4/15/2016 Susan Mumm, Editor and Alumni Affairs Coordinator
Written by Susan Mumm, Editor and Alumni Affairs Coordinator
The president of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) student chapter, Mummah has been selected to receive the William R. Schowalter Award that the student-operated Engineering Council presents to recognize leadership skills, creativity, and encouragement of others through activities and dedication to the College of Engineering at Illinois.
Mummah, of Wheaton, Illinois, also has been chosen for the Edith and Harry Darby Leadership Scholarship that the campus Student Affairs Office administers. The Darby Award is based on outstanding academic merit, as well as high achievement and excellence in campus leadership. It is expected that the winners will hold leadership positions in the upcoming academic year.
The latest example of Mummah’s leadership has been in recruiting NPRE students to attend and present at the national ANS 2016 Student Conference, to be held March 31-April 3 at the University of Wisconsin. Nearly one-third of NPRE’s 155 undergraduates will be attending.
Mummah has assumed leadership positions within the Illinois’ student ANS organization since her freshmen year, when she helped to develop and presided over a freshmen board. She served as internal Vice-President her sophomore year, then as president this year.
“My general leadership style is to be so excited (about an activity) that other people get excited, too,” she said.
Mummah holds a Decommissioning & Environmental Sciences Division Undergraduate Scholarship from the national ANS organization, and a Nuclear Energy University Program scholarship from the U.S. Department of Energy.