UB School of Public Health and Health Professions Honors Graduates

By Sue Wuetcher

Release Date: June 29, 2004 This content is archived.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Twenty-three new graduates of the School of Public Health and Health Professions at the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ were honored with scholarships and awards during the school's recent commencement ceremony.

The ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ is a premier research-intensive public university, the largest and most comprehensive campus in the State ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of New York. UB's more than 27,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students pursue their academic interests through more than 100 undergraduate programs, 112 master's programs and 98 doctoral-level programs.

The award recipients were:

• Emily Russell of Averill Park, the Outstanding Graduating Senior Award recognizing academic performance, leadership and service to the university and the community

• Jessica Walsh of Buffalo, the Exercise Science Honors Research Program Award, the Academic Scholarship for Undergraduates and the Annette Rachman Scholarship recognizing students who maintain at least a "B" average studying in the field of nutrition and dietetics

• Chiung-Yu Cho of Buffalo, the Gait & Clinical Movement Analysis Society Student Conference Award, the Graduate Student Employee Union Professional Development Award and a J. Warren Perry Scholarship honoring outstanding academic achievement and exceptional professional promise

• Jeng-Liang (Eric) Hwang of Dunkirk, a Mark Diamond Research Award

• Therese Rafalowski Welch of Rochester, a Mark Diamond Research Award

• Jill Murphy of Syracuse, the Saxon Graham Award, given to a doctoral student who has demonstrated excellence in epidemiology

• Stephanie B. Grim of Buffalo, the Francis Hanavan Award for academic excellence in the areas of teaching and research and a Stonegraber Scholarship

• Laura Malczewski of Lancaster, the Carlton R. Meyers Award recognizing an outstanding graduate student from the Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences

• Kristopher D. Bosch of East Amherst, a J. Warren Perry Scholarship honoring outstanding academic achievement and exceptional professional promise and a Stonegraber Scholarship

• Jacquia Lameesha Fenderson of Buffalo, a J. Warren Perry Scholarship honoring outstanding academic achievement and exceptional professional promise

• Kimberly J. French of Kingsland, Ga., a Stonegraber Scholarship

• Theresa Nguygen of Fresh Meadows, a Stonegraber Scholarship

The following students received Annette Rachman Scholarships recognizing students who maintain at least a "B" average studying in the field of nutrition and dietetics:

• Lisa Contella of Kenmore

• Elizabeth Allaine Handley of Amherst

• Stephanie Hitchcock of Tonawanda

• Min-Wan Hung of Buffalo

• Janjira Intra of Tonawanda

• Jung-Sheng Lee of Amherst

• Leslie Mazzafero of Rochester

• Christy Michelle Piccone of Buffalo

• Antonio Saraiva Santo of Liverpool

The following students were inducted into the Tau Chapter of Pi Theta Epsilon, occupational therapy national honor society:

• Kristin Marie Brown of Williamsville

• Maryann Taylor of Buffalo