11/19/2008
Becki Galardy, Parent Programs Office
217-333-7063; galardy@illinois.edu
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A group of students from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has been honored with Dads Association Library Awards. Chosen from among students who have completed their sophomore year, the award winners were among the top three students in their respective colleges or had maintained a 4.0 (out of 4.0) grade-point average.
The winners and their colleges: (EDITORS: See list).
The association honored the winners at the recent Dads Weekend banquet. A book will be purchased in each student’s name for the university’s library.
The Dads Association, founded in 1923, is believed to be one of the nation’s longest-serving parent organizations. It supports programs, services and activities that promote the health, safety and well-being of the university community and serves as the parent liaison to campus.
DADS ASSOCIATION LIBRARY AWARD WINNERS
ARCOLA – Kristine Klinger, Business
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS – Laura Zahn, Liberal Arts and Sciences
BARRINGTON – Marissa Woodall, Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
CHAMPAIGN – Scott Janus, Liberal Arts and Sciences; Sibel Leblebici, Engineering; Lorianne Miller, Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
CHICAGO – Shannon Kean, Applied Health Studies
DEERFIELD – Emma Burrows, Fine and Applied Arts
DOWNERS GROVE – Jennifer Stanuch, Fine and Applied Arts
DUNLAP – Michelle Scott, Nursing
DU QUOIN – Calen Campanella, Business
EAST ALTON – Katie Slaughter, Liberal Arts and Sciences
EDWARDSVILLE – Richard Moy, Liberal Arts and Sciences
ELGIN – Lucille Vandermolen, Applied Health Studies; Christine Wintczak, Aviation
ELK GROVE VILLAGE – Kelly Leahy, Media
ELWOOD – Sarah Blatti, Applied Health Studies
GLEN ELLYN – Victoria Svazas, Education
GLENVIEW – Kristen Partyka, Liberal Arts and Sciences
HIGHLAND PARK – Dana Bernstein, Applied Health Studies
HOMER GLEN – Janine Henry, Liberal Arts and Sciences; Jennifer Henry, Liberal Arts and Sciences
LIBERTYVILLE – Aaron Austin, Aviation
LISLE – Jia Yubo, Engineering
LOMBARD – Sarah Hussaini, Fine and Applied Arts
MANHATTAN – Amanda Debellis, Nursing
MOLINE – Michelle Bollaert, Applied Health Studies
MOUNT PROSPECT – Mallory Burdick, Liberal Arts and Sciences; Katherine
Robillard, Liberal Arts and Sciences
NAPERVILLE – Ellen Bogue, Applied Health Studies; Christine Groesbeck, Business; Sara Petranek, Liberal Arts and Sciences
NEW LENOX – Heather Hanks, Liberal Arts and Sciences
OAK PARK – Alexis Sage, Nursing
ORLAND PARK – Melissa Conrad, Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
PALATINE – Alexander Beata, Liberal Arts and Sciences
PALOS PARK – Jeffery Pastiak, Liberal Arts and Sciences
PARK RIDGE – Lauren Allegretti, Liberal Arts and Sciences; Meghan Machon, Business; Michael Szaflarski, Business
PEORIA – Robert Anderson, Business; Patrick Shanley, Engineering
ROCKFORD – Stephanie Baliga, Liberal Arts and Sciences; Bridget McGarry, Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
ST. CHARLES – Patricia Barclay, Education
SANDWICH – Katie Hay, Education
SAVOY – Chelsey Kallembach, Applied Health Studies
SHELBYVILLE – Sarah Hoene, Liberal Arts and Sciences
SKOKIE – Kihyuk Hong, Aviation
SLEEPY HOLLOW – Alaina Seiler, Media
SWANSEA – Kristen Laflen, Education
TINLEY PARK – Stephen Theis, Engineering
URBANA – Jing Shan Lim, Liberal Arts and Sciences
WATERLOO – Andrew Naber, Engineering
WHEATON – Nathan Baird, Engineering; Nina Rani Gupta, Business
WINFIELD – Christina Wertke, Media
OUT-OF-STATE
MICHIGAN, Bloomfield Hills – Eric Reilly, Engineering
OUT-OF-COUNTRY
SINGAPORE – Jia Wei Desmond Ng, Liberal Arts and Sciences; Zhen Wah Tan, Engineering