(PHOENIX, Ariz., May 12, 2004)—Established in 2003, the Ursa Student Leadership Awards were created to celebrate the student leadership of Phoenix College. This year, 50 exceptional students were nominated by faculty and staff to receive this special recognition.

Recipients of the 2004 Ursa Student Leadership Awards are:

Lisa Alves
Heather Arko
Danijela Bakovic
Dorothy Bellows
Tashina Burns
Paula Chalarca
Michael Davenport
Renee Ellis
Anna Epply
Anthony Estrada
Lea Gage
Maria Garcia
Amina Hadziomerovic
Becky Hamman
Jessie Harris
Andrew Hernandez
Crystal Juan
Sabeen Kheiri
Nathalie Leonardo
Lourdes Maldanado
Angela McGinty
Reed Mettler
LeTrecia Morrison
Jorge Muriel
Phyllis Muzzie
Joshua Myhlhousen
Bill Nagle
Julio Perez
Giao Thuy Phan
Anthony Pineda
Gileana Raheem
Arcadio Ramirez
Cindy Reyes
DaKaeitha Rivera
Abby Salman
Aaron Schmidt
Michael Shane
Amy Shaw
Gregory Sierra
Eugene Slutskiy
Jiri Smerda
Kenya Stidham
Brie Taha
Christian Thompson
Heather Turner
Rena Webb
Cheryl Webber
Tom Whitmer
Barbara Witkowski
Ursula Wolf
Dallas Zuk

Ursa is a Latin word for bear and is reflected in the heavens by the constellations of Ursa Major (the Great Bear) and Ursa Minor (the Little Bear)—more commonly called the big and little dippers. The Ursa Awards were named to honor Phoenix College’s "bear stars."

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