Students receive recognition

On Friday, October 16, Medaille College’s 2009 Honors Convocation was held in the Kevin I. Sullivan Campus Center as part of Family Weekend. The event provided an opportunity for the college to recognize students for their academic achievements and service.

Lou Pozantides, Clinical Associate Professor, Communication, won the Dr. Brian R. Shero Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award. “Receiving this honor was truly a wonderful experience. It shows me how my colleagues and students truly appreciate hard work and dedication,” said Pozantides. “My commitment to all the students has been and always will be my first priority and I am blessed to work with such an outstanding faculty.”

Students were inducted into three different societies: Alpha Chi, honoring baccalaureate degree students, Phi Theta Kappa, honoring associate degree students, and Chi Alpha Sigma, which recognizes student athletes who are in high academic standing.

Laura Edholm, Associate Director of Athletics and an Advisor of Chi Alpha Sigma said, “It’s important for the students to be recognized for their hard work. They are balancing school schedules, athletics schedules, sometimes work schedules as well as just being students, and they have excelled. They should be proud, and their parents should be proud of their accomplishment, and that commitment should be acknowledged.”

Students appreciated the recognition and overall enjoyed the ceremony. Christina Keicher, a freshman Adolescent English Education major was this year’s recipient of the Anna Illuzzi Palano Memorial Scholarship. “It was important for me to be recognized for my accomplishment because it allowed my family to see that I tried and succeeded at earning a scholarship,” said Keicher.

Following the Induction Ceremonies, a dessert reception was held, where students, faculty and parents could mingle.

“I thought the convocation was set up very professionally,” said Stacie Bednarek, a junior Education major and this year’s recipient of The Sisters of St. Joseph Scholarship. “I loved that teachers and the deans participated and supported the students. It felt like they really cared about their students.” 

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