South Portland resident Angela Giordano wins outstanding student achievement awards at Connecticut College

NEW LONDON, CT (05/13/2011)(readMedia)-- Angela Giordano, a senior at Connecticut College, was awarded the Susan J. Rose '62 Prize, given for work with the THINK S.A.F.E. Project in implementing new policies on sexual assault and for an excellent academic record with Gender and Women's Studies, and the Gender and Women's Studies Award for Feminist Collective Action, given to the staff of the THINK S.A.F.E. Project for their work to make a campus climate safer for women students. Giordano was presented with the awards at the annual Honors and Awards ceremony at Connecticut College on April 27.

Giordano, a 2007 graduate of South Portland High School, is the daughter of Sharon Crawford of South Portland and Michael Giordano, Sr. of Portland.

At the ceremony, Timo V. Ovaska, Hans and Ella McCollum '21 Vahlteich Professor of Chemistry, gave the keynote address. Dean of the College Community Armando Bengochea and Dean of the Faculty Roger Brooks also congratulated the students.

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