Academics: Laurea Diaz '99, a civil engineering major from Las Cruces, N.Mex., who chairs the Institute's Women on the Move philanthropic group; Lisa Giassi '98, a chemical enginnering major from Auburn, Mass.; and Kenneth Music '97, a management information systems major from Heredia, Costa Rica, who serves as class representative to the EMSEP Advisory Board.
Leadership: Luigi Dominguez '99, and electrical engineering major from Lawrence, Mass., president-elect of the Hispanic Student Association; Terri-Ann Kelly '97, a biotechnology major from Springfield, Mass., who is the past president of the National Association of the Society of Black Engineers and chairs the EMSEP Advisory Board; and Linnette Perales '98, a chemical engineering major from Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, the vice president of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers.
Community Service: Kimberly James '98, a computer science major from Williamsburg, Va.; Jose Martinez, a mechanical engineering major from New Haven, Conn., who is co-cordinator of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers' after-school program with the John Laws Institute; and Jasmine Sarmiento '97, a biotechnology major from Worcester.
Personal Development: Maria Diaz '99, a biology major from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., who is a representative to the EMSEP Advisory Board; Prudence Martin '98, a civil engineering major from Acushnet, Mass., who is a DJ with WPIR, the Institute's radio station; and Bernardo Vasquez '97, a computer science major from New York, N.Y. Vasquez, who was recently inducted into Skull, WPI's senior honor society, is vice president of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers.
Honored as EMSEP Scholars of the Year were: Francesca Escoto '97, a science, technology and policy major from Lawrence, Mass., who is one of the founders of WPI's SHPE chapter and a newly inducted member of Skull; Kimberly James of Williamsburg, Va.; and Tamara Samuels '99, a mechanical engineer from Hamden, Conn., who is the Class of 1999's representative to the EMSEP Advisory Board.
The following WPI faculty and administrators were also honored:
Administrator of the Year: Bernard H. Brown of Worcester.
Faculty of the Year: Mustapha S. Fofana, visiting assistant professor of mechanical engineering, who lives in Worcester and also maintains a residence in Ontario, Canada, and Arthur C. Heinricher of Rutland, Mass.
EMSEP gave special recognition to Susan Ganter of Holden, Mass., who coordinated the program's Summer Mathematics Collaborative, and to the following faculty who volunteered during the collaborative: Thomas Keil of Worcester, professor and head of the Physics Department, Ruth Smith, associate professor of religion, and John Morris of South Lancaster, Mass., a part-time chemistry instructor.