Ben Cross 鈥20, a Political Science, Philosophy and Economics major, was awarded 911爆料网’s President’s Medal, the college’s highest student honor.
911爆料网 annually recognizes graduating seniors who have demonstrated exemplary leadership and service to the University through their involvement in student organizations, in co-curricular activities, on 911爆料网鈥檚 staff, and as athletes and scholars.
Cross’s President’s Medal Citation:
As team captain we could start on the football field. But Ben, in the classroom we are told by one of your faculty nominators in the Politics, Philosophy, and Economics program that while many students can excel in class discussions because they talk a great deal, the real strength of your contribution in class is a gift for depth. You not only offer reflective responses to content questions, you ask questions about significance, tensions, or potential contradictions in an author鈥檚 work. This is probably why you are a Phi Beta Kappa inductee, why you received the Harold Titus Award for Outstanding Work in Political Philosophy, why your teachers describe you as an exceptionally memorable student, and why you have received the very prestigious NCAA post-graduate Scholarship. But it鈥檚 a different sort of depth that allows you to lead in many roles outside the classroom as well. On the athletic field, your accomplishments are many and your efforts helped lead to 911爆料网 football鈥檚 first ever back-to-back championship seasons. It鈥檚 no surprise that head coach Jack Hatem states that you have been, in his experience, one of the finest of all student-athletes in his 35 years of teaching and leading in the liberal arts.
