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2011 Founders Award of Excellence
The 17th Annual Honors Convocation will be held on Saturday, October 29, 2011 at 11 a.m. Once again, the Founders Award Committee is asking for your assistance in identifying candidates for Rensselaer’s Founders Award of Excellence, the highest honor of the Convocation ceremony.
The Founders Award of Excellence was established in 1994 to honor students who embody qualities of creativity, discovery, leadership, and the values of pride and responsibility at Rensselaer. The award consists of a special certificate, recognition by faculty, staff, and peers at the Honors Convocation ceremony, and a $100 cash prize. This year we will be honoring approximately 70 excellent students from the Troy and Hartford campuses — about one percent of our student population.
We are seeking nominations from faculty, staff, and students for the Founders Award of Excellence.
Those students nominated should demonstrate:
- Strong academic performance. Candidates should be in the top 10% of their respective class.
- Pride and responsibility in all aspects of his or her life at Rensselaer.
- Outstanding leadership skills exhibiting discretion, judgment, and well-rounded regard for the opinions of others.
- Originality and imagination that may be evidenced by the potential to solve problems and possess skills to promote new ideas and theories in his/her field of study.
Successful nominations need to address all areas outlined above. All nominations should have a letter of recommendation from the person submitting the nomination. Both the Nomination Form and the recommendation letter should be submitted to the offices listed on the Nomination Form.
Eligible nominees must be enrolled as one of the following categories in the Fall Semester of 2011:
- Sophomore
- Junior
- Senior
- Fifth-year Architecture student
- Graduate student (full or part-time)
Students may receive the Founders Award of Excellence only once during their tenure at Rensselaer. Nominators are required to submit supporting documentation with the Nomination Form or ask others to join in endorsing an excellent candidate. A nomination may be supported by more than one nominator.
Please complete the attached Nomination Form and return it to the appropriate office listed no later than Friday, June 3, 2011.
Founders Award Committee:
Michael Hanna; Committee Chair
Associate Professor of Biology and Associate Dean for Academic Advising, Assessment, and Special Programs
Prabhat Hajela
Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education
Kathleen Ruiz
Associate Professor of Arts
Lisa Trahan
Dean of the First-Year Experience
2010 Founders Award Winners
School of Architecture (2010)
Kyle H. Baumgardner
Julia E. Grabazs
Kate A. Lisi
Elliot S. Mistur
Caressa Siu
Julie L. Solomon
Lauren E. Thomsen
School of Engineering (2010)
Jessica Alvarado
Gavin T. Anaya
Samantha C. Beaulac
Bryan P. Carmody
Burak Cavdaroglu
Jin Chen
Patrick M. Cloke
Benjamin I. Cohen
Rachel L. Ferebee
Justine A. Fortier
Megan E. Gallagher
William T. Gathright
Casey J. Hoffman
Allison L. Keefe
Vivian K. Lee
Yuhuan Liang
Kristen M. Ligotti
Chenxiao Lou
Jacob T. Martin
Alexandra L. McGregor
Michael S. Nickerson
Andrea Nordberg
Sarah G. Nurre
Michael J. Pawlak
Gregory M. Pitner
Andrew D. Pye
Kelsey L. Saulnier
Jonathan J. Sevilla
Leslie R. Vorce
Vicki Wu
Zijie Yan
Walter C. Yund
Noah M. Zenker
HASS (2010)
Michelle E. Cullum
Anasha B. Cummings
Anna Lamprou
Natt Phenjati
William N. Schnapp
Nathan T. Stedman
Ashley M. Weber
Logan Dawn April Williams
School of Management (2010)
Yiwei Fang
Laura Gersten
LiuLing Liu
Eric C. Peterson
Kevin T. Sullivan
School of Science (2010)
Adam H. Comella
Michael C. Freid
Pamela B. Fuller
Elsa J. Gonsiorowski
Ming He
Gurpreet Kaur
Sean C. Kim
Allen B. Lavoie
Andrew E. McAllister
Kara G. McMahon
Yonatan Naamad
Amanda l. Olyha
Luke A. Perkins
Daniel M. Ploch
Seemanti Ramanath
Laura L. Rosenkrantz
Information Technology & Web Science (2010)
Rebecca E. Camara
Gino Lorenzo Gervasio
Yanan Li
Angela M. Panfil
Nathalie Neptune
2009 Founders Award Winners
School of Architecture (2009)
Kendall L. Baldwin
Jillian M. Crandall
Tyler W. Hopf
Courtney A. Laflin
School of Engineering (2009)
Sarah A. Bach
Akhilesh Banerjee
Matthew D. Belley
Danielle R. Bogdanowicz
Elizabeth L. Brule
John G. Cannarella
Kathryn P. Celentano
Yuting Chen
Subrahmanya S. Chivukula
Benjamin W. Clough
Cory M. Crean
Abigail N. Eldridge
Erik J. Fast
Alexander T. Field
Sean P. Fleury
Amanda N. Gill
Robert M. Graham
Garrett L. Harms
Joseph Hersey
Norman B. Holcombe
Sean M. Kelley
Tristan J. Lawry
Sarah E. Linley
Jeffrey Litt
David A. McAvoy
William J. McCormick
Karl J. Meyer
Faith M. Michael
Srijit Mukherjee
Thomas C. Orgler
Mohammad Poursina
Peter R. Russo
Jayesh K. Shinde
Micki J. Sundheim
Shahreen S. Virjee
David I. Walsh
HASS (2009)
Gretchen M. Blatt
Maureen A. Danskin
Nathan W. Fisk
Aalok Khandekar
Whitney Kukol
Stephanie J. La Berge
Kyle C. I. McDonald
Kyle M. Monahan
Sarah T. Parks
Hillary L. Savoie
Brendan B. Toupin
Shailaja Valdiya
School of Management (2009)
Brian J. Clark
David M. Crolius
Sujalkumar F. Desai
Nicole M. Leber
Atif A. Majeed
James Y. Ohnoki
Megan N. Reile
Qiang Wu
School of Science (2009)
Kevin A. del Bene
Anjan Devaraj
Daniel C. Elton
Robert Escriva
Natasha A. Fedan
Dennis Goldfarb
Robert E. Lemanis
Daniel Li
Jingle Liu
Xiaofei Lu
Zachariah Norman
Ya Ou
Joseph E. Paki
Evan W. Patton
Neena K. Pyzocha
Oswaldo A. Sanchez
Andrew D. Zonenberg
Information Technology & Web Science (2009)
Selcuk Atli
Anson Byun
Darren J. Linkstrom
2008 Founders Award Winners
School of Architecture (2008)
Jason A. Bean
Vivian M. Bratone
Ann T. Cosgrove
Kristin M. Diotte
Jesse W. Embley
David Holbrook
David A. Stasiuk
School of Engineering (2008)
Cuyler N. Bates
Bryan P. Bednarz
Brian J. Belley
Timothy G. Harren-Lewis
Timothy H. Heiman
Bryan R. Herman
Shankar Kar
Alyssa V. Kowcz
Sara E. Laprade
Christina M. Laskowski
Jose R. Lebron-Bosques
Eric J. Lundberg
Bernard A. Malouin
Elizabeth J. Martin
Luri R. Middleton
Richard A. Mooney
Ruth I. Murrugarra
Andrew W. Neidhardt
Jonathan E. Proule
Dimitre R. Simeonov
Eric E. Taub
Sheilla N. Torres-Nieves
Susan M. Ventre
Michelle M. Woeste
Samantha L. Wozniak
Timothy J. Zakriski
Zhi Zhou
HASS (2008)
Kara N. Chesal
Whitney A. Coleman
School of Management (2008)
David M. Crolius
Cullen C. Kasunic
Rachel R. McCracken
John P. Rekstad
Zenu Sharma
School of Science (2008)
Jennifer E. Doering
Tuesday Fisher
Churamani Gaire
Riley Gannon
Daniel J. Hathaway
I-Chen Ho
Jessica L. Jones
Michelle L. Kloc
Tom Kujala
Kai Liu
Qiming Lu
Heather Palmeri
Michael J. Perry
Tyler Poore
Jonathan Rankin
Erika Sadeghi
Kaleena L. Shirley
Ashley L. Thomas
Stephen B. Thomas
Dustin Trail
Georgia C. Yalanis
Yuehua Yu
Information Technology & Web Science (2008)
Jonathan C. Babiec
Matthew J. Grill
Yizenia Mora
Travis S. Reid
Sanchay Subhedar
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