Three UAA Honors seniors, Alex Bonnecaze, Carly Craig, and Deana Glick were awarded $10,000 scholarships from the National Council on MASINT Research. These awards are designed to encourage promising students in the science to pursue careers in the intelligence field. All three students were also invited to attend the 2010 NCMR Scholars Day, hosted by the University of New Mexico.
This September, Honors senior Amanda Fitzgerald presented at the 2009 COBRE-INBRE Scientific Conference in Big Sky, Montana. Amanda's presentation, "The role of Williams Syndrome Transcription Factor (WSTF) in the neural development of Xenopus laevis," focused on the research that she has been conducting under the mentorship of Dr. Jocelyn Krebs. At the conference, Amanda met researchers working in a variety of fields, including neuroscience, bioinformatics, genomics, and infectious disease.
In late spring 2009, UAA’s Deana Glick was awarded a highly competitive and prestigious Truman Scholarship. Glick, a University Honors College student majoring in biological sciences, is one of only 60 scholars named from 601 candidates nominated by 289 colleges and universities. Glick is the fourth consecutive UAA student to win this award. She joins the ranks of several prestigious former Truman Scholars, including Susan Rice (U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations), George Stephanopoulos (Broadcaster and Political Advisor) and Luis Ubinas (President, Ford Foundation), among others.
At the 6th Annual Alaska Statewide Japanese Speech Contest in 2009, Amanda Fitzgerald, the co-president (2008-2009) of the University Honors College Student Advisory Board, placed 2nd in the Intermediate Speech Category. This annual event was attended by 252 students ranging from grades 1-16.
