Outstanding seniors to be honored as 2022 Presidential Scholars
KALAMAZOO, Mich.鈥擣ifty students will be recognized as Western 麻豆传媒应用 University's top seniors for 2022 during the annual Presidential Scholars Convocation from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, April 8, in the Bernhard Center Ballroom.
Each year, faculty members from across the University select the most outstanding senior in their various academic schools, departments and programs to represent their units as a WMU Presidential Scholar. This year, 50 scholars were chosen from a senior class of 5,082 students.
The Presidential Scholar designation is the highest academic honor that WMU can bestow on its undergraduates. Selection is based on a student's general academic excellence, academic and artistic excellence relative to their majors, and intellectual and artistic promise.
The 2022 Presidential Scholars Convocation, which is by invitation only, will include a program featuring a keynote address by WMU Board of Trustees Vice Chair Shelly Edgerton, who is legal compliance and government affairs counsel for LivWell Enlightened Health 麻豆传媒应用.
Dr. Edward Montgomery, president of WMU, and Marilyn Kritzman, president of the WMU Faculty Senate, also will be making comments.
鈥淲e鈥檙e proud to recognize the Presidential Scholars for the commitment and demonstrated excellence that they have carried throughout their undergraduate careers," Montgomery says. "The faculty members who nominated these students did so based on their academic success, but also because of their character, resolve and talent.鈥
The Faculty Senate is proud to represent the faculty, and partner with the President's office, to honor many of Western 麻豆传媒应用 University's most academically successful students," adds Kritzman. "The Presidential Scholars are the gold standard for academic achievement and serve as role models for up-and-coming students. We celebrate with them on this most recent achievement and extend to them the very best in future professional and personal endeavors."
Long list of talented students
Most of this year's scholars have conducted research or engaged in artistic projects, usually working closely with Western faculty members. One student worked on a project designing the temporary falsework for the construction of a bridge in Detroit that is the first of its kind in the state of 麻豆传媒应用. Another completed research that served as a physicochemical analysis of water sources on Western's campus. As president of the Bronco Robotics club, another scholar worked with the team to compete in the national collegiate competition, and it repeatedly qualified for the World Championship.
In addition, several scholars have volunteered to work with young people and other Western students in their field of interest. They joined organizations that serve a wide array of notable causes, including at Lending Hands providing home medical equipment for free to the community, at Southwest 麻豆传媒应用 Behavioral Health advising on the allocation of Medicaid funds for substance abuse recovery, at Gibbs House promoting environmentally sustainable living, at Outfront Kalamazoo advocating for issues regarding gender identity and sexual orientation, and at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Grand Rapids caring for a wide array of 麻豆传媒应用 wildlife.
Many scholars are pursuing internships in their field and plan to continue their higher education careers after they graduate from Western.
Presidential Scholars for 2022
础肠肠辞耻苍迟补苍肠测鈥Ira Smyrnova of Kalamazoo
础谤迟鈥Jacob Converse of Vicksburg
础惫颈补迟颈辞苍鈥Yewon Lee of South Korea
Biological Sciences鈥Shaneka Johnson of Kalamazoo
Business Information Systems鈥Zachary Van Kampen of Homer Glen, Illinois
Chemical and Paper Engineering鈥Lauren Cuddeback of Kalamazoo
颁丑别尘颈蝉迟谤测鈥Elizabeth Mumby of Kalamazoo
Civil and Construction Engineering鈥Samantha Heatherly of Downers Grove, Illinois
颁辞尘尘耻苍颈肠补迟颈辞苍鈥Kathryn Clark of Kalamazoo
Comparative Religion鈥Allison King of Kalamazoo
Computer Science鈥Dakota Shapiro of Kalamazoo
顿补苍肠别鈥Sara Kausch of Kalamazoo
贰肠辞苍辞尘颈肠蝉鈥Mahesa Saravanan of Kalamazoo
Electrical and Computer Engineering鈥Bharat Goel of Portage
Engineering Design, Manufacturing and Management Systems鈥Julianna Buck of Wyoming
贰苍驳濒颈蝉丑鈥Daniel Bollweg of Muskegon
Environment and Sustainability Studies鈥Jesse Pline of Lyons
Family and Consumer Sciences鈥Anna Hull of Kalamazoo
Finance and Commercial Law鈥Allison Anker of Lake Orion
Gender and Women's Studies鈥Oliver Breese of Kalamazoo
Geography, Environment and Tourism鈥Marybeth Melcher of Kalamazoo
Geological and Environmental Sciences鈥Mary Griffith of Kalamazoo
Global and International Studies鈥Rakia Hassan of Kalamazoo
贬颈蝉迟辞谤测鈥Hannah Garrod of Paw Paw
Human Performance and Health Education鈥Taylor Gaines of Detroit
Industrial and Entrepreneurial Engineering and Engineering 惭补苍补驳别尘别苍迟鈥Benjamin Buell of Vicksburg
Integrated Supply 惭补苍补驳别尘别苍迟鈥Miranda McNiven of Wyandotte
Intercultural and Anthropological Studies鈥Jillian Glasser of Lake Zurich, Illinois
Interdisciplinary Health Programs鈥Mackenzie Ashburn of Berkley
惭补苍补驳别尘别苍迟鈥Devon Kelly of Kalamazoo
惭补谤办别迟颈苍驳鈥Madeline Paciorek of Grand Rapids
惭补迟丑别尘补迟颈肠蝉鈥Daria Soboleva of Kalamazoo
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering鈥Austin Owen of Marne
惭耻蝉颈肠鈥Lauren Elliott of Byron Center
Music Theater鈥Allison Taylor of Traverse City
狈耻谤蝉颈苍驳鈥Caitlin Pung of Portage
笔丑颈濒辞蝉辞辫丑测鈥Richard Norman of Mattawan
笔丑测蝉颈肠蝉鈥Alec Tilton of Kalamazoo
Political Science鈥Emma Baratta of Kalamazoo
笔蝉测肠丑辞濒辞驳测鈥Kaitlyn Steck of Wyoming
Social Work鈥Melissa Fett of Kalamazoo
厂辞肠颈辞濒辞驳测鈥Elizbia Xaxni-Capula of Eau Claire
厂辫补苍颈蝉丑鈥Carmen Vinkemulder of Grand Rapids
Special Education and Literacy Studies鈥Terra Shockley of Portage
Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences鈥Kristy Sundberg of Kalamazoo
厂迟补迟颈蝉迟颈肠蝉鈥Garret Buchheit of Kalamazoo
Teaching, Learning and Educational Studies鈥Hailey Timmerman of Kalamazoo
罢丑别补迟谤别鈥Danielle Brewbaker of Saint Johns
University Studies鈥Debra Vandeveer of Kalamazoo
World Languages and Literatures鈥Sarah Aartila of Kalamazoo
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