The Office of Student Life will sponsor a ceremony on Friday, May 25, at 4 p.m. in room 101 of Salomon Center to honor recipients of the Joslin Awards and the Jin Prize. The winners:
Michael Atkins of Woodbridge, Conn., recently helped plan and promote Disability Awareness Day, held on campus April 5, and was a panelist during the event. His leadership helped increase the sense of community among Brown students with disabilities while raising awareness among others. Atkins also is active with Brown/RISD Hillel and in orientation activities that welcome first-year students to campus each fall. Through programs run by the Swearer Center for Public Service, Atkins, who has mentored local middle-school students, will graduate with a degree in history.
Ama Codjoe of Jackson, Tenn., has been involved in community work through the Swearer Center for Public Service, in particular as coordinator of the Sisterhood Teen Empowerment Program and the Pre-College Enrichment Program. Both involve intensive interaction with high-school-age students, while requiring Codjoe's leadership among her peers who work as mentors in the programs. She also coordinated campus relations for the Sarah Doyle Women's Center during her senior year. Codjoe, who was named a Royce Fellow in 1999, will receive her degree in English.
Alyssa Garcia of Floral Park, N.Y., is known on campus for her leadership, particularly within Brown's Latino community. An active member of the Latin American Students Organization (LASO), Garcia played an important role in its transformation this past year. She has been a speaker at and programmer for Latino History Month, a member of Mezcla and a volunteer with the Third World Transition Program. She also was a senior class representative on the Undergraduate Council of Students. She will graduate with a degree in cross-cultural psychology.
For three years, Lam Ho of Brockton, Mass., has recruited, trained, scheduled and overseen 30 volunteers at the Third World Center while coordinating many of the center's events. Ho founded the Brown Giving Tree, which secures and distributes hundreds of gifts to homeless children. This past year, he chaired LGBTQA and founded "Query & Answers," a series of faculty/administrator panel discussions for students on gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and queer issues. Ho, who has been named a Marshall Scholar, will graduate with a degree in English literature.
Anders Kelto of Williamsburg, Mich., is admired throughout the athletic department for his leadership and commitment on and off the field. A member of the men's varsity soccer team for four years and its captain in 2000, Kelto won the Class of 1937 Award as the player who contributes the most to the team. In addition to tutoring city schoolchildren in reading, math and science, Kelto also helped organize Brown scholar-athletes' volunteer efforts at the annual Special Olympics. Kelto will graduate with a degree in biology.
Jennie Leszkiewicz of East Williston, N.Y., has served on the Undergraduate Council of Students since 1998, most recently as president. During that time, she served on a number of University committees, worked with numerous campus groups and administrators, and initiated a constitutional reform effort. Her service also includes working on a Corporation-level report on financial aid, and on a report about disciplinary procedures in higher education, prepared for the vice president for campus life and student services. Leszkiewicz will graduate with a degree in history.
Ross Lipsky of North Woodmere, N.Y., earns kudos for high-level intramural sports program he runs. His efforts to register teams, schedule games and coordinate referees are responsible for the program's popularity. As a member of the Residential Council, Lipsky helped the Office of Residential Life revamp the housing lottery. He wrote software that displays up-to-the-minute lottery results on screen, and set up an online bulletin board for lottery questions, which he answered. Lipsky, who also has worked with BTV, will graduate with a degree in mathematics/physics.
Daniel McKinley of Hartford, Conn., has been involved in the Resident Counseling Program since 1997. As a resident counselor, he led educational programs and counseled first-year students through their transition to college. As a coordinator, he trained, mentored and served as a resource for 38 counselors. At the same time, McKinley was a shift supervisor for University Food Services and a Brown Daily Herald staff member, most recently editor-in-chief of its weekly arts section. McKinley will graduate with a degree in the history of art and architecture.
Carolyn Shin of Woodmere, N.Y., led the enormous task of coordinating the 1999 and 2000 Third World Transition Programs, four days of social events and workshops for incoming students of color. She also has been a minority peer counselor to first-year students and, as a member of the Minority Review Committee, read applications and made recommendations about admission. Since September, Shin has been videographer and publicist for the Third World Center. She also is a Bruin Club tour leader. Shin will graduate with a degree in American civilization.
Irene Tung of Lexington, Mass., has helped to raise campus awareness about such issues as financial aid, sweatshop labor, and diversity through her work on the Brown Student/Labor Alliance, Brown Third World Action, and Brown Students for Financial Aid. Tung is among the students who helped create the diversity orientation program expected to be implemented this coming fall and who helped raise funds for financial aid. She also served on the Advisory Committee on University Planning. A Royce Fellow, Tung will graduate with a degree in history.
The Jin Prize
Stephanie Krejcarek of White Bear Lake, Minn., is an accomplished violinist and scholar. In her freshman year, she played with the Brown University Orchestra and won its Concerto Competition, which earned her a solo performance of Barber's Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. As a junior, she was the orchestra's manager and concert manager. Krejcarek also performed with Oxford University orchestras while taking neuroscience-related tutorials there in her sophomore year. She will graduate with a degree in neural science and will attend Harvard Medical School in the fall.