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Local Students Graduate From Denison University
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Arlington Heights natives were among the 513 graduates awarded diplomas at Denison University's 171st commencement held Sunday, May 13.
Colleen Patricia Henegan of Arlington Heights was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree from Denison by President Dale Thomas Knobel.
Henegan graduated with a major in environmental studies and a minor in English literature. She was awarded a Denison Founders Scholarship and a John Budd Long Jr. Journalism Award. Henegan was a senior fellow for the environmental studies program.
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She studied off-campus for a semester with the International Partnership for Service Learning Program in Ecuador. Her senior research project was titled "Sustaining Las Encantadas: Ecotourism and Environmental Conflict in the Galapagos Islands."
Christopher David Olson of Arlington Heights was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree from Denison by President Dale Thomas Knobel.
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Olson graduated with a major in Spanish. A consistent dean's list student, he received the Denison Founders Scholarship and the Walter T. Secor Memorial Scholarship. Olson studied off-campus with the Council on International Exchange Program in Spain.
He was active with the Humane Society, Denison Student Advisory Athlete Committee. Olson was a four-year starter and served as captain of the men's varsity soccer team. He earned all-conference honors for three seasons and received first-team All-NCAC and third-team All-Region.
He was honored with the NCAC Scholar Athlete Award, of which Denison honors one male and one felmale, during the James T. Glerum Jr. Top-50 Student-Athlete Banquet.
Denison University, founded in 1831, is an independent, residential liberal arts institution located in Granville, Ohio.
A highly selective college enrolling 2,100 full-time undergraduate students from all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries, Denison is a place where innovative faculty and motivated students collaborate in research, civic engagement, and the cultivation of independent thinking.
Source: readmedia Newswire
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