Student Honors
Five College undergraduates—the largest number in a single year—received Fulbright Fellowships to study abroad for 2005-06. Elizabeth Boerman '05, a double major in German and history, and William Thomas Hildebrandt '05, a double major in German and economics, both planned to teach English in Germany. Hildebrandt also was named a Simon Scholar, which guarantees outstanding graduates acceptance to the Simon School after a minimum of two years' employment. Sarah Greene '05, a double major in German and geological sciences, planned to spend her Fulbright year on a research team examining fossils to reconstruct the history of a basin formation in northern Spain. Ashley Poelma '05, a biology major, was the first student in 25 years to receive a Fulbright to Romania, where she planned to participate in a research project on the problem of child abandonment in the country, teach English, and volunteer at a children's hospital. Caroline Rouse '05, a double major in Spanish and biology, planned to participate in a research project on sexual health education at the Mexican National Institute of Health.
Yude Chen '05 and Robert Forties '05 received National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, awarded to outstanding college and university students for graduate study in the natural sciences, selected social sciences, mathematics, and engineering. Chen, a mechanical engineering major, planned to enter the graduate program in fluid mechanics at Stanford University in the fall, and Forties, a physics major, planned to enter the doctoral program in physics at Ohio State University.
Robert Penna '07, a double major in honors mathematics and physics, was named a Goldwater Scholar, a national honor given to outstanding undergraduate students who plan to pursue careers in mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering.
Jeffrey Peterson, a chemistry graduate student, was selected as a participant for the 55th Meeting of the Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany. Only approximately 50 students are chosen to attend the annual meeting.
Eighteen students from the College received the Iota Book Award from Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest academic honorary society, in recognition of their scholarly achievement, humanistic values, cocurricular activity, and leadership potential: Carl Adair '07, Ferhina Ali '07, Annie Allan '07, Alexandra Bilow '07, Mallory Bucell '07, Ryan Circh '07, Nicholas Gabriele '07, Alena Janda '07, Leslianne Lavallee '07, Sandeep Madhur '07, Amanda Michaud '07, Patrick Obrien '07, Luke Scholl '07, David Soson '07, Brian Tuohy '07, Emily Urbanczyk '07, and Nicholas Zappia '07.
