Erica Motter receives LHU Communication awards

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Erica Motter and Dr. Matthew Girton

LOCK HAVEN, PA (05/09/2012)(readMedia)-- Outstanding Lock Haven University students in Communication Media received awards at the 2012 Rebecca F. Gross Awards Day ceremony on May 4.

Professor Sharon B. Stringer presented the Margaret Ann Brown Communication Scholarship to Erica Motter, a resident of Jersey Shore, Pa.  Motter, a junior, also received a Dr. Saundra K. Hybels Memorial Scholarship.

The Rebecca F. Gross Award is named in honor of Pennsylvania's most distinguished journalists and public servants. A 1928 graduate of Penn State University, Gross served as managing editor of the Lock Haven Express, founding member and president of the Pennsylvania Women's Press Association;  president of the Pennsylvania Society of Newspaper Editors and the Pennsylvania Associated Press; Commander in the U.S. Navy;  Nieman Fellow at Harvard University; and  member of the Lock Haven University Board of Trustees, the Board of State Colleges and Universities Directors, and the Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.

The Rebecca F. Gross awards for distinguished service in journalism are also supported by the Lock Haven University Foundation.

Lock Haven University is a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE), the largest provider of higher education in the commonwealth.  Its 14 universities offer more than 250 degrees and certificate programs in more than 120 areas of study.  Nearly 405,000 system alumni live and work in Pennsylvania.