Tinley Park Resident Justin Thirstrup Receives Dominican's Outstanding Service Leadership Award

RIVER FOREST, IL (05/03/2011)(readMedia)-- Justin Thirstrup, a resident of Tinley Park, recently received the Outstanding Service Leadership Award from Dominican University for his extraordinary service on campus and in the larger community.

Thirstrup has served as the liturgical coordinator of lectors, assisted in Dominican's interfaith dialogue efforts, and been a student member of the Siena Center Advisory Council. He is the founder and supporter of the Kairos Retreat Program, where he has shown great leadership. He has participated in the Freshmen Retreat, Encounter Retreat, Busy Student Retreat, and also served as a student preacher on numerous occasions. His leadership also includes serving as a resident assistant and the president of the university's Theology Club. He has been actively involved in Exodus World Services' New Neighbor Volunteer program, where he has assisted a Bhutanese refugee family.

Founded in 1901, Dominican University is a comprehensive, coeducational Catholic institution offering bachelor's degrees through the Rosary College of Arts and Sciences and master's degrees through the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, the Brennan School of Business, the School of Education, and the Graduate School of Social Work. The university also offers a doctoral degree in library and information science. In the 2011 issue of America's Best Colleges, U.S. News & World Report ranked Dominican University in the top 20 of Midwest master's level universities. The magazine also ranked Dominican as one of three Great Schools at a Great Price in Illinois.