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36th annual Clinton E. Stryker Awards
recognize prolific student leaders

 

By Ustav Gandhi
CAMPUS EDITOR

Appreciation of a student’s contribution, es,
pecially to matters of leadership, commitment
to service and involvement in extracurricular
activities, is always the best form of encoure
agement one can give that will inspire even a
greater drive to excel:

This past Monday evening, the Annual Stryke
er Awards were held to recognize this very feat
achieved by a group of perhaps the most en,
terprising students on campus: A firm believer
in encouraging students to develop leadership
skills, Mr: Clinton Stryker (ECE, 1917) in 1972
established an endowment and subsequently
made additional gifts to assist the University in
funding student activities and inspiring leader,
ship development:

After a formal dinner there was a short wele
come by Katy Stetz, the Dean of Students, and
then after some opening remarks by President
Anderson, who encouraged students to broad,
en their outlook and develop leadership skills,
the winners were introduced one by one:

Outstanding First Year Involvement, present,
ed by Alex Garrett, Coordinator, Student Life:
William Fox

Despite its small size, llT generally has some
club or student organization catering to almost
every interest

However, students are always encouraged to
go ahead and form their own ifthey don’t see
one! This enterprising spirit cannot be more
representative of any student on campus than

 

 

Will, who in the past year has initiated not one,
not two, but three new clubs, besides being ace
tively involved in the SGA, RHA, Union Board
and the Math Club: An incredible feat for any,
one, let alone a freshman!

Outstanding Commitment to Service, pre
sented by Lynne Meyer, Director of Spiritual
Life and Service Learning: Rebecca Waterloo

Team member of lPRO 333: Team Leader
of ASB ’11: TechNews Arts & Entertainment
Editor Intern at the Office of Spiritual Life
and Service Learning Actively involved with
the Bronzeville Nursing Home: And, a fifth
year architecture student: Her commitment
to service is evident in whatever she does, and
it’s plainly straight from the heart: Those who
know her agree that she will sorely be missed,
but, as Meyer said while presenting the award,
she ‘will be a blessing wherever she goes’:

Outstanding Student Organization, pre
sented by Erin Gray, Director, Student Life: llT
Feminists United

As skewed as llT’s infamous sex ratio is, it
was very important for women on campus to
find a support system as they vied for posi
tions in traditionally maleedominated majors
and careers, and it is an incredible feat for a
club that was in its initial stages just a year ago
was receiving this award: Having successfully
organized welleexecuted events such as Take
Back the Night (last semester) and the first
ever llT Sex Week (this semester), they really
are a model of how a passionate cause can be
transformed into real action

Outstanding Student Employee of the Year

Award, presented by Jenny Radi, Associate Die
rector Operations, HRS: Lorenzo Perez

Having worked closely with HRS as Op,
erations Assistant for the last three and a half
years, Lorenzo has made major contributions
to residential life on campus, bringing in new
furniture and revamping the lounges, among
other things: His hard work has paid off 1 he
already has a job lined up with the Canadian
National Railway He continues to stay in,
volved in the training of the next OA’s, but this
is one department that is definitely going to
miss his presence:

Richard Babcock Leadership Award, present,
ed by President Anderson: Elnaz Moshfeghian

Getting elected as the SGA’s first ever woman
president is no mean task Her leadership ex,
perience includes serving as a Resident Advie
sor, team leader for Alternative Spring Break
2010, and Chair of the 77Eleven Advisory
Committee: Her main efforts are focused on
continuing the progress on the Foreign Lane
guage Program, lPRO 2:0, Galvin 24/5, and
unveiling UCal, a project she founded: Tech,
News looks forward to some exciting contribu
tions in the upcoming year:

Besides these, the Clinton E: Stryker Distine
guished Service Award Recipients, recognized
for their distinguished leadership and contri
butions in the area of campus life, were:
Joshua Bradley, Brianna Elg, William Fox,
Clay Houser, Brian Kibbe, Elnaz Moshfeghian,
Angela Ng, Kevin O’Leary, Coral Pais, Alicia
Perez, Meagan Sarrtt, Miriam Schmid, Shefali
Umra.nia, and Rebecca Waterloo:

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Mandatory
financial
counseling for
graduating
students

By Office of Financial Aid

This is an exciting time of year for gradue
ating seniors and grad students alike: Be,
fore you celebrate your success, it impore
tant to address two issues: your bill and
your federal loan exit counseling: If you
still have an outstanding bill, please get
in touch with the Bursar’s Office as soon
as possible: If you do not clear your bal
ance, you will not receive your diploma on
graduation day!

The purpose of exit counseling is to pro,
vide you with important information re,
garding debtemanagement strategies and
loan repayment, including deferments,
grace periods, loan consolidation, and
loan default:

The Office of Financial Aid will be con,
ducting a live exit counseling session that
will satisfy this federal requirement: The
date and time is as follows:

Thursday, April 21, 2011 in Perlstein
Hall, Room 131 (Auditorium) from
1:00PM71:45PM:

Please make sure to bring the name, ad,
dress and phone number of two references
to the exit counseling session: Please note
that the references you provide cannot ref
side at the same address where you reside:

If you are unable to this live session,
you must complete your exit counseling
online prior to graduation: You may com,
plete your exit counseling online at www
mappingyourfutureorg/OSLCl:

Please note that if you received both Fed,
eral Stafford Loans and Federal Graduate
PLUS Loans, you will need to complete an
exit counseling session for both loans: In
addition for all students with any federal
loans, you will not be able to receive your
transcript or register for any future classes
at IIT until you successfully complete exit
counseling:

If you have any questions or want to fur
ther discuss your loan repayment options,
please visit the Office of Financial Aid in
Room 104 of Main Building to speak with
a financial aid counselorSpecific ques
tions regarding exit counseling can be die
rected to Kelli Goers, Federal Compliance
Officer and Assistant Director, at goersk@
iit:edu or by phone at 3125675724:

 

Exit Counseling Session
(Federal Requirement)

Thursday April 21
Perlstein Hall

Rm 131
1:00pm-1:45pm