Posted 4:47 p.m. Tuesday, May 1, 2012
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An assistant director in the Multicultural Student Services Office will join two other graduates as the school’s top alumni for 2012.
Thomas Harris, a 2001 graduate who has worked in the office since 2003, will receive the Rada Distinguished Alumnus Award, which recognizes alumni from the last 20 years with professional distinction and humanitarian activities.
Slippery Rock University Professor Robert Arnhold, a nationally known advocate for persons with disabilities who graduated in 1980, will receive the Maurice O. Graff Distinguished Alumnus Award. The award recognizes alumni who have brought honor and distinction to the university.
And Gregory Banks, a 1981 graduate who worked in public administration throughout his career, will receive the Parker Multicultural Alumni Award. That honor recognizes multicultural alumni for outstanding contributions to their profession and society. Banks died in September 2011 and will be given the award posthumously.
Also, two prominent La Crosse area businessmen will be recognized for their continued support of the university. Dave Skogen, chairman of the board for Festival Foods, and Donald J. Weber, founder and chief executive office of Logistics Health, will receive honorary degrees during commencement Sunday, May 13.
The five, along with the university’s top graduating seniors and retiring employees, will be honored during an Alumni Awards & Reception Friday, May 11, at the UW-L Cleary Alumni & Friends Center. A heavy hors d’oeuvres reception begins at 5:30 p.m. with awards at 6:30.
Reservations are $25 per person and must be made through the Alumni Association at 608.785.8489 or online by Friday, April 27.
Graduating senior awards and their recipients include:
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An assistant director in the Multicultural Student Services Office will join two other graduates as the school’s top alumni for 2012.
Thomas Harris, a 2001 graduate who has worked in the office since 2003, will receive the Rada Distinguished Alumnus Award, which recognizes alumni from the last 20 years with professional distinction and humanitarian activities.
Slippery Rock University Professor Robert Arnhold, a nationally known advocate for persons with disabilities who graduated in 1980, will receive the Maurice O. Graff Distinguished Alumnus Award. The award recognizes alumni who have brought honor and distinction to the university.
And Gregory Banks, a 1981 graduate who worked in public administration throughout his career, will receive the Parker Multicultural Alumni Award. That honor recognizes multicultural alumni for outstanding contributions to their profession and society. Banks died in September 2011 and will be given the award posthumously.
Also, two prominent La Crosse area businessmen will be recognized for their continued support of the university. Dave Skogen, chairman of the board for Festival Foods, and Donald J. Weber, founder and chief executive office of Logistics Health, will receive honorary degrees during commencement Sunday, May 13.
The five, along with the university’s top graduating seniors and retiring employees, will be honored during an Alumni Awards & Reception Friday, May 11, at the UW-L Cleary Alumni & Friends Center. A heavy hors d’oeuvres reception begins at 5:30 p.m. with awards at 6:30.
Reservations are $25 per person and must be made through the Alumni Association at 608.785.8489 or online by Friday, April 27.
Graduating senior awards and their recipients include:
- Murphy Award for Academic Excellence and Jake and Janet Hoeschler Award for Excellence – Hoang Vo
- Murphy Award for Academic Excellence - Sean Harrington
- Strzelczyk Award in Science and Allied Health – Crystal Stundahl
- John E. Magerus Award for the Outstanding Graduating Senior from the College of Liberal Studies – Vanessa Schwartz
- UW-La Crosse Graduate Thesis Award – Leslie Svacina