Awards

The scholar award is named after Dr. David R. Andrew. This award is given to a student who maintains a high GPA, is involved in scholarly activities and still finds time to contribute to the community. The winner for Spring 2010 was Brian Primeaux.

Mr. Primeaux received an American Chemical Society Certified Bachelors degree in Chemistry with an official minor in Mathematics while achieving a 3.979 GPA. During his academic career, Mr. Primeaux was on both the Dean's List and the President's List. He was a member of the UL Honors Program, Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society and the Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society. He was awarded several scholarships including the 4-year UL Academic Scholarship, TOPS Honor Award Scholarship, the Lieutenant James A. Hebert Memorial Endowed Scholarship and the Keith Lindley Scholarship. While at UL, Mr. Primeaux worked on organic chemistry research and made a presentation on that research at the Louisiana Academy of Sciences Conference. Mr. Primeaux is a Eucharistic Minister at St. Michael's Catholic Church and volunteered as a pharmacy technician for Lafayette Community Healthcare Clinic. In addition to being a full time student, he worked full-time at a local pharmacy as the lead Pharmacy Technician.

Dr. Sigred Lanoux Service Award

The service award is named after Dr. Sigred Lanoux and is given to students who excel in community and university service. The winner for Spring 2010 was Melanie LeBoeuf.

Ms. LeBoeuf received a degree in Biology with an official minor in Chemistry while achieving a 3.853 GPA. She was a member of AmeriCorps and spent approximately ten hours every week tutoring and helping students at a local school. During her college career she helped build homes for Habitat for Humanity, worked with area Boy Scout clubs cleaning the Vermilion River, volunteered with Earth Share Gardens and participated in the Chicot Trash Bash. She worked with the organization "DREAMS" to facilitate recreational sports and other activities for the mentally handicapped children in the area. She traveled on several disaster relief trips to New Orleans and Galveston to help those affected by the hurricanes. She was one of the leaders of the AmeriCorp Prom Dress Drive. As a member of the Pre-Professional Society, she volunteered for the American Heart Walk, Camp Cajun, Race for the Cure, Relay for Life and the Walk for Hope. Melanie has been a volunteer for Faith House, St. Joseph's Diner and Lafayette Community Health Care Clinic. She was the Philanthropy Chair for her sorority, Alpha Omicron Pi, and has planned events which raised money for arthritis research and juvenile arthritis. She also volunteered at a local general practitioner's office. At the time of graduation, Ms. LeBoeuf was working on two different biomedical research projects with professors from the Chemistry and Biology departments.