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    Date: 5/10/01
      Contact:                           Christina Chapple  22

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SLU COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES HONORS TOP STUDENTS
     HAMMOND   Communication major Misty D. Baker of Bristol, Va., is the recipient of
the 2001 Dean's Award, the top honor of Southeastern Louisiana University 's College of Arts
and Sciences.
     Baker was among the students recognized at the college's annual honors convocation on
May 2. The college also announced departmental honors and scholarships and new members of
the honor societies Phi Kappa Phi, and the Thirteen Club.
     Departmental award winners and scholarship recipients were:
     Ponchatoula   Quincy Robertson, Outstanding Graduating Senior in Physics; Teresa
Guagliardo, Outstanding Graduating Senior in Mathematics
     Robert   Dean Cavalier, Outstanding Graduating Senior in Visual Arts; Michael Bard,
Outstanding Contribution in Mathematics
     Hammond   Herman "Denny" Himel IV, Outstanding Graduating Senior in Physics and
Outstanding Contribution in Mathematics; Kornelija Juskaite, Outstanding Graduating Senior in
Communication; Rosalyn Chauvin, Outstanding Senior in General Studies; Raghuveer Dodda,
Outstanding Freshman in Mathematics; Jacquie Brecheen, Ralph R. Pottle Scholarship
(outstanding freshman in music)
     Independence   Melony Goings, Excellence in English
     Loranger   Jeffrey Starns, Outstanding Graduating Senior in Psychology
     Kentwood   Floyd Fowler, Dr. Robert Carl Brown Scholarship Award (Mathematics)
     Livingston   Javier Venturi, Outstanding Senior in Spanish
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COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES HONORS   Add One
     Albany   Loretta George, Outstanding Freshman in Mathematics
     Holden   Rebecca Comish, Outstanding Graduating Senior in Mathematics
     Baton Rouge   Maria Velez, Outstanding Senior in Biology; William Burt and Lauren
Hart, Kenneth E. Dyson scholarship award (biological sciences); Kris Franklin, Outstanding
Graduating Senior in Chemistry; Rahni Kennedy, James Wilcox Award (Music)  
     Prairieville   Charles Dellert, Martina Buck Award (History) and Harold Leu Award
(Political Science)
     Greenwell Springs   Carol Gauthier, Outstanding Senior in Biology
     Zachary   Aimee Genola, Roy E. Hyde Award (outstanding graduating senior in
sociology); Brian Branch, Mark Dugopolski Sophomore Award (Mathematics)
     St. Francisville   Bethany Jones, Kenneth E. Dyson scholarship award (biological
sciences)
     Abita Springs   Matthew Bernard, Kenneth E. Dyson scholarship award (biological
sciences)
     Covington   Callie Foreman, D Vickers Award for Creative Writing; Stephany Hunt,
Excellence in Liberal Arts Studies; Jacob Rice, Martin Buck Award (History)
     Slidell   Jennifer Reis, Outstanding Graduating Senior in French; Charles Polleck,
Outstanding Graduating Senior in Criminal Justice; Kathryn Mackenroth, Outstanding
Graduating Senior in Cultural Resource Management
     Metairie   Bonnie Williams, Kenneth J. Holder Award (Mathematics)
     Shreveport   Kyle Runnels, Kenneth E. Dyson scholarship award (biological sciences)
                             -SLU-
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