UNM COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENT RECEIVES AWARD OF EXCELLENCE FROM PHI KAPPA PHI

June 3, 2003

UNM COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENT RECEIVES AWARD OF EXCELLENCE FROM PHI KAPPA PHI

University of New Mexico computer science student Breanne Duncan was one of 30 students nationwide who received an Award of Excellence from the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi recently. Duncan, who graduated summa cum laude with a BS in computer science in May, will receive a $1,500 award to pursuit a Ph.D. in computer science.

An Albuquerque native, Duncan was also one of 20 undergraduates nationwide to receive honorable mention in the Computing Research Association’s Outstanding Undergraduate Award program for 2003 earlier this year. A UNM Regents’ Scholarship recipient, Duncan was the class valedictorian at Highland High School where she graduated in 1999.

The Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellowship Program is one of the largest and most respected scholarship programs in the country awarding more than $460,000 annually to outstanding students for first-year graduate study.

The multidisciplinary nature of the Phi Kappa Phi is reflected in its Fellowship and Award of Excellence recipients. Awardees represent a variety of fields including biology, chemistry, engineering, political science, mathematics and psychology. Likewise, the professions they select are equally diverse including: law, medicine, business, education, science or the arts.

Each year, Phi Kappa Phi offers 52 Fellowships of up to $8,000 each and 30 awards of Excellence of $1,500 each. Every chapter has the opportunity to submit one nominee and each person nominated receives an Active-For-Life membership in the Society. More than 2,000 students have benefitted since the program’s inception in 1929.

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