Local Student Carol Brown of Seattle Earns Academic Recognition at Skidmore College

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY (06/21/2013)(readMedia)-- Carol Brown, a member of the Class of 2013 at Skidmore College, earned academic recognition at the college this spring.

She is the daughter of Linda and Steve Brown of Seattle.

Brown earned a B.A. degree summa cum laude with honor in mathematics at Skidmore's 102nd commencement in May. In addition, she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, the national honor society that exists to encourage and recognize outstanding individual achievements in liberal education. She also received the Gladys Gillman Taylor '48 Prize in Mathematics, named in honor of a Skidmore graduate and annually awarded to a junior or senior mathematics or computer science major for outstanding creative work; as well as the Katherine Scranton Rozendaal Citizenship Award, named in honor of a former trustee and awarded to seniors who have lived and learned respectably by the Skidmore Honor Code.

Brown earned honors for academic work completed during the spring 2013 semester.

During her Skidmore career Brown was elected to the Skidmore Periclean Honors Forum, which recognizes academic achievement and promotes intellectual and creative activity as well as citizenship and civic engagement; as well as to Pi Mu Epsilon, the national honorary mathematics society.

Founded in 1903, Skidmore College is a coeducational, liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,400 students. The college grants the bachelor's degree in some 60 majors, including both traditional liberal arts disciplines and preprofessional programs. Skidmore also awards the master of arts in liberal studies degree.