Kelly Ann Golej of Bridgewater, N.J. earns Quinnipiac University award

HAMDEN, CT (05/29/2013)(readMedia)-- Kelly Ann Golej, of Bridgewater, N.J., received the Mark F. Tantorski Memorial Award from Quinnipiac University during its May 11 Graduate Awards Ceremony.

This award, given in memory of Mark F. Tantorski, a 1980 graduate of the physical therapy program in the School of Health Sciences, is made to the sixth-year physical therapy major who has exhibited academic excellence, high moral character and leadership qualities, and through extracurricular activities in the area of physical therapy, has added to their professional growth.

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.