CHEE Senior is Student Speaker at 2022 Scholarship Reception

Gabbi Hansen, a chemical engineering senior graduating with honors, and with minors in chemistry and mathematics, was the student speaker and the recipient of the William Loerpabel Scholarship at the College of Engineering's 2022 Scholarship Reception. The reception honored more than 300 undergraduate and graduate students for their exceptional efforts. 

Hansen is an Arizona Ambassador and a member of Tau Beta Pi. She said she chose chemical engineering because it offered a way to combine her strength in STEM with her passion for the cosmetics industry. After graduation, Hansen will attend Manhattan College’s School of Engineering to earn her master’s in chemical engineering, with an emphasis in cosmetic engineering.

“The scholarships I have been awarded have allowed me to devote time to create an amazing college experience: I grew more confident in myself as I excelled in my classes while balancing various clubs,” said Hansen, who previously received the Conrad Fraps Scholarship, the Sulzer Scholarship and the Gene E. and Marylyn Schumann Tobey Scholarship. “These donors and scholarships have motivated me to persevere, as I know others chose to invest in my education and believed in me, so I wanted to make them proud.”