Mariah Kemmerer Recognized During Annual Honors Day Awards at Bethany College

2012 Apr 18

Bethany College awarded many of its exemplary students, faculty and staff with a variety of college-wide and departmental awards on April 12 during its annual Honors Day celebrations. The recipients, selected based on their demonstration of outstanding scholarship and other contributions to the College, were presented with their awards during the Honors Day Convocation held in Commencement Hall in Bethany's historic Old Main.

Mariah J. Kemmerer, a Biology major, received the Pittsburgh Bethany College Club Award as Outstanding Junior Woman. Kemmerer, daughter of Stephanie Marin and Richard Kemmerer, resides in Royersford, Pa.

The award is based on the qualities of leadership, character, conduct and scholarship. The Club, comprised of Bethany alumni in the Pittsburgh area, has placed a plaque in Phillips Hall upon which the names of the winners are engraved

Bethany College is a small college of national distinction located on a picturesque and historic 1,300-acre campus in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia. Founded in 1840, Bethany is the state's oldest private college.

A photo of Mariah Kemmerer receiving the award can be found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bethanycollegewv/7071457617/in/photostream.