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71 Outstanding UW-Eau Claire Seniors
Named to Who's Who List 

MAILED: May 8, 2002

         EAU CLAIRE — Seventy-one University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire seniors and 2001 graduates have been selected for 2001-02 to receive the Outstanding Senior Award and to appear in the 2002 edition of Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities. The students were recognized at the Honors Banquet on April 27.
         Campus nominating committees and editors of the Who's Who directory have included the names of these students based on their academic achievement, service to community, leadership in extracurricular activities and potential for continued success.
         Outstanding students have been honored in the annual directory since it was first published in 1934.
         Students named this year from UW-Eau Claire are:

• Jennifer Louise Allen, an art and Spanish major from Hamel, Minn.

• Jennifer Marie Awe, a kinesiology major from Plymouth

• Thomas James Awe, a physics and mathematics major from Owen

• Meghan Mae Barnaby, a communication disorders major from Vadnais Heights, Minn.

• Molly Ann Bean, an elementary education major from Red Wing, Minn.

• Katharine Anne Beger, an English major from Wauwatosa

• Nicole Dawn Bergstrom, a geology major from Green Bay

• Ellen Lorien Bowker, an economics major from De Pere

• Kelli Lee Brown, an accounting major from St. Louis Park, Minn.

• Janet Patricia Carroll, an English major from Eau Claire

• Christina Jean Chrouser, a psychology major from Butternut

• Tracy Lyn Corens, a marketing major from Wayzata, Minn.

• Jennifer Lynn Cox, a mathematics major from Beaver Dam

• Sara Kay Doering, a Spanish major from Eau Claire

• Timothy Michael Doleysh, a music major from Appleton

• Jodi Lynn Donovan, an English major from Wauwatosa

• Cory Ray Ecklund, a biology major from Lake City, Minn.

• Karen Beth Falkenberg, an accounting and finance major from Markesan

• Joanna Marie Fischer, a communication major from Cecil

• Amanda Eileen Fullan, an English major from De Pere

• David Lee Fuller, an economics major from Reedsburg

• Tracy Leigh Garder, a comparative studies in religion major from Fort McCoy

• Stephanie Marie Gilles, an accounting major from Plum City

• Jonathan Gneiser, a journalism major from Berlin

• Lisa Marie Grabowski, a journalism major from Delafield

• Grace M. K. Haley, a communication disorders major from Chippewa Falls

• Jennifer Irene Gross, a psychology major from Oshkosh

• Ryan Russell Grube, a philosophy and English major from Wisconsin Rapids

• Brian Keith Haapala, an economics and business administration major from Grayslake, Ill.

• Kathryn Lynn Hamilton, a psychology major from Onalaska

• Nicole Rae Hammerberg, a nursing major from St. Cloud, Minn.

• Katherine Kristina Hawkins, a biology major from Mantorville, Minn.

• Julie Beth Helgeson, a management information systems major from Milton

• Heidi Jo Hennessy, a special education major from Woodville

• Aimee Beth Hogan, a psychology major from Oconomowoc

• Rebecca Jean Hutchinson, an economics and mathematics major from Coleman

• Jaclyn Marie Jansen, a nursing major from Marathon

• Kristi Marie Jochimsen, a management information systems major from Stetsonville

• Jamie Lynn Kellner, a French and English major from Sheboygan

• Katie Jo Kuznacic, a sociology major from Sheboygan

• Trisha Lynn Larson, an art major from Burnsville, Minn.

• Katie Lillian Lauterbach, a criminal justice major from Osseo

• Mary Ruthelen LaVenture, an art major from Colby

• Lecia Dawn Lentz, a communication disorders major from Menomonie

• Katie Lynn Lepak, a special education major from West Bend

• Benjamin Thomas Licht, a political science major from Cameron

• Kristen Marie McBrien, a chemistry major from Cottage Grove, Minn.

• Julie Anne McCormick, a nursing major from Chippewa Falls

• Maiknue Moua, a communication major from Green Bay

• Hanni Renae Mueller, a biology major from Barron

• Anthony Allen Myers, a physics major from Eau Claire

• Jessica Jane O'Konek, a biochemistry/molecular biology major from Oconomowoc

• Jennie Marie Owen, a communication disorders major from Janesville

• Melissa Kay Plautz, a nursing major from Owen

• Kimberly Christine Porter, a special education major from Beloit

• Tobi Lynn Rutten, a geography major from Pine Island, Minn.

• April Ruth Saline, a social work major from New Hope, Minn.

• Corey Mark Scheunemann, an art major from Vesper

• Trisha Lynn Schmid, an environmental and public health major from Burlington

• Dennis Patrick Shea, a philosophy major from Eau Claire

• Christina Marie Smith, a sociology major from Buffalo, Minn.

• Casey Min Strauch, a management and marketing major from St. Paul, Minn.

• Carrie Marie Strege, an accounting and management information systems major from New Richmond

• Kathryn Ann Thibedeau, an elementary education and mathematics major from Mounds View, Minn.

• Kari Lynn Truszynski, a nursing major from Franklin

• Rachel Lee Vanderloop, a special education major from Kaukauna

• Nathan Pascale Wells, a chemistry major from Menomonee Falls

• Julie Ann Weyers, an elementary education major from Green Bay

• Cassandra Megan Wiebusch, a management major from Wabasha, Minn.

• Daniel Wade Williams, a computer science major from Omaha, Neb.

• Sheila Marie Wojcik, an elementary education major from Gilman

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Updated: May 9, 2002