Tuesday, May 12, 2020

2020 Graduates and Awards


Congratulations to all of our graduates this year! It is disappointing that we cannot celebrate together in a commencement ceremony, but such ceremonies are just the icing on the cake - and it is the substance of the cake that is most important. Your hard work for the past four (or more) years has paid off with your degree which will open doors to employment and graduate studies.

A shout of praise also goes out to the numerous students in our department and classes who won awards this spring and scholarships for next year. In particular we want to mention Precious-Gold Akpadija and David Aupperle as our first winners of the new Gretchen Anderson Pathways Scholarship in honor of our late department chair and biochemist, Dr. Gretchen Anderson.

Freshman Chemistry Achievement Award
   Hasan Alsaymary
   Melyse Ishimwe
ACS Undergraduate Analytical Chemistry Award
   Andrea Valadez
Undergraduate Award in Organic Chemistry
   Kyle Geller
Student Excellence Award in Biochemistry
   Frederique Audrey Tchinty Doue
   Joel Green
Student Excellence Award in Chemistry
   Humberto Chavarria
   Andrea Valadez
Joseph H. Ross Seminar Award
   Joel Green
George Nazaroff Scholarship
   Brianna Jones
   Naseem Alfadhl
Gretchen Anderson Pathways Scholarship
   Precious-Gold Akpadija
   David Aupperle
Carolyn & Lawrence Garber Summer Research Scholarship
   Naseem Alfadhl