Langhorne Resident Receives the President's Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement

PHILADELPHIA, PA (05/30/2012)(readMedia)-- Sister Carol Jean Vale, Ph.D., president of Chestnut Hill College, recognized Mary Vigilante, a psychology major from Langhorne, Pa.  for her scholastic achievement with the President's Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement at Commencement Exercises on May 12, 2012.

The President's Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement is awarded to graduates of the School of Undergraduate Studies who have completed eight consecutive semesters at Chestnut Hill College, earned a grade point average of 3.9 or better, and are graduating Summa Cum Laude. Vigilante achieved a 3.93 grade point average based on eight semesters.

About Chestnut Hill College

Chestnut Hill College, a four-year coed Catholic college in the Ignatian tradition, offers a traditional liberal arts undergraduate program as well as accelerated undergraduate degrees, master's and doctoral programs. 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. 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.