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During W&L’s annual Founders Day/ODK Convocation on Jan. 19th, Azmain Amin along with four honorary and 38 student initiates will be inducted into Alpha Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK), the national leadership honor society. The ceremony will take place at 5pm in Lee Chapel. Congratulations Azmain!
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Congratulations to the following CSCI students who have received scholarships awards or prizes:
MICHAEL WATKINS HOLT – Special Honors – Valedictorian; The Robinson Award in Mathematics and Science, Johnson Scholar, William D. McHenry Male Scholar-Athlete
LUCY MAUDE SIMKO (’11) – National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships (three years of funding in support of graduate study)
JOHANNA MICHELLE GEORGEN – The Computer Science Department Award
BRENNON THORNTON WILLIAMS – The Academy of American Poets Award, The Maxwell P. Wilkinson Scholarship in English
JOHN PATRICK BARRY – Johnson Scholar
MITHRA MUTHUKRISHNAN – Johnson Scholar
MITCHELL DEAN OLSON – Johnson Scholar
JOHN LUCIUS KIRBY – The Physics and Engineering Departmental Scholarship
RACHEL ELIZABETH STONE – The Douglas C Halstead Memorial Scholarship
JOK GENGA ASIYO – The Callum Owings Memorial Award
DARREN A. DOUGLAS – Coaches and Captains Award
HARRISON P. DEKNIGHT – Coaches and Captains Track and Field Award
The 2016 Athletic Department Awards, held on May 17th at Lee Chapel, paid tribute to W&L’s exceptional student-athletes. Senior tennis player, Michael Holt, was the male recipient of the William D. McHenry Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award. Click on the link to learn more about Michael’s achievements and about the other honorees…
http://news.blogs.wlu.edu/2016/05/24/wl-announces-2016-athletic-department-awards/
Congratulations to the following CSCI students who have received scholarships, awards or prizes:
MICHAEL WATKINS HOLT – The Luther Seevers Birely Scholarship, The James D. Davidson Memorial Fund Scholarship, The James McDowell Scholarship and the Taylor Scholarship in Mathmatics
CORY LIANA WALKER – Art and Art History Department, Music Department and Theater,Dance and Film Department: Class of 1964 Fine Arts Award
BIPEEN ACHARYA – Computer Science Department: The Computer Science Department Award
ANNE BAILEY DICKENS – Johnson Scholar
SHANNON EDANA NOLLET – Johnson Scholar
CATHY XUN WANG – Johnson Scholar
JENNA NICOLE BIEGEL – The Geology Department Scholarship and, The R. Preston Hawkins IV Award
JOK GENGA ASIYO – The Stephen Owings Cullum Memorial Award
DARREN A. DOUGLAS – Men’s Basketball: Coaches and Captains Award
BRANDON E. TAYLOR – Football: C.J. Harrington Memorial Football Award
JORDAN A. KRASNER – Men’s Tennis: Memorial Tennis Award
Sophomore computer science major Azmain Amin ’17’s entrepreneurial idea for better grocery bags, called PolyGreen Bags, is featured on the W&L home page. Amin’s idea won first place in W&L’s Social Entrepreneurship Summit. You make us proud, Amin!
WACO, Texas – The American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) announced its 2013 Division III Coaches All-America team on Monday morning and Washington and Lee senior offensive lineman Connor Hollenbeck (Alpharetta, Ga./Alpharetta) was among those honored. A Computer Science major and 2014 graduate of Washington and Lee University. Read the complete story here
In addition to the first “All-American Honors” Hollenbeck adds yet another All-America Citation Read more here
FELLOWSHIPS RECEIVED
The following students have won, since the last commencement, fellowships in national or international competitions which underwrite their continuing academic endeavors.
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships– (three years of funding in support of graduate study): Camille Morgan Cobb ‘12
Venture for American Fellowship (two years of work and mentoring as an entrepreneur with American start-up companies): Alexander Kairo Anderson Baca ‘14
SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS, AND PRIZES
Computer Science: The Computer Science Department Award: Richard J. Marmorstein
The Kim Family Prize in Economics: Richard J. Marmorstein
Johnson Scholars: Garrett Heath Koller
Mathematics Department: The Taylor Scholarship in Mathematics: Onyebuchi Ekenta
Student Affairs: The Douglas C. Halstead Memorial Scholarship: Jok Genga Asiyo
The Ring Tum Phi Awards: Anton D. Reed
Team Awards: Leigh Williams Memorial Award: Andrew E. Kimberly
Football: Dan Ray Justice Memorial Football Award: Connor Hollenbeck