President Hoops announced that Jamie Johnson of Newburgh, the student trustee on the USI Board of Trustees, will be receiving the President’s Medal at Commencement. The President’s Medal is the highest honor given to a graduating senior for academic work and service to the university.

Johnson has excelled in the classroom, maintaining a 4.0 grade point average while majoring in chemistry. Last year she received the Barry M Goldwater national scholarship and has received the majority of the merit-based awards available to chemistry majors at USI. In addition to her work as a trustee, Johnson served on the Presidential Search Committee, which recommended candidates for the presidency of USI. She is active in student organizations serving as associate vice president of Academic Affairs for the Student Government Association and president of the Pre-Health Club. She has spent considerable time in community volunteer work and mentors younger students. A resident of Newburgh, she will continue her academic work at the Indiana University School of Medicine in the fall.