Mills, Kane earn outstanding student leader honor

Jorden Mills accepts her award as Zachary Kane and Timothy Alvarez look on.
Jorden Mills accepts her award as Zachary Kane and Timothy Alvarez look on.

Zachary Kane of Valparaiso and Jorden Mills of Omaha were honored by Student Affairs on April 8 with UNL's 2011 Outstanding Student Leadership Awards.

Multiple UNL selection committees on behalf of the Office of Student Affairs annually select one male and one female student for recognition for their outstanding leadership contributions at UNL and their efforts to develop leadership qualities in their fellow students. The Outstanding Student Leadership Award is one of the highest awards presented to students, recognizing outstanding leadership in academic, co-curricular, and/or extracurricular activities and involvement.

In addition to Kane and Mills, four students were honored as finalists and 14 as semifinalists for the awards. Those honored:

Finalists:
Jacob Schlange, Springfield
Emily Schlichting, Omaha
Elizabeth Sutton, Lincoln
Justin Whitefoot, Kearney

Semifinalists:
Jordan Burchatz, Watertown, S.D.
Jared Dailey, Papillion
Anne Gates, Columbus
Callie Helms, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Matthew Hilgenkamp, Colon
Lauren Jewell, Las Vegas, Nev.
Hans Larsen, Omaha
Stephanie Lee, Lincoln
Cassie Olson, McCook
Tony Schukei, Norfolk
Zachary Smith, East Troy, Wis.
Kristen Tassemeyer, Plainview
Teran Walford, York
Kathleen Wichers, Lincoln