Georgina Nicolo, a senior in the Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) Department at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (UMD), is the 2013 recipient of G2 Intelligence’s Scholarship Award for Excellence in the Clinical Laboratory Sciences (sponsored by McKesson). Brian Kemp, executive director, McKesson Business Performance Solutions (Alpharetta, Ga.), presented Nicolo the $2,500 award at G2 Intelligence’s 31st annual Lab Institute on Oct. 17. Nicolo, who has excelled academically, is the student president for the New England chapter of the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science, an admissions ambassador, and an orientation leader. Nicolo is also involved in campus life as demonstrated by the fact that she plays women’s rugby, is a member of the UMD chapter of the National Society of Leadership and Success, and is a member of the UMD Medical Laboratory Science Student Association. According to Frank Scarano, Ph.D., a professor at UMD who nominated her, Nicolo has been on the dean’s list four of the six semesters she has studied at the university and has a cumulative GPA of 3.356. “This is truly an amazing feat for a student studying in the sciences,” wrote Scarano in nominating Nicolo. “At a recent academic advising session, Georgina indicated that she also has an interest in an education and/or chemistry minor. The average student finds the MLS major more than enough of a challenge, but to have the drive to want even more demonstrates her superior work ethic and determination.”