Dolence Awards

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 23, 2008

Doug Carnahan
(417) 625-9531

 

 

JOPLIN, MO (SNS) -Twenty-four students at Missouri Southern State University will be recognized at the 17th annual Glenn D. Dolence Leadership/Service Recognition Assembly, slated for Room 310 in Billingsly Student Center at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 24. Refreshments will be served following the brief ceremony.

 

The students listed below will receive Dolence Awards. Also, the name of a student winning an additional Dolence “Outstanding Leader Awards” will be announced during the ceremony.

Student Services and Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) at Missouri Southern sponsor the awards which are presented to graduating students who have demonstrated outstanding leadership skills on campus and who have made a difference in the areas of campus organizations, student employment, student services or athletics.

 

The Awards are named in honor of Dr. Glenn D. Dolence, retired Vice President for Student Services at Missouri Southern State University. After 27 years of service Dr. Dolence retired from MSSU in 1996. He later served as mayor of Webb City, Mo and held a variety of other posts.

Spring 2008 Dolence Award Honorees:

 

MISSOURI
Ava
James Transano
Criminal Justice

 

Butler
Brooke Parks
Kinesiology

 

Calhoun
Austin Mayfield
Marketing &/Management
& English

 

Carthage
Brittany Bridges
Secondary Education

 

Amy M. Jones
Elementary Education

 

Drexel
Hallie Hocker
Communications

 

Independence
Kathleen Cornelius
Biology

 

Jasper
Abbie Stratton
Elementary Education

 

Jefferson City
Carolyn White
Biology

 

Joplin
Tim Fisher
History

 

Sara Johnston
Biology & Biochemistry

 

Teyoni Wilson
Psychology

 

Trisha Reed
Communications

 

Kelly O’Toole
Health Promotion & Wellness

 

Lamar
Christopher Runion
Accounting

 

Monett
Kristin Duwe Earnest
Nursing

 

Noel
Samantha Hobbs
Elementary Education

 

Ozark
Brian Gunnels
Accounting

 

Pacific
Elizabeth Kluesner
Nursing

 

Pineville
Sarah Coberley
Early Childhood Education

 

St. Louis
Cynthia Patrick
Communications

 

OKLAHOMA
Wann
Shawn Brown
Communications

 

BULGARIA
Mariya Gavrilova
Marketing & Management & Spanish

 

LIBYA
Ras Lanuf (city)
Rahila Khan
Graphic Art

 

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