University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, May 1. 1991
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Computer science students awarded for achievements
By Sarah Davis
Kansan staff writer
Five computer science students were honored last night as being the top students in their department and winning $325 each for their achievements.
Bill Bulgren, chairperson of the department, said this award was important to the students.
"The idea here is to honor and recognize the outstanding students in our program," he said. "We have a lot of really good students here."
Two undergraduate and three graduate students were presented with the award, which was established in 2018. The funda is the Paul F. Hueber Memorial Fund
Since the inception of the award, the number of recipients and the dollar amounts of the prize have increased. The first cash award was $50.
'The idea here is to honor and recognize the outstanding students in our program.'
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Joe Kuckelman, Seneca junior, was selected from 86 juniors in the department, and Matthew Smith, Tulsa, Okla., senior, was selected from 165 seniors to receive the outstanding academic achievement award.
David Leisure, Manhattan graduate student, won the outstanding graduate teaching assistant award. Graduated from 90 other graduate students.
Two students received the award for outstanding service to the department: Susan Siegler, Lenexa graduate student, and Joseph Dowell, Lawrence graduate student.
Siegler was wide-eyed after her name was announced at a meeting last night.
Students were chosen from recommendations made by the department's 14 faculty members.
"It really means a lot to me," she said. "It's important when you do things that people acknowledge what you do. It's really rewarding."
Bulgren the faculty chose the winners because the faculty has the best chance to get to know the students by being with them in classrooms and labs and working with them on projects.
"It's the students that the faculty knows about," he said. "Most faculty know who the good students are in the class. This is our input in this process."
ROTC cadet attends seminar
Penny seeks role of citizen-soldier By Nedra Beth Randolph
By Nedra Beth Randolph
Kansan staff writer
ROTC catech John Penny wants to be more than just a soldier after graduation, he wants to be a citizen-soldier.
Penny, Hutchison senior, learned more about being a citizen soldier at the George C. Marshall Award Seminar April 16 in Lexington, Va.
Marshall is the type of citizen-soldier that Penny wants to emulate, Penn said. As a citizen-soldier Marshall is a five-star general who still was active in national affairs after his time in the military.
"Going to this seminar at the Virginia Military Institute motivated me to do as well as Gen. Marshall did during his career and after," he said.
Penny was one of about 300 top Army RCOT cadets from across the nation and from several U.S. territories that was recognized for success in ROTC programs by being invited to the seminar.
Only the single top cadet from each Army ROTC program is invited to participate in the seminar.
Some high-ranking Army officials also attended the seminar, Penny said.
The topic of discussion at the seminar was national security, he said. The cadets played out scenarios of possible national security prob-
"The seminar gave the top brass of the Army a chance to see the future of the Army and how we think," he said.
Seventy percent of all Army officer commissions come from ROTC cadets, Penn said.
"After the seminar, I reflected on my four years in ROTC," he said. "I did a lot of work. It was nice to be recognized for it."
Maj. Steve Johnson, assistant professor of military science, said he hoped Penny gained professional and personal growth at the seminar.
"He got to see the broader aspects of military service." Johnson said when he was sampling all of the different people in backgrouns from across the nation.
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John Penny, Hutchinson senior, is the top Army RCOT cadet of the KU battalion. Penny went to the George Marshall Award Seminar.
Month of May devoted to hearing and speech
By Sarah Davis
Kansan staff writer
A rock concert can damage the ears.
A day of screaming at a basketball game can damage the voice.
And the month of May offers people help for both
May is "Better Hearing and Speech Month" nationwide, and because 37 million people in the United States have communication disorders, treatment is being encouraged.
the KU campus, the Schieffel-
bush Speech, Language and Hearing
Clinic, in 2011 Haworth Hall, is cele-
brate. In 2012, said Jane Wegner,
clinical director.
"People might become more aware that most communication disorders can be treated or helped, and they might pursue it further to see where they might get help." Wegner said. "And people might have more appreciation for their own communication skills."
"We would be available if people have any questions about communication skills," Wegner said.
The full-service clinic provides many services to KU students and the Lawrence community. It gives evaluations for those who have disorders and offers necessary therapy and hearing tests.
The clinic also plans to distribute information about communication disorders and give public service announcements on television and
Sherrill Morris, Overland Park graduate student, is working with a child language class at the center of a school that offers therapy was beneficial to children.
radio.
Bunce works in the clinic's preschool, which focuses on speech and language therapy within the classroom. She said the school encouraged communication skills in young children.
"Communication skills are really important for social development, and the earlier we serve them, they learn to communicate English and language skills," she said.
"We want to raise the interest and get people's attention that there is a profession out there to help them and to please seek us out," she said. "If you don't know there is anyone out there, then you won't seek help."
"We're making more of an effort to get information to the public than in the past," she said. "We're looking for more public awareness."
Betty Bunce, education coordinator, said she wanted to encourage people to use of the clinic.
Morris also said the clinic could help KU students.
"A lot of people know what speech and language disorders are, but there are some misconceptions," she said. "There are students on campus who could benefit from services, but they don't know they are available."
Economics undergrads get awards
Cash and scholarships of more than $13,000 were awarded to 21 undergraduate economics majors Monday for outstanding classroom achievements.
Kansan staff report
The following students received awards: Jeffrey Bethell, Tulsa, Okla; junior, Matthew Cooley, Overland Park park; Patrick Dunn, Prairie Village sophomore; Greg Eastman, Augusta junior, Yoke Goh, Lawrence senior; Victoria Guth, Overland Park junior; David Hiller, Rock Ack, senior; Joseph Hiltzler,Lawrence prize; Jennifer Howe, Bartlesville, Okla; senior; Thomas Izzlo, Overland park senior; Stacee Lanning, Overland Park sophomore; Susan Lynn, Salina senior; Michael Metz, Lincoln senior; Peter Mirakin, Olathe sophomore; Scott Niemann, Newton St. Charles, Greg Schroeder, Susan Seibert, Lawrence junior; Julie Stover, Overland Park seniors; Thomas Walker, Concordia senior; Christine Walton, Lawrence senior; and Nicole Weisenborn, Ponca City, Okla, sophomore.
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