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By Kimberly Haines

Sherri Cook

BLACKSBURG, Va., April 30, 2008 -- Virginia Tech has named Sherri Cook, a resident of Winchester, Va., as the Outstanding Graduating Senior in the College of Engineering for the 2007-2008 academic year.

Cook is expected to receive a bachelor’s degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering in May 2008. A student in the University Honors Program, she has also been selected twice as a Morris K. Udall Foundation Scholar and as a nominee for a Rhodes/Marshall Fellowship. Cook has assumed leadership roles in numerous organizations including the Society of Environmentally Focused Students, the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the Society of Women Engineers.

Her interest in environmentalism carries well beyond the classroom. Cook is involved with environmental issues and activities on campus, as well as participated in Relay for Life, the Boys and Girls Club, and hurricane relief efforts in Mississippi and New Orleans, La..

The Outstanding Senior Awards are presented at the Student Honors Day Banquet each spring. These awards are co-sponsored by the Virginia Tech Alumni Association and the senior class.

The purpose of the award is to recognize outstanding student performance in each college of the university. Students are selected on the basis of their quality credit average (3.4 or higher on a 4.0 scale) and outstanding performance in several or all of the following areas: academic achievement, extracurricular activities, leadership positions, and contributions of service to the university and/or community.

The College of Engineering at Virginia Tech is internationally recognized for its excellence in 14 engineering disciplines and computer science. The college's 5,700 undergraduates benefit from an innovative curriculum that provides a "hands-on, minds-on" approach to engineering education, complementing classroom instruction with two unique design-and-build facilities and a strong Cooperative Education Program. With more than 50 research centers and numerous laboratories, the college offers its 1,800 graduate students opportunities in advanced fields of study such as biomedical engineering, state-of-the-art microelectronics, and nanotechnology. Virginia Tech, the most comprehensive university in Virginia, is dedicated to quality, innovation, and results to the commonwealth, the nation, and the world.

Founded in 1872 as a land-grant college, Virginia Tech is the most comprehensive university in the Commonwealth of Virginia and is among the top research universities in the nation. Today, Virginia Tech’s eight colleges are dedicated to quality, innovation, and results through teaching, research, and outreach activities. At its 2,600-acre main campus located in Blacksburg and other campus centers in Northern Virginia, Southwest Virginia, Hampton Roads, Richmond, Southside, and Roanoke, Virginia Tech enrolls more than 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students from all 50 states and more than 100 countries in 180 academic degree programs.

Written by Stephanie Haugen-Ray.

Contact Kimberly Haines at hainesk@vt.edu or (540) 231-2611.

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