Bronx Student Kofi Mensah Wins Senior Award at University of Vermont Commencement

BURLINGTON, VT (06/02/2011)(readMedia)-- Kofi Mensah, a Bronx, N.Y. (10462) resident, graduated with a double major in political science and history and a minor in philosophy from the University of Vermont this May. At the commencement ceremony, Mensah was presented with the Keith M. Miser Leadership Award, which recognizes the student who has been successful in campus leadership endeavors.

Mensah assumed a number of leadership roles on campus, including serving on the Student Government Association (as a senator and as president in his senior year), being a resident advisor for two years, serving as an Advocat tour guide and assisting Admissions with numerous recruiting efforts, and serving as an ALANA peer mentor for three years.

Mensah captured his UVM experience with these words: "The best one can get out of life is what one puts into it. Seek and enjoy new opportunities and life will be rewarding."

Chartered in 1791, UVM was the first college or university in the United States that did not give preference to a religious sect in its charter. UVM now has nearly 10,460 undergraduates in seven schools and colleges, 1,490 graduate students and 452 medical students. As a small, comprehensive university, it blends the academic heritage of a private university with services missions in the land-grant tradition.