Scholarships and Awards
Scholarships
Students in the Medical Laboratory Science option are eligible to apply for scholarships from the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), American Society for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (ASCLS) and the state Clinical Laboratory Managers Association (CLMA) chapter. Students in our major have been awarded both national and state scholarships.
Awards
Several awards are given to graduating seniors and graduate students within each of the programs in the department.
- The Dean's Award is given to the senior and graduate student with the highest GPA in each major.
- The Kay Doyle Clinical Practitioner's Award is given to the senior with the highest clinical practice score in all areas of the medical laboratory sciences program as determined by the Clinical Faculty.
- The Joseph P. Farina Professional Development award is given to the senior in the Applied Biomedical Sciences program who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and service during their undergraduate career.
- The Professional Development Award in Nutritional Science is given to the senior in the Nutritional Science program who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and service during their undergraduate career.
- The Professional Development Award in Pharmaceutical Sciences is given to the senior in the Pharmaceutical Sciences program who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and service during their undergraduate career.
- The Dr. Robert J. Nicolosi Outstanding Student Research Award is given to the senior in any program in the department who has performed outstanding scholarly research with a mentoring faculty member, which is presented at the University's Student Research Symposium.
- The Kay Doyle '77, '86 Endowed Scholarship Fund for Clinical Laboratory Sciences.
The Department of Biomedical & Nutritional Sciences would like to congratulate the 2023 undergraduate and graduate students with the following achievement awards:
Chancellor's Medal for Distinguished Academic Achievement:
- Liem Minh Vu - Applied Biomedical Sciences
- Philip Patel - Applied Biomedical Sciences
Dean’s Awards Graduate Students:
- Kellee Robin Cardaleen - Applied Biomedical Sciences
- John Martin Baltayan - Pharmaceutical Sciences MS
Departmental Graduate Student Awards:
- Kaitlin Cronin - Outstanding Graduate Student Award Clinical Laboratory Sciences
- Rania AL- Beirouty - Outstanding Graduate Student Award Pharmaceutical Sciences
Dean's Awards Undergraduate Students:
- Liem Minh Vu – Applied Biomedical Sciences
- Philip Patel – Applied Biomedical Sciences
- Jessica Leigh Poulin - Nutritional Sciences
- Jenne Lee Collinge – Pharmaceutical Sciences
Departmental Awards:
- Cuong Dieu Lang – Kay Doyle Clinical Practitioner’s Award
- Azrielle Joan Jimenez – Joseph P. Farina Professional Development Award
- Jeremy Duford – Dr. Robert J. Nicolosi Outstanding Student Research Award
- Brooke Elizabeth Butters – Professional Development Award Nutritional Sciences
- Christina Rose Ciaramitaro – Professional Development Award in Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Chansotha Kong - Kay Doyle '77, 86 Endowed Scholarship Fund for Clinical Laboratory Sciences