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Two Seniors Receive Merit Award
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APRIL 21, 2004 -- Milan Lathia and Sara Mantila have received the 2004 Michigan Tech Fund Merit Award. An additional six Michigan Tech students were named "nominees of distinction" by the selection committee.
Each year, the Michigan Tech Fund recognizes two seniors--a man and a woman--for their academic and service achievements.
Lathia has a double major in computer engineering and computer science. He has volunteered as an orientation team leader for three years, co-founded the Homeland Security Enterprise, served as a math tutor and has developed web sites and done system administration for university departments. The West Bengal, India, native is also a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity and writes a weekly e-mail newsletter to Michigan Tech parents.
Mantila, an Ishpeming native, has a 3.94 grade point average in biomedical engineering. Last summer, she held an undergraduate research grant to complete a biomedical imaging project at the Mayo Clinic. She also spent three semesters on co-op with Kimberly-Clark and received the 2003 MTU Outstanding Student Leader Award. She will begin working on a PhD in Biomedical Engineering next fall at the University of Michigan.
Nominees of distinction include Christine Gentili, Benjamin Almquist, James Jastifer, Danielle Jones, Elizabeth Kaminsky and Alexis Troschinetz.
Interim President Glenn Mroz will present the awards on May 6. Each Merit Award recipient will receive a framed photo of the campus and awards of $1,000 each. The nominees of distinction receive awards of $250 each.
The Michigan Tech Fund operates the university's giving program and raised more than $17 million during 2002-03.
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