'Outstanding' students sought for All-USA College Academic Team

Nominations are being accepted for USA Today's 2007 All-USA College Academic Team.

According to its web site, the program "honors full-time undergraduates who not only excel in scholarship but also extend their intellectual abilities beyond the classroom to benefit society. Criteria include grades, academic rigor, leadership, activities and most important, the student's essay describing his or her most outstanding intellectual endeavor done while in college."

Students named to the All-USA College Academic First Team have their photos published and accomplishments spotlighted in USA Today, and receive a trophy and a $2,500 cash award. Forty more runners-up named to the Second and Third Teams receive certificates and have their names published in USA Today.

Earlier this year, Robert Buscaglia, a junior biochemistry and math major in NAU's Honors Program, was named to the program's Third Team out of more than 600 full-time students from colleges and universities across the United States. A panel of judges selected 20 students each for the First, Second and Third Teams.

Nomination forms are available on the USA Today web site.

Nomination packets are due Nov. 30. Winners will be announced in February.

More information about the program is available online.

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