Rachel Wetherington honored with outstanding student for College of Liberal and Performing Arts

2014 May 9

Rachel Wetherington from Denton, Texas., is a graduating Social Work student.

Wetherington is the outstanding undergraduate student from the College of Liberal and Performing Arts. She is a social work major with a minor in psychology, and is graduating summa cum laude. Her activities and honors include Sigma Alpha Pi Society, Alpha Chi Honor Society, Pi Gamma Mu Honor Society, and a member of the SAU Honors College. She has served as the treasurer and vice president for the Social Work Education Leadership Club, which included organizing several community involvement projects and events. She also gained experience with the 13th South Judicial District CASA and served as an intern with the Dallas and Texarkana FBI field offices. She worked as a student worker in the Honors College and aided in NASA-funded research. Wetherington also presented research she conducted about college student stress at the Southern Regional Honors Council 2013 conference.

The spring commencement will be held on Friday 9, May 2014. The Graduate ceremony will be at 2 P.M in the W.T Watson Center. The undergrad ceremony will follow at 7 P.M in the University Mall.

For more information about the spring commencement, follow the link http://web.saumag.edu/springgrads