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Two student organizations and two students from the College took home awards given as part of the Student Excellence Awards<\/a> on April 29. The awards, sponsored by the UWM Student Leadership Programs, honored 20 individuals and six organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Society of Women Engineers was recognized with the \u201cCommunity Impact of the Year\u201d award, which is presented to an organization that has created a positive, measurable impact on our campus and\/or community and embodies UWM\u2019s values.\u00a0Sydney Block, SWE president, accepted the award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The National Society of Black Engineers shared the \u201cOutstanding Student Organization Award\u201d with the Student Social Work Association, which is given to an organization that has exhibited a high commitment to improving campus life at UWM. The organization will have shown unity within membership and produced strong programming. Kalen Walker, NSBE Milwaukee chapter president, accepted the award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sreeteja Tummala (left) and Abhiroop Reddy Tokala<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Both the individual awards were shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sreeteja Tummala, computer science, shared the \u201cOutstanding Graduate Student Award\u201d with Aubrie Gorski, kinesiology. Abhiroop Reddy Tokala, biomedical engineering, was named \u201cOutstanding Undergraduate Student\u201d with Drew Skyberg, business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These awards are presented to students who have exhibited a strong commitment to UWM in multiple areas of campus life.\u00a0They are recognized for their academic excellence, leadership and contributions to their community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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