Chemistry Department Awards
Lucian Hunt Award
Not awarded in 2009; no student met all of the criteria.
Jessica DePew is the 2008 winner of the Lucian S. Hunt Award. This award is given to a graduating senior who is outstanding in academic achievement, committed to the chemical profession, and has a high potential for success in chemistry or chemistry-related research as a career. In addition, the award recipient must have completed two semesters of undergraduate physical chemistry. Jessica studied trace metals in the environment under the direction of Dr. John Ejnik as an undergraduate and will be attending graduate school in biochemistry. Jessica is from Gaithersburg, MD.
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Outstanding Graduating Senior Tori LaFleur is the 2009 outstanding graduating senior in chemistry. This award is typically given to the graduating senior with the highest grade point average in a chemistry major. Tori graduated summa cum laude with a perfect 4.0 GPA as a biochemistry major. She is from Escanaba, Mich. and is currently a graduate student in NMU's Department of Biology. Her thesis advisor is Dr. Kate Teeter and her thesis project involves genetics of mice. |
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Analytical Award Andy Sikkema won the department's 2009 award in analytical chemistry. This award recognizes academic excellence in quantitative analysis and chemical equilibrium. Andy is a biochemistry major and plans to either pursue medical school or graduate studies in a biomedical field. Currently he is working on a research project under the direction of Drs. Rob Winn (Biology) and Rich Rovin (Marquette General Hospital; Brain Tumor Center) that involves brain tumor cells. He is from Marquette, Mich. |
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Alchemist Award You are not seeing double! Andy Sikkema is also the recipient of the 2009 Alchemist Award. This award recognizes academic excellence in two semesters of organic chemistry and is given to the top student. We cannot remember a time in which the same student won both the Alchemist and the analytical award in the same academic year. Congratulations Andy! |
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Organic Chemistry Excellence This time, for the first time, we were able to give two additional awards for excellence in two semesters of organic chemistry. These additional "excellence" awards were due to the generosity of an NMU alum who would like to remain anonymous. Tracy Cheever (left) and Liz Peppin (right) who are both outstanding students received this award. |
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General Chemistry/First-Year Chemistry Award Jenny Jarvis is the 2009 first-year chemistry award winner. This award recognizes academic excellence in two semesters of general chemistry or a student's first two semesters of chemistry. Jenny is from Niagara, Wisc. |
