FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 12, 2003
CONTACT: Carol Anderson
carol.anderson@emich.edu
734.487.4400

EMU Honors Chemistry Students at Awards Banquet

YPSILANTI - The Eastern Michigan University Chemistry Department recently honored outstanding students at its annual awards banquet. The awards included scholarships, fellowships and recognitions of achievement.

Among the honored students are:

• Donald Bell, Hamburg, CRC Press Freshman Chemistry Achievement Award
  
• Matthew Bidlack, Farmington Hills, Biochemistry Achievement Award
  
• Jason Boyle, Ann Arbor, Hypercube Scholar Award
  
• Sujith Chacko, India, EMU Chemistry Department Research Award, Graduate School Research Fair participant
  
• Chris Clifford, Howell, Maurice Decoster Chemistry Scholarship
  
• Bryan Curfman, Jackson, ACS Organic Chemistry Achievement Award, Wiley Inorganic Chemistry Award
• Fumi Ebisu, Japan, EMU Chemistry Department Teaching Assistant Award
  
• Linda Einhorn, Ann Arbor, Undergraduate Symposium XXIII participant
  
• Adam Foster, Cincinnati (Ohio), Perry S. Brundage Scholarship
  
• Paula Gutman, Sylvania (Ohio), Collins’ Endowed Scholarship in Chemistry
  
• Ronique Keane-Dawes, Jamaica, Honors Thesis Fellowship, Undergraduate Symposium XXIII participant
  
• Laura Kelly, Dexter, Sandra L. Lobbestael Scholarship
  
• Christopher Knight, Wyandotte, ACS Huron Valley Section Undergraduate Award, University Honors Program Graduate, Honors Thesis Fellowship, Honors Undergraduate Fellowship and Undergraduate Symposium XXIII participant.
  
• Euline LeTang, Ann Arbor, Pfizer Toxicology Scholarship
  
• Steve Marquis Fernandes, Ann Arbor, Graduate Meritorious Award
  
• Mace Mattieson, Dearborn Heights, American Institute of Chemists Awards, Undergraduate Symposium XXIII participant
  
• Kristie Mitchell, Ypsilanti, Undergraduate Symposium XXIII participant
  
• Michael Pratt, Dexter, Huron Valley Service Award
  
• Kristin Randall, Ypsilanti, Toxicology Achievement Award
• Nan Richards, Monroe, John J. Contario Analytical Chemistry Award, ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Award, Undergraduate Symposium XXIII participant
  

For more information, contact Wade Tornquist, head, EMU Chemistry Department, 734.487.0106.

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