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30th Annual Awards for Excellence to honor 40 MSU seniors and their = mentors=20

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Forty of Montana State = University's top=20 seniors and their faculty or staff mentors will be recognized Tuesday, = Feb. 21,=20 at the 30th annual Awards for Excellence banquet held on the MSU campus. =

The MSU Alumni Foundation and the Bozeman Chamber of Commerce will = sponsor=20 the banquet. Honored students were nominated by faculty in their college = or=20 department. Qualified seniors must have at least a 3.5 grade point = average on a=20 4.0 scale, as well as demonstrated campus leadership and community = service.

The award-winning students each selected a mentor who will be honored = with=20 them at the event.

Of the 40 students, seven seniors were chosen for the 2012 = Torlief=20 Aasheim Community Involvement Awards, the university's top award for = student=20 service. Cl= ick here to=20 view a slideshow of the Awards for Excellence Torlief = winners.

The 2012 Excellence Award winners and their mentors, listed by their = college,=20 are:

(Student, Major, Hometown, Mentor)

College of Agriculture:
Hannah Bigelow, biotechnology, = Missoula,=20 Mont., Rebecca Mattix
Erin Gunnink, environmental horticulture, = Bozeman,=20 Mont., Bill Hoch
Megan Podolinsky, environmental biology and Spanish, = Helena,=20 Mont., Geoffrey Poole

College of Arts and Architecture:
Mark Lee, photography, = Winona,=20 Minn., Christina Z. Anderson
Erin Swietnicki, art (metalsmithing), = Bozeman,=20 Mont., Bryan Petersen
Kluane Weibel, environmental design, Fairbanks, = Alaska,=20 Maire O'Neill
Carson Yahvah, music education, Helena, Mont., Julie=20 Gosswiller

College of Business:
Kaitlyn Ash, finance and accounting, = Bozeman,=20 Mont., Angela Woodland
Jodie Kunesh, accounting, Chetek, Wis., Marc=20 Giullian
Carl Nystuen, finance, Lakeside, Mont., Dave Foster
Molly = Zander,=20 accounting, Great Falls, Mont., Angela Woodland

College of Education, Health and Human = Development:
Margaret=20 Beardslee, elementary education, Bozeman, Mont., Ann De Onis
Jamie = Diehl,=20 family and consumer science-teaching option, Sandpoint, Idaho, Sandy=20 Osborne
Jennifer Gauthier, health and human performance-exercise = science,=20 Columbus, Mont., Kathy Weaver
Ryan Hannahoe, elementary education, = Leesport,=20 Pa., Mary Leonard
Amanda Judisch, community health, Conrad, Mont., = Dawn=20 Tarabochia

College of Engineering:
Ethan Keeler, electrical = engineering,=20 Butte, Mont., Wataru Nakagawa
Paul Kolnik, civil engineering, = Bozeman, Mont.,=20 Ted Lang
Joseph Thiel, chemical engineering, Idaho Falls, Idaho, = George=20 Metcalfe
Bryan Vadheim, chemical engineering, Miles City, Mont., = Abigail=20 Richards
Brieann Webber, civil engineering-bio-resources engineering = option,=20 Kalispell, Mont., Heidi Sherick
Chelsie Wharton, mechanical = engineering,=20 Billings, Mont., Sarah L. Codd
Wade Wilkison, mechanical engineering, = Helena,=20 Mont., Stephen Sofie
Nick Wills, computer science, Missoula, Mont., = John=20 Paxton
Chris Zimny, mechanical engineering, Billings, Mont., David = Miller

College of Letters and Science:
Dema Alniemi, cell biology = and=20 neuroscience, Bozeman, Mont., Martha Sellers
Adam Arlint, sociology,=20 Kalispell, Mont., Alanna Sherstad
Nathan Carroll, earth sciences:=20 paleontology, Ekalaka, Mont., Dave Varricchio
Casey Donoven, = mathematics,=20 Kremlin, Mont., Lukas Geyer
Elizabeth Flesch, fish and wildlife = management,=20 Bettendorf, Iowa, Robert Garrott
Forrest Jarvi, anthropology, Salem, = Ore.,=20 Michael Neeley
Kena Lackman, cell biology and neuroscience-biomedical = option,=20 Hysham, Mont., Sheila Nielsen-Preiss
Courtney Peck, physics, Sidney, = Mont.,=20 Jiong Qiu
Shelby Rogala, history-science, the environment, = technology, and=20 society option and philosophy, Darby, Mont., Kristen = Intemann
Virginia=20 Schmidt, sociology, Cody, Wyo., Leah Schmalzbauer
Thomas Wright,=20 biochemistry, Columbia Falls, Mont., Martin Teintze
Amanda Zellar, = organismal=20 biology, Billings, Mont., Rebecca Mattix

College of Nursing:
Sarah Balian, nursing, Shoreline, = Wash., Barb=20 Prescott
Donovan Cleveland, nursing, Whitefish, Mont., Angela St.=20 John
Megan O'Leary, nursing, Paisley, Ore., Sheila Matye=20

Contact: Phillip Luebke, 406-994-2416, pluebke@mon= tana.edu=20

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