MEDIA CONTACT: Andrew LaPlant
561-297-0884, alaplant@fau.edu
FAU to Host Honors Convocation
BOCA RATON, FL (April 10, 2006) – Florida Atlantic University President Frank T. Brogan and Provost John Pritchett will host the University’s 37th annual Honors Convocation on Tuesday, April 11 at 5 p.m. at the University Theater, in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, on FAU’s Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road.
The annual ceremony recognizes the University’s most outstanding students and faculty. (A full list of honorees is attached.)
Students to be honored include eight university scholars, representing each of FAU’s colleges; the Phi Kappa Phi scholars; the Stan and Renee Wimberly Scholar; and the Student Academic Athletes of the Year.
Faculty honors include the presentation of the FAU National Alumni Association’s Degree of Difference Award, University Researchers of the Year awards, teaching and advising awards, and the Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award, which is determined by FAU students. The recipient of this award, Dr. Robert Watson of the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, will present the keynote address.
For more information on the Honors Convocation, call 561-297-0884.
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