsor company, earning an industry-rate salary during summer internships after their sophomore and junior years. The goal of the program is to allow minority students to gain work experience in chemical engineering while still earning their degree in four years.
-- Cathy Downard, a freshman majoring in health physics from Daleville, Ind. , is the fifth winner of the Janine DeHart Outstanding Freshman Award. The Purdue Residence Hall Council presented the plaque and $200 cash award in April. The award is presented to the outstanding freshman leader for service to the residence halls. She has been involved in Meredith Hall activities including University Sing, Mother's Weekend and freshman council. The award was established by Janine DeHart, a student leader and hall counselor.
-- Heather DeRita, a junior majoring in accounting from Fort Wayne , Ind ., is the winner of the Robert L. Page Outstanding Leadership Award. The Purdue Residence Hall Council presented the award of an engraved pen set and $100 in April. The award recognizes a residence hall club president or governor for contributions to the residence hall and its environment. She has been president, social director and co-dance director for Shreve Hall for the past three years. The award is named for R.L. Page, who was director of residence halls for 20 years.
-- Ollie L. McCoy III, a senior majoring in industrial engineering from Indianapolis , and Danielle Burrell, a junior majoring in computer technology from Kankakee , Ill ., were recently honored for their service to the Black Cultural Center. McCoy received the $250 Howard G. McCall Award for his demonstrated consistency in leadership, service and dedication to the BCC as a publicity assistant. Burrell received the $200 Nettie L. Hubbard Award for her contributions and achievements as a member of the Jahari Dance Troupe and New Directional Players.
-- Melanie Bachman from Evansville , Ind . and Julia Wittgen from Jasper , Ind ., juniors in the School of Industrial Engineering, each received the 1997 Robert E. Savage Scholarship. The annual award is worth $5,000 and is intended to honor students who have demonstrated academic achievement and that they will successfully apply their skills to the future benefit of society.
Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; e-mail, mike_willis@purdue.edu
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