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STUDENT AWARDS

RMB-ASM Spring 2007 Branch Meeting Awards

Undergraduate Posters
Best Poster: Emily Chaskey, Colorado State University
1st Runner-up:  Preston Neff, Colorado State University

Graduate Posters
Best Poster:  Kevin Sokoloski, Colorado State University
1st Runner-up: Ann Cogswell, University of Northern Colorado

Graduate Oral Presentation
Best oral: Nicole Garneau, Colorado State University
1st Runner-up: Oleksandr Byelashov, Colorado State University

Undergraduate Oral Presentation
Best oral:  Sean M. Sumsion, Brigham Young University
1st Runner-up: Kevin W. Dahle, Brigham Young University
2nd Runner-up: Justin Robinson, Brigham Young University

Graduate Poster Presentations:
    Best Poster: Kevin Sokoloski, Colorado State University
    1st Runner-up:  Emily Kampf, Colorado State University
    2nd Runner-up:  Jaimie Kean, UCHSC

Undergraduate Oral Presentations
    Best Oral:   Keith Wells, Brigham Young University
    1st Runner-up:  Justin Robison, Brigham Young University
    2nd Runner-up:  Kendel Jensen, Brigham Young University

Undergraduate Poster Presentations:
    Best Poster: Preston Neff, Colorado State University
    1st Runner-up:  Chris Washenberger, Metropolitan State College
    2nd Runner-up:  Kirsten Kulcsar, Colorado State University
 
 

Best Undergraduate Oral Presentation:  Lauren Oko, University of Northern Colorado

Graduate Oral Presentations:
    Best Oral:   Andrew Schmidt, University of Wyoming
    1st Runner-up:  Hyung Jin Eoh, Colorado State University
    2nd Runner-up:  Kevin Sokoloski, Colorado State University

Best Undergraduate Posters:
    Best Poster: Mike Frazier, Colorado State University
    1st Runner-up:  Chris Washenberger, UCHSC
    2nd Runner-up:  Rick Sullivan, Communitiy College of Aurora

Best Graduate Posters:
    Best Poster: Maria Massimelli, Colorado State University
    1st Runner-up:  James Starbuck, Colorado State University
    2nd Runner-ups:  Nicole Garneau and Shiva Angala, Colorado State University
 
 

Graduate Oral Presentations
    Best Oral:   Sonia Tussel, UCHSC at Fitzsimons
    1st Runner-up:  Kevin Sokoloski, Colorado State University
    2nd Runner-up:  Tim Gieger, University of Colorado

Graduate Poster Presentations:
    Best Poster: Emily O'Hearn, USDA-ARS-ABADRL
    1st Runner-up:  Rodman Tompkins, Colorado State University
    2nd Runner-up:  Eric Beck, Colorado State University
 
 

Best Graduate Poster:  Gail Lang, CSU

Best Undergraduate Poster:  Janet Kemp, CSU

Runner-Up Undergraduate Poster:  Jenna Horne, CSU

Best Undergraduate Oral Presentation:  Drew Davidson, Metropolitan State College of Denver
 

Congratulations to All of You!
 
 

Many students participated this spring at the meeting.   It was great to see all of you!
We would like to congratulate the following awardees at this meeting:
 

 Best Graduate Oral presenter:      $150.00                         (Claudia Schneekloth, CSU)
 Runner-Up $100.00                                                               (Dmitri Ryjenkov, UofW)
 Second runner-up   $75.00                                                    (Mat Opyrchal, CSU)

Best Graduate Poster presenter:  $100.00                           (Tshidi Tsibane, CSU)
Runner-Up $75                                                                       (Kyoung-hee Choi, CSU)

Best Undergraduate Oral Presenter  $100.00                      (Bennett Davenport, Mesa State)

Best Undergraduate Poster Presenter $75.00                     (Toni Nagy, CSU)
Runner-Up $50.00                                                                  (Jason Pierson, Western State)
Second Runner-Up $50.00                                                     (Becky Kruchten, CSU)
 

The branches congratulate the following individuals for their participation and award at the
recent joint meeting:

                    Graduate Oral Presentation:
                                Kristine Honda, Colorado State University, 1st place
                                Rungtip Chuanchuen, Colorado State University, 2nd place
                                Denise Bolte, Colorado State University, 3rd place
                        Graduate Poster Presentation:
                                Hyung Jin Eoh, Colorado State University, 1st place
                                Rama Murthy Sakamuri, Colorado State University, 2nd place
                        Undergraduate Poster Presentation:
                                Jacinta Schranfnagel and David Narreau, University of Colorado at Denver, 1st place
                                Aimee Janusz, Colorado State University, 2nd place
 
 

We congratulate the following awardees at the past meeting:

    Graduate oral presentation, 1st place:  Benjamin Espinosa, Colorado State University
    Graduate oral presentation, 2nd place:  Susan Cleveland, Colorado State University
    Undergraduate oral presentation, 1st place: Renata Green, Mesa State College
    Undergraduate oral presentation, 2nd place: Tiffany Hegg, Mesa State College
    Undergraduate poster presentation, 1st place: Bennett Davenport, Mesa State College     Undergraduate poster presentation, 2nd place: Amie Buniger, Mesa State College

This year two student awards were given:  Susan Cleveland and Cindy Loui, both from Colorado State University.
 We congratulate both of you!
 
 

Two graduate student award winners were named at this meeting.  We congratulate the following
students for their award and participation:

                     Graduate oral  presentation, 1st place:  Diana Nemergut, University of Colorado
                     Graduate oral presentation, 2nd place:  Kristine Honda, Colorado State University
 
 

Two student award winners were named at the Spring meeting.  We congratulate the following
students for their award and participation:

                     Best undergraduate presentation:  Renata Green, Mesa State College
                     Best graduate presentation:  Anita Bao, Colorado State University

This year's student travel award competition was won by Diana Nemergut from the University of Colorado
at Boulder, as announced at the Spring Branch Meeting.   Congratulations Diana!
 
 

Three student award winners were named at the Fall meeting.   Congratulations to the
following individuals:

               Best  graduate poster:  Daniel L. Mummey, University of Wyoming
                    Best  undergraduate poster:  K.A. Atchison, Univeristy of Colorado at Denver
                    Best graduate oral presentation:  Andre Kipnis, Colorado State University
 
 

Three student award winners were named by participating in the Spring 2001 branch meeting.  Congratulations
to all of them!

Best graduate student oral presentation:  Ken Murray from the UCHSC
Best undergraduate oral presentation: Katie Propst from Colorado State University
Best poster presentation: Jennifer Taylor from Colorado State University

Two student travel awards were awarded at the Spring RMB meeting, April 2001:   Darren Fouts from
Colorado State University and Josephine Ebomoyi from the University of Northern Colorado.
 
 

Congratulations to Runtip Chauanchuen, a Ph.D. student in Dr.  Herbert Schweizer's laboratory at CSU.
She is the branch's first travel contest winner!