STUDENT CONDUCT Student Conduct seeks to routinely honor those who truly embody and embrace the spirit of the Capstone Creed. The Capstone Heroes award was created in 2007 to honor those on campus for their outstanding achievements, community service, ideals, and values and for embracing the Capstone Creed. Each spring the honor has humbled many of its winners. Lane McLelland, director of Crossroads Community Center, was honored this year as a Capstone Hero for outstanding service to students. McLelland’s nominator highlighted how she revamped the Sustained Dialog program on campus and was instrumental in the foundation of Blend, a student organization that promotes diversity. McLelland was praised for her willingness to always sit down with students to discuss their frustrations and what can be done to fix them. Tatiana Carrasquilla, nominated by her brother Juan, created the Swipe Away Hunger meal donation program at UA. Last year, the program provided more than 423 meals during Thanksgiving at the East Tuscaloosa Community Soup Bowl. Carrasquilla originally came up with the idea to have UA students donate their excess and unused guest swipes while studying for finals, and she first wanted to nominate her brother for his help with the program.
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HIGHLIGHTS • Capstone Heroes focuses on highlighting the service and positive actions of those on campus. Capstone Heroes has shown many just how much UA has to offer students, and how those students promote the University’s values. • The first annual Know the Code Week took place during the spring semester, with a full slate of events promoting awareness of the Code of Student Conduct and campus policies. • Student Conduct staff members gave 78 group presentations about the Code of Student Conduct to more than 3,300 students.