Student Receives National Sorority Leadership Award

Elizabeth Farry, a Westminster College senior broadcast communications major, was awarded the Kappa Delta Sorority National Leadership Award.

Leadership awards are presented each year to the top echelon of Kappa Delta student leaders who have demonstrated high academic performance and outstanding leadership within their chapters and on their college campuses. These awards are the highest individual honor that Kappa Delta gives to undergraduate members and were awarded this year to 15 young women from across the nation.

Farry is the current president of Kappa Delta's Alpha Chi chapter. She previously served the sorority as Panhellenic delegate and secretary. Farry's campus involvement includes: news director of Titan Radio and the Westminster Cable Network; executive producer/anchor/reporter for "The County Line," a live, 30-minute weekly news show broadcast to more than 75,000 homes; reporter/anchor/producer for Titan Radio News; Titan radio disc jockey; Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society; and orientation leader.

Kappa Delta Sorority, founded in 1897, has a membership of nearly 190,000 women, 128 active collegiate chapters, and 492 chartered alumnae associations nationwide. The sorority's national philanthropies include: Prevent Child Abuse; Kappa Delta Orthopedic Awards; and the Children's Hospital of Richmond, Va. Kappa Delta also provides support through national partnerships with Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., and the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty.

Farry is a daughter of James and CorlissFarry, Matawan, N. J., and a graduate of Matawan Regional High School.

Elizabeth Farry