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 Student Accomplishments

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Academic Year 2004-2005

Student Activities

National Recognitions

• Mr. James Secretan and Ms. Jennifer Jackson, were awarded 2005 NSF Graduate Fellowships.
  
• Cassandra Long was awarded a prestigious National Security Education Program (NSEP) David L. Boren Scholarship to study abroad in China during AY 2005-06.
  
• Stacey Repass received a James Madison Fellowship.
  
• Sohang Gandhi received a Goldwater Scholarship.
  
• Andrea Wesser was named to the USA Today All Academic Team.
  
• Norma Toussaint was accepted into the Rangel Summer Enrichment Program at Howard University.
  
• Two Students, Justin Miller and Lauren Schommer received Honors Summer Internships from the Drug Enforcement Agency.

State Recognitions

• Annie Howe was named a finalist for the 2005 "Student of the Year Award" by Florida Leader Magazine.

Local Recognitions

• Eighteen students selected for this year's President's Leadership Council are Honors students. The President's Leadership Council chose a total of 34 students this year to represent the University through public relations, leadership, and administration.
  
• Twelve honors freshman and sophomores were recognized as 2005 President's Scholars. This scholarship will cover all expenses for these students to study abroad Scholarship at Cambridge University in Summer 2005.
  
• The following 15 Honors Students were recognized during 2005 Leadership Week

  EMERGING LEADER
  Recipient: Scott Kirkman
  Nominees: Lindsey Johns, Brittany Jo Miller, & Evelyn Tonn

  PROGRESSIVE STUDENT LEADER
  Nominees: Catherine Carson, Erin Riley, & Andrea Wesser

  RISING STAR AWARD
  Jennifer White and Jane Juusola

  KEEPERS OF THE CREED
  Kelly Simonz

  ORDER OF PEGASUS
  Sri Cherukumilli
  Nicolette Hopson
  Annie Howe
  Stacey McCord
  Sandra Miles (HIM)

• Honors Congress received six awards in this year's Homecoming competitions, including First Place Overall for small student organizations. Other awards won in the category of small organizations included:

  * First Place in Black and Gold sign
  * First Place in Philanthropy
  * Spirit Cup
  * Second Place in the Parade
  * Third Place in Skit Knight

• Honors Congress also received second place overall in the can competition.
  
• At the 2005 Founder's Day Convocation, the following Honors students were recognized:

  College of Arts and Sciences
  Catherine Carson
  Bryce Dwyer
  Justin Miller

  Burnett College of Biomedical Sciences
  Venkata Cherukumilli

  College of Engineering and Computer Science
  David MacNevin

Honors in the Major Thesis Awards:

Category: Science and Engineering

Winner: Timothy Love -- Prenylated Proteins in Plasmodium falciparum and their Role in FTI Response

Runner Up: Leanne Mescavage -- Cross Reactivity of Phleum pratense, Melaleuca leucadendron and Paspalum notatum Peptides with Monoclonal Antibodies to Group I, Group V, and Group XIII Allergens

Category: Social Sciences and Humanities

Winner: Colin Moore -- Opposing Conceptions of Freedom In America: A Historical and Contemporary Investigation

Runner Up: Christopher Cusano -- Iran: Islam and Political Participation

• Jennifer Hartzler was recognized as 2005 Miss UCF
  
• Evelyn Tonn was recognized as 2005 Miss St. Petersburg
  
• Stephanie Bronson- Was awarded a fellowship from the American Cancer Society to continue research throughout the summer.
  
• Eric Risser- Won Boeing Engineering/Computer Science scholarship 2004-05 and 2005-06.
  
• Rachel Russo- Published in the National Journal of Forensic Science and I am sponsored by YMCA Go Global to spend a year in Peru doing various service projects across the country.
  
• Courtney Sutton - Won 1st place Knight Image Award for hard news story in Journalism and 3rd place for feature photo. Currently doing a photography/journalism internship in southeast Asia.

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