UB Honors Students For Commitment To Residential Life

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Daniel B. Sandberg of Pomona has received first-place honors in the 21st Annual Nancy Welch Awards recognizing residential students at UB who have made significant contributions to the university community during the current academic year.

The award is given annually in honor of Nancy Welch, the former residential coordinator of Rachel Carson College.

Sandberg was honored for his efforts to educate residence-hall residents about sexually transmitted diseases. He organized workshops for approximately 2,500 residence hall students and faculty members through his work with the UB Aids Coalition.

Tied for second-place honors were Marie L. Balfour of Schenectady for her "Experience Japan" round-table discussion between American students who have studied in Japan and Japanese students studying at UB, and Takiyah N. Amin of Buffalo and Winter Watson of Brooklyn for their "Breaking the Barriers: Deconstructing Race in America" workshop.

Andrea Douglas and Richard Porcaro, both of Glendale, shared third-place honors for their Halloween program for young trick-or-treaters in Clement Hall on the UB South Campus.

Honorable mention went to Julie M. Fahey of Hamburg for her workshop presentation on homosexuality.