WAUKESHA – At the annual Honors and Degree Ceremony at the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha Friday evening, May 17, four students received special recognition for their academic achievements.
UW-Waukesha awards Departmental Honors to students nominated by faculty for academic work that has been truly outstanding in that discipline. These awards are bestowed only when individual departments so designate; therefore, not every department gives honors each year.
The departments conferring the honors and the recipients, with their hometowns, are:
Delafield: Rebecca Weber, Communication & Theatre Arts
Milwaukee: Jill Marie (editor of literary magazine, Windy Hill Review), English
Sussex: Melissa Troestler, Communication & Theatre Arts
West Allis: Dustin Martin-McCoy, UW-Waukesha Scholar-Athlete
In addition, Achievement Awards were presented to students who were receiving degrees and who had contributed greatly to student life on campus. These students are:
Delafield:
- Christopher Washebek, Student Government president
- Dawn Hetzel, president of Student Activities Coordinating Team and founder of LGBTS Pride Alliance
Lannon:
- Rachel Bronikowski, student tutor and mentor
Sussex:
- Melissa Troestler, news editor for student newspaper, The Observer
Waukesha:
- Steven Cipullo, vice president of Student Government
- Angela Ditello, vice president of campus chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, national honor society
- Mario Monterrey, founding member of OLLA, Organization of Latin American Leaders
- Sarah Zweifel, vice president of Student Activities Coordinating Team
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