Student leaders honored

KATIE MCNULTY STAFFWRITER KMM725@CABRINI EDU

Students, parents and faculty celebrated the stars of Cabrini at the 2005 leadership awards ceremony held in the Widner Center lecture hall on April 24, 2005. The ceremony opened with a speech delivered by President Iadarola that focused on the impact leadership has on fulfilling the mission and core values of Cabrini college.

Nominated and chosen by their peers, awards were presented to students who demonstrate the importance of what it means to truly carry out the core values of Cabrini College in their work and involvement with the school. These students serve as the prime examples of what strong leaders should be.

The 2005 speech contest winner, Sharon Kolankiewicz, gave the leadership speech. She spoke with wisdom and true inspiration on what it means to truly be a leader

In her speech, she said, “Leadershipisapassionthatstrives you tobethebestyoucan be.itismorethanowninga title.Wewilltaketheseexperienceswithusafter college.Leadersmustalways remain confident even with all the obstacles and challenges he or shemightface.”

Two seniors that were honored with big awards were Sarah Madden and Pete Schauster

Pete Schauster was honored with the Dr. Neville Heart of the Cavalier Award. He is a member of the executive bored of Up ‘til Dawn, which also won organization of the year

“The most rewarding thing about being a member of the Up ‘til Dawn Executive Board would be the very purpose of our work over the past year- the kids. Being part of the Up ‘til Dawn Executive Board was not an easy task at all, and I am sure everyone can attest to that. There were so many times where we had to fight adversity with deadlines as well as disagreements with the Board itself; however I was blessed to work with some of the finest people Cabrini has to offer and I will definitely cherish this experience for the rest of my life,” Schauster said.

Schauster was shocked when he received the Dr. Neville Heart of the Cavalier Award.

“I’m still in amazement, and to realize that the nominations were submitted by my peers, and the winner was chosen by my peers, it gives me a very deep understanding as how this campus views me as a person. I’m not one who needs to be recognized for the things that I do; I have always had the attitude that if something is my particular job, I will do it to the best of my abilities because that is what people expect. Out of all the awards that I have received over the past four years, this I believe means the most to me. I would like to thank my peers that nominated me for such an award and SGA for choosing me as the recipient for this award, but most of all, Cabrini college and its amazing faculty and staff for making me realize my full potential, and giving me plentiful opportunities to rise to the occasion,” Schauster said.

Sarah Madden, the president of the Student Government Association (SGA), received the

Leader of the Year award. This year Madden began research on getting a free period or a free set time of the week where nothing is held in order for students to have time to do work. Also, the time can be used for organizations to hold their meetings in order to get everyone to attend.

“The free period research is basically a study that we have realized needs to be the focus of the future for our students and school,” Madden said. “We now are at the stage of research where we must contact all the sepsis schools in order to see if they have such a thing and also to see how affective it is to their students. This will be an extensive study. It will be a very long process and cause for a huge commitment,” she said.

Madden thanks many people that helped contribute to her success as a true leader. “The SGA board are amazing people, outstanding leaders and I look up to them so much for their dedication to success. The people I would definitely like to thank greatly within the student development office would have to be Dr. Lysionek and Jason Bozzone. Without their positive feedback and push to strive for excellence, I truly would not be who I am today. The future leaders of Cabrini are coming in huge leaps and are headed for great success and future leadership. ‘Every new beginning comes form some other beginnings end….’this quote fits perfectly for my ending term because it’s not the end just a whole new beginning,” Madden said.

Congratulations to all of the other leadership winners that were honored at this ceremony

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