Idaho State University Division of Health Sciences names 2015 Graduates of Distinction

Students Andrea Kelley Winterswyk, McKenize Jemmett and Leciel Bono are the Idaho State University Division of Health Sciences 2015 Graduates of Distinction.

Winterswyk is Outstanding Leader, Jemmett is Outstanding Clinician and Bono is Outstanding Researcher. DHS will honor the three at a reception May 8 in Pocatello.

The award celebrates the academic, professional and extracurricular achievements of graduate and undergraduate students in DHS programs.

Candidates are nominated by faculty, staff, students, deans, community leaders and preceptors, and recipients are selected by the Division’s Executive Council.

Outstanding Leader

Winterswyk, who attends classes at ISU-Meridian, will graduate in May with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree.

She has held a variety of student leadership positions, including co-chair of Operation Immunization, Idaho State Pharmacy Association student representative, and secretary of Phi Lambda Sigma, the pharmacy leadership fraternity.

The Idaho State Pharmacy Association’s 2013-14 Student of the Year, Winterswyk will begin a pharmacy residency at the Boise Veterans Medical Center this summer.

Outstanding Clinician

Jemmett will graduate this summer with a master’s degree in speech-language pathology.

Her interests include autism spectrum disorder, children with cochlear implants, sign language, and fluency disorders.

After graduation, she will begin a clinical fellowship in the Pocatello and Preston.

Outstanding Researcher

Bono, who holds bachelor’s degrees in biology and dental hygiene from ISU, will graduate in May with a master’s degree in dental hygiene.

An adjunct clinical instructor for 16 years, Bono has co-published advocacy research and presented at American Dental Education Association workshops.

In fall 2014, she designed and taught an upper level interprofessional practice management course for senior dental hygiene students.