EDITOR’S NOTE: Details about the 16 award winners and their awards follow the listing provided below that identifies recipients and their hometowns.

EUGENE–Sixteen University of Oregon students, two campus living organizations and two faculty members will receive recognition for their outstanding achievements on Saturday, May 19, during the annual Family Weekend All-University Awards luncheon.

Delta Sigma Phi fraternity and Pi Beta Phi sorority will receive Burt Brown Barker Vice Presidential Cups for the men’s and women’s living organizations, including both members and pledges, with the highest cumulative grade-point index (GPI) for the year ending winter term 2001. On a scale with an A average equal to a 4.0 GPI, Delta Sigma Phi’s cumulative GPI is 2.9881 and Pi Beta Phi’s cumulative GPI is 3.1346. This is the third year in a row that both chapters have received these awards for academic accomplishment.

The individual recipients of awards are:

VERNON BARKHURST AWARD– Jackie Reed, Eugene and Terre Haute, Ind., and Oscar Arana, Portland.

BESS TEMPLETON CRISTMAN AWARD–Amy Biggs, Portland.

FROHNMAYER RECOGNITION AWARD–Bryan Orthel, Filer, Idaho.

GERLINGER CUP–Serene Khader, Evergreen, Colo.

RAY HAWK AWARD–Mitra Anoushiravani, Milwaukie.

MARY HUDZIKIEWICZ AWARD–Jessica Laurie, Grants Pass.

MAURICE HAROLD HUNTER LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIP–Devon Streed, Beavercreek and Portland.

KOYL CUP–Austin Hayes, Portland.

PAUL OLUM AWARD–Marian Fowler, Clackamas, and Takashi Takeuchi, Kawanishi, Hyogo, Japan.

WILSON CUP– Jamila Singleton, Portland.

AAUW SENIOR RECOGNITION AWARD–Deana Dartt, Camarillo, Calif., and Shelby, Mont.

EMERALD ATHLETIC AWARD–Jerilyn White, Keizer.

DOYLE HIGDON MEMORIAL TROPHY–Santiago Lorenzo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

JACKSON AWARD–Lindsey Dion, Fresno, Calif.

D.U.B.S. AWARD–Established 11 years ago by students Doug Untalan and Brian Sandy, this award recognizes the efforts of those administrators who have shown the highest concern and involvement enhancing the education and lives of the student body. This year’s recipients are:

• Linda Liu, advising coordinator for the Office of Multicultural Affairs.

• Magid Shirzadegan, associate director of the Office of International Education and Exchange.

Barkhurst Award winner Jackie Reed, a sophomore journalism major, is the daughter of Shelley Sutherland and Herb Price of Eugene and Joe Reed of Terre Haute, Ind. As a member of Kappa Delta sorority, she has held office and chaired several chapter activities. Reed also serves on the Panhellenic Council as the representative for GAMMA, which advocates for the mature management of alcohol, and has been an IMPACT communications coordinator and delegate to the IMPACT Leadership Conference. She has won numerous awards through her involvement with ROTC including Cadet and Academic Honors as well as a three-year scholarship. In addition, Reed serves on the Erb Memorial Union board, has been a Duck Days volunteer and is a member of the National Society for Collegiate Scholars and the Phi Eta Sigma/Alpha Lambda Delta honor society.

Oscar Arana, also a Barkhurst Award winner, is a sophomore journalism major who has shown dedication to service and good citizenship through building cultural awareness within the UO and local communities. He is the son of Rosa Ochoa, 10580 S.E. Cherry Blossom Dr., Apt. 40, Portland, and of Antonio Arana. Besides serving as central events coordinator for the Multicultural Center, he has been Office of Multicultural Affairs retreat leader and editor of the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) newsletter. Arana filled a summer internship with the
AFL-CIO, interned with the American Friends Service Committee and led a journalism workshop. He also was a U.S. Student Association delegate to lobby U.S. senators on issues regarding affirmative action, racial profiling and hate crimes.

Amy Biggs is a junior in the Honors College majoring in general science and psychology. The daughter of Keith and Joann Biggs of 1017 S.E. 174th, Portland, she has been involved with theatrical performances as well as the Oregon club sports crew team. Communications coordinator for the Asklepiads premedical honor society, she assists with coordination of community service projects for the Ancient Order of the Druids honor society and has received special recognition for her service in the Phi Eta Sigma honor society. Biggs is a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and is vice chair of the Student Health Advisory Committee. She also is an Ecclesiastic teacher at her church and a Scripture scholar and member of the executive council for the Institute of Religion. A research assistant at the UO Institute of Neuroscience and Department of Psychology and for the Oregon Health Science University Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, she helps plan and implement science elementary school education projects through the Honors College. Biggs also has been honored for her commitment to volunteer service by SCAR-Jasper Mountain, the Red Cross and Birth to Three.

Bryan Orthel, the Frohnmayer Recognition Award recipient, is a fifth-year senior in the architecture program. He is the son of Gerald and Judy Orthel of 3604 B North 2100 E., Filer, Idaho. Not only has he earned top grades, but Orthel also has received the UO Dean’s Award for Service, has been listed in Who’s Who Among American College and University Students, and has been given the School of Architecture and Allied Arts Dean’s Award and the Junior Scholar Award. He has served on the Oregon Homecoming Ball Committee and been involved in Week of Welcome campus orientation activities. Orthel is a UO Ambassador and a member of the Friars senior honor society, the Mortar Board senior honor society, Golden Key national honor society, the Ancient Order of Druids junior honor society and Alpha Lambda Delta/Phi Eta Sigma honor society. A member of the UO College Republicans, he has volunteered with the Architecture and Allied Arts Reunion 1998, University Day and a toy drive for the Women’s Shelter.

This year’s Gerlinger Cup winner, Serene Khader, is a junior philosophy and international studies major and the daughter of Mark and Debora Khader, 31301 Island Dr., Evergreen, Colo. With top grades, she is a member of the Honors College Student Association, won an Honors College history essay prize and is secretary of the college’s Student Hiring Process Committee. Khader is not only an Associated Students of the University of Oregon (ASUO) senator but also a University Senate member who served on the Senate President’s Advisory Committee on the WRC, FLA and codes of conduct. She participated in the U.S. Student Association Legislative Conference and in the Pacific Conference for Undergraduate Philosophers, and she is a member of Students for Choice, executive director of the Young Democrats and a residence hall president. Khader also volunteers for the ASUO Diversity Team, the Coalition Against Environmental Racism and Head Start of Lane County.

Mitra Anoushiravani, the Ray Hawk Award recipient, is a senior theater arts and political science major. Her parents are Theresa and Morteza Anoushiravani of 15711 S.E. Creswain Ave., Milwaukie. Associated Students of the University of Oregon vice president and Erb Memorial Union board chair, she also has served on numerous university committees and been a staff writer for The Oracle. Anoushiravani has been a cast member in multiple plays, is treasurer of the Pocket Playhouse board and undergraduate representative on University Theatre’s Play Selection Committee. A first-year representative to Student Congress, she has received the Dean’s Award for Service and is a UO Friar.

Jessica Lurie, winner of the Mary Hudzikiewicz Award, is a freshman undeclared major and the daughter of Marshall and Cheri Lurie of 5375 Cloverlawn Dr., Grants Pass. Since stepping foot on the UO campus last fall, she has actively contributed through numerous campaigns and committees of the Associated Students of the University of Oregon, the Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group and Hillel. In addition to her active leadership contributions to the UO campus, she has maintained top grades. Next year, Lurie will be teaching assistant for a Freshman Interest Group leader.

The Hunter Leadership Scholarship recipient, Devon Streed, is a junior political science major and the son of Alison Schoepp of 3115 S.E. 52nd, Portland, and Roman Streed of 23455 S. Viola Welch Rd., Beavercreek. In addition to his outstanding academic achievement, he is a strong leader both on and off campus. Streed is involved with the SMART program, reading with children, and with Food for Lane County. A member and chair of the Student Conduct Committee, he also is Interfraternity Council director of chapter relations and was the vice president for new member education. Streed is president of Delta Sigma Phi fraternity, receiving the Delta Sigma Phi Nile Award for leadership and the Greek Bogan Honorable Mention. He also has been an Associated Students of the University of Oregon intern and received a university Centurion Award.

Austin Hayes, the Koyl Cup recipient, is a junior chemistry major and the son of Sharron L. Fuchs of 6105 N.E. Sacramento, Portland. He has been actively involved with peer advising, Meals on Wheels, Theta Chi fraternity and the Club Sports soccer team. His top grades have earned him notable acclaim in chemistry, including receipt of the Outstanding Achievement in General Chemistry Award and publication of an article about research he conducted last summer in the Journal of Organic Chemistry. This spring, Hayes was one of just 21 recipients nationwide of a distinguished fellowship from Pfizer Global Research and Development, which includes a $4,000 stipend to perform chemical research at the UO this summer.

Marian Fowler, one of the Paul Olum Award winners, is a senior political science major and the daughter of Patricia J. Armstrong of 15129 S.E. 124th, Clackamas. A top student academically, she has been a legal research assistant, a teacher’s assistant and a conversational partner for American Cultural Concepts. Fowler has worked as events coordinator for the Associated Students of the University of Oregon (ASUO) Women’s Center, as community outreach director for ASUO, as a Freshman Interest Group leader and as university relations chair for the Student Alumni Association. She has served on the Associated Student’s President’s Advisory Council and the Campus Planning Committee, participated in the Coalition Against Environmental Racism Conference, and belongs to the Ancient Order of the Druids junior honor society, the Campus Community Relations Task Force and the Friar’s senior honor society. Fowler is the recipient of a Truman Scholarship, a Presidential Scholar ship, the Gerlinger Cup and a Centurion Award.

The other Paul Olum Award recipient, Takashi Takeuchi, is a senior educational studies major and the son of Takao and Noriko Takeuchi of Kawanishi, Hyogo, Japan. He has earned top grades, is a residence hall complex assistant director and an international peer assistant. Takeuchi also is a cultural presenter for the International Cultural Service Program and volunteers with Lane County Services for Children and Families, Sexual Assault Support Services, Looking Glass’ New Roads, the Arc of Lane County and the Relief Nursery.

The Wilson Cup winner, Jamila Singleton, is a senior planning, public policy and management major and the daughter of Trish Patton of 2335 N.E. 55th Ave., Portland. Dedicated to building cultural and social awareness as a strong campus leader, Singleton is the diversity affairs coordinator for the enrollment services office, active in the Oregon Students of Color Coalition and the Black Student Union, and involved in the Associated Students of the University of Oregon (ASUO) Multicultural Center. A member of the ASUO Student Senate and a delegate to the U.S. Students Association, she also participates in Teach for America Corps. Singleton, a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority, is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Tyler R. Black Humanitarian Award, the Paplin Fellows Scholarship, a Youth Citizen Award, a Mary Jane Williams Scholarship for Achievement, the Jackie Robinson Scholarship, a Multicultural Affairs Excellence Award and a UO Centurion Award.

Deana Dartt is a senior anthropology major and the daughter of William Dartt of 560 Calle La Roda, Apt. 129, Camarillo, Calif., and Connie Bakker of 208 5th St. N., Shelby, Mont. A 1999 honors graduate of Ventura College, she is a McNair Scholar and a University of Oregon Target of Opportunity Laurel Award recipient and has received a Diversity Building Scholarship. Honing her skills as an archaeological illustrator, Dartt works at the Tecolote Archaeology Lab, illustrating tools used by her Coastal Chumash ancestors. Two of her illustrations are on exhibit at the UO Museum of Natural History where she also volunteers, and several of her artifact illustrations will be displayed at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History this July. She has volunteered as coordinator of the Native American Communities Research Interest Group, as archaeologist for the Coquille Tribe and as an anthropology tutor and Native American youth mentor.

A senior sociology major, Jerilyn White is the daughter of Jim and Jeanie White of 769 McNary Estates Dr. N., Keizer. She was a second-team Pacific-10 Conference all-league honoree, leading the Ducks’ women’s golf team with a 75.4 stroke average en route to finishing ninth in the Pac-10 championships and tying for 16th at the regional meet. White was ranked 27th in the country among collegiate women after concluding the 2000-01 season with eight consecutive top-20 tournament finishes, including a tournament win at California’s Peg Barnard Collegiate Invitational where she scored a career-low round of 68 on the final day.

A sophomore in exercise and movement science, Santiago Lorenzo captured this year’s Pac-10 Conference championship in the decathlon with 7,617 points and has qualified for the NCAA Championships May 30-June 2 at Hayward Field with the nation’s second-best collegiate mark (7,726). Named a Pac-10 academic all-conference honoree a year ago, Lorenzo is South America’s top decathlete. He finished fifth in last year’s collegiate championships and claimed runner-up honors in the conference meet, in addition to scoring fourth in last year’s Pac-10 400 hurdles.

A senior in educational studies, Lindsey Dion is the daughter of Chet and Mary Lou Dion of 1244 E. Cole, Fresno, Calif. She was the heart and soul of the women’s basketball team, helping the Ducks to their eighth straight NCAA Tournament berth. Battling through various injuries, she finished fourth on the team in scoring average (8.9) and field goal percentage (.485). Dion scored a career-high 18 points in a home victory over Arizona. Playing in all but one game all season, she grabbed at least six rebounds in five games and had a season-best seven assists at Arizona State. Dion also scored in double figures in four of her final five games, including 16 points against Iowa in the NCAA Tournament. She was named an academic all-conference honoree each of her last three years.

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