Rebecca Kisner of Charlestown Receives Award at the University of Vermont

BURLINGTON, VT (05/25/2012)(readMedia)-- Rebecca H. Kisner of Charlestown, RI, received the Highest Grade Point Average Award during Honors Day ceremonies held by the College of Education and Social Services at the University of Vermont earlier in April. The award is given to the senior Social Work student with the highest overall GPA. Kisner graduated Summa Cum Laude receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Social Work.

Chartered in 1791, UVM was the first college or university in the United States that did not give preference to a religious sect in its charter. UVM now has nearly 10,460 undergraduates in eight schools and colleges, 1,550 graduate students and 450 medical students. As a small, comprehensive university, it blends the academic heritage of a private university with services missions in the land-grant tradition.