Trustees Honor Tonette Rocco

ROCCO RECEIVES STUDENT RECOGNITION AWARD

     COLUMBUS -- Tonette Rocco of NORTH ROYALTON, Ohio, a 
doctoral candidate in adult education, has won the Ohio State 
University Board of Trustees Student Recognition Award. The award 
was presented during the Dec. 6 meeting of the board.

     Rocco was honored for her work on the Dean's Leadership 
Council, a student organization that works to enhance student and 
faculty communications in the College of Education.  As co-chair 
of the governance committee, Rocco was instrumental in 
establishing a student-run journal in the college.

     A founding member of Students for Disability Awareness, an 
organization that provides information and education about 
disabilities, Rocco also serves on the Adult Education Colloquium 
and Community of Scholars.  She has collaborated on three writing 
projects with her professors, one of which has been published, 
while two are currently in review.

     Rocco is expected to complete her dissertation in work force
education autumn quarter and will graduate in March 1997.

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Contact: Tracy Turner, University Communications (614) 688-3682.


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