From our Chair, Dr. Jarrett:

The following students are receiving special recognition and awards for outstanding work over the last year. Those that made the trip up to Laie were recognized at the annual American Chemical Society – Hawaii Chapter awards banquet, hosted by BYU-Hawaii this last Saturday.

Outstanding Teaching Assistants: Hope Sartain, Tim O’Donnell, Julie Cramer, Bryson Nakamoto, Cody Dickinson, Casey Kubota

Young Fellowship (outstanding 1st year PhD student): Toma Louis-Goff

Akasaka-Riek Scholarship (Organic or Organometallic Chemistry): Jonathan Congmon

Zuckerman Award (Inorganic Chemistry): Hope Sartain

ARC Foundation Fellowship: Julie Cramer

Rechnitz Award (Outstanding PhD Thesis): Jhonsen Djajamuliadi

Magistad Award (Top Graduating BS Chem): Mark Maryott

Top Graduating BS Biochemistry: Katie Lee, Katelyn Saiki (tie)

Fujimoto Scholarship (Top Juniors): Cyrus Ma, Eileen Chen, Casie Kubota

Iwamoto & Scheuer Award (Top Sophomores): Christian Tamashiro, Gabor Nemeth

Alice August Ball Endowed Scholarship: Alison Nguyen

Top General Chemistry Student: Kaela Iwai

If you know any of these students, please take the time to congratulate them on the award and on a successful and productive year!