Zak Smolen Honored at Union College's Prize Day

2013 May 13

Zak Smolen '13 of Westport, Conn, was recently honored at Union College's annual Prize Day celebration.

Smolen was given the Alice P. and Donald C. Loughry (1952) Prize in Computer Engineering, given to a student completing the best senior project in computer engineering.

Union College, founded in 1795 as the first college chartered by the New York State Board of Regents, offers programs in the liberal arts and engineering to 2,100 undergraduates of high academic promise and strong personal motivation. Union, with its long history of blending disciplines, is a leader in educating students to be engaged, innovative and ethical contributors to an increasingly diverse, global and technologically complex society.