[On life, love &] Accolades.

iSchool Senior Received Honorable Mention in CRA’s Outstanding Undergraduate Award Competition
http://ischool.syr.edu/about/news.aspx?recid=491


Hi, I'm Alana, and that iSchool senior is me. Yesterday, I was walking home from pilates and the trusty (and new) BlackBerry (8830 world edition) was buzzing feverishly. I looked down, expecting a new facebook wall post or perhaps an email from a group project member and read this:

"We are very pleased to inform you that you have been selected for Honorable Mention in the Computing Research Association's Outstanding Undergraduate Award competition for 2008.

This year's nominees were a very impressive group. A number of them were commended for making significant contributions to more than one research project, several were authors or coauthors on multiple papers, others had made presentations at major conferences, and some had produced software artifacts that were in widespread use. Many of our nominees had been involved in successful summer research or internship programs, many had been teaching assistants, tutors, or mentors, and a number had significant involvement in community volunteer efforts. It is quite an honor to be selected for Honorable Mention from this group. A list of the winners, the runner-up, finalists, and honorable mentions appears below.

A copy of the announcement as it will appear in the January 2008 issue of Computing Research News will be posted on CRA's website (www.cra.org) next week. On behalf of the Computing Research Association, we are pleased to have you as a member of the computing research community, and wish you the best for the future."

I'm pleased too! Honestly, I can't believe I received an honorable mention out of the pool of applicants. The winners were from Princeton, Cal Tech & Stanford. Check out the complete list here.

As stated in the iSchool news article, I must take this time to dedicate this award and the other honors I have won to those who have guided and mentored me throughout my academic career.

To all of you. My most sincere thanks. I couldn't have done it without you.