Meredith Power and Katie Poteet win PKP Sorensen Award!

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 14:48:51 -0400

Meredith Power and Katie Poteet have been selected as the recipients of the 2021 Phi Kappa Phi Chapter 22 UM-UMBC Shirley C. Sorensen Award. The students were selected for this prestigious honor on the basis of academic excellence as well as active participation within the university and the broader community, and in their perseverance to succeed and to serve others. These qualities clearly demonstrate the Phi Kappa Phi motto - "Let the love of learning rule humanity." The award comes with a $1,000 prize.

Poteet intends to use the funds to help pay her way to a Master's degree at the University of Cambridge in the U.K. "I am very honored to receive this award for my accomplishments at UMBC and very excited to use it to pursue my program in Education, Globalization, and International Development at Cambridge next year!"

The Shirley C. Sorensen Undergraduate Academic Excellence Award is bestowed in recognition of the numerous contributions Dr. Sorensen has made over many years to The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi and especially to the former five-campus chapter, University of Maryland Chapter 22 UM-UMBC.

Contact: Amanda Knapp. aknapp@umbc.edu