Steven Profitt of Carlisle awarded Denison University's Distinguished Leadership Award

GRANVILLE, OH (04/05/2012)(readMedia)-- Steven Profitt, a Denison University graduate from Carlisle (45005), was one of only 25 students presented with the prestigious 2012 Distinguished Leadership Award.

Denison annually recognizes graduating seniors who have demonstrated exemplary leadership and service to the college through their involvement in student organizations, in co-curricular activities, on the residential education staff, and as athletes and scholars. Nominations of deserving students are made by faculty, staff and student peers. The students honored have made a clear, noticeable and lasting impact through their leadership efforts.

Denison University, founded in 1831, is an independent, residential liberal arts institution located in Granville, Ohio. A highly selective college enrolling 2,100 full-time undergraduate students from all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries, Denison is a place where innovative faculty and motivated students collaborate in research, civic engagement, and the cultivation of independent thinking.