FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, May 6, 2008
BETHANY SCIENCE STUDENT HONORED BY SWEDISH COUNCIL
LINDSBORG, Kan.—Bethany College student Tessa Howard, Sharon Springs, Kan., has been selected as the alternate winner of the Glenn T. Seaborg Science Award for 2008 by the Swedish Council of America.
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| The Swedish Council of America has selected Tessa Howard, a senior at Bethany College, as the alternate winner of this year’s Glenn T. Seaborg Science Award. |
Howard will graduate May 25 with a degree in biology. She then will study at the University of Kansas School of Medicine.
The Glenn T. Seaborg Science Award is named to honor Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, chemist and Nobel laureate who discovered, or co-discovered, numerous atomic elements, including atomic element number 106, officially named “Seaborgium” in his honor.
The annual award honors a junior or senior student majoring in the sciences at one of six Swedish-American colleges in the country with a week-long trip to Stockholm, including participation in the Nobel Prize ceremony.
It is awarded based on the student’s academic achievement, creative potential and ability to conduct independent research.
During the summer of 2006, Howard participated in a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in a molecular biosciences laboratory at the University of Kansas, where she assisted the team of Dr. James Orr in investigating neural mechanisms that regulate heart and blood vessel function.
Howard then was co-author of a poster presentation, “Characterization of Thromboxane Receptor Expression in Cultured Sensory Neurons," which she helped present at the 2007 Experimental Biology Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., an interdisciplinary, scientific meeting drawing more than 12,000 scientists from around the world.
Currently, Howard is a pre-medical volunteer at JayDoc Community Clinic, a community health clinic for low-income families in Wichita. At Bethany College, sheis a member of the Honors Program, TriBeta Biological Honor Society, Bio-Chem Club, Gold Key Women's Honor Society, Campus Ministries, Peer Ministry and the Ally group. She has worked as a biology laboratory assistant and co-founded the school’s chapter of Habitat for Humanity.
Bethany College, established by Swedish Lutheran immigrants in 1881, is a college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. The mission of Bethany College is to nurture and challenge individuals in their search for truth and meaning as they lead lives of faith, learning and service. Bethany College is on the Web at www.bethanylb.edu.
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