Ryan Rivas Receives Final Convocation Award at Hampden-Sydney College
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Ryan Rivas, right, with Dr. Lizabeth Rand
HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, VA (05/10/2013)(readMedia)-- At Final Convocation on April 25, Hampden-Sydney College sophomore Ryan Reagan Rivas received the Rhetoric Essay Award, presented by Dr. Lizabeth A. Rand, Elliott Associate Professor of Rhetoric. The annual Rhetoric Essay contest began in 1996. Each year members of the Rhetoric staff award a prize for the best essay written in each of three Rhetoric classes. Ryans winning essay was entitled, "Up the Ladder of an Old Society."
Ryan is a member of the winning Hampden-Sydney Ethics Bowl team, the Big Brothers Mentor program, the Soccer Club, and the professional scientific fraternity Alpha Chi Sigma. A philosophy major, Ryan graduated from Massaponax High School and is the son of Richard & Kathleen Rivas of Fredericksburg.
A private college for men, Hampden-Sydney is ranked in the top tier of liberal arts colleges by U.S. News & World Report. The College is known for its liberal arts curriculum, the Honor Code which stresses individual and collective responsibility, and a focus on the education of young men.
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