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Leaders display excellence
By Nyssa Dahlberg
Published:
Monday, April 19, 2004
Media Credit: Matthew Kaster
Former Excellence in Leadership recipient Heidi Everett spoke about her experience at SCSU at the 16th annual University Award for Excellence in Leadership Banquet. It was set in Atwood´s newly added conference room across the skyway.
Students were honored for their hard work and excellence in the community and for SCSU at the 16th Annual University Award for Excellence in Leadership Banquet Sunday at the Atwood Cascade Room.
This award identifies and honors students who demonstrate outstanding leadership while at SCSU and have made significant contributions to St. Cloud and other communities.
SCSU president Roy Saigo began with welcoming students and their families to the awards banquet. He said he had talked to past recipients and learned most students had not begun to show leadership characteristics until they came to SCSU.
"Everyone agrees their years at St. Cloud State was the best years they ever had. They said if not for St. Cloud State they wouldn't be the success they are today," Saigo said.
President of the Inter-faculty Organization (IFO), Theresia Fisher, congratulated the 25 award recipients.
"Leadership is something hard to find in yourself. It is the very fiber of our institution and the fiber of our society," Fisher said. "On behalf of SCSU, I congratulate you on a job well done."
Students were not only awarded with medals and plaques, but they received an honorary meal of baked herb chicken, pasta salad, garden greens, green bean almondine and clover leaf rolls prepared by ARAMARK catering services.
Heidi Everett, SCSU alumnus and 1994 Excellence in Leadership recipient gave the keynote address to the selected students and their families.
"Back in 1994, when I earned this award, I didn't think I was a leader. There were just many opportunities here and I took advantage of them," Everett said.
"Leadership is not about how you are going to get there, but who you are going to bring with you and what you are going to teach them," Everett said. "The true sign of success is not what you do when you are there, but what happens when you are gone and the legacy you leave behind. You must create a vision about how the world could be a better place since you were here."
Three new awards were presented this year including Adviser of the Year, Student Leader of the Year and Student Organization of the Year. These awards will become annual awards at SCSU. The names of the winners will soon be engraved in three different plaques and hung in the student activities complex, part of the recent downstairs addition to Atwood.
Adviser of the Year award was presented to Leeann Jorgensen for being a mentor, a source of support and for inspiring growth within a recognized student organization.
"This is a great honor because there are many great advisers here." Jorgensen said.
Student Leader of the Year award was presented to Karl Rogers who has shown outstanding services to the vision of his organization as president and shows excellent leadership to meet the goals of his organization.
Student Organization of the Year went to the Z-club for making an outstanding impact on campus and in the community. The Z-club participated in Earth Day cleanup, husky neighborhood cleanup (after homecoming), contributed to the Jacob Wetterling foundation, worked with elderly and people with disabilities and has done many other events for the community.
Vice President of Z-club Cara Schultz said the Z-club's 45 members have worked over 600 hours in helping the campus and the community since last fall.
The Murray Volunteer Service Scholarship was given to Andrea Marie Redetzke. This $500 scholarship was created by the former director of Career Services Richard E. Murray for a student who demonstrates a commitment of giving through volunteerism. Redetzke volunteered at Big Brothers Big Sisters, Salvation Army, New Beginnings and Whitney Senior Center to name a few. She is also president of the Social Work Association and member of the All Tribes Council.
Twenty-three other students were then recognized for their excellence in leadership with a medal and a short history of their many achievements.
To get this award, students must apply and have their applications evaluated by faculty and staff. The applications are scored with tallies for the different categories of leadership. The scores are then analyzed by a statistician to make sure the marks are fair. These students must be involved with various activities to make a difference in the lives of many.
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