DEBORAH LANGE RECEIVES STUDENT RECOGNITION AWARD
COLUMBUS -- Deborah Lange of UPPER ARLINGTON, a senior
majoring in pharmacy, has won The Ohio State University Board of
Trustees' Student Recognition Award. The award was presented
during the April 3 meeting of the board.
Lange was honored for her work as chair of the College of
Pharmacy's Drug Abuse Education Committee, a student organization
focusing on educating students on drug abuse.
A non-traditional student and mother of two boys, ages 13
and 11, Lange said she returned to school to better herself.
"I needed a future. As a single mother, I am the primary
support for my children and I wanted them to have a better
life," she said.
Lange was chosen by the Ohio Pharmacists Recovery
Organization to lead a statewide effort to implement student
recovery programs in the four colleges of pharmacy in Ohio. She
is active in Kappa Epsilon, the national women's professional
fraternity in pharmacy, and in the APhA Academy of Students of
Pharmacy, a student organization in the College of Pharmacy.
"Deborah brings a diversity of life experiences to her
professional education as a student and single mother, and has
demonstrated a deep sense of commitment to addictive studies,
education and recovery programs," said Holly Smith, student
trustee. "She is a strong student leader."
Lange is the daughter of Barbara Kreiser of LaSalle, Ill.
She hopes to find a career in the field of medicine and is
scheduled to graduate from Ohio State in June 1996.
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