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Junior Awarded Prestigious Scholarship
solutions for challenges facing communities throughout the
country. Each year, Campus Compact collaborates with the
Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute to provide
scholarships to Newman Civic Fellows for the institute’s LATP
program, aimed at developing the next generation of citizen
leaders.
“I feel incredibly honored to be rewarded this scholarship
and opportunity,” said Ott, a native of Bordentown, NJ. “I am
looking forward to meeting other peer leaders from around
the country and learning from elected officials in Washington,
D.C. Everyone is going to be coming from very different
backgrounds, so I am interested in listening to everyone’s
story.”
Ott is extensively involved on campus, holding many
leadership positions. As Director of Philanthropy for the
University’s Student Government Association, Ott works
tirelessly to combat the issues of hunger, illness, and pollution
in the Baltimore area. Ott is a member of Relay for Life and
the University’s Mission: I’m Home organization that works
to rebuild and repair homes damaged or destroyed by natural
Campus Compact announced that Stevenson junior Cory Ott
disasters.
is one of two students nationwide to earn a full scholarship Ott will spend the Fall 2017 semester in the nation’s capital.
to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute’s During his time in Washington, D.C., Ott will hear from
Leadership and the American Presidency (LATP) program for real leaders in the fields of business, government, and the
Fall 2017. nonprofit sectors. He will learn lessons on leadership, while
Ott was recently named a Campus Compact 2017 Newman
Civic Fellow for his demonstrated commitment in finding
simultaneously applying all of these skills in the real world and
in authentic course assignments.
Business Communication Professor Presents at UNC
Leeanne Bell McManus Ph.D., Professor of Business Communication, presented her re-
search at the biannual Integrated Marketing Communication conference held June 1-3 at the
University of North Carolina UNC), Wilmington. The theme of the conference is “Integrated
Marketing Communication and Popular Culture,” which explored how Integrated Marketing
Communication (IMC) provides frameworks and opportunities for engaging popular culture.
Bell McManus presented “The Influence of Pop Culture on Event Planning: An IMC Ap-
proach” as part of a panel concerned with the philosophy and rhetoric of IMC and popular
culture.
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