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Week of 12 May 1998 Vol. I, No. 31 Feature Article Case Scholarship winners with Jon Westling at The Castle. Front row: Amanda Kiessel, Patricia Raute, Michele Tantillo, Vikas Agarwal, Kenneth Eaton, and Hannah Hintze. Rear: Jon Westling, Jay Hancock, Alex Effgen, Melissa Neff, Samuel Frederick, and Gregory O'Malley. (Jacqueline Zeller and Mary Zimmer were not at the ceremony.) Photo by Kalman Zabarsky Westling presents undergrad awards at The Castle At ceremonies in The Castle, Jon Westling recently presented the three highest academic awards given to BU undergraduates: the Dean Elsbeth Melville Scholarships, the Harold C. Case Scholarships, and the Sophomore Trustee Scholarships. The Melville award was established 20 years ago in honor of the late Elsbeth Melville (CAS'25), longtime dean of women at BU, who died last summer. Two awards are given each year to young women in the junior class with excellent academic records, high moral character, and potential usefulness in their chosen fields and who contribute to the life of the University. The 1998 winners are Jennifer Gruber, an aerospace engineering student at ENG, and Melanie Muradian, who studies vocal performance at SFA. Jon Westling and Sophomore Trustee Scholar Beverly Straub. (Trustee Scholar Joshua Kaplan was not present.) Photo by Kalman Zabarsky The Case scholarships were established in honor of the former president of BU upon his retirement in 1967. The awards recognize juniors with superior qualifications, performance, and potential. This year's winners are Vikas Agarwal, CAS biology, Kenneth Eaton, ENG biomedical engineering, Alex Effgen, CAS archaeology and classics, Samuel Frederick, CAS English and German, Jay Hancock, ENG electrical engineering, Hannah Hintze, SFA music performance (flute) and CAS philosophy, Amanda Kiessel, CAS biology, Melissa Neff, UNI independent concentration, Gregory O'Malley, CAS history, Patricia Raute, SMG accounting, finance, and operations management, Michele Tantillo, ENG biomedical engineering, Jacqueline Zeller, SED elementary education and CAS psychology, and Mary Zimmer, UNI independent concentration. Melville Scholars Jennifer Gruber and Melanie Muradian with Jon Westling. Photo by Kalman Zabarsky The Sophomore Trustee Scholarship program awards full tuition to both top high school and transfer students and to those students who have distinguished themselves during their first three semesters at Boston University. This year's winners are Joshua Kaplan, CAS English and COM film, and Beverly Straub, SAR communications disorders.