Congratulations Ch E Class of 2008

Arely Torres collects many academic honors

The Center for International Programs will honor Arely Torres of Chihuahua, Mexico, a chemical engineering major. Torres has a 4.0 GPA, is on the National Dean’s List and has received the Rotary Youth Leadership Award. She has received the AIChE Minority Affairs Committee Scholarship, the AIChE Donald F. and Mildred Topp Othmer National Scholarship and the Dr. Edward Groth Jr. Endowed Memorial Scholarship.

An actively involved student, Torres is a member of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers as well as Omega Chi Epsilon, a chemical engineering honor society. She has served as Engineering Council Vice-President of Affairs and Student President of AIChE.

Torres will pursue graduate studies at the University of Kansas, where she has been accepted into the doctoral program and will specialize in catalysis.