Lebanon, N.J, resident Evan Dewey graduates from Saint Michael's College, earns a top award

Deloitte Touche HR Exec James Wall tells graduates the Liberal Arts were never more important.

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Saint Michael's College senior class president & VP give award to Evan Dewey (far right) of Lebanon, NJ

COLCHESTER, VT (05/24/2011)(readMedia)-- Evan P. Dewey, son of Paul and Patsy Dewey of Lebanon, N.J., earned a bachelor's degree in English, cum laude, from Saint Michael's College during ceremonies May 16, 2011, on the campus of the liberal arts residential Catholic college in the Burlington area of Vermont. At a graduation-week banquet, Dewey, a 2007 graduate of Oratory Preparatory School in Summit, N.J., also was awarded a Community Service Award, presented annually to "students who in some way involve themselves in the activities of the college community and the local community."

In presenting the Community Service Award, Senior Class President Kate Condon '11 said Dewey has "spread his love for St. Mike's" by being orientation leader, tour guide and Pre-Orientation Weekend leader, all for multiple years. He also has contributed to the college's volunteer service organization MOVE (Mobilization of Volunteer Service Efforts) and is the director of Correctional Volleyball, a recreation-based outreach to prisoners. Internationally, he volunteered by teaching children when he studied abroad in South Africa, Condon said, concluding, "The energy and service that Evan puts in to make Saint Michael's a better place is truly inspiring."

James Wall '74 H'07, global managing director of human resources for Deloitte Touche Tomatsu, a multinational corporation with 2,000 partners and 28,000 employees, was the featured speaker at the Saint Michael's College 104th commencement. "The value of a liberal-arts education at Saint Michael's College has never been more relevant than it is today – never," he declared. "My Saint Michael's experience taught me how to learn. Nothing is more important in today's world." Wall served on the college's board of trustees for 12 years, four of those as chairman.

Some 435 undergraduates received bachelor's degrees at the ceremony as well as 95 graduate students who earned master's degrees. These numbers include students earning degrees in August 2010 and December 2010, but receiving their diplomas May 16th.

Learn What Matters at Saint Michael's College, The Edmundite Catholic liberal arts college, www.smcvt.edu . Saint Michael's provides education with a social conscience, producing graduates with the intellectual tools to lead successful, purposeful lives that will contribute to peace and justice in our world. Founded in 1904 by the Society of St. Edmund and headed by President John J. Neuhauser, Saint Michael's College is located three miles from Burlington, Vermont, one of America's top college towns. It is identified by the Princeton Review as one of the nations Best 371 Colleges, and is included in the 2011 Fiske Guide to Colleges. Saint Michael's is one of only 280 colleges and universities nationwide, one of only 20 Catholic colleges, with a Phi Beta Kappa chapter. Saint Michael's has 1,900 undergraduate students, some 500 graduate students and 100 international students. Saint Michael's students and professors have received Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, Pickering, Guggenheim, Fulbright, and other grants. The college is one of the nation's top-100, Best Liberal Arts Colleges as listed in the 2011 U.S. News & World Report rankings.