We’ve got a bevy of awards to note from both the 2011 Awards Extravaganza and Honors Day Convocation.
2011 Awards Extravaganza
“M” Award Recipients
- Geoffrey Orsak, dean, Lyle School of Engineering
- Laura Baez, Student Representative to the Board of Trustees Student Affairs Committee
- Andrew Conwell, Student Representative to the Board of Trustees Student Affairs Committee
- Janet Leung, Student Senate Finance Chair
- Rebecca Quinn, Student Representative to the Board of Trustees Academic Policy, Planning, and Management Committee
- Haynes Strader, Student Trustee
- Jake Torres, Student Body President
John L. Freehafer Award
- Roza Essaw, Former Student Senate Membersip Chair (and current Meadows Senator-elect)
- Derek Hubbard, Student Representative to the Board of Trustees Development and External Affairs Committee
Willis M. Tate Award
Jasper Neel, professor of English in Dedman College, Faculty Senate member (former Dedman College Dean)
Students’ Association Awards
- Outstanding Administrator: Lori White, vice president for student affairs
- Outstanding Trustee: Ray L. Hunt, Hunt Consolidated, Inc.
Honors Day Convocation
- Alexander Keith Ehmke, Dedman II Senator (and Student Body Vice President-elect): Phi Beta Kappa
- Catherine Michelle Essig, African-American Senator: Robert Stewart Hyer Society
- Zainab Farzal, Dedman II Senator: The Dr. Pepper/Lazenby Award for a Graduating Senior in Chemistry
- Christian Robert Genco, Lyle Senator: Robert Stewart Hyer Society
- Alexander Edward Mace, Student Senate Chief of Staff: Robert Stewart Hyer Society
- Jieun Pyun, International Senator: Outstanding Corporate Communications & Public Affairs Student in Public Affairs, Kappa Tau Alpha
- Rebecca Claire Quinn, Student Representative to the Board of Trustees Academic Policy, Planning, and Management Committee: The Larrie and Bobbie Weil Undergraduate Research Award, Alessandra Comini Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Art History Major, University Honors Program
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