Meg Donnelly of Middlefield receives multiple honors at Elms College

CHICOPEE, MA (05/19/2010)(readMedia)-- Meghan Donnelly of Middlefield, Massachusetts, took home a number of honors at Elms College's annual Honors Convocation. Donnelly was awarded her bachelor of arts degree in Spanish at Elms Sunday, May 16.

Donnelly was presented with the Sister Mary Fenton Award, which honors excellence in the humanities and commitment to the values implicit in their study. The award was established to honor Sister Mary Fenton, s.s.j., faculty member and academic dean at Elms College for many years.

Donnelly received the Sister Marguerite Pelletier Award, given to the most outstanding senior with concentration in French and/or Spanish, who has demonstrated skill in language and who has given generous service advancing the appreciation of language. This award honors the memory of Sister Marguerite Pelletier, s.s.j., who distinguished herself for her excellence in language and her capacity to teach it.

Donnelly also was honored with the Dorothy Fitzgibbon Award, presented annually to an English major in recognition of outstanding writing of prose or poetry. The award signifies the high priority that Elms College gives to writing excellence.

Donnelly was inducted into Delta Epsilon Sigma, a national scholastic honor society for students, faculty, and graduate students of colleges and universities with Catholic traditions who have shown outstanding academic accomplishment and dedication to intellectual activity; Kappa Gamma Pi, a national Catholic college society that honors graduates who have demonstrated outstanding scholarship, service achievement, and leadership ability as undergraduates and who further pledge themselves to continue leadership and service activities in the future; and Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities, a national honor society that has, since 1934, furthered the aims of higher education by recognizing on a national level individual excellence in academics and campus leadership.

Elms College is a co-educational, Catholic college offering a liberal arts curriculum that gives students multiple perspectives on life. Founded in 1928 by the Sisters of St. Joseph, Elms College has a tradition of educating reflective, principled, and creative learners, who are rooted in faith, educated in mind, compassionate in heart, responsive to civic and social obligations, and capable of adjusting to change without compromising principle.