The 2008-09 University Laboratory High School Annual Student Academic Awards took place Tuesday May 19th in Uni Gym. Students, faculty and parents gathered to celebrate individual and group accomplishments over the past school year. Below is a partial listing of the awards announced during the event:

SPECIAL AWARDS FROM OUTSIDE UNI

• Comcast Award: Lizzy Warner

STUDENT SERVICES

• Kiwanis Vic Shaul Award: Lizzy Warner
• Junior League of Champaign-Urbana Award: Lizzy Warner

FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT

• Christopher Banister Memorial Award: Daniel Borup

FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT

• Emma Koenker Award: Vaishnavi Giridaran
• AATG Trip Award: Ethan Schiller

SCIENCE DEPARTMENT

• Illinois Science Teachers Association Award: Karolina Kalbarczyk
• Bausch and Lomb Science Scholarship Program Award: Tej Chajed
• Philip Anderson Outstanding Science Student Award: Richard Wang

SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT

• James Tobin Award for Excellence in Social Studies: Andrew Lovdahl

FACULTY

• Ella Leppert Award: Elizabeth Majerus

PHYSICAL EDUCATION/ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT

• Tom Jolly "Spirit of Uni" Award: Daniel Borup

UNI HIGH AWARDS

• Wylde Q. Chicken Award: Vivian Robison and Joy Shapley
• Illinois Principals Association Award: Isaac Chambers and Caroline Brown
• Matt Wilhelm Award: Adam Tiouririne
• June Mank Award: Natsuki Nakamura
• Principal's Award: Daniel Borup
• Student of the Year Award: Isaac Chambers