Jessica Tomkiewicz of Hazlet, N.J. wins undergraduate award at Quinnipiac University

HAMDEN, CT (05/08/2013)(readMedia)-- Jessica Tomkiewicz, of Hazlet, N.J., earned the Outstanding Achievement By A Freshman Award in the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University's Undergraduate Awards Day on  April 27.

Undergraduate Awards Day is held annually and serves to honor Quinnipiac undergraduates in the areas of scholarship, leadership, service, character and community service.

Quinnipiac is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian institution located 90 minutes north of New York City and two hours from Boston. The university enrolls 6,200 full-time undergraduate and 2,300 graduate students in 58 undergraduate and more than 20 graduate programs of study in its School of Business and Engineering, School of Communications, School of Education, School of Health Sciences, School of Law, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, School of Nursing and College of Arts and Sciences. Quinnipiac consistently ranks among the top regional universities in the North in U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Colleges issue. The 2013 issue of U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Colleges named Quinnipiac as the top up-and-coming school with master's programs in the Northern Region. Quinnipiac also is recognized in Princeton Review's "The Best 377 Colleges." For more information, please visit http://www.quinnipiac.edu. Connect with Quinnipiac on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/quinnipiacuniversity and follow Quinnipiac on Twitter @QuinnipiacU.