UB School of Public Health and Health Professions Honors Graduates

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Twenty-three new graduates of the School of Public Health and Health Professions at the University at Buffalo were honored with scholarships and awards during the school's recent commencement ceremony.

The University at Buffalo is a premier research-intensive public university, the largest and most comprehensive campus in the State University of New York. UB's more than 27,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students pursue their academic interests through more than 100 undergraduate programs, 112 master's programs and 98 doctoral-level programs.

The award recipients were:

• Emily Russell of Averill Park, the Outstanding Graduating Senior Award recognizing academic performance, leadership and service to the university and the community

• Jessica Walsh of Buffalo, the Exercise Science Honors Research Program Award, the Academic Scholarship for Undergraduates and the Annette Rachman Scholarship recognizing students who maintain at least a "B" average studying in the field of nutrition and dietetics

• Chiung-Yu Cho of Buffalo, the Gait & Clinical Movement Analysis Society Student Conference Award, the Graduate Student Employee Union Professional Development Award and a J. Warren Perry Scholarship honoring outstanding academic achievement and exceptional professional promise

• Jeng-Liang (Eric) Hwang of Dunkirk, a Mark Diamond Research Award

• Therese Rafalowski Welch of Rochester, a Mark Diamond Research Award

• Jill Murphy of Syracuse, the Saxon Graham Award, given to a doctoral student who has demonstrated excellence in epidemiology

• Stephanie B. Grim of Buffalo, the Francis Hanavan Award for academic excellence in the areas of teaching and research and a Stonegraber Scholarship

• Laura Malczewski of Lancaster, the Carlton R. Meyers Award recognizing an outstanding graduate student from the Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences

• Kristopher D. Bosch of East Amherst, a J. Warren Perry Scholarship honoring outstanding academic achievement and exceptional professional promise and a Stonegraber Scholarship

• Jacquia Lameesha Fenderson of Buffalo, a J. Warren Perry Scholarship honoring outstanding academic achievement and exceptional professional promise

• Kimberly J. French of Kingsland, Ga., a Stonegraber Scholarship

• Theresa Nguygen of Fresh Meadows, a Stonegraber Scholarship

The following students received Annette Rachman Scholarships recognizing students who maintain at least a "B" average studying in the field of nutrition and dietetics:

• Lisa Contella of Kenmore

• Elizabeth Allaine Handley of Amherst

• Stephanie Hitchcock of Tonawanda

• Min-Wan Hung of Buffalo

• Janjira Intra of Tonawanda

• Jung-Sheng Lee of Amherst

• Leslie Mazzafero of Rochester

• Christy Michelle Piccone of Buffalo

• Antonio Saraiva Santo of Liverpool

The following students were inducted into the Tau Chapter of Pi Theta Epsilon, occupational therapy national honor society:

• Kristin Marie Brown of Williamsville

• Maryann Taylor of Buffalo