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SALISBURY, MD---Two °®ÆＧ students from Berlin, MD, are among the recipients of this year’s University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents Student Excellence Scholarships.

Julia Carlson, a sophomore urban and regional planning major, earned the award in the Innovation and Creative Activity category. Vicky Vazquez, a senior English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and Spanish major, won in the Outreach and Engagement category.

The award is the highest honor bestowed to students by the Board of Regents, recognizing exemplary achievement. Carlson and Vazquez will each receive $2,000 from the USM and USM Foundation to apply toward future tuition.

With an eye toward becoming an architect, Carlson chose SU’s Urban and Regional Planning Program on the advice of a family friend in the field.

“She said, ‘This looks like a really good course, and it’s kind of