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updated June 4, 2009 |
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‘Top
of the Class’ Students among More Than 90 Persons Recognized at
Honors and Awards Banquet
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| Top Sophomore Academic
Honor: Joseph Ausserer, a junior mechanical
engineering major, received the Paul N. Bogart
Prize for having achieved the highest grade
point average following the sophomore year in
2007-08. Presenting the award was Art Western,
vice president of academic affairs and dean of
faculty. |
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Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology students joined high school educators in
being honored during the college's annual Honors and Awards Ceremony in May.
More than 90 persons were recognized at the special event.
Outstanding students from each academic department received awards for academic
achievement, service or leadership potential. (See List Below) Students having
the highest grade point average at the end of the freshman, sophomore and junior
years were presented special academic awards.
Evan Breedlove, a mechanical engineering major from St. Charles, Ill., received
the Carl Wischmeyer Award for having the highest grade point average following
the junior year (2007-08). Named Carl Wischmeyer Scholars for high academic
achievement following the junior year were Stephen Nease, an electrical
engineering major from Germantown, Tenn.,; Levi Rupp, a double major in
chemistry and biochemistry and molecular biology from Archbold, Ohio; and Jason
Sauppe, a double major in computer science and mathematics from Avon Lake, Ohio.
Joseph Ausserer, a junior mechanical engineering major from Dayton, Ohio,
received the Paul N. Bogart Prize for having the highest grade point average
following the sophomore year (2007-08). Paul Bogart Scholar Awards were bestowed
upon Matthew Cox, a mechanical engineering major from Russiaville, Ind.; Brian
Kiraly, an engineering physics major from Granger, Ind.; and Micah Weaver, a
senior computer science major from Lebanon, Ind.
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| Top Freshman Academic
Honor: Clark Moser, a sophomore biomedical
engineering major, received the Heminway Bronze
Medal for having achieved the highest grade
point average following the freshman year in
2007-08. Presenting the award was Art Western,
vice president of academic affairs and dean of
faculty. |
Clark Moser, a sophomore biomedical engineering major from Elwood, Ind., earned
the Heminway Bronze Medal for having the highest grade point average following
the freshman year (2007-08).
Named Heminway Scholars were sophomores Amanda
Barnett, a physics major from Mooresville, Ind.; Russell Bennett, a mechanical
engineering major from Shelbyville, Ind.; Eric Crockett, a computer science
major from Georgetown, Ind.; John McLaughlin, a biomedical engineering major
from Newburgh, Ind.; Jordan Milligan, a chemical engineering major from
Westfield, Ind.; Michael Pridal-LoPiccolo, a computer science major from
Columbia, Mo.; Nicholas Race, a biomedical engineering major from Martinsville,
Ind.; Clancy Soehren, an electrical engineering major from Edinburgh, Ind.;
Annmarie Stanley, a computer engineering major from Warrenville, Ill.; Jonathon
Strauser, a biomedical engineering major from Carmel, Ind.; and Kyle Wilson, a
mechanical engineering major from Dublin, Ohio.
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| Honored Educator: Sean Bird of Indianapolis' Covenant Christian High School
received the Samuel F. Hulbert Outstanding Teacher Award. Presenting the honor
was Patsy Brackin, professor of mechanical engineering and a member of Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology's Honors & Awards Committee. |
High School Teacher and Counselor Honored
Rose-Hulman also recognized a teacher and counselor for impacting the lives of
students at their schools. Sean Bird, a mathematics and physics teacher at
Covenant Christian High School in Indianapolis, received the Samuel F. Hulbert
Outstanding Teacher Award. Meanwhile, Janet Kent, dean of students at the Utica
Center for Mathematics, Science and Technology in Sterling Heights, Mich.,
received the Charles G. Howard Outstanding Counselor Award.
Bird’s classroom style incorporates technological advances in calculators and
smart boards, and he has given national presentations on both topics.
Unforgettable demonstrations highlight Bird’s teaching resume. One colleague
stated: “It is not uncommon to see bowling balls flying through the room.” He is
the founder and sponsor for the school’s rocketry team, and participates in
numerous other extracurricular programs, including making a guest appearance in
the school musical.
Bird was nominated by Matt Singletary, a former student and current Rose-Hulman
mechanical engineering major.
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| Honored For Service: Janet Kent, dean of students at Utica Center for
Mathematics, Science and Technology, received the Charles G. Howard Outstanding
Counselor Award. Presenting the honor was James Goecker, vice president for
enrollment management. |
Kent’s service to students in the Utica Community Schools extends over 33 years
as a French teacher and guidance counselor. She has spent the last five years at
the center for mathematics, science and technology. She served as mentor for the
school’s 2006 World Champion FIRST Robotics Team, the “ThunderChickens.” Kent
earned a bachelor’s degree in French secondary education from Michigan State
University and a master’s degree in guidance and counseling from Oakley
University (Mich.).
The educators’ awards were named in honor of Hulbert, former president of Rose-Hulman,
and Howard, former dean of admissions.
Academic Department Honor Students for Achievements
Rose-Hulman students receiving honors by academic departments for their career
accomplishments included:
Aerospace Studies
John T. O’Bryan Award: Nicholas Hamilton
Applied Biology and Biomedical Engineering
Samuel F. Hulbert Scholarship: Kristen Wilson Baumgardt Scholarship: Sarah
Dempsey, Nathan Ridgley and Nicole Tillery Guidant Life Sciences Scholarship:
Lucas Alvey, Karah Hickman, Emily Lakes and Morgan Williams
Chemical Engineering
Eli Lilly & Co. Clinton Lab Award: Dean Straub and Mark Brugioni Archer Daniels
Midland Award: Jennifer McClary Sam C. Hite Award: Andrew Nohns
Chemistry
John White Award: Nathan Keeley
William Albert Noyes, Sr., Award: Levi Rupp Department Service Award: John
Stanley Department Undergraduate Research Award: Michele Mumaw Merck Index
Award: Levi Rupp Edmund Earl Dunlap-Alpha Chi Sigma Scholarship: Joshua Knapp
Civil Engineering
Faculty Award: Elias Tselentakis
Shelton Hannig Award: Jennifer Lyman
Morris L. Cleverley Award: Avoree Gore
Edward A. MacLean Award: Bernard Vannoy
ASCE Alumni Award: Andrew Pinkstaff
J.B. Wilson Consulting Engineering Award: Chelsea Abram Department’s Star
Student Award: Elizabeth Ridgway
Computer Science and Software Engineering
Addison-Wesley Outstanding Senior Award: Jason Sauppe Atkins Outstanding Senior
Thesis: Jason Sauppe and Andrew Spencer Frank Young Outstanding Service Award:
Allison Terrell Frank Young Scholarship: Micah Weaver Doc Criss Outstanding
Senior Project Award: Caleb Allen, Derek Baker, Robert Bennett and Isaac Heyveld
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Outstanding Senior Award: Russell Jackson Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Sophomore
Awards: Paul Morrison Clarence c. Knipmeyer Award: Stephen Nease
IEEE Outstanding Student Award: Michael Fiedeldey
Humanities and Social Sciences
The German Oberlandler Club Award: Rachel Romines Hannelore Lehr Award: Daniel
Waters Outstanding Senior in Economics Award: Bryce Borchers Technology and
Society Essay Award: Sarah Jabon Interpretation of Texts and Cultures Essay:
Rachel McHenry Research and Analysis Essay Award: Greg Laudick Rhetoric and
Composition Essay Award: Charles Brenegan Ink Best Written Work Prize: Noel
Spurgeon Ink Best Visual Work Prize: Michael Ferguson
Mathematics
Clarence P. Sousley Award: Bryce Borchers and Jason Sauppe Theodore Paine Palmer
Award: Ching-Chen Ma
Mechanical Engineering
Cummins Engine Company, Inc. Award: Evan Breedlove Steinhauser Award: Jeffrey
Van Treuren
Military Science
“Sarge” Kearns Army ROTC Award: Nathan Keeley
Physics & Optical Engineering
John W. Rhee Award: Michael Gehl
C. Leroy Mason Award: Amanda Barnett
Jean M. Bennett Award: Ramzi Zahreddine
Sophomore Optical Engineering Award: Rachel Manigault Sophomore Engineering
Physics Award: Daniel Brooks Perry Family Astronomy Award: Alexander Dillard
Special Academic Recognition
ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American Award: Calvin Bueltel, Jennifer Lyman,
Elizabeth Ridgway and Annmarie Stanley
A pdf of all awards presented at this year's Honors & Awards Ceremony is
available for download at
http://www.rose-hulman.edu/news/articles/Honors&Awards09.pdf.
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