(Photo by August Jennewein)
Future scientists, engineers and doctors will be honored by the University of Missouri–St. Louis’ College of Arts and Sciences during a dinner on Feb, 21.
Thirty-seven St. Louis-area high school juniors will receive a Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellence in Science during the 2nd annual recognition dinner at 6:30 p.m. in rooms A, B and C in the Millennium Student Center on UMSL’s north campus. The students were chosen for the honor by their respective high schools. They had to have good grades and demonstrate outstanding capabilities in the sciences.
Students, their parents and teachers will be treated to dinner, a piano performance by UMSL Chancellor and jazz aficionado Tom George. They’ll also hear from various speakers. The keynote speaker is Patricia Parker, Des Lee Professor of Zoological Studies and chair of the Department of Biology at UMSL. The title of her speech is “Managing Diseases in the World’s Wild Places.” She has led a team of evolutionary biologists, veterinarians and parasitologists from five countries to monitor the arrival of new diseases threatening the endemic birds of the Galapagos Island.
St. Charles County Executor, Steven Ehlmann, will present a proclamation to the students along with congratulatory remarks. The event is by invitation only.
High Schools Nominee List for 2012 Distinguished Achievement Dinner
AFFTON HIGH SCHOOL
Lucas Palliser
BLOCK YESHUA
Alex Peskin
BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
Nicholas R. Featherston
CHAMINADE COLLEGE PREPARATORY
Alan Makhoul
CHRISTIAN BROTHERS COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL
Thomas J. Ignaczak
CLAYTON HIGH SCHOOL
Rachel Han
Harrison Garret
CROSSROADS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL
Henrik F. Kowalkowski
Paul D. Watkins II.
DUSCHESNE HIGH SCHOOL
Michael Deluvia
EUREKA HIGH SCHOOL
Christopher Colletti
FORT ZUMWALT EAST HIGH SCHOOL
Samantha Brady
FORT ZUMWALT SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL
Nicole Fiore
FORT ZUMWALT NORTH HIGH SCHOOL
Tanner Bross
FRANCIS HOWELL NORTH HIGH SCHOOL
Smitha Laxman Milli
GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOL
Adela Redzic
JENNINGS HIGH SCHOOL
Jessica DeHart
KIRKWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
Shannon Dulz
MAPLEWOOD-RICHMOND HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL
William Tipton
MARY INSTITUTE AND SAINT LOUIS COUNTRY DAY
Tally Portnoi
McCLUER SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL
Melanie Gray
METRO ACADEMIC & CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL
Adam Arcipowski
NORMANDY HIGH SCHOOL
Lamisha Smith
NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL
Rachel Rone
PARKWAY SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL
Isha Pathak
PARKWAY WEST HIGH SCHOOL
Shalini Subbarao
PARKWAY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
Hannah Wiedner
PATTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
Jackie Edmonds
ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL
Kurt Thiemann
ST. CHARLES HIGH SCHOOL
Chelsea Branson
ST. MARY’S HIGH SCHOOL
Todd Lombardi
ST. DOMINIC HIGH SCHOOL
Kyle Leonard
ST. JOHN VIANNEY HIGH SCHOOL
Chris Roseman
TRINITY CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
Anna Duban
UNIVERSITY CITY HIGH SCHOOL
Grace Deitzler
VILLA DUCHESNE AND OAK HILL SCHOOL
Kristen Buehne
VISITATION ACADEMY
Julie Steger
WESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
James Zandstra
WENTZVILLE HOLT HIGH SCHOOL
Savannah Est
