Service CORD awarded to graduates

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Oklahoma State University Service-Learning Volunteer Center will award 27 students with an Honor CORD to be worn at graduation this weekend .  

Joyce Montgomery, OSU Service-Learning Volunteer Center Coordinator, said the 2013 graduates have been dedicated to serving the community and making a difference through their service. 

“The ORANGE CORD represents the highest honor a student at OSU can receive from the University for exemplary service to the community," Montgomery said. "The honorary CORD indicates excellence in the areas of volunteer management, educational awareness, client services and fundraising efforts.  Students receiving the CORD are setting benchmarks for the culture of service at OSU.”

This CORD is awarded to undergraduate students who have served 400 hours of community service and to graduate students  who have served at least 300 hours of community service throughout their time at OSU. 

Megan Phillips, a 2013 CORD recipient said, " I was given so many opportunities to serve while attending OSU, and I took almost every one of them.  Service is very important to me, and I hope to encourage others to pursue service throughout their lives, even after they graduate." 

For more information please contact OSU Service Learning at 405-744-5145.

The recipients of the service CORDS are: (Photos for some of the recipients are available at https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151860288810278.1073741826.217995995277&type=1) 

Oklahoma

Beggs

Cynthia Watkins, Nutritional Sciences

Bixby

Courtney D. Baker, Therapeutic Recreation

Broken Arrow

Susanna Buedden, Child Life Specialist

Emma Meyer, Therapeutic Recreation

Claremore

Kristen McConnaughey, Multimedia Journalism

Duncan

Jessica McCall, Psychology

Earlsboro

Kolin Jones, Strategic Communications - Sports Media

Edmond

Jaden Boyles, Marketing

Enid

Ebony Littlefield, Sociology

Grove

Taylor Moch, Physiology, Grove, OK 

Haskell

Chantis Draper, Therapeutic Recreation

Lawton

David Purdie, Public Relations

Oklahoma City

Doga Karyaldiz, Psychology & Biology

Kirby Reber, International Business

Sallisaw

Mayra Salazar, Biological Sciences, Microbiology and Biochemistry

Stillwater

Alice Dunn, Elementary Education

Kacie Ingram, Therapeutic Recreation

Talihina

JD Chancellor, Ag Leadership

Tulsa

Raquel Alfred, Therapeutic Recreation

Wes Haddox, Strategic Communications

Leigh Krause, Chemical Engineering

Kansas

Downs

Sidney Doane, Applied Sociology

Texas

Dallas

Brandon Burlingame, Landscape Architecture

Flower Mound

Emily Sprunger, Nutritional Sciences

Fort Worth

Megan Phillips, Applied Sociology

Spring

Claire Jackson, Public Relations

Sugar Land 

Bridgette Hogarth, Therapeutic Recreation