Congressman Honors New College Students

(May 29, 2007) - U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla., 13th District) visited New College of Florida May 25 to honor several of the College's academic standouts.

At a Friday afternoon reception in the Great Hall at the Keating Center, Buchanan presented a "Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition" to each of this year's seven Fulbright Fellowship recipients, Trevor Caughlin, Karlye Dilts, Michael Powers, Meghan Rimelspach, Alia Schultz, Eleanor Vekert and Bryson Voirin; to Caughlin, who also received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, and to New College's first-ever Gates Cambridge Scholarship recipient, Jonathan Breidbord.

Congressman Vern Buchanan, at center, posed after presenting certificates to the students. Front row, l to r: Michael Powers, Trevor Caughlin, Jonathan Breidbord. Standing, l to r: Meghan Rimelspach, Eleanor Vekert, Alia Schultz, Karlye Dilts, Buchanan, and New College professors Meg Lowman, Frank Alcock, Suzanne Sherman and Glenn Cuomo. Below, Bryson Voirin received his certificate from the congressman.