Students honored for commitment to civil rights, social justice

Afnan Afnan was among the five graduate students who received Martin Luther King Junior Scholarship Awards Jan. 22. — Photo: Jenny Fontaine

Twenty-five UIC students were honored Jan. 22 at the Martin Luther King Junior Scholarship Awards Luncheon.

The scholarship program was established at UIC in 1985 to recognize underrepresented students who have demonstrated high academic achievement and shown a commitment to civil rights and social justice through community service.

Undergraduate students received $2,000 and graduate and professional students were awarded $5,000 scholarships.

The winners include:

Undergraduates

Maria Arianas, LAS

Tika Dhungel, engineering

Willard Fountain, LAS

Marlin Halder, LAS

Jauwan Hall, LAS

Ana Hernandez, engineering

Danmei Huang, LAS

Ogechi Ike, architecture, design and the arts

Lauren Jones, architecture, design and the arts

Michelle Liu, LAS

Armando Martinez, nursing

Mananga Mutombo, engineering

Winifred Obanor, LAS

Kashif Osmani, LAS

Rachel Winckler, engineering

Graduate students

Basheera Enahora, kinesiology
and nutrition

Crystal Guzman, biological sciences

Michael Muniz, sociology

Afnan Afnan, information decision
sciences

Judith Rocha, social work

Professional students

Ijeoma Agu, medicine

Michael Belmonte, medicine

Sarah Bunch, medicine

Martin Nunez, medicine

Amatul Salma, dentistry