Hutton Honors College
Indiana University Bloomington

ALUMNI NEWSLETTER JUNE 2012

From the Dean

Coast to coast, Hutton Honors College alumni are making a name for themselves and making us proud.

To wit, this past spring, Valkyrie Savage '10, a doctoral student in computer science at UC Berkeley, won an NSF graduate fellowship. She's collaborating with her faculty advisor Björn Hartmann on research in Human-Computer Interaction.

On the east coast John Miller '10 is a regulatory affairs analyst at PEPCO, a major electric power utility serving customers in Washington, D.C. and Maryland.

We can attest to Valkyrie's and John's current biographical details, because they attended 2012 We Are IU events in San Francisco and Washington, D.C., respectively. At the latter, I had the pleasure of catching up with John and more than a dozen other HHC alumni at the Jones Day Law Firm, a stone's throw (well, more like a cannon shot) from the US Capitol Rotunda. A special thanks to HHC Alumni Association Board Member Julie Wilensky '91 for helping organize that great event.

We invite you to join us for future We Are IU gatherings and the "after events" that are meant for you, exclusively. What to expect from me on these occasions: news from the HHC, and a pitch to you to stay involved (e.g., help us mentor rising upperclassmen; share your best ideas about courses, study abroad options, grant opportunities, career advice, and other services we offer).

Whether or not we see you in major HHC alumni redoubts like San Francisco and Washington, D.C., please stay in touch, digitally. Follow alumni news and notes at our Facebook site. HHCAA Board Member Justin Krachmalnick '11 created that site, and he also has us LinkedIn with more than 160 members.

Take some time now to catch up with Valkyrie Savage and her doctoral studies, other alumni, and current students. Read about Mo Siddiq '12 who just won an NSF Fellowship to pursue graduate study at the University of Chicago, an award usually reserved for students already in graduate school, or about Suzanne Collins '85, author of the wildly popular Hunger Games trilogy, or discover the HHC personalities behind vivid and sometimes controversial opinions in the IDS. See the links below for these stories and more.

Let's stay connected, face to face, and in cyberspace.

Matt Auer
Dean, Hutton Honors College

Alumni Stories

• Valkyrie Savage '10 studies human-computer interaction at UC Berkeley.
• Alumnus Devesh Shah '97 made a gift to the HHC to help fund overseas experiences.
• Mo Siddiq '12 garnered a National Science Foundation Fellowship.
• HHC Alumni Board member Yun William Yu '09 received a prestigious Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship.
• Suzanne Collins '85, famous for The Hunger Games was an Honors Division student. (Story from The COLLEGE Magazine)
• Christian Hines '11 named IU's third Presidential Intern.


• GO to our most recent CLASS NOTES here.
  Submit HHC Class Notes through the online form on the IU Alumni Association website. There is also a link through the IUAA Alumni magazine here. Alums can also send notes in print form or email to IUAA Advancement Data Operations (advdata@indiana.edu). Notes for IUAA members will go in the Alumni magazine and HHC publications. IUAA non-member notes will go in the HHC publication only.

HHC National Award Winners

• Wells Scholar John R. Brown named a 2012 Gates Cambridge Scholar.
• Junior Kasey Greer received a 2012 Beinecke Scholarship.
• Three HHC students received 2012 Marshall Scholarships.
• Alicia Nieves named Truman Scholar.

Campus Award Winners

• IU BEST Entrepreneurial Competition winners included two HHC Students.
• Five HHC students received Provost's Awards for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity.

Student Feature

• Some HHC students not shy about sharing opinions, creating controversy.

Awards Summary

• Above listed awards plus a few others