Rising Lee University seniors Emily Browning and Kahlin Hawke were presented the Dr. Charles W. Conn Servant Leadership Award for their exemplary work in service-learning.
Additionally, Lee business professor Greg Della Franco received the Dr. Charles W. Conn Service-Learning Faculty Award.
These awards were established in honor of Lee President Emeritus Charles W. Conn to emphasize the importance of serving others. Students who receive this scholarship give a portion of the proceeds to a charity of their choice.
Miss Browning has worked with the Student Development office and the Student Leadership Council, volunteered at The Caring Place, Cleveland High School and Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy.
Mr. Hawke has been a resident assistant, volunteered for Habitat for Humanity and homeless ministries in Chattanooga.
Mr. Della Franco is director of Lee’s volunteer income tax assistance IRS program. His 22 students worked 660 hours serving the Cleveland community on Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings for 11 weeks, offering free assistance preparing tax returns.
Two win piano recognition
Lee students Cindy Lo and Knar Abrahamyan won awards at Stillman College’s Zelpha Wells Piano Competition for Collegiate Artists in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Both submitted three selections to qualify for the first round of the competition and advanced to the final round, where Ms. Lo played Franz Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12” and Mr. Abrahamyan played Sergei Prokofiev’s “Sonata Op. 1.”
Ms. Lo, a junior music major from Taiwan, placed second in the competition, winning $800. Mr. Abrahamyan, a junior music major from Cleveland, Tenn., placed third and won $500.
Dr. Jerald Daffe book published
Dr. Jerald Daffe, professor of pastoral ministries at Lee, has written “Clothing A Naked Church,” which was released June 1 by Pathway Press.
In the book, Dr. Daffe notes the less-than-positive spiritual conditions of many local churches, diagnoses the problem and offers solutions.
This is his fourth book released in the past eight years.
Chiara wins video award
Lee senior Rocco Chiara is the Kyle Peltier Video Production Center Achievement Award winner.
He has served the center’s operations since 2007, first as a volunteer, then production assistant intern. He was a videographer and editor for the “Inside Lee University Basketball” TV show. In addition, he has taped, edited and directed numerous live events, recitals, concerts and musicals.
Four lauded at singing auditions
Four participants from Lee University’s School of Music recently placed in the regional auditions of the National Association of Teachers of Singing auditions, which were held at Lee.
Jamie Ben-Judah, Vera Voznyuk and Loralee Songer placed first in their divisions and Chris Oglesby placed second.
New scholarship introduced
Lee University has been awarded a $100,000 grant by The Tucker Foundation to fund an endowed scholarship for students in natural sciences and mathematics. The contribution was made on behalf of Mr. and Mrs. S.K. Johnston Jr.
The Tucker Foundation Scholarship is part of an institutional initiative to enhance mathematics and science at Lee University, including a new academic and laboratory building slated for dedication in September.
This scholarship will be awarded each year to a rising senior majoring in the sciences or mathematics. Recipients will be nominated by faculty and chosen based on outstanding academic achievement, with consideration given to financial need and priority given to students who graduated from an East Tennessee high school.
Laura Owen was the first Tucker Scholar and Sean-Paul Bergeron, a rising senior majoring in biochemistry, was named as the 2010-2011 recipient.
Oglesby named Presser Scholar
The School of Music recently announced Chris Oglesby is the recipient of the Presser Undergraduate Scholar Award presented to a rising senior for accomplishments in music.
Mr. Oglesby is majoring in music education and vocal performance. He is a member of the Symphonic Band, Opera Theatre, Chorale and Choral Union, and has won several National Association of the Teachers of Singing competitions.