Twenty undergraduate arts and sciences students at the University of Colorado at Boulder will receive the prestigious Jacob Van Ek Award for outstanding academic achievement and contributions to the university.
The award includes a gift certificate from the University Book Store. The recipients were honored May 14 along with the faculty members they named as the persons who most inspired and encouraged their work.
The award was established in 1973 to honor Jacob Van Ek, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from 1929 to 1959. Van Ek died in 1994 at the age of 97.
Following is a list of 1998 Jacob Van Ek Award recipients, their major fields of study and faculty mentors:
COLORADO
Boulder: Kari Veblen, biology, mentor Jane Bock of the environmental, population and organismic biology department.
Broomfield: P.J. Lomelino, philosophy, mentor Ann Davis of the philosophy department.
Castle Rock: Karen Lynn Kelminson, molecular, cellular and developmental biology, mentor David Prescott of the molecular, cellular and developmental biology department.
Castle Rock: Jill M. Mueller, Asia/China, mentor Madeline Spring of the Asian studies department.
Denver: Dan Weiss, math, mentor A.L. Owen of the math department.
Denver: Nathan Gregory, biology, mentor Timothy Seastedt of the environmental, population and organismic biology department.
Greeley: Ranya Ghuma, political science, mentor James Jankowski of the political science department.
Lakewood: Brian Keady, philosophy and political science, mentor Luc Bovens of the philosophy department.
Loveland: Leigh Anne Bakel, kinesiology, mentor David Sherwood of the kinesiology department.
Paonia: Meghan Gill, humanities and fine arts, mentor Cathy Comstock of the Farrand Residential Academic Program.
Steamboat Springs: Kristin Wolff, Spanish and international affairs, mentor Lillian Robinson of the Spanish and Portuguese department.
Trinidad: Yvonne Montoya, communication, mentor Kathleen Campbell of the communications department.
CALIFORNIA
Monterey: Brittany Struve, psychology, and speech, language and hearing sciences, mentor Sheila Goetz of the speech, language and hearing sciences department.
FLORIDA
North Naples: Francois Gabriel Guillaume, political science, mentor Cathy Comstock of the Farrand Residential Academic Program.
Sarasota: Kristina Eisenhower, communications, mentor Kathleen Campbell of the communications department.
NORTH DAKOTA
Bismarck: Kirsten Olson, kinesiology, mentor David Sherwood of the kinesiology department.
OHIO
Findlay: Stephanie Mohr, women studies, mentor Jim Downton of the sociology department.
TEXAS
Austin: Karen R. Lozano, women studies, mentor Kamala Kempadoo of the women's studies department.
UTAH
Park City: Brian Worthen, Spanish, mentor Lauri McNown of the honors department.
INTERNATIONAL
Santiago, Chile: Beatriz M. Lynch, political science and Spanish, mentor Rebecca Dickson of the of the University Writing Program.