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Home > News & Events > CLA Today Archive > Spring 2002 : Student Awards & Accolades

Student Awards & Accolades

David Simon (political science/Russian/global studies) was awarded the prestigious 2002 Truman Scholarship. Simon—who in his first year took a freshman seminar, “Students and the Constitution,” from President Mark Yudof—plans to enter a joint graduate program combining a master's in international affairs and a law degree. He has just returned from a study abroad in Russia. He also served as an intern for the New York Times.

Sociology graduate student Erik Larson was awarded a doctoral dissertation research grant from the National Science Foundation for his research on “Understanding the Proliferation of Stock Markets in a Global Economy.”

Taiyon Coleman (English) was selected for a Loft Literary Center Mentor Series Award in Poetry for 2001-2002.

Joshua Benson and Paige Lambrecht (journalism & mass communication) were award winners in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program's Television Broadcast News Feature Competition.

Jason Reed (journalism & mass communication) has been named one of the 25 Most Promising Minority Advertising Students by the American Advertising Federation. Reed is the second SJMC student to receive this prestigious award.

Four CLA Honors seniors have been awarded Katherine E. Sullivan Scholarships, a competitive award that enables outstanding University of Minnesota students to complete a fifth year of undergraduate study abroad. Jessica Fiala (individually designed major) will enroll in the highly selective Wells College Study Program for the Arts in Paris, France. Melissa Kayongo (political science) will study Spanish language, cultural studies, and politics in Toledo, Spain. Jesse LeFebvre (history and Japanese) will complete a Buddhist Studies program in Kyoto, Japan, and an intensive Japanese language program at Nanzan University in Nagoya. Angela Veomett (music) will attend Regents College in London, where she will complete an internship at a nonprofit organization that promotes jazz, world, and contemporary music.