UpDate - Vol. 15, No. 32, Page 1
May 16, 1996
Newark honors students for community service

     The efforts you put forth to help others may be the highest
paying job you will ever have," Newark Mayor Ron Gardner told
recipients of the Town & Gown Committee Award for Community Service on
Monday, May 6, in the Council Chambers of the Newark Municipal
Building.
     The ceremony and reception were held to honor recipients of the
award, given this year for the first time to recognize outstanding
student volunteers who have served the Newark community.
     Members of the Newark City Council, representatives of the
University, including President David Roselle, and friends and
families of award recipients crowded into the council chambers to
honor and support the students and the contributions they have made to
the community.
     "We are here tonight," Gardner said, "to start a tradition in
recognizing the efforts of students who have committed their time and
energy to making Newark a better place.
     "We want to emphasize the positive impacts of young people on the
community," he said.
     "Newark is a much better place because of the students that we
welcome into the community each fall," Hal Godwin, chairperson of the
Town & Gown Committee, said. "I think that this recognition ceremony
shows that these young people are not just students from out of town,
they have become part of the fabric of the community."
     University junior Karen Lehman, a junior from Bensalem, Pa., and
member of the Resident Student Association, received the Town & Gown
Committee Award for her work in the Delta Gamma Service Sorority,
including assistance with the Anchor Splash program, a swim meet
organized by the sorority to raise money for the blind.
     "I really do appreciate the recognition. It's nice to work hard
for something and be appreciated," she said.
     The Town & Gown Committee consists of representatives of the city
of Newark and the University. Award applications were reviewed by a
subcommittee.
     Of those nominated, 13 were chosen to receive special
recognition, including:
     Heather J. Anderson, a senior from Wilmington, who worked with
Planned Parenthood of Delaware;
     Jamilah Barnes, a sophomore from Baltimore, who volunteered with
the UD-Each One Reach One, Neighborhood House and the Hilltop
Community Center in Wilmington;
     Nicole Bourbonnais, a senior from Newark, who donated her time to
the Girls Inc. Mentor Program, Newark Manor Nursing Home, Delaware
Humane Association and Food Bank of Delaware;
     Belena Rolanda Butler, a senior from Newark, who was recognized
for her work as president of the Black Nurses' Association and as a
coordinator for the Black Student Leadership Conference;
     Jennifer M. Corrigan, a senior from New Castle, who worked with
the Delaware Human Society and Food Bank of Delaware;
     Timothy Dalby, a freshman from New Castle, who volunteered his
time to the Newark Senior Center;
     Joanna DiDomenico, a senior from Briarcliff, N.Y., Robert
Kalesse, a sophomore from Newark, Jon Olin, a sophomore from Carmel,
N.Y., and Margaret Sawyers, a senior from Vineland, N.J., who worked
with Emmaus House;
     Shonta Dineen Portlock, a junior from Newark, who donated her
time to Girls Inc. as a tutor; and
     Carrie Ann Trovato, a senior from West Simsbury, Conn., who
worked at the Newark Senior Center and as a tutor at Newark High
School.
                                                        -Scott Collins