Local Students Receive Awards from Clarkson

Two Hampton students have been named the recipients of two prestigious awards from Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y., according to a release sent by university staff following Clarkson's annual University Recognition Day.

Rebecca Florent, a senior majoring in chemistry at Clarkson, received the Egon Matijevic Endowed Chemistry Scholarship.

The award was established in 1988 in honor of Dr. Egon Matijevic, Clarkson's distinguished university professor, for his enormous contribution to the scientific community around the globe and for his exemplary service to the Department of Chemistry, the Center for Advanced Materials Processing, and the entire university, according to the release.

The award recognizes an outstanding undergraduate student majoring in chemistry with a scholarship, which is renewable up to four years during the student's undergraduate study at Clarkson.

Conor Cullinane, a senior majoring in aeronautical engineering at Clarkson, received the Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering Staff Award.

The award is given annually to the outstanding junior and the most promising senior in each major, according to the university's release. The recipients are selected by the mechanical and aeronautical engineering faculty based on scholastic performance and other activities.

The winners will receive handbooks related to their fields of study.

Information about the awards was contributed by readMedia.