Several students from Lake County were recently honored at universities across the country.
Augustana College, Rock Island
Honors: The Senior Honors Convocation is an annual ceremony that recognizes seniors who have excelled in their academic pursuits in their time at Augustana. Ryan Plath of Lake Villa was recognized as a geology major with distinction, a member of Sigma Gamma Epsilon National Honor Society for the Earth Sciences and the recipient of the Joseph M. Hoare Endowed Scholarship in Geology; Grace Vente of Libertyville was recognized as a member of Pi Mu Epsilon, National Honorary Mathematics Society; Brian Jozwiak of Vernon Hills was recognized as a member of Pi Kappa Lambda; and Shelby Stuparits of Lake Villa was recognized as a member of Alpha Kappa Delta International Sociology Honor Society.
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa.
Honors: Will Harris, a graduate of Highland Park High School, is now a member of Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society.
Central College, Pella, Iowa
Presentation: Tyler Booth of Lake Villa presented during an Undergraduate Research Symposium May 5-6. Booth presented “Japan’s Influence on Modern Technology” as part of a series discussing history research.
Lewis University, Romeoville
Honors: The Omega Omicron Chapter of Beta Beta Beta (Tri-Beta), the honor society for LU biology students, inducted 40 new members during a ceremony recently. More than half of the inductees qualified for regular membership in Beta Beta Beta. To become a regular member, students must be a biology major, have taken no less than three semesters of course work in the program and achieved a GPA of 3.0 or higher in the major. Fox Lake resident Leigh Smith is a member of the honor society.
Ripon College, Wis.
Honors: The following students were recognized during the spring 2015 Awards Convocation: Dillon Guelich, son of Patrick O’Connor of Waukegan, received the Elliott-Schaffnit Award; and Eric Seiler, son of Todd and Michele Seiler of Gurnee, received membership into Omicron Delta Epsilon honor society.
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