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May 11, 2001 Purdue students recognized for achievementsWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Seventeen Purdue University students recently were recognized for their achievements. – Elizabeth Argay, a senior majoring in general health sciences from Zionsville, Ind., received the 2001 Distinguished Health Sciences Student Award at an April spring banquet. The award is presented to an outstanding senior in the School of Health Sciences, who is not majoring in medical technology, on the basis of scholarship, professional attitude and service. The recipient must have a GPA of 3.3 or above. The student must also be scheduled to graduate in May of the semester that the award is presented or by the end of the following fall semester. The winner receives a plaque and a monetary award. – Ryan C. Lee, a senior majoring in health science from Lafayette, Ind., received the 2001 Service Award at the School of Health Sciences' spring banquet in April. The award is presented to junior or senior who has made outstanding contributions in support of student activities. The award consists of an appropriately inscribed plaque. – Lynn Marie Nieman, a junior majoring in health physics and industrial hygiene from Waldron, Ind., received the 2001 Jeff Kizer Award at the School of Health Sciences' spring banquet in April. The award is presented to a student majoring in environmental health for outstanding academic achievement, professional attitude, participation, career goals, ethics and leadership qualities. Kizer was among the first students to enter an undergraduate degree program in environmental health, which was established in 1970. He died in September 1975 while he was in his final semester of classes. Nieman's name will be engraved on a permanent plaque displayed in the Office of Student Services, and she will receive a plaque and $200 will be deposited toward tuition for her next semester. –Jennifer L. Till, a senior majoring in medical technology from Fort Wayne, Ind., received the 2001 Distinguished Medical Technology Student Award at the School of Health Sciences' spring banquet in April. The award is presented to a student exhibiting outstanding characteristics and performance while in the clinical program. The student must be in semester eight of the medical technology curriculum, be participating in an accredited clinical program at an affiliated hospital and have a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Medical technology program directors nominate students for the award. Selection criteria are: accomplishments during the clinical period, personal professional growth, outstanding contributions during the clinical program, above average achievement and effort and promise of future professional development. The award is an inscribed plaque and cash. – Christopher N. Otterman, a junior majoring in actuarial sciences and statistics from Noblesville, Ind., was awarded the V.L. Anderson Scholarship Award on April 27 by the Department of Statistics. The scholarship, established in honor of professor emeritus of statistics Virgil Anderson, is awarded to an undergraduate who shows promise of contributing to statistics and its applications. – Kiseop Lee, a graduate student in statistics from Seoul, South Korea, was awarded the Statistics Department Annual Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Teaching Assistant on April 27. The award recognizes service to the department and to students through outstanding classroom teaching of statistics by a teaching assistant. – Bhramar Mukherjee, a graduate student from Calcutta, India, was awarded the W. Burr Award presented annually to a graduate student who shows promise of contribution to the profession of statistics as evidenced by academic excellence, excellence in teaching or consulting and the quality of thesis research. The Department of Statistics established the award in 1974 in honor of retired Professor Irving W. Burr, who taught at Purdue for 35 years. – Sarah E. Black, a freshman majoring in special education and severe mental disabilities from Chesterton, Ind., received an Emerging Leader Award from the Student Activities and Organizations area of the Office of the Dean of Students. She received the award for her participation in the Wesley Foundation Council on Ministries. Three awards were presented to freshmen or sophomores who have been a member of an organization for no more than one year, actively participated in organizational meetings and programs, leads progress towards group goals, encourages participation in other organizational members and demonstrates potential for future involvement in leadership positions. – Kari Harness, a sophomore majoring in psychology and English from Mill Creek, Ind., is the recipient of the 2001 Class of 1937 Scholarship and the 2001 W.I. Bennett Courtier Scholarship. – Arica Alease Brandford, a senior majoring in nursing from Hammond, Ind., received the Clara E. Bell Award presented annually by the Purdue Black Caucus of Faculty and Staff to the senior in nursing or health sciences with the highest grade point average. – Seven students from the School of Nursing have been accepted for membership in the Delta Omicron Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, the international honor society for nursing. The new Purdue members, all seniors from Indiana, are Marla S. Biery Knecht of West Lafayette, Audrey I. Lamar of Wheatland, Denise M. May of St. John, Tricia S. McCallister of Otterbein, Jennifer E. Paulsen of South Bend, Melinda S. Smit of Lafayette and Amy A. Zagrocki of Griffith. Sigma Theta Tau members are nursing scholars committed to excellence in clinical practice, education, research and leadership.
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