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Commencement 1999
1999 Outstanding International Students
The colleges have named 1999 Outstanding International Students:
- Suzanne Grant, Montreal, Canada, College of Education and Human Development. Grant is a senior majoring in kinesiology and physical education. Her focus is health fitness and teaching coaching. For the past three years, Grant has been a member of the women's varsity soccer team, the last two years as co-captain. She is a Dean's List student, a scholar-athlete and recipient of the Wesley D. Jordan Athletic Service Award. She is fluent in English, French and Italian.
- Hankook Lee, Seoul, Korea, College of Business, Public Policy and Health. Lee, a junior majoring in business administration, with a concentration in marketing. He is very involved in the student chapter of the American Marketing Association on campus. Lee is the recipient of this year's Beta Gamma Sigma award for outstanding undergraduate business student.
- Vanessa McGowan, Ontario, Canada, College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture. McGowan is a senior majoring in biology with a minor in chemistry. She has been a Dean's List student every semester, and she is enrolled in the Honors Program. McGowan is also a track and cross-country athlete and was honored with the 1999 UMaine Dean Smith Award for being the top female student athlete.
- Sharad Rathnam, Bombay, India, College of Engineering. Rathnam is a senior majoring in mechanical engineering. He is a Dean's List student and an undergraduate research assistant in the Advanced Composites Design Laboratory. Rathnam is head resident in Doris Twitchell Allen Village and is a member of five honor societies. He has been a member of the extramural tennis team for the past three years.
- Martina Tinklova, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Tinklova, who is probably best known as a forward for the women's basketball team, is a sophomore economics major and Dean's List student. She plans to minor in business, French, and possibly mathematics. In addition to French, Tinklova speaks four languages - Czech, English, German and Russian.