April 29, 2008
Students honored for academics, service
In a letter to the Marshall Fellowship selection committee, one of Johanna Teske’s physics professors dubbed her “the person most likely to become a leading scientist.”
The aspiring astronomer, who’s interned at NASA, is one of 17 students who will be lauded as winners of AU’s University Student Awards for Scholarship and Service and the Student Achievement Awards during the Honors Convocation, May 10.
A passionate environmental activist, Claire Roby will also be honored for her efforts to raise AU’s environmental consciousness, while Marc Tomik will be recognized for his service as the sole student member of the AU Board of Trustees.
Doctoral candidate Peter Roma—“the best [student] that the psychology department has ever had”—will also be recognized for his scholarship, which includes 17 articles, 12 of them as first author.
The Honors Convocation has been an AU tradition since 1929. The students recognized this year are as follows:
University Student Awards for Outstanding Scholarship at the Undergraduate Level
Johanna Teske, CAS
David Moak, CAS
University Student Awards for Outstanding Scholarship at the Graduate Level
Peter Roma, CAS
Andrew Strelka, WCL
University Student Awards for Outstanding Service to the University Community
Claire Roby, CAS
Marc Tomik, SPA
Student Achievement Awards:
Stafford H. Cassell Award
Joshua Glenn, SIS and SPA
Katie Young, CAS
Cathryn Seckler-Hudson Award
Vanessa Mueller, SPA
Fletcher Scholar Award
Daniel Rogers, SIS
Charles C. Glover Award
Anna Rappoport, Kogod
Evelyn Swarthout Hayes Award
Josiah Lambert, CAS and Kogod
Bruce Hughes Award
Taylor Robinson, SPA
Harold Johnson Award
Jennifer Arboleda, SIS
Kinsman-Hurst Award
Joseph Vidulich, SPA
Carolton Savage Award
Hristo Boyadzhiev, Kogod
Charles W. Van Way Award
John Eric Lingat, CAS
—AF
