Harrisburg Resident Receives Science Awards at Chestnut Hill College

PHILADELPHIA, PA (05/08/2013)(readMedia)-- Carol Jean Vale, SSJ, Ph.D, president of Chestnut Hill College, awarded senior Nicholas Williams, a chemistry major from Harrisburg, Pa. with the Grace A. Banks Memorial Award in Natural Sciences and the American Chemical Society Certificate at Honors Convocation on April 28, 2013.

The Grace A. Banks Memorial Award in Natural Sciences is named in honor of Grace A. Banks, Ph.D., professor emeritus of chemistry, who was a member of the Chestnut Hill College faculty for almost 30 years. The award is initiated and funded by Grace's family, friends and faculty colleagues. It is presented to a graduating senior with a GPA of 3.5 or higher.

The American Chemical Society Recognition Award is awarded by the Philadelphia chapter of the American Chemical Society to an outstanding graduating senior in the Department of Chemistry at each Philadelphia area college.

About Chestnut Hill College

Chestnut Hill College is a four-year coed Catholic college offering a traditional liberal arts undergraduate program, as well as accelerated undergraduate degrees, master's and doctoral programs. Since its inception, the College has offered a rigorous curriculum that provides students with a broad background in the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. The goal of Chestnut Hill College has been to prepare students for life's challenges by helping them to grow intellectually, spiritually, emotionally, and socially.

For the second consecutive year, Chestnut Hill College earned recognition as one of 26 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) institutions to receive the Division II Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence. The Presidents' Award honors NCAA athletic programs with four-year academic success rates of 90 or greater.

The College has been rated by US News & World Report as among the best master's universities in the North, as among the best Northeastern colleges by The Princeton Review, and has been classified as selective by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

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