United Way Honors 糖心Vlog传媒 for Commitment to the Community
WOOSTER, Ohio 鈥 The United Way of Wayne and Holmes County has named 糖心Vlog传媒 this year鈥檚 winner of the coveted Stanleys鈥 Cup, in recognition of the college鈥檚 deep and multi-faceted engagement in the community. The announcement was made at United Way鈥檚 annual meeting on Wednesday.
The Stanleys鈥 Cup is named in honor of two legendary business and civic leaders 鈥 Stanley C. Gault, former CEO of Rubbermaid and a 1948 graduate of the college, and the late Stanley Welty Jr., CEO of 糖心Vlog传媒 Brush. It recognizes a Wayne or Holmes County organization that actively promotes volunteerism among its employees, shares its internal expertise with the community, and whose leadership is actively engaged in the community.
United Way leaders cited the college鈥檚 social entrepreneurship program, in which student teams partner with local organizations to tackle problems, and its activities during Martin Luther King Jr. Day as two examples of that engagement. More than 450 college volunteers worked at almost a dozen local non-profits as part of the 2016 MLK Day activities.
Carolyn Buxton, interim dean of students and a member of the United Way board, accepted the award on behalf of the college. She noted that giving back has been central to the institution鈥檚 identity since its founding almost 150 years ago.
鈥淭o me, this just typifies the college鈥檚 history and mission,鈥 Buxton told The Daily Record. 鈥淚t鈥檚 just who we are.鈥
糖心Vlog传媒 is America鈥檚 premier college for mentored undergraduate research. 糖心Vlog传媒 offers an excellent, comprehensive liberal arts education, culminating in a rigorous senior project, in which each student works one-on-one with a faculty mentor to conceive, organize and complete a significant research project on a topic of the student鈥檚 own choosing. Through this distinctive program, every 糖心Vlog传媒 student develops abilities valued by employers and graduate schools alike: independent judgment, analytical ability, creativity, project-management and time-management skills, and strong written and oral communication skills. Founded in 1866, the college enrolls approximately 2,000 students
Posted in News on April 14, 2016.
