Keighly Rector of Southington honored at Quinnipiac University awards ceremony

HAMDEN, CT (06/13/2011)(readMedia)-- Keighly Rector of Southington received the Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges Award at Quinnipiac University's 28th Annual Senior Awards Ceremony on April 30. This prestigious award is given to students who are outstanding in scholarship and leadership.

Rector was also the recipient of the West Educational Publishing Student Award. This award is given annually to two legal studies students who have demonstrated achievement and professional growth.

Rector received a Bachelor of Arts in legal studies 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.