Jasmin Kaur Rana of Woodinville Recognized With Two Senior Prizes by Wellesley College at Commencement

WELLESLEY, MA (05/30/2012)(readMedia)-- Jasmin Kaur Rana of Woodinville was awarded two senior prizes at Wellesley College's commencement ceremony on Friday, May 25. This year's graduating class totaled just over 600 students; a total of 66 senior prizes were awarded.

Rana, who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major focus in Chemistry and a minor in South Asian Studies, received The Jean V. Crawford Prize in Chemistry, which was established by the chemistry department to honor the memory of the late Jean Crawford, professor of chemistry at Wellesley from 1951 to her retirement in 1985. It is given annually to up to four students who have demonstrated outstanding knowledge of chemistry in course work and in research and who show great potential as teacher/scholars; Rana was this year's only recipient of the award. She also received the The Doctor Leila C. Knox Prize in Biology, which was established in memory of Doctor Leila C. Knox by her family to recognize excellence and concern for fellow human beings.

Wellesley College is one of the most selective liberal arts colleges in the country. The College attracts a talented and diverse student body, with nearly 2,400 undergraduate students from 49 states, the US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, and 71 countries. Wellesley is known for excellence in education, gifted faculty, a beautiful campus, a unique campus culture, and for the thousands of accomplished, thoughtful women it has sent out into the world for over 140 years who are committed to making a difference.

A Wellesley education fosters in undergraduate women the highest standard of readiness for the "real world," in terms of their ability to think, to act, and to contribute meaningfully and effectively in their chosen areas of interest. The academic community places a high value on rigorous, probing inquiry, and creative, cross-discipline thinking, and it takes a collaborative approach to scholarship, encouraging students to question, debate, and refine their points of view, not only with each other, but with our world-class faculty members, often by working directly with them on groundbreaking projects.

Home to leading-edge institutions such as The Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs, the Knapp Social Science Center, the Davis Museum, The Newhouse Center for the Humanities, and the world-renowned Wellesley Centers for Women, Wellesley's resources attract attention and scholars from around the world.

Wellesley College is located in Wellesley, Massachusetts, just 12 miles outside of Boston.

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