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Toma Omonuwa is 04 Academic Day Scholar
February 18, 2004
CARROLLTON, GA - Out of the thousands of students who attend the University of West Georgia, one student, Toma Omonuwa, stands out and due to her extradordinary efforts, she has been named West Georgia’s Academic Recognition Day Scholar for 2004.
Annually,
each of the 34 teaching institutions of the University System of Georgia
is asked to select one student for this honor, awarded by the Board of
Regents and the Georgia Legislature.
Omonuwa is an Honors College student from Douglasville, majoring in chemistry and only two hours short of being a senior. Her cumulative grade point average is 4.0 and in addition to her outstanding classroom performance, she has made two separate research presentations to the Southeast regional meetings of the American Chemical Society and a third research presentation to the National Collegiate Honors Council annual meeting in Chicago.
According to Dr. Donald Wagner, dean of the Honors College, “Selection for each of these presentations is very competitive, and Toma’s record of achievement is remarkable.”
Omonuwa has also served as a mentor in a National Science Foundation funded REU program and is the only undergraduate student “superleader” for chemistry workshops.
Omonuwa is a Presidential Scholarship recipient, the Lois Martin Scholarship recipient, the recipient of a West Georgia Foundation Award, an Ingram Scholar, the recipient of a Minority Achievement Award and she has been on the dean’s list every semester.
Omonuwa’s extra-curricular work includes the following: a member of the Student Advisory Committee to the Dean of Arts and Sciences, a volunteer worker at the Carroll Rape Crisis Center, a tournament proctor at the West Georgia Youth Science and Technology Center, a member and committee chair of The American Medical Students Association, assisted in science demonstration presentations at Carrollton Elementry School and with the Boy Scouts Science Training Program and a speaker at the Nigerian-American Youth Association graduation ceremony for two years.
Omonuwa intends to pursue both M.D and Ph.D degrees and go on to a career in medical research.
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