The ҹ糡 Alumni Association has announced the recipients of the 2015 Alumni Awards. These awards recognize and honor alumni who, through leadership, character and hard work, have made exceptional contributions in their chosen field, in their communities and at ҹ糡.
The following alumni have been selected for these awards:
Larry Disbro, ’71, ’73; Master of Education, ’78 and Sandy Disbro, ’75; ҹ糡 Advocacy Award. The Disbros reside in Mentor. Larry is a former educational administrator and Sandy a teacher.
Timothy Hunsicker, ’92, ’93; Master of Architecture, ’94; Distinguished Alumni Award. Hunsicker resides in Parma and serves as the missionary architect at the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism (ABWE) International Project Office.
Earl Miller, ’85; Professional Achievement Award. Miller resides in Somerville, Mass. and serves as a professor of neuroscience and associate director at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT.
Abbie Morneault, ’12; Distinguished Citizen Award. Morneault resides in Dayton, Ohio as serves as teacher/advisor at Dayton Early College Academy.
Morgan Shields, ’14; Outstanding New Professional Award. Shields resides in Boston, Mass. and is a Master of Science candidate at Harvard School of Public Health.
“The alumni association received many outstanding nominations that truly represent the diversity and success of our graduates,” said Lori Randorf, assistant vice president of ҹ糡’s Alumni Relations. “These alumni award recipients exemplify the characteristics of ҹ糡 graduates and the impact they have on their professions and society.”
In addition to the alumni awards, one student award is given. This year’s Golden Flash recipient is Douglas DeFouw, Jr., a sophomore majoring in flight technology at ҹ糡’s College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology.
All award recipients were selected by a committee of ҹ糡 graduates.
The award recipients will be honored at an awards banquet hosted at the ҹ糡 Hotel and Conference Center on Oct. 2, 2015.
For more information on the alumni award recipients or to attend the awards banquet, visit .
To submit an award nomination, visit .
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