Kathleen Griese of Long Valley, N.J. honored at Quinnipiac University awards ceremony

HAMDEN, CT (06/09/2011)(readMedia)-- Kathleen M. Griese of Long Valley received the Aurea C. Schoonmaker Spanish Award at Quinnipiac University's 28th Annual Senior Awards Ceremony on April 30. In honor of Professor Aurea C. Schoonmaker's 43 years of exemplary teaching at Quinnipiac University, this prize is awarded to the senior Spanish major with the highest grade point average.

Griese was also the recipient of the Highest Grade Point Average in Communications. This award is presented to a graduating senior from the School of Communications with the highest grade point average, who also has made significant contributions to the program, campus life and/or shown excellent leadership qualities on campus.

Griese received a Bachelor of Arts in public relations and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish during Quinnipiac University's 80th Undergraduate Commencement Exercises on May 22.

Quinnipiac is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian institution located 90 minutes north of New York City and two hours from Boston. The university enrolls 5,900 full-time undergraduate and more than 2,000 graduate students in 52 undergraduate and more than 20 graduate programs of study in its School of Business, School of Communications, School of Education, School of Health Sciences, School of Law, 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 2009 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 373 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.