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May 1, 1998

Purdue students recognized
for honors, achievements

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Nineteen Purdue University students recently were recognized for their achievements.

-- Wendy Culbertson, Houston, a junior in the School of Industrial Engineering, received the 1998-99 Robert E. Savage Scholarship. The $5,000 annual scholarship was established in 1993 with an endowment from James M. Savage, a 1972 graduate of the School of Industrial Engineering, and his family in honor of his father. The award honors industrial engineering students who have demonstrated academic achievement and posses characteristics that show they will apply their skills to the future benefit of society.

-- Shanda Hunt, Indianapolis , won the Robert L. Page Outstanding Leadership Award presented by the Residence Hall Council. Hunt, a junior majoring in computer technology, has been a hall senator, lieutenant governor and governor for Earhart Hall's student organization. She also served on the publicity committee for the National Society of Black Engineers. The award consists of an engraved pen set and $100. The award is named for R.L. Page, who served as director of residence halls for 20 years.

-- Angela Janik, Norwood Park Township, Ill., is the sixth winner of the Janine DeHart Outstanding Freshman Award presented by the Residence Hall Council. Janik, who is majoring in psychology, is health awareness coordinator and a floor senator for Harrison Hall. The award consists of a plaque and $200. The award is named for Janine DeHart, who established the program to "give back to the residence hall system that was such an integral part of my college experience."

-- Saurin P. Shah, Canton, Ohio, a senior in materials engineering, received the 1998 John L. Bray Award. The $200 award is given to the senior in the School of Materials Engineering who has the highest academic ranking. The award, given since 1956, is named for the founding head of the school.

-- Four students were honored by the Department of History:

  • Holly Lynn Grout, Independence, Ky., won the outstanding senior award in history.

  • Suzanne Renee Wilson, Bloomfield, Mich., was named outstanding senior in the School of Liberal Arts Interdisciplinary Studies Program.

  • Steven A. Stofferahn, Lafayette, won the Miletus L. Flaningam Award for excellence in graduate student achievement in history. The $250 award is based on papers submitted on significant historical topics. Flaningam taught history at Purdue for 33 years. The award was established in his honor after his death in 1979.

  • Mary F. Taylor, Plainfield, Ind. , won the Henry G. Waltmann Memorial Scholarship as the most deserving undergraduate history student. Winners receive $200 and must be fifth- or sixth- semester history majors. The award is based on overall academic performance, with special attention to their historical studies. Waltmann was a history department faculty member from 1962 until his death in 1978.

-- Seven undergraduate students and four graduate students were honored for their achievements at the 1998 Annual Health Sciences Spring Banquet on April 3.

The undergraduate recipients included:

  • Johnny Calvin III, Michigan City, Ind. , a senior majoring in industrial hygiene, who received the School of Health Sciences Minority Scholarship.

  • Jonathan Cleary, St. Leon, Ind. , a junior majoring in industrial hygiene and health physics, who received the Jeff Kizer Award.

  • Liberty Friedline, Valparaiso, Ind. , a senior majoring in industrial hygiene, who received the Service to the School Award.

  • Raja Kalapatapu, Logansport, Ind. , a junior majoring in premedicine, who received the Service to the University Award.

  • Amy O'Neil, Elkhart, Ind. , and Brendon Quinn, Valparaiso, Ind. , both seniors majoring in general health sciences, who received the Distinguished Health Sciences Student Award.

  • Elizabeth Shurman, Valparaiso, Ind. , a senior majoring in medical technology, who received the Distinguished Medical Technology Student Award.

Fellowships and scholarships were presented to the following graduate students:

  • Randy Boylstein, Indianapolis, who received the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Graduate Industrial Hygiene Fellowship, and the American Industrial Hygiene Foundation Scholarship.

  • Scott Dudley, Terre Haute, Ind. , who received the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Graduate Industrial Hygiene Fellowship.

  • William Riley, Merrillville, Ind. , who received the Department of Energy Applied Health Physics Fellowship.

  • Jintao Zeng, Indianapolis, who received the Andrews Fellowship (Purdue University Fellowship).

Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; e-mail, mike_willis@purdue.edu
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