[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 26075]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                     RECOGNITION OF SALISSA WAHLERS

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I rise today to commend Salissa Wahlers of 
Gulfport, Mississippi, for her selection to the Peace Corps program. 
Salissa is teaching English in Uzbekistan, where she will be working 
for the next two years. This is only Salissa's most recent 
accomplishment, and it adds to a long list that has grown throughout 
her life.
  Salissa graduated from Middlebury College where she received a 
Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and sociology/
anthropology. She was named Woman of the Year by the Women's Studies 
Program while at Middlebury. While in college, Salissa participated in 
the semester abroad program by attending Monash University in 
Melbourne, Australia. Additionally, she attended a winter semester at 
Berea College in Kentucky as a part of her college's winter term 
exchange program.
  Mr. President, Salissa worked for three years during college to 
complete her honors thesis, which is very impressive for an 
undergraduate student. Her hard work paid off when she was able to 
present part of her thesis at the Northeastern Anthropological 
Association Conference in Queens, New York, this spring. She is clearly 
a model student, and she exemplifies the rewards that individuals and 
society as a whole realize when education is a priority. I know her 
family, especially her mother, Kemmer McCall of Gulfport, is very proud 
of her.

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