(From left to right) 2009 USA Today All-USA College Academic Team Members, Joe Batir from Channahon, IL, Lisa Furby from Carbondale, IL, and Sean Goodin from Red Bud, IL. Sixty students were selected nationwide.
Congratulations to
2009 Fulbright Scholar
2009 USA Today All-USA College Academic Team, Honorable Mention
Joseph Batir
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Joe Batir, a geology major from Channahon, IL is a 2008 Morris K. Udall Scholar, and a 2009 Fulbright Scholar. Joe plans to pursue a Master of Science degree in Geothermal energy resources at The School for Renewable Energy Science in Akureyri, Iceland and his PhD at Southern Methodist University.
Congratulations to 2009 USA Today All-USA College Academic Team Member
2009 Barry M. Goldwater Scholar
Honorable Mention
Lisa Furby
Lisa Furby, a mechanical engineering major from Carbondale, IL was named to the USA Today All-USA College Academic Team. She is one of just sixty students selected nationwide each year. She plans to obtain a PhD and continue to conduct research in the biomedical field.
Congratulations to 2009 USA Today All-USA College Academic Team Member
Sean Goodin
Sean Goodin, a physiology and philosophy major from Red Bud, IL was named to the 2009 USA Today All-USA College Academic Team. He is one of just sixty students selected nationwide each year. Sean plans to pursue either a PhD or medical degree.
Congratulations to 2009 Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellowship Recipient
2009 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention
Chris Williams
Chris Williams, a civil engineering major from West Frankfort, IL was awarded a 2009 Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellowship. Chris is one of just sixty students chosen nationwide each year. He plans to obtain a
PhD in structural engineering.
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Congratulations to
2010 Posters on the Hill Recipient
Derreck Langwith
Derreck Langwith, majoring in linguistics from Sparta, IL, was one of only 74 undergraduate students chosen by the Council on Undergraduate Research to present their research at the 2011 "Posters on the Hill" in Washington, DC. He is pictured with Chancellor Rita Hartung Cheng.
CONGRATULATIONS
2010 USA Today All-USA College Academic Team
  
(From left to right) 2010 USA Today All-USA College Academic Team Members, Lucas Pulley from Gibson City, IL, Jennifer Murray from O'Fallon, IL, and Andrew Dennhardt from East Moline, IL. Sixty students were selected nationwide.
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