Mortar Board presents Prof. Dee Boersma with Alumni Achievement Award

Prof. Dee Boersma, called the "Jane Goodall of penguins" by the New York Times, was honored with the Mortar Board's Alumni Achievement Award for her decades of dedication to conservation, and her extensive research on the effects of human interference and environmental changes on seabird survival.

"The Mortar Board Alumni Achievement Award is conferred annually upon extraordinary Mortar Board alumni who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in their professional lives. Honorees serve as remarkable role models and are selected by a group of their peers, who consider contributions at the local, national and international level. Mortar Board is the premier national honor society recognizing college seniors for outstanding achievement in scholarship, leadership and service."