{"id":16125,"date":"2012-02-21T04:32:34","date_gmt":"2012-02-21T09:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=16125"},"modified":"2012-02-20T16:21:11","modified_gmt":"2012-02-20T21:21:11","slug":"student-named-annual-jefferson-award-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/02_21_2012\/student-named-annual-jefferson-award-champion","title":{"rendered":"Student named annual Jefferson Award ‘Champion’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Shannon Longenecker was named the 2011 annual Jefferson Awards for Public Service \u201cChampion\u201d winner. She held her award and posed for a photo last week with UT President Lloyd Jacobs, left, and Lawrence J. Burns, UT vice president for external affairs and chair of the University\u2019s Jefferson Awards \u201cChampion\u201d Program.<\/p><\/div>UT senior Shannon Longenecker was named the recipient of UT\u2019s fourth annual Jefferson Award for Public Service during a recent event celebrating volunteerism. <\/p>\n

Longenecker, who is slated to graduate in May with a bachelor of science degree in biology, was lauded for her local and global community service. <\/p>\n

She has led a campaign to raise funds for victims of human trafficking and has been an active volunteer for Nature\u2019s Nursery, UT\u2019s Perceptual Motor Development Program, the Cherry Street Mission and various sports programs. In addition, she has participated in three service missions to Haiti since 2010.<\/p>\n

The announcement of Longenecker as UT\u2019s annual Jefferson Award honoree came as a surprise during a celebratory luncheon in Libbey Hall last week. Eleven of the 12 monthly Jefferson Awards \u201cChampion\u201d honorees were on hand for the event, which recognized their volunteer efforts on behalf of the University and the local, national and global communities that benefit. <\/p>\n

\u201cShannon exemplifies the people we celebrate through our Jefferson Awards \u2018Champion\u2019 Program,\u201d said Lawrence J. Burns, vice president for external affairs and chair of UT\u2019s Jefferson Awards “Champion” Program. \u201cWe gathered 12 incredibly giving people in one room to say \u2018thank you\u2019 for their community service, and each one could have been our annual honoree. It\u2019s a shame we can choose only one to represent us at the national conference.\u201d<\/p>\n

UT\u2019s Jefferson Awards Selection Committee names a \u201cChampion\u201d honoree each month based on nominations submitted to the Jefferson Awards website and Facebook page. Of the 12 monthly honorees, Longenecker was selected to represent the University during the national Jefferson Awards program\u2019s annual conference in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

The University\u2019s 2011 \u201cChampions\u201d were students Jacob Brokaw, Jordan Maddocks, Drew Mathews, Nancy Ngo, James Nolan, Sarah Ritenour, Stephen Urbanski and Cameron Streb; faculty members Dr. Tavis Glassman and Dr. Michele Knox; and alumna Amanda Geletka. <\/p>\n

Watch a video of UT\u2019s honorees and their community service achievements at utoledo.edu\/jeffersonaward<\/a> and fb.com\/utjeffersonawards<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shannon Longenecker will represent the University during the national Jefferson Awards program\u2019s conference in Washington, D.C. The senior received UT\u2019s fourth annual Jefferson Award for Public Service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16125"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16125\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}