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Nazareth Student Cherise Madigan Earns Campus Compact Newman Civic Fellow Award

Published April 01, 2014

Nazareth College is pleased to announce that Cherise Madigan is the recipient of the national Newman Civic Fellow Award. The Newman award, presented by Campus Compact, is given to college student leaders who represent the next generation of civic leaders through service, research, and advocacy. Madigan will receive her award on Tuesday, April 22 at the President’s Civic Engagement Awards at Nazareth College. She is the first Nazareth student to earn this national honor and is one of 197 student leaders from colleges nationwide recognized.

The Newman Civic Fellows Award is named for Dr. Frank Newman, one of the founders of Campus Compact, who dedicated his life to creating opportunities for student civic learning and engagement. Campus Compact is a national coalition of more than 1,100 college and university presidents—representing some 6 million students—who are committed to fulfilling the civic purposes of higher education to improve community life and to educate students for civic and social responsibility.  The Newman Civic Fellows Award is generously sponsored by the KPMG Foundation.

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