BlackboardShannon Anderson Receives Leadership Award
Shannon P. Anderson, an undergraduate Chemical Engineering senior at FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, received the 2010 Winifred Burks-Houck Undergraduate Student Leadership Award.
This award is given on behalf of the National Society for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) and the Center for Enabling New Technologies Through Catalysis (CENTC) at Washington University. This award recognizes outstanding undergraduate research and leadership and commitment to outreach activities.
Funding from the award provided travel and accommodations to attend the NOBCChE 37th Annual Conference, March 29 - April 2, 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia. It also offers paid summer internship (including travel and accommodations) to CENTC.
The Winifred Burks-Houck Professional Leadership Award is the first NOBCChE award inspired by and created to honor the contributions of African American Women in science and technology. The Winifred Burks-Houck Professional Leadership Symposium aims to honor Winifred A. Burks-Houck, the first female president of NOBCChE, by highlighting the scientific achievements, creativity, leadership, and community service of two NOBCChE-affiliated professional women and a NOBCChE undergraduate and graduate student working towards a degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, or a related field.
