The highest award given to undergraduates in the College of Arts and Sciences at CU-Boulder, the prestigious Jacob Van Ek Award, will be presented to 18 students tomorrow (May 13).
No more than 20 students each year receive the award for their outstanding academic achievement and contributions to the university community. The award includes a $200 check to assist with college expenses.
The recipients will be honored at 9:00 a.m. in the Glenn Miller Ballroom, University Memorial Center, along with the faculty members they named as their academic inspiration and encouragement.
The award was established in 1973 to honor Jacob Van Ek, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from 1929 to 1959. Van Ek died in 1994 aged 97.
Following is a list of the 1999 award recipients, their major fields of study and their faculty mentors:
COLORADO
Bailey: Jason P. Kolaczkowski, political science, mentor Samuel Fitch of the political science department
Boulder: Zhi Mao, biochemistry and molecular, cellular, and developmental biology, mentor Jackie Lee of the molecular, cellular and developmental biology department; Jane Moody, anthropology and Spanish, mentor Bert Covert of the anthropology department; Justin Speer, theatre, mentor Sean Kelley of the theatre and dance department; David Kolstad, distributed studies, mentor Cathy Comstock of the Farrand Residential Academic Program
Colorado Springs: Amanda Arthur, Italian and women聮s studies, mentor Joanne Belknap of the sociology department
Denver: Christopher Guzelian, economics, mentor Chuck Howe of the economics department
Englewood: Jennifer S. Bolser, biochemistry and environmental, population, and organismic biology, mentor Shelley Copley of the chemistry department
Evergreen: Meredith Johnson, political science, mentor Lauri McNown of the honors department
Littleton: Joseph M. Ungemah, psychology, mentor Anna Owen of the honors department
Longmont: R.N. "Trey" Lyons, political science and international affairs, mentor Sven Steinmo of the political science department; Lauren Beale, dance, mentor David Capps of the dance department
Loveland: Yolanda Arredondo, women聮s studies, mentor Mary Churchill of the women聮s studies department
Pueblo: Shelley Arellano, sociology, mentor Kayann Short of the Farrand Residential Academic Program
Westminster: Sara Jade Alan, political science, mentor Walter Stone of the political science department
MICHIGAN
Grand Rapids: Brenna Moore, religious studies, mentor Bert Covert of the anthropology department
NEW YORK
West Nyack: Winston M. Seiler, geological sciences, mentor Lisa Barlow of the geological sciences department
TENNESSEE
Ooltewah: Melana Heinss, philosophy, mentor Claudia Mills of the philosophy department