Nathan Mark Devore Receives Miami University President's Distinguished Service Award

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Dr. Sarah Cowie, Dr. Linda Marchant, Ms. Bonita Neumeier, Nathan Mark Devore, Mr. Thomas A. Dutton, and President David C. Hodge.

OXFORD, OH (05/02/2011)(readMedia)-- Sunday, April 10, marked the 27th annual presentation of the President's Distinguished Service Awards. The ceremony was held at 3:00 p.m. in Kumler Chapel and featured a musical presentation by Miami senior harpist, Chelsea Miller; a welcome by Vice President for Student Affairs, Barbara Jones; and remarks by the president of the university, David C. Hodge.

The President's Distinguished Service Awards is sponsored by the Miami University Parents Fund and the Parents Office. Nathan Mark Devore received the 2011 award for his intellectual and cultural contributions to the university community and his extraordinary contributions through the Over-the-Rhine Residency Program. He was nominated by Dr. Linda Marchant, Dr. M. Cameron Hay-Tollins, Dr. Mark Peterson, Dr. Sarah Cowie, Mr. Thomas Dutton, and Ms. Bonita Neumeier.

Twenty Miami student recipients and their nominators, families, and friends gathered to celebrate the awards at a reception held in the Chapel after the awards ceremony. Nathan will graduate from Miami in May 2011 with a major in anthropology. He is a graduate of Willoughby South High School in Willoughby.