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Yongkyoung Park, a senior hotel and restaurant management major at University of Maryland Eastern Shore, received an Undergraduate Student Academic Achievement award from the University at Shady Grove.
Madeline Ulanow, a sophomore at Carleton, participated in Carleton College's Alternative Spring Break Service Trips. Ulanow traveled to Waterloo, Iowa, where she worked alongside Habitat homeowners framing, siding, painting, roofing, and insulating houses. Upon their return, students documented their experiences and combined them into a photo-essay exhibit addressing the social and economic issues affecting each of the partner sites. These are displayed in the Carleton library throughout spring term.
Rebecca Friedland, a senior at Colgate University, traveled to Turkey during Spring Break as part of an interfaith study group. Friedland is a graduate of Charles E. Smith Jewish Day High School.
Amira O. Collison, from Winston Churchill High School, has received a National Achievement Scholarship.