Barnard Scholar Awards

by Susan Volovski on 30/04/09 at 3:56 pm

Barnard Scholar Awards

On Tuesday, April 21, the Connecticut State University System presented the 21st annual Barnard Scholoar Awards at the Aqua Turf Club in Southing.

The banquet recognized 12 Connecticut State University students. Tristan Hobbs and Sara Hanrahan are this year’s winners from Eastern.

Tristan Hobbs is a senior with  communication major and a minor in sports and leisure management. He is member of the Lambda Pi Eta-Tau Nu chapter of the Eastern’s Communication Honor society, and broadcaster on Eastern’s WECS90.1 radio station. He is also captain of the E.C.S.U. baseball team and president of the student athlete advisory committee. Hobbs has received the ECSU Foundation Scholarship and the ECSU Scholar-Athlete Award. He was also a reporter for “My Hometown Sports” website and newspaper.

Sara Hanrahan from Oakdale, Connecticut is a senior majoring in mathematics with a minor in secondary education. She is a member of Eastern’s University Honors Program and Kappa Mu Epsilon National Mathematics Honor Society. She has earned the SMART Scholarship and the ETS Recognition of Excellence in Mathematics.  She also took part in E.C.S.U.’s first annual International Honors Colloquia in Scotland, where she conducted research for her senior thesis. Hanrahan is treasurer of the Honors Club and student teaches at Norwhich Free Academy.

The keynote speaker at the  awards event was Douglas R. Guthrie, Senior Vice President of Comcast’s western New England region. Guthrie spoke about his college studies in communication and his 25 year career in the rapidly changing world of cable television. He pointed out that what had once been cable television now includes a wide range of media and information content that can be delivered by cable.

The award was named after Henry Barnard, first United States commissioner of education. Barnard became Connecticut’s first superintendent of schools in 1850.  He was also principal of the New Britain Normal School, which is now Central Connecticut State University.

The students were nominated by their universities. To be chosen for the award, a student needs a minimum GPA of 3.75 and have a record of community service at their respect university and in their community.

Other students who were recognized at the banquet include Lianne DiFabbio, Steven Edwards, Ryan W. Hewey, and Amanda Elaine Johnson of Central, Alberto Cifuentes Jr., Megan Rudne, Catherine Shortell, and Walter J. Stutzman of Southern and Meredith A. Liberto and Laura Telman of Western.

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