Seventeen undergraduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder have received the prestigious Jacob Van Ek Award for outstanding academic achievement and contributions to the university and Boulder communities.
The award includes a $200 prize. The recipients were honored May 11 along with faculty members they named as mentors.
The award was established in 1973 to honor Jacob Van Ek, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at CU-Boulder from 1929 to 1959. Van Ek died in 1994 at the age of 97.
Following is a list of the 2000 Jacob Van Ek Award recipients, their major fields of study and faculty mentors:
COLORADO
Arvada: Shannon J. Freeman, sociology, mentor Joanne Belknap of sociology and women聮s studies.
Aurora: Ian G. Dorward, environmental, population and organismic biology, mentor David O. Norris of environmental, population and organismic biology.
Boulder: Veronika Furst, mathematics and economics, mentor Karl Gustafson of mathematics.
Shay Krier, kinesiology and applied physiology, mentor David Sherwood of kinesiology and applied physiology.
Jeffrey R. Webb, history, mentor Marjorie K. McIntosh of history.
Colorado Springs: Sonya M. Johnson, anthropology, ethnic studies, mentor Jualynne E. Dodson of ethnic studies.
Denver: Laura E. Kalstein, speech, language and hearing sciences, accounting and finance, mentor Kathryn H. Arehart of speech, language and hearing sciences.
Clarice M. Snell, molecular, cellular and developmental biology, French, mentor Julia Frey of French and Italian.
Benjamin M. Whitmer, English, mentor Jillian Heydt-Stevenson of English and comparative literature and humanities.
Englewood: Arika J. Acton, English, mentor Bruce Bassoff of English.
Fort Collins: Andrew J. Luxen, political science, mentor Lauri H. McNown of political science and honors.
Golden: Stephen D. Schroeder, dance, mentor David Capps of theater and dance.
Highlands Ranch: Erin M. Shoemaker, kinesiology, mentor David Sherwood of kinesiology and applied physiology.
Littleton: Shayla T. Orton, environmental, population and organismic biology, mentor David O. Norris of environmental, population and organismic biology.
Loveland: Daniel J. Elgin, Chinese language and literature, international affairs, mentor Madeline K. Spring of East Asian languages and civilizations.
CALIFORNIA
Walnut Creek: Bryan D. McKae, economics, mentor Robert McNown of economics.
TEXAS
Melissa: Lindsey C. Collins, English, mentor Jane Garrity of English.