RENO, Nev. –The 2011 edition of Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges will include the names of 15 students from the University of Nevada, Reno, who have been selected as national outstanding campus leaders.

Students were selected on their academic achievement, service to community, leadership in extracurricular activities and potential for continued success.

They join an elite group of students from more than 2,300 institutions of higher learning in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and several foreign nations.

The students selected from Nevada are:

Kathleen Nicole Black, College of Science
Alicia Anne Gardner, College of Business
Geoffrey Alexander Green, College of Education
Jessica Hoese, College of Liberal Arts
Narasimharao Venkata Kondamudi, College of Engineering
Trevor Roy Macaluso, College of Liberal Arts
Nazrul Islam Mojumder, College of Engineering and College of Science
Lea Grace Moser, College of Liberal Arts
Mat Norris Soma Neben, College of Business
Diana Marsilovna Perazzo, College of Business
Sandra JP Prytherch, College of Education
Leissan Rustemovna Sadykova, College of Liberal Arts and College of Business
Michelle Elizabeth Sneck, College of Science
Denise Nicole Esguerra The, College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources
Jadeen Pearl Young, College of Liberal Arts

A reception and award ceremony to honor these students will be held at 4 p.m. on March 3 in the Clark Room of Morrill Hall on campus. For more information, visit www.unr.edu.

Story submitted by: Natalie Savidge, Media Relations Specialist, University Media Relations
nsavidge@unr.edu