RockhuRst univeRsity 2012–2014 catalog

46The Robin Bowen Leadership Award. This was first awarded in 2009 in honor ofRobin Bowen, a leader at Rockhurst University and among the occupational therapyprofession. The purpose of this award is to recognize a Master of Occupational Therapygraduate student who exhibits superior leadership skills during his/her time in theDepartment of Occupational Therapy Education program.The Father Aloysius Breen English Award, given annually by the English faculty tothe senior English major who has shown the greatest achievement throughout all fouryears.The Ted Calfas Award, established by his family, friends, and co-workers at ArmcoSteel, in memory of Theodore N. Calfas, a graduate of the Evening Division andparent of a Rockhurst alumnus.The Donna J. Calvert Award for Outstanding Professionalism and Communication.This award recognizes a student who exhibits superior professional behaviors andcommunication skills while in the Physical Therapy Education Program. Dr. Calvertwas a co-founder of this program and served as a professor in the department from1983-2003.The Barbara Clemence Award is given in honor and remembrance of Barbara A.Clemence, President and Dean of Research College of Nursing, 1985-1992, to studentswho demonstrate quiet strength and a willingness to be a risk-taker, as well asexhibiting insightfulness and a team player mentality.The Delta Sigma Pi Award. This annual award is presented to the student(s) with thehighest GPA in the Helzberg School of Management.The Distinguished Service Award. Awarded to the graduating senior who has madesignificant contributions to Research College of Nursing through leadership and service.The Dowling Oratory Medal, founded by Mrs. Frank P. Walsh, in memory ofRev. Michael P. Dowling, S.J., founder and first president of Rockhurst University,awarded for the best oration in the annual oratorical contest.The Ignatian Outstanding Student Teaching Award. The Department of Educationawards the Ignatian Outstanding Teaching Award to undergraduate and graduatestudents who actively seek opportunities to promote Ignatian pedagogy. This awardis presented to the education student who goes beyond the mastery of the skills andunderstandings normally found in the well-informed and competent student. Theytruly reflect and pursue the “Magis.”The Charles M. Kovich Dramatist Prize, an annual prize for excellence in dramaticwriting awarded each spring to the Rockhurst University student who submits the bestoriginal script for stage or screen. The award is named in honor of Charles M. Kovich,Ph.D., Rockhurst professor of English, and administered by the Walter J. Ong Societyfor English Study (the Rockhurst University English Club).The Lampe-Loescher Award, created by Gerald N. Lampe, PT, and Georgia LouLoescher-Junge, PT, original members of the Physical Therapy Advisory Group, isgiven annually to a graduating physical therapy student. The award recognizes the studentwho exemplifies exceptional leadership and service while in the physical therapyprogram and who demonstrates the potential for exceptional leadership and service tothe profession.The William V. Longmoor Award, given in honor and remembrance of Mr. WilliamV. Longmoor, consistent friend and supporter of nursing education at Research Collegeof Nursing, to the graduate of the nursing program selected by the College of Nursingfaculty as best exemplifying the standards and aims of Research College of Nursing.