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April 28, 2017




Sarah Maze



Sarah Maze, of Ranchester, is the recipient of the Rosemarie Martha Spitaleri Award as the University of Wyoming's outstanding graduating woman.
The award, established in 1964, recognizes Maze for exhibiting the finest leadership, academic integrity and citizenship qualities. She will graduate May 12 with dual degrees in physiology and Spanish, with minors in neuroscience and the Honors Program.
Anthony Farmer, of Cheyenne, received the Tobin Award, honoring the outstanding graduating man.
Maze, the daughter of Meg and Tim Maze, graduated in 2013 as Tongue River High School’s valedictorian. She points out that her first class as a freshman at UW had 150 students, more than the entire population of her high school class.
“That first day, the professor looked right at me in the third row and recognized me from my campus visit. ‘Sarah,’ he exclaimed, ‘so glad you decided to come to UW,’” she says. “From that moment, I have always felt like an integral part of the Cowboy family. This university has a spirit unlike any other, and I am honored to contribute to a legacy so storied and proud.”
Through her love of science, Maze’s decision to study physiology at UW will lead into her becoming a physician. She has been accepted into UW’s WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho) medical program.
“Not only did Sarah earn this opportunity, she was accepted at every medical school she interviewed with,” says Katie Watson, UW admissions assistant director.
Maze says conducting experiments with food coloring and water in her father’s science lab, to synthesizing banana flavoring compound in UW’s organic chemistry lab, to completing solo neurosurgery procedures on Bengalese finches as an undergraduate researcher deepened her passion for learning.
“I believe a truly comprehensive education must include some element of real-world experience,” she adds. “The University of Wyoming has offered opportunities to challenge my ...

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