PHILADELPHIA, PA (05/23/2012)(readMedia)-- Carol Jean Vale, SSJ, Ph.D, president of Chestnut Hill College, awarded senior Nicole Brown, a forensic science major from King of Prussia, Pa. with the Scholastic Achievement Award from The American Chemical Society at Honors Convocation on April 29, 2012.
The American Chemical Society Recognition Award is awarded by the Philadelphia chapter of the American Chemical Society to an outstanding graduating senior in the Department of Chemistry at each Philadelphia area college.
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.
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