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Two CEAT students named OSU Seniors of Significance

Thursday, March 28, 2013

The Oklahoma State University Alumni Association is proud to announce the 2013 Outstanding Seniors.

The Outstanding Senior award recognizes seniors who excel through academic achievement; campus and community activities; academic, athletic or extra-curricular honors or awards; scholarships and work ethic during their time at OSU.

The OSU Alumni Association Student Awards and Selection Committee selected the 14 winners after meeting with 46 of the Seniors of Significance selected in the fall of 2012 and reviewing their applications.

A public banquet honoring the Outstanding Seniors will be held April 22 at 6:30 p.m. at the ConocoPhillips OSU Alumni Center in Stillwater. 

Katy Haning is a chemical engineering major from Allen, Texas. She is the daughter of Ben and Nancy Haning.

While at OSU, Haning served as treasurer for OSU Crew and on the leadership team for the Baptist Collegiate Ministry. She was also involved in the OSU Student Foundation Stewardship Committee and the Institute for Creative and Innovation Steering Committee. Haning traveled to South Asia with the Baptist Collegiate Ministry in summer 2012 to serve students and children for seven weeks. She has also volunteered her time at OSU Foundation events through the OSU Student Foundation. Haning was named the Women for OSU Student Philanthropist of the Year and a Wentz Research Scholar. She also received the Southwest Chemical Association Scholarship. 

“My time at OSU has been packed with incredible people and exciting experiences, for which I am incredibly grateful," Haning says. "But nothing can compare to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus, my Lord. He makes my OSU story worth telling.”

Haning plans to live in East Asia this summer before pursuing a Ph.D. in chemical engineering in the fall. 

Amelia Wilson is a mechanical and aerospace engineering and spanish double major from Stillwater, Okla. She is the daughter of Professor Stephan and Kathleen Wilson.

Wilson has served as president and vice president of Engineers Without Border and as a College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology Academic Excellence Center success coach. She was also the leader of Team Black Propulsion for Aerospace Capstone Design and was a member of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Student Advisory Board. Wilson was named OSU Student Philanthropist of the Year, a CEAT Scholar, Wentz Research Scholar and Wentz Music Scholar. Her article, “The effects of ultrasonic sound waves on frost suppression for microchannel heat exchangers,” was also published in OSU Journal of Undergraduate Research Volume 1. 

“The unprecedented growth of the Oklahoma State family has defined my years as an undergraduate - campus renovations, newly hired faculty and staff, and more students than ever," Wilson says. "With this growth comes the responsibility to provide the highest quality education for all its students. OSU will soon achieve this goal and I hope to be a part of it by continuing support for scholarships started by my family and as a mentor for engineering students."

Wilson plans to attend graduate school to study aerospace engineering.

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