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Orchesis to sponsor Dance Clinic
August 31, 2010
The MHS Orchesis Dance Club will sponsor a Dance Clinic for children from pre-school age to eight grade on Sunday, October 3, in the MHS Auditorium.
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Alumni News
Max Petersen Augustana College Senior Max Petersen, a 2006 graduate of Mundelein High School, has been named the 2010 recipient of the Glenn T. Seaborg Science Award. His outstanding academic and extracurricular achievements made him a standout for this award, which includes a weeklong trip to Stockholm, Sweden, in December, culminating with the Nobel Prize ceremonies. Petersen is one of eight Augustana students to have won the Seaborg award; Mohammed Zak Rajput ’09 received the honor last year.
Petersen is a straight-A student with a triple major in pre-medicine, biochemistry and religion. He was named an Academic All-American for his championship performance in track in 2009 and also is a concert-level pianist. He is currently the captain of the track team, a senator in student government and the leader of a campus jazz ensemble.
“I've been extremely fortunate to have had wonderful mentors at Augustana,” Petersen said. “Every door I wanted to walk through was propped open by helpful and thoughtful students, faculty and administrators. My time at Augie has been the best four years of my life and the Seaborg Award is a terrific culmination of that.”
Since 2006, Petersen has been researching with chemistry faculty members Dr. Richard Narske and Dr. Pam Trotter. In the summer of 2008, he spent a month in a pediatric clinic in Guatemala City, and in 2009 he participated in the Texas Medical Center summer research program. Next year, Petersen will pursue his medical degree through the M.D. and Ph.D. program at Yale University.
Dr. Narske taught Petersen in his first-year organic chemistry course and immediately identified him as a “special individual.” Petersen began researching with Narske his first year, and had already presented at a national technology meeting by the time he was a sophomore. “I have had only one or maybe two students that I would rank with Max,” Narske said. “He is the kind of exceptional student that you have the opportunity to teach and interact with once or twice in a teaching career.”
Petersen will join 25 students from around the world for the Stockholm International Youth Seminar. He will visit universities and laboratories, listen to lectures by Nobel laureates and participate in Swedish cultural events with other young scientists. His accommodations are a three-masted sailing ship anchored in a Stockholm harbor and converted into a youth hostel.
He has never been to Sweden and is excited to see the country and attend the Nobel ceremonies. “To be invited to participate in the Nobel festivities is incredibly exciting and humbling,” he said. “My good friend Zak Rajput won the Seaborg Award last year and had a fantastic time, so I am looking forward to the trip immensely.”
The Glenn T. Seaborg Science Award is given once a year to an American math or science student graduating from a Swedish Lutheran College. The award is named in honor of the late Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, the Swedish-American nuclear chemist who won the Nobel Prize in 1951 for his discovery of numerous atomic elements including element #106, Seaborgium. “Dr Seaborg was an award-winning research scientist,” Narske said. “Max is on his way to become the same.”
In addition to the Seaborg award, Petersen is the recipient of the Roy J. Carver LOGOS Scholarship for high-achieving graduates of Augustana’s natural science honors program, and the Anderson Swedo Science Education Scholarship for top junior or senior biology or chemistry students pursuing careers in scientific research or medicine.
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Kristin Hecht, senior at Kentucky Christian University (MHS graduate, 2006), reached a milestone in her career as a member of the KCU Lady Knights basketball team. On Tuesday, January 12, 2010, in a game between KCU and Ohio Christian University, Kristin scored her 1000th point. Kristin joins an elite group of 20 KCU players who have reached the 1000 point mark in their basketball career. In addition, Kentucky Christian won their 4th consecutive National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) Division II National Championship!! And to top it all off, Kristin was named National Player of the year!!
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John Pini (09) just completed his first NCAA DIII football season for St. Norbert College. As a senior last year at MHS - John started and played inside LB for our Mustangs - accumulating over 100 tackles for the year.
SNC's football program has been recognized as one of the top seven DIII programs in the NCAA. Since 1999, the SNC Green Knights have accumulated an overall record of 100-17; a Midwest Conference record of 92-6: have won eight Conference championships and have attended seven national NCAA DIII playoffs. The Green Knights have sent over 40 players to the pro level.
Labeled as a "Green Knight to watch" as a corner-back, John saw action in four NCAA games this year as a Freshman. Working himself up the depth chart - he continues to increase his speed and strength for more playing time. Next season as a sophomore, John hopes to see the field in a much larger role as the Green Knights strive to achieve another NCAA DIII division championship.
All of us @ MHS wish John the best in the program and in his scholastic endeavors.
Anthony Gianaras, a 2008 MHS graduate, has earned All-Academic Honors in the Pioneer League where he plays football for Drake University. Pioneer Football League athletic directors and coaches established the honor roll as a way to recognize the league’s outstanding student-athletes. The academic honor roll consists of student-athletes who participated in football at member institutions during the fall semester and posted a 3.0 grade-point average or higher during the semester while enrolled full-time in accordance with NCAA rules. Gianaras, son of MHS instructor, Nancy Gianaras, is a secondary education major.
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